In 1973, Yvonne Wanrow was convicted of seconddegree murder for killing a man who had attempted to molest her son. The Supreme Court of Washington reversed her conviction in a ground-breaking opinion in which the court held that the jury instructions violated Wanrow's right to equal protection of the law by using language that suggested Wanrow's conduct should be measured against a reasonable man standard. In her lecture, Professor Coker will explore the issues of gender and mens rea in the context of this seminal case.
Thu, 04/07/2011 - 5:00pm - 6:00pm
1801 Euclid Ave, Moot Court Room, Cleveland, OH 44115
Donna K. CokerProfessor of Law
University of Miami School of Law
University of Miami School of Law
CLE credit: 1 free
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