Celebrating 25 Years of the Center on Wrongful Convictions

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Celebrating 25 Years of the Center on Wrongful Convictions

Please join Pritzker Law as they mark a milestone and ready for the next journey in reform work

CHICAGO --- When Northwestern Pritzker School of Law's Center on Wrongful Convictions (CWC) launched in April 1999, wrongful convictions were viewed as anomalies - rare exceptions to a criminal justice machine perceived as fair and effective. Fortunately, the public has become increasingly aware that prisons and death rows around the country are populated by many who have been wrongly convicted.

Having exonerated more than forty innocent men, women and children from states around the country, the CWC is a huge part of that story. To celebrate 25 years in criminal justice reform work, the center will host an event Thursday, November 7 at Rockwell on the River in Chicago. The lineup will include the premiere screening of a CWC documentary and an award ceremony and reception.

The event is open to media. To attend or request an interview with exonerated individuals, contact Shanice Harris at [email protected].

Check out full schedule here.

WHO:

Award honorees

Eric Blackmon, exoneree

Jane Beber Abramson Award

Rob Warden, co-founder of the CWC

Thomas P. Sullivan Award

WHAT: Celebration of the 25^th anniversary of the Center on Wrongful Convictions

WHEN: Thursday, November 7

WHERE: Rockwell on the River, 3057 North Rockwell Street, Chicago

RSVP: Email Shanice Harris at [email protected] by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, November 6