Justice Speaks: November 18, 2009

Crime, but Why Punishment? A Examination of Modern Justice

What is the purpose of criminal punshment? What are its effects? Here, we look behind criminal punishment and into its reasoning, examining sentencing from the perspective of society and that of the convicted.

Speakers:

• Cheryl Bader, Criminal Defense Clinic, Fordham School of Law
• Michael B. Mushlin, Pace Law School; Correctional Association of New York; ABA Task Force on the Legal Status of Prisoners
• Moderated by: Eugene Cerruti, Professor of Law, New York Law School

Wednesday, November 18, 2009
12:50–1:50 p.m.
Room W400

Lunch will be provided to the first fifty students, so please arrive early.