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Ending Life Imprisonment
September 18, 2019 @ 10:30 pm - September 19, 2019 @ 12:30 am
Ending Life Imprisonment
A Conversation with:
Saleem Holbrook (The Abolitionist Law Center)
Marc Mauer (The Sentencing Project)
Ashley Nellis (The Sentencing Project)
Jose Saldana (The Release Aging People in Prison Campaign)
Moderated by Nicole Porter (The Sentencing Project)
Join us for a conversation about ending life imprisonment including a discussion of the recently released book The Meaning of Life: A Case for Abolishing Life Sentences, and a dialogue about national and local advocacy and organizing efforts to end life sentences, and the fight for parole justice.
Wednesday September 18th
6:30-8:30pm (doors at 6:00pm, event will begin at 6:30pm)
Gavin Brown’s Enterprise
439 W. 127th St (between Amsterdam and Covenant Avenues)
This Event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
This event is organized by the Center for Justice at Columbia University, The Sentencing Project, The Release Aging People in Prison Campaign and The Parole Preparation Project co-sponsored by the Criminal Justice Action Network at Columbia Law School and the Public Defender Students at Columbia Law School.