{"id":38682,"date":"2019-09-09T09:31:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T14:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/students\/?p=38682"},"modified":"2019-09-09T09:31:27","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T14:31:27","slug":"criminalization-of-poverty-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/students\/2019\/09\/09\/criminalization-of-poverty-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Criminalization of Poverty series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tickets are now available\u00a0for the second event in the\u00a0Criminalization of Poverty series<\/a> sponsored by the Center for Justice and Law at Hamline University:<\/p>\n

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Wrongful Convictions: Race, Culture, and Poverty<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, October 4 \u00a012:30-4:30 pm in Anderson Center\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Approved for 3 hours of CLE credit, 1.5 hours of ethics and bias credit<\/strong><\/p>\n

Keynote speaker – Koua Fong Lee, who was wrongly convicted of killing three people in 2006 in the Twin Cities. This event will examine the role of race, culture, and poverty in contributing to wrongful convictions.<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Choi,\u00a0Ramsey County Attorney<\/em><\/p>\n

Julie Jonas,\u00a0Legal Director, MN Innocence Project<\/em><\/p>\n

Hans Anderson,\u00a0Assistant Attorney General<\/em><\/p>\n

Koua Fong Lee,\u00a0Wrongfully Convicted Individual<\/em><\/p>\n

Panghoua Moua,\u00a0Wife of Wrongfully Convicted Individual<\/em><\/p>\n

Kathleen Moccio,\u00a0\u00a0Lawyer, Binger Center for New Americans<\/em><\/p>\n

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Read more about Koua Fong Lee here –<\/p>\n

(1)\u00a0Innocence Project Rallies to Lee’s Side<\/a><\/p>\n

(2)\u00a0Editorial: Justice for Koua Fong Lee<\/a><\/p>\n

(3)\u00a0Koua Fong Lee, convicted in Toyota crash, free after judge grants new trial<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tickets are also still available for our first event in a few weeks:<\/p>\n

We Are All Criminals<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, September 20\u00a0 1:00-4:30 pm in Klas Center\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Approved for 3 hours of CLE credit<\/strong><\/p>\n

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*New speaker added – St. Paul Mayor, Melvin Carter<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Come hear the stories of those who committed crimes, those who got away with them, and those who have been directly affected by the criminal justice system. \u00a0Keynote by author and national speaker Emily Baxter of “We Are All Criminals”.<\/p>\n

Discuss the policies and practices that can help end our decades of mass incarceration and criminalization of poverty with\u00a0Tonja Honsey, Rep. Lesch, Richard McLemore, and Drew Schaffer.<\/p>\n

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View the\u00a0SEEN Exhibit<\/a>\u00a0by We Are All Criminals and art by incarcerated women at 12:30pm.<\/p>\n

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Tickets are now available\u00a0for the second event in the\u00a0Criminalization of Poverty series sponsored by the Center for Justice and Law at Hamline University:   Wrongful Convictions: Race, Culture, and Poverty\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Friday, October 4 \u00a012:30-4:30 pm in Anderson Center\u00a0 Approved for 3 hours of CLE credit, 1.5 hours of ethics and bias credit Keynote speaker … <\/p>\n

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