Fighting Time: Exploring the Social Impact of Wrongful Conviction Presenter: Amy Banks, M.D.

Title: Fighting Time: Exploring the Social Impact of Wrongful Conviction
Presenter: Amy Banks, M.D.
Location: Cheever House, Wellesley College – 828 Washington St, Wellesley

In April of 1979, a sixteen year-old boy, was tried as an adult and convicted of killing a professor in New Orleans, LA. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole and sent to the bloodiest prison in the country, Angola, to live out his days. Twelve years later his conviction was overturned due to prosecution misconduct.
Amy Banks, MD, the daughter of the professor killed in New Orleans, will lead attendees on an exploration of the complicated impact of wrongful conviction on the families of both the victim and the accused. She will weave into the discussion excerpts from her third book project, Fighting Time, a collaboration with Isaac Knapper, the man falsely accused of killing her father.

This program is part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series hosted by the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) at Wellesley College. Lunchtime Seminars are free and open to the public. Most programs are held Thursdays, 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the Centers’ Cheever House location (828 Washington St, Wellesley), and parking is available in the on-site parking lot. Bring your lunch; WCW will provide tea and coffee. For accessibility questions, contact Disability Services at Wellesley College ([email protected] or call 781.283.2434).

To check the Lunchtime Seminar Series schedule, visit wcwonline.org/calendar or call 781.283.2500. For those who are unable to attend, many programs are recorded and the audio is posted online at wcwonline.org/audio.

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