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Just Mercy Film Screening and Wrongful Convictions Panel

Apr 2023
03

6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Gorton Center

Join us for the film screening and discussion.

Join us for a screening of the powerful true story of attorney Bryan Stevenson, who works to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner. Before the screening, Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics Stephanie Caparelli leads a panel discussion with exoneree James Kluppelberg, who served 25 years in prison and faced the death penalty for crimes he did not commit, and Anthony Spaulding, an author, artist, and system-impacted graduate of Rogers Park’s Legacy Barber College.

Learn more about James Klupperlberg at the National Registry of Exonerations.

The panel will be followed by a screening of the film  Just Mercy, the powerful true story of attorney Bryan Stevenson, who works to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner.

Gorton Film Center | Lake Forest, IL
April 3, 2023
6pm - 10pm

The event is open to the Lake Forest College community and the public.

On Campus Accessibility Accommodations:

Contact Kirsten Schramm at 847-735-5167 or kschramm@lakeforest.edu at least 72 hours in advance.

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