Punishment without Crime
01/13/2020 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM in Durham (Germany)
A Book Panel Discussion with Prof. Alexandra Natapoff
Panel discussion of Alexandra Natapoff's new book, Punishment Without Crime: How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal. The book describes the powerful influence that misdemeanors exert over the entire U.S. criminal system. It was selected by Publishers Weekly as a Best Book of 2018.
Natapoffis a professor at UCI Law School and has previously served as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Baltimore, Maryland. Panelists include Adam Gershowitz, Professor at William & Mary Law School, Eisha Jain, Visiting Professor at Duke Law, and Vikrant Reddy, Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Koch Institute. Professor Brandon Garrett (Duke Law) will moderate. Sponsored by the Duke Center for Science and Justice and the Duke Criminal Law Society. F