Two important 3 Strikes events: Tue. 1/24 Press Conference & Fri. 1/27 JP Forum

[Occupy The Hood]

Tuesday Jan. 24th
11:00 AM Press Conference
at MA State House in Gardner Auditorium

Speakers:
Kathleen Dennehy, former commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Correction
Atty. Barbara Dougan, Massachusetts Project Director of Families Against Mandatory Minimums
Prof. Charles Ogletree, director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School
Rev. Eugene Rivers, founder and president of the Ella J. Baker House
Carol Rose, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, Massachusetts
Atty. Max Stern, partner and criminal defense lawyer, Stern Shapiro Weissberg & Garin LLP
Leslie Walker, executive director, Prisoners Legal Services
for more info:
http://blackstonian.com/news/2012/01/3-strikes-press-conference-state-house-jan-24-11am/

Fri. Jan. 27th
"The high costs of prospective 3 Strikes Law"
7 – 9:00 PM Jamaica Plain Forum
at First Church (at the Monument, near South/Centre Street)
6 Eliot St., Jamaica Plain

Moderated by: Ben Thompson, Exec. Director, Criminal Justice Policy Coalition
Panel Featuring:
Hon. Nancy Gertner Judge (Retired), U.S. District Court Massachusetts
State Representative Liz Malia, D-Jamaica Plain, 11th Suffolk District
Jamarhl Crawford, Occupy the Hood Boston/the Blackstonian
for more info:
http://blackstonian.com/news/2012/01/the-high-costs-of-prospective-3-strikes-law-jp-forum-127/