Race and Wrongful Convictions

On Wednesday, September 27, 2023, the Rappaport Center presented "Race and Wrongful Convictions" with Moderator Sharon Beckman, Associate Clinical Professor, and Director, Boston College Innocence Program; and panelists Jarrett M. Adams, Esq., Law Office of Jarrett Adams; Author, “Redeeming Justice: From Defendant to Defender, My Fight for Equity on Both Sides of a Broken System”; Hon. Geraldine Hines, Huber Distinguished Visiting Professor, Boston College Law School; 2018 Rappaport Distinguished Visiting Professor; Samuel R. Gross, Thomas and Mabel Long Professor Emeritus of Law, University of Michigan Law School; Jeffery Robinson, CEO, The Who We Are Project; 2023 Rappaport Distinguished Visiting Professor.
These distinguished panelists brought historical, empirical, judicial, and legal expertise and lived experience to bear in a conversation about race as a contributing factor in wrongful convictions and possibilities for reform.