WHITE PLAINS, New York, March 22, 2007 –

Contact:
Regina Pappalardo, 914.422.4268, rpappalardo@law.pace.edu 
Frank Lentini, 212-481-7000, frankl@mbooth.com

Disproportionate Minority Incarceration Warping
U.S. Society
"The Prison Crucible: Race and the American Penal System"

Skyrocketing minority incarcerations have continued to be an epidemic in the United States. At this presentation of Pace Law School’s “James D. Hopkins Chair in Law Memorial Lecture,” resident criminal law and prisoners’ rights expert Professor Michael B. Mushlin will explain how the combination of US Supreme Court rulings, a conservative Congress and a compliant president not only have unbalanced the rights of prisoners in favor of prison security, but have integrated with the deeper race issues in this country.

Who, (click name for full bio):
Michael B. Mushlin, author of the newly-published three-volume work, The Rights of Prisoners
Professor of Law, Pace Law School

When/Where:
11:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Lecture Hall at the New York State Judicial Institute
78 North Broadway
White Plains, New York
FREE to the public

RSVP by calling Brenda Thornton at (914) 422-4123
Or by emailing bthornton@law.pace.edu.

For directions and more information, please visit: http://law.pace.edu/News/lectures/hopkins_2007_lecture.html

Media admission by press pass.

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