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RIT Hosts Wrongful Conviction Conference
Posted: April 19, 2012 3:15 pm
On Friday, the Rochester Institute of Technology’s Departments of Criminal Justice and Psychology will host “Justice Miscarried: Convicting the Innocent,” the 2012 New York State Wrongful Conviction Conference. The conference explores the question: What can be done to reduce the number of wrongful convictions? Guest speakers include New York exoneree Steven Barnes, Innocence Project Co-Founder Peter Neufeld, and Innocence Project Eyewitness Identification Fellow Karen Newirth. While the conference is based in New York, the issues and strategies addressed will be relevant to a national audience.
Click here to view the live simulcast from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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