April 7, 2010 - Wednesday
The Pennsylvania Prison Society presents a discussion about justice, innocence, and the criminal justice system.
Discussants include: Kirk Bloodsworth, exonoree; Craig Cooley, attorney; Bill Moushey, Innocence Institute director; Cyril Wecht, forensic pathologist, attorney, and medical legal consultant; and John Rago, post-conviction DNA project director
Eberly Auditorium 6:30pm - 8:30pm
April 22, 2010 - Thursday
Jay Albanese, Ph.D., criminologist and professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, will be presenting at 1:00 p.m. in Gorell Hall, located on the second floor of Sutton Hall. The topic is “100 Years of Organized Crime: Old Cons, New Criminals.”
A PowerPoint-assisted survey of the development of organized crime in the United States, with photos illustrating the themes of anti-immigrant feelings, city gangsters, Mafia, Cosa Nostra, the government response, and the global changes of the last twenty years, which have changed the landscape for organized crime. The rise of transnational crime and prospects for the future will be discussed. Attendance vouchers will be available.
