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| Wrongful Convictions Panel Series: Conviction Integrity Unit: Perspectives on Best Practices |
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| Start Date: | 2/23/2021 | Start Time: | 12:00 PM |
| End Date: | 2/23/2021 | |
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Event Description:
The Institute for Innovation in Prosecution invites you to join us for our
Wrongful Convictions Panel Series:
Conviction Integrity Unit: Perspectives on Best Practices
February 23, 2021
12:00 PM EST
Register Here
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.
Panelists
Cynthia Garza
Chief, Conviction Integrity Unit, Dallas County District Attorney's Office, TX
Risa Gerson
Chief, Conviction Integrity Unit, Bronx County District Attorney's Office, NY
Valerie Newman
Director, Conviction Integrity Unit, Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, MI
Barry Scheck
Co-Founder, the Innocence Project
Shelley Thibodeau
Director, Conviction Integrity Review Unit, Fourth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office, FL
Moderated by
Alissa Marque Heydari
Deputy Director, Institute for Innovation in Prosecution
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