Lectures About the Criminal Justice System

Innocents betrayed: Injustice in our criminal justice system

A look at the injustices in the United States from the Salem Witch Trials to modern day examples of innocent people executed or jailed by our system. The lecture features the story of Todd Willingham, the only person executed by the U.S government who has subsequently been proven to have been innocent.

Shaken Baby Syndrome

The story of one of the greatest miscarriages of justice: the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. Many caretakers who are totally innocent are spending their life in prison for a crime they didn’t commit, that of shaking babies to death. This is the story of how the diagnosis and crime came to be.