Tagged: film

March 17, 2017

Check Out Documentary Titled 13TH

In a Netflix original documentary titled 13TH, to signify the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, scholars, activists and politicians discuss and analyze the criminalization of African Americans in the United States. This thought-provoking film argues that the mass incarceration of African Americans across the United States is in fact an extension of slavery. See NPR Review. The filmmaker Ava DuVernay’s website features the documentary’s official trailer along with a list of reviews from variety of newspapers. Check it out!

February 6, 2017

Film Screening: William Kunstler – Disturbing the Universe

Please come and join the Criminal Justice Society at Pace and the Pace Criminal Justice Institute for a film screening on February 8, 2017 at 4:00 pm – 6:00 PM at Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Pace University, in Room G-02 in the Ottinger Classroom Building.

April 12, 2016

#TheSyndromeFilm: Shaken Baby Syndrome Documentary and Wrongful Convictions

We are pleased to join investigative reporter Susan Goldsmith and filmmaker Meryl Goldsmith in announcing that their powerful film on shaken baby syndrome, “The Syndrome” will be available everywhere on video on demand starting April 15, 2016. iTunes, DirecTV, In Demand (cable outlets), Amazon Instant and so many more are all distributing the film.

An estimated 1,000 innocent people are currently incarcerated based on doctors diagnosing shaken baby syndrome, a child abuse theory that has been disavowed as “junk science.” The prosecutions, false allegations and devastation of innocent peoples’ lives continues even as the science has dissolved.

Several years ago, in England, the prosecution re-examined a series of its shaken baby convictions and re-evaluated its policies and procedures for handling such cases. Interestingly, the new wrongful conviction integrity unit in the LA County District Attorney’s Office told California Public Radio that they plan to review shaken baby cases.

Related Readings:

The Syndrome, Apple iTunes.
The Syndrome, Facebook.
Tara Haelle, Doctors Devise a Better Way to Diagnose Shaken Baby Syndrome, NPR North Carolina (Jul. 29, 2015).
Samantha Adams, Shaken Baby Syndrome and Wrongful Convictions, Innocence Project of Florida: Plain Error (Mar. 30, 2015).
Innocence Project, Washington Post In-Depth Investigation: Shaken Baby Syndrome, (Mar. 23, 2015).
California Innocence Project, Shaken Baby Syndrome.
Jae C. Hong, LA County’s New Wrongful Conviction Unit Flooded with Hundreds of Innocence Claims, 89.3KPCC (Nov. 13, 2014).
Innocence Project, Shaken Baby Cases To Be Reviewed, (Aug. 11, 2014).
James Ross Gardner, The Trouble with Shaken Baby Syndrome, Seattle Met (Apr. 2, 2014).
Anthony DiPietro, Battle of Experts: Controversy in Shaken Baby Case Set for NY Court, Pace Criminal Justice Blog (Feb. 14, 2014).
Steve Orr, Judge Orders Special Hearing in Shaken Baby Case, Democrat & Chronicle (Jan. 24, 2014).
Steve Orr, Watchdog Report: Shaken-Baby Science Doubt Grows, Democrat & Chronicle (June 29, 2013).
Gary Craig, Watchdog Report: Shaken-Baby Triad Still Rules in New York Courts, Democrat & Chronicle (June 30, 2013).

February 29, 2016

REMINDER: PCJI Presents Making A Murderer Discussion

Please join the Pace Criminal Justice Institute (PCJI) on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at 6:00-9:00 PM in the Pace Law School Moot Court Room for an event: Legal, Ethical and Practical Issues: A Panel Discussion on the Netflix Documentary Series ‘Making A Murderer’. Join us as panelists including Professors Carol Barry, David Dorfman, Lissa Griffin, Jill Gross, and alumnus Chris McNerney (’06), Chief of Greenburgh Police, discuss the legal and ethical issues raised by this documentary. Attendees can earn up to 3.5 CLE credits (1.5 ethics and 2.0 professional practice).

Related Readings:

Lissa Griffin, Making a Murderer: A Broader Debate, Pace Criminal Justice Blog (Jan. 29, 2016).
Netflix – Making a Murder.
Yoni Heisler, Making a Murderer, BGR (Jan. 14, 2016).
Jack Murtha, The Media’s Complicated Role in Making a Murderer, Columbia Journalism Review (Jan. 7, 2016).
Mike McPhate, Record Number of False Convictions Overturned in 2015, New York Times (Feb. 3, 2016).
How ‘Making a Murderer’ Exposes Flaws in Juvenile Justice System, MPR News (Feb. 1, 2016).

February 26, 2016

REMINDER: PCJI Presents Making A Murderer Discussion

Related Readings:

Lissa Griffin, Making a Murderer: A Broader Debate, Pace Criminal Justice Blog (Jan. 29, 2016).
Netflix – Making a Murder
Yoni Heisler, Making a Murderer, BGR (Jan. 14, 2016).
Jack Murtha, The Media’s Complicated Role in Making a Murderer, Columbia Journalism Review (Jan. 7, 2016).
Mike McPhate, Record Number of False Convictions Overturned in 2015, New York Times (Feb. 3, 2016).
How ‘Making a Murderer’ Exposes Flaws in Juvenile Justice System, MPR News (Feb. 1, 2016).