Event: 10/7 Human Rights Redeeming Justice Webinar
During the webinar on Thursday, Oct. 7th from 4pm to 5pm, Rachel Lopez and her co-author Kempis Songster will be presenting their article, Redeeming Justice, which will be published next week in the Northwestern Law Review, and the presentation will be followed by commentary by Harvard Law Professor Andrew Crespo.
Redeeming Justice draws from the lived experience of co-authors who were sentenced to life without parole over three decades ago and human rights law to argue for a right to redemption. The central argument is that all human beings are capable of change and that this should be reflected in the law, meaning that impermeable sentences like LWOP, which allow for no opportunity to revisit indefinite incarceration, amount to cruel and unusual punishment. Here is a link to the article .
To register for the webinar here.