Recently, PCJP Director, Professor Heidi Rummel joined Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman and Dave Lewis, a longtime corrections leader, for a conversation on “The Evolution of Crime and Punishment in California: What’s Next?” moderated by Joe Garcia, reporter for CalMatters. The discussion was covered in the Los Angeles Times.…
Professor Heidi Rummel, Co-Director of PCJP The landscape of criminal justice in California is changing. Following decades of legislative reforms meant to increase the accessibility of parole for deserving individuals, there is now political pressure to limit rehabilitation efforts and return to a “tough on crime” approach. California’s penal system…
The Post-Conviction Justice Project brought former clients and USC Gould students together for a discussion, "Racial Injustice in the Criminal System," Nov. 6.
Newly released from prison, PCJP clients shared their journeys recently at a special event at USC Gould, “Stories of Lost Childhood: Children Serving Adult Sentences.”
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On February 9, 2012, PCJP student Steve Papazian will argue on behalf of Jeanna Redwood before Division Seven of the California Court of Appeal, Second District.
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The USC Law alumni attending the recent 30th anniversary of the Post-Conviction Justice Project hail from nearly ever corner of the legal world – they are judges, public defenders, state and federal prosecutors, public interest lawyers and partners at law firms.
(more…)On October 28, the California Habeas Project received a humanitarian award for advocacy from Peace Over Violence, a sexual and domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, and youth violence prevention center headquartered in Los Angeles. Norma Cumpian, a former PCJP client and domestic abuse survivor, presented the award.
USC Law’s Post Conviction Justice Project, Entertainment Law Society, Life Sentence Films and Outside the Box [Office] are holding a special screening of Crime After Crime, an official selection of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, on October 26 at 7:00 p.m.
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The Post-Conviction Justice Project and UnCommon Law hosted an MCLE event on October 15, 2011, in Los Angeles for attorneys and law students on representation of California life inmates appearing before the Board of Parole Hearings.
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