This event is in the past.
February 26, 2019
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12:45 p.m. - 5:25 p.m.
Category:
Conference
Cost:
Free
Calendars: Women's Studies, Wayne Law, Urban Studies & Planning, Sociology, Political Science, Philosophy, Main Events Calendar, History, Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies, Criminal Justice, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Center for the Study of Citizenship, Alumni and friends, African American Studies
Audience: Academic Staff, Alumni, Community, Current Graduate Students, Current Undergraduate Students, Faculty, Staff
Three guest speakers will examine the intersection of race, gender and wrongful conviction. Guest speakers Prof. Samuel Gross and Dr. Zieva Konvisser will discuss issues of race and gender before panelists and audience. Prof. David Moran will chair a panel in which exonerees Julie Baumer, Richard Phillips, Aaron Salter and Darrel Siggers describe their experiences of having been wrongfully convicted.
Guest speakers
- Samuel Gross, Thomas and Mabel Long Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Michigan Law School
- Dr. Zieva Konvisser, adjunct assistant research professor, Wayne State University Criminal Justice Department
- David Moran, director, Michigan Innocence Clinic; clinical professor of law, University of Michigan Law School
This event is co-sponsored by Wayne State University Law School and WSU Criminal Justice Department.
Lunch will be provided.
For more information about this event, please contact Marvin Zalman at 313-577-6087 or aa1887@wayne.edu.