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EVENT DETAIL
Bi-Annual Criminal Justice Retreat - A Summit on The Prosecution Function
Saturday, April 12, 2008 9 am – 2 pm
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Join practitioners, prosecutors, professors, and politicians in discussing topics of prosecutorial responsibility and independence straight from today's headlines. Two panels of experts will examine these issues in a roundtable format with opportunity for audience participation. Highlights of the proceedings to be published in the Record.
Panel I: Seeking Justice: Making Sense of the Special Responsibility of the Prosecutor
Wrongful convictions, Brady violations and newly discovered evidence are very much in the news. What steps can prosecutors and others take to address these concerns and promote public confidence in our criminal justice system? Where do solutions lie, and what costs would accompany them?
Panel II: Beyond the U.S. Attorney Scandal: Politics and Prosecutorial Independence
How does one draw the line between democratic accountability and prosecutorial independence? What does it mean for a prosecutor's office to become "politicized"? Is that always a bad thing? What role should legislative oversight play in patrolling that line? Discuss these issues with distinguished panels that will explore these and other questions inspired, in part, by the recent U.S. Attorney firings.
Keynote Address/Speaker:
HON. SHELDON WHITEHOUSE
United States Senator, Rhode Island; Former Attorney General and United States Attorney for Rhode Island
Moderators:
DANIEL C. RICHMAN
Professor, Columbia Law School
ELLEN YAROSHEFSKY
Professor, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Speakers:
PREET BHARARA
Chief Counsel to Senator Charles E. Schumer, Senate Judiciary Committee
HON. DANIEL M. DONOVAN
District Attorney, Richmond County
HON. JOHN MCKAY
Former United States Attorney, Western District of Washington
BRUCE GREEN
Louis Stein Professor of Law and Director, Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics, Fordham University School of Law
LEONARD S. JOBLOVE
Assistant District Attorney and Chief of Appeals, Kings County
PETER KIRCHHEIMER
Attorney-in-Charge, Federal Defenders of New York, Eastern District of New York
HON. DENISE O’DONNELL
New York State Commissioner of Criminal Justice Services; Former United States Attorney, Western District of New York
WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM
Reporter, The New York Times
CAPTAIN CHRISTIAN L. REISMEIER
Judge Advocate General’s Corps, United States Navy, Office of the Judge Advocate General
HON. ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN
New York State Senator
HON. LESLIE CROCKER SNYDER
Retired Justice, New York Supreme Court; Attorney, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman
CYRUS R. VANCE, JR.
Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer PC
Sponsored by:
Council on Criminal Justice, Daniel R. Alonso, Chair
Registration is necessary. The fee, which includes lunch, is $70. $30 for public interest and government. Members of the judiciary are invited as the Council's guest. Please register online. Please direct any inquiries to Rebecca Nelson at (212)382-6660.
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