12:00 PM
ACLU 2009 Brown Bag Lecture Series False Confessions: a Juvenile Injustice
Geoffrey Mearns, dean of Cleveland State University's Marshall College of Law, will discuss his experience as co-counsel on the case of Anthony Harris, a twelve-year-old boy who was wrongfully convicted of murder based on a false confession. He will discuss the role of the police and the prosecutor in extracting the false confession and his work as an attorney during the appeal process.
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Location:
Max Wohl Civil Liberties Center
4506 Chester Avenue, Cleveland 44103
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