This morning I posted some photos from a recent phenomenal criminal justice conference. It was held in New York City (and I mentioned it here and here).
The conference was aimed at members of the media who cover law and policy. The idea of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Guggenheim Foundation was to bring great sources to us, all in one place. Great idea.
Jeffrey Toobin, New Yorker writer and CNN analyst, Jan. 31, 2011
Some of the highlights from the two-day event:
- A keynote by Judge Jonathan Lippman, New York State’s Chief Judge
- A panel moderated by Jeffrey Toobin, New Yorker writer and CNN Analyst, which included ACLU President Susan Herman and Hon. Sue Bell Cobb, the Alabama Chief Justice
- Panelists on challenges faced by the courts, which included Judge Robert Russell, whose visit to the State Bar of Arizona we covered before (here and here)
- Speakers on criminal justice trends
- Reports from the nation’s prisons
- Special presentations on gun violence and cybercrime
Susan N. Herman, ACLU President
As part of my invitation to attend and be named a John Jay/Guggenheim Fellow, I committed to write a story on some element covered by the conference. A brief story on an Arizona criminal sentencing debate appears in our April issue (available in hard copy now and online April 1). A longer story on sentencing will appear in an upcoming issue.
More photos are available on the Arizona Attorney Magazine Facebook page.
AZ Attorney 
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