Miscarriage of Justice: Wrongful Convictions
Presented by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
Wednesdays, Jan. 14-Feb. 18, 12-1:20 pm
Sarasota Art Museum, Ringling College Museum Campus, 1001 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34236
$90 (plus $25 OLLI membership required) | 941-309-5111 • olliringlingcollege.org
This course will address "factually innocent" persons who are nonetheless convicted and incarcerated for a crime they did not commit. We will discuss common contributing factors such as mistaken eyewitness identifications, false confessions, forensic science problem areas, incentivized informants, ineffective defense counsel, and prosecutorial and police misconduct. Potential remedies to reduce wrongful convictions will be considered, as well as the issues that confront those who are exonerated relative to their re-entering society.