New York Murder Exoneree Jeffrey Deskovic Headlines Forum on Wrongful Conviction at Buffalo State

BUFFALO, NY (10/22/2007)(readMedia)-- One week after The Innocence Project released a report showing New York State the worst in the nation when it comes to DNA-based exonerations of people wrongfully convicted of murder during this decade, Buffalo State will host a forum featuring Jeffrey Deskovic, exonerated after 16 years in prison for a Peekskill murder he did not commit. Other speakers include John Walker, who spent years in prison for a crime he did not commit and the current chairman of Buffalo Local Action Committee, Jim Michalek, WNY coordinator for New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty, and Nathan Hare, a longtime Buffalo activist and current Executive Director of the Community Action Organization of Erie County.

Who/What: Exonerees Jeffrey Deskovic and John Walker, NYers Against the Death Penalty’s Jim Michaelk, and Erie County activist Nathan Hare headline forum on the plague of wrongful convictions that have made New York State the leader in the nation.

Where: Buffalo State University, Bulger Communication Center West, 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo

When: Tuesday, October 23rd, 12:15-1:30 p.m.

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