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Creation Date
3-24-2025
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Monday, March 24, 2025 | 12:30 PM | Eck Hall of Law, Room 1130
BLSA, as part of the Exoneration Justice Clinic's Death Penalty Abolition Week, will host a conversation and fireside chat with Councilmember Yusef Salaam of the exonerated Central Park 5 at 12:30 PM in Eck 1130. Councilmember Salaam was a part of a group of 5 Black and Latinx teenagers who were wrongfully convicted in 1989 in the famous Central Park jogger case. Councilmember Salaam served nearly 7 years of prison time before his exoneration and vindication in 1997. Please register here.
Sponsors:
American Constitution Society
Black Law Students Association
Exoneration Justice Clinic
Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights
Middle Eastern Law Students Association
Notre Dame Exoneration Project
Public Interest Law Forum
