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SV Reads 2017: And Justice for All

How can we reduce bias in our legal system? Benforado examines this critical issue from both a legal perspective and from someone who has been incarcerated.

Benforado says, “The failure of our legal system has been a defining issue in the U.S. over the last year…. To make progress in our fight against abuse, unequal treatment and wrongful convictions, we must come together as a community to consider the psychological biases that share the behavior of judges, jurors, witnesses, lawyers, police officers—and all of the rest of us.”

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Presented by The Santa Clara County Library District, The San Jose Public Library, The Santa Clara County Office of Education, and De Anza College

February 23, 2017

Visual and Performing Arts Center, De Anza College
21250 Stevens Creek Blvd.
Cupertino, 95014
United States

Speakers

Adam Benforado

Associate Professor of Law, Drexel University; Author, Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice

Sal Pizzaro

Columnist, San Jose Mercury News—Moderator