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Congressional Black Caucus
Community
Re-Investment Taskforce. SYMPOSIUM: Rethinking Federal Sentencing
Policy "Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the
Sentencing Reform Act" Sponsored by: Harvard and
Yale Law Schools.
Wednesday, 24 June 2009,
4:30 PM to 8:00 PM
U.S. Capitol Visitors Center,
Orientation Theater South,
Washington, DC.
Participants
include:
Hon.
Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice
Supreme Court
of the United States
Eric
Holder, Jr., Attorney General
U.S.
Department of Justice
Kate
Stith, Dean
Yale Law
School
Charles J.
Ogletree, Jr. Executive Director
Charles
Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice
Harvard Law
School
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Welcome and Opening remarks by
Rep. Eddie Bernice
Johnson (TX) Rep. Danny Davis (IL) Rep. Charles Rangel (NY)
Welcome and Introduction of Attorney General Rep. John Conyers
(MI)
Remarks
by
Eric Holder,
Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice | WATCH VIDEO
Introduction of
Justice Stephen Breyer by Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. Executive Director
Remarks by
Hon. Stephen
Gerald Breyer Supreme Court of the United States | WATCH VIDEO
Kate Smith, Acting Dean, Yale Law School
Panels:
Mandatory Minimums
Panel
One: Rep. Maxine Waters (CA.) History of Mandatory Minimums
- Nancy Gertner, Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of
Massachusetts
- Hon. J. Spencer Letts, Judge, U.S. District Court, Central District of
California
- Eric Sterling, President, Criminal Justice Policy Foundation.
The Need for Repeal
Panel Two: Rep. Bobby Scott (VA)
the need for repeal including legislative update
- A.J. Kramer, Federal Defender, Federal Public Defender of the District
of Columbia
- Julie Stewart, President, Families Against Mandatory Minimums
- Marc Mauer, Executive Director, Sentencing Project
- Margaret Love, Former Pardon Attorney, U.S. Department of
Justice
Disparity between Crack and Powder Cocaine
Panel Three: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX)
- Hon. Reggie B. Walton, Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of
Columbia
- Hon. William Sessions, Vice Chairman, U.S. Sentencing Commission
- Bruce Nicholson, Legislative Counsel, American Bar Association
- David Kirby, Former United States Attorney for the District of
Vermont
Good Time, Community Corrections and Re-Entry
Panel Four: Rep. Danny K. Davis (IL) FedCURE's "SECOND LOOK" Video Presentation ~ Panel Four. Now online:
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- Hon. Ann Aiken, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court of the District of
Oregon
- Loretta S. Martin, Chief Probation Officer for the Central District of
California
- Harley G. Lappin, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Jane Browing, Executive Director, International Community Corrections
Association
- Kirsten Mamer, Director of Public Affairs, FedCURE
- Patricia K. Cushwa, Commssioner, U.S. Parole Commission.
SYMPOSIUM CONTACT INFORMATION:
Bernard Moore, Ph.D., Senior Policy Fellow
Office of Congressman Danny K. Davis
Phone: 202.360.7551
Press: ABC, NBC, CNN (Covering Highlights) &
FedCURE News (Taped gavel to gavel coverage, plus exclusive follow up
interviews with the nation's top CJR policy makers). VIDEO: To obtain video footage of this event and or fees for video production, contact FedCURE at: http://www.fedcure.org/contact.shtml
"Using Technology
to Bring About Federal Criminal Justice Reform" tm
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