Wrongful Convictions: Science, Experience, and the Law

3.5 MCLE Credit Hours Schedule: 10:30-11:00 - Registration/Check-In 11:00-12:00 - Introduction to the science behind exonerations by Bradford Jenkins of the Virginia Department of Forensic Science 12:00-12:45 - Lunch 12:45-2:15 - Panel on the Human Experience of wrongful convictions from varying perspectives (Mike Herring - Commonwealth\u27s Attorney, Doug Ramseur - Defense Counsel, Shawn Armbrust, Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project) 2:15-2:30 - Break 2:30-3:30 -Legal wrap up of where we are in Virginia on reforms, discussion of case law and relevant statutes by Brandon Garrett, Professor of Law at the University of Virginia 3:30-4:30- Receptio

Capital Murder Symposium: Trial Panel

This symposium looked at capital murder prosecutions, mainly in Virginia, from both a practice standpoint and a policy standpoint. This is the first session, the Trial Panel