March 6th: 20th Anniversary Event (Cancelled)

**THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED**

Join us to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the BA in Criminology and Criminal Justice!

Tuesday March 6, 2018
3 p.m.- 4:30 p.m.
2220 Richcraft Hall

Punishment and Legal Activism: Contesting Derek Twyman’s 160 – year US prison sentence

Derek Twyman, a Canadian citizen, was 25 years-old when he was sentenced to 160 years in a North Carolina prison after being convicted of a string of non-violent burglaries in 1989. In November 2017, Twyman finally returned to Canada as a free man after more than 27 years behind bars. Twyman was freed thanks to a group of Canadian lawyers who spent a decade fighting against Twyman’s excessively harsh sentence. This event features Derek Twyman and his Toronto-based lawyer Shane Martinez. They will discuss the case, experiences in prison, the challenges of reintegration, and similar challenges faced by hundreds of Canadian citizens that are stuck in prisons abroad.