Overcoming Challenges to Proving Claims of Actual Innocence
Although we hear about an increasing number of exonerations in the news, experts say this represents a small fraction of those deserving of release from incarceration. What are the obstacles to proving actual innocence in our system?
On Thursday, Oct. 27 at 6, in the Moot Courtroom, hear from two longtime practitioners, Michele Nethercott and Erica J. Suter, and a 2016 exoneree, George Seward. Nethercott wrote an article on the topic for The University of Baltimore Law Review, which organized the event.
Heather Warnken, executive director of the law school's Center for Criminal Justice Reform, will moderate the discussion. A reception will follow.