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Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on wrongful convictions and efforts being undertaken in the state of Minnesota to evaluate past sentencing practices.

The United States is the country with the highest incarceration rate in the world. We have 22 million individuals incarcerated in our nation’s prisons and jails, which has increased 500% over the last 40 years. Communities of color are disproportionately affected.

Governmental agencies in Minnesota are undertaking a review of prior approaches to criminal prosecutions and sentencing practices. This CLE will inform attendees about new review practices in the offices of the Ramsey County Attorney and the Minnesota Attorney General related to these issues, within the larger national context of conviction review. In particular, the program will focus on the nuts and bolts of the review process, including the parameters that determine which cases are eligible for review and, when a case is deemed to have merit, the process and potential outcomes.

SPEAKERS:

Jim Mayer, Staff Attorney, Great North Innocence Project
Michelle Monteiro, Assistant Ramsey County Attorney
Leslie Redmond, Conviction Review Unit Advisory Board Member and former Minneapolis NAACP President
Carrie Sperling, Assistant Attorney General, MN

Moderator: Kate Kruse, Professor, Mitchell Hamline College of Law

CREDITS:

3.0 Standard CLE Credits | Event Code: TBD

COST:

MSBA/HCBA/RCBA Members: $15
Non-Members: $50
Law Student: Free