Event Description:
The Institute for Innovation in Prosecution invites you to join us for our
Wrongful Convictions Panel Series:
Deconstructing a Wrongful Conviction
January 27, 2021
12:30 PM EST
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According to the National Registry of Exonerations (NRE), there have been over 2,700 exonerations in the United States since 1989. Each of these cases exacted a profound human toll -- with the wrongly convicted people in these 2,700 cases having served over 24,600 years in prison collectively.
With that in mind, the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution will host a three-part panel series about wrongful convictions. The presentations will provide unique perspectives in the field of exonerations. Over the next few weeks, you will hear from attorneys who do this crucial work, both as prosecutors and defense attorneys. And you’ll also hear from impacted people whose stories are often overlooked - the original crime victims and their relatives.
We will kick off the panel series with a presentation on January 27, 2020 at 12:30 PM EST about the case of Mark Denny, who served three decades in prison for a rape and robbery in Brooklyn that he did not commit. The panel will feature Mr. Denny, as well as the re-investigating prosecutor, an expert on eyewitness misidentification who evaluated the record, and Mr. Denny’s attorney from the Innocence Project.
Panelists:
Mark Denny, Exoneree
Jennifer Dysart, Associate Professor of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Nina Morrison, Senior Litigation Counsel, the Innocence Project
Lisa Perlman, Chief of the Sealing Unit, Post Conviction Justice Bureau, Kings County District Attorney’s Office
Moderated by
Debo Adegbile, Partner & Chair, Anti-Discrimination Practice, WilmerHale LLP |
