Speakers Series, Spring 2022 All events are free, open to the public, and include audience Q&A. Mondays, 5:30-7:00pm, Genome Sciences Building Auditorium G100, UNC-Chapel Hill
Zoom link for those not able to attend in person (no interactive capabilities): https://unc.zoom.us/j/98439431543, pw: Innocent
Jan 24, Chris Turner. Mr. Turner was one of 17 young people in Washington DC to be charged in a brutal killing, in what became known as the “8th and H” case. The 1984 crime occurred in a busy area of the city in broad daylight and yet there were no witnesses; eight young men were convicted of the same crime. Mr. Turner served 26 years in maximum security prisons throughout the federal system.
See this NPR profile of Chris. See another one from The Guardian.
Feb 7, Jerome Morgan. Mr. Morgan was sentenced, at age 17, to Life in Prison without Parole for a murder at a New Orleans sweet sixteen party. After 20 years in the plantation-like Louisiana State Prison at Angola, he was released thanks to the efforts of the Innocence Project – New Orleans. He devotes his time to working with young people in his native New Orleans.
See this profile of Jerome from the Innocence Project New Orleans. Link to the Free Dem Foundations, where Jerome is a leader.