Who, How & Why Now: Putting Violent Offenders at the Center of Mass Incarceration Reform

  • 30 Apr 2019
  • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Fordham Law School Skadden Conference Center, 2nd Fl. 150 West 62nd Street


Who, How & Why Now: Putting Violent Offenders at the Center of Mass Incarceration Reform

Tuesday, April 30, 2019
6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

The panel will address whether traditionally lengthy prison sentences for violent offenders are necessary to protect and deter violent crime, or whether there are less harsh alternatives that will adequately or better promote public safety.

A panel discussion featuring:

Darcel Clark

Bronx District Attorney 

Larry Krasner
Philadelphia District Attorney

Jonathan Lippman
Former Chief Judge of the State of New York and Former Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Counsel, Latham & Watkins

Karol V. Mason

President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

John Pfaff
Professor of Law, Fordham Law School and author of Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration and How to Achieve Real Reform

Moderated by:
Scott Pelley
CBS News Correspondent, 60 Minutes

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Fordham Law School
Skadden Conference Center (Second floor)
150 West 62nd Street
New York City

Sponsored by

the A2J Initiativethe National Center for Access to JusticeAdvocates for the IncarceratedThe Fordham Law Review and The Urban Law Journal