This symposium will examine the story of the Central Park Five, the Norfolk Four, and other cases involving false confessions. Speakers include Steve Drizin, a leading researcher in the field; Steve Northup, lawyer from Troutman Sanders who represented Erick Wilson of the Norfolk Four; Gerald Zerkin, a Federal Public Defender who represented Earl Washington; Steve Rosenfeld, who represents another Norfolk Four defendant, and interrogation expert James Trainum.
Sponsored by Washington and Lee University Law School, the Frances Lewis Law Center, and these Washington and Lee organizations: The Innocence Project, CONTACT, the Student Bar Association, the Black Law Students Association, the Federalist Society, the Criminal Justice Clinic, the National Lawyers Guild, and The Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice.
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| 2014 | ||
| Thursday, January 30th | ||
| 7:00 PM |
Showing of The Central Park Five Millhiser Moot Court Room 7:00 PM |
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| Friday, January 31st | ||
| 9:00 AM |
False Confessions of the Central Park Five and the Norfolk Four Steven Drizin, Northwestern University School of Law Millhiser Moot Court Room 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
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| 10:45 AM |
The False Confessions of Earl Washington and Robert Davis Gerald Zerkin Millhiser Moot Court Room 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM |
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| 1:00 PM |
Police Interrogation - The Reid Technique James Trainum Millhiser Moot Court Room 1:00 PM - 2:45 PM |
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| 3:00 PM |
A Fight for Exoneration - Law and Politics Steven Rosenfield Millhiser Moot Court Room 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
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