Keynote speaker Jack Hamann is the award-winning author of
On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of WWII, a nonfiction and
investigative account of the unjust court-martial convictions of 43
African-American soldiers who served at Fort Lawton in Seattle, Washington
during World War II. The book was directly responsible for an October 26, 2007
decision by the U.S. Army Board for Correction of Military Records to overturn
the verdicts.
Legislation signed by President George W. Bush on October 14,
2008 ensured that the surviving defendants, or their estates, receive
compensation in the form of back pay, plus compound interest. However no form
of compensation has been provided to about half of the people exonerated
nationwide who were incarcerated for crimes they did not commit.
The symposium will present an overview of the 27 state
statutes providing for some form of compensation to the wrongly convicted and
discuss the need for such legislation in Washington State. A panel of
individuals from Washington State will talk about the nightmare of being
imprisoned for crimes of which they were actually innocent and the challenges
they have faced since their exoneration.
There is no registration fee for this program.
Pre-registration is required: https://www.law.washington.edu/cle/seminars/Justice/
Please register by October 25, 2010.
October 29, 2010 - 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.
University of Washington School of Law, Seattle
2.75 General CLE Credits Approved
Program Agenda
1:30 - 1:40 p.m. Welcome & Introduction
Professor Maureen Howard, Director, Trial of Trial Advocacy,
University of Washington School of Law
1:40 - 2:40 p.m. Keynote: Jack Hamann, Author, On American
Soil
2:40 - 2:55 p.m. Break
2:55 - 3:30 p.m. National Overview of Wrongful Conviction
Compensation
Lara Zarowsky, Policy Staff Attorney, Innocence Project NW
Clinic,
University of Washington School of Law
3:30 - 4:45 p.m. Panel Discussion
Washington State exonerates James Anderson, Ted Bradford,
Larry Davis and Alan Northrop
Moderated by: Professor Jacqueline McMurtrie, Director,
Innocence Project NW Clinic, University of Washington School
of Law
If you have questions about the program, please contact Ann
Spangler at 206-616-3753 or spangler@uw.edu
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