Event Description
Deadline to Register: November 11, 2016
This course explores the
ethical obligations that prosecutors and criminal defense lawyers
have to prevent the wrongful conviction of the
actually innocent. It examines the professional obligations that prosecutors and defense counsel have under
prevailing ABA standards, Rules of Professional Conduct, and Supreme Court decisions applicable to
serious criminal case prosecutions. The course also outlines the known causes of
wrongful convictions, why they occur either purposely or inadvertently, and what can be done to prevent them.
Presenter:
Steven
Kaplan
Steven
Kaplan is a senior of counsel attorney at Fredrikson &
Byron where he concentrates his practice on tax litigation, business and commercial litigation,
and white collar criminal and regulatory defense. Steve is a longtime
CLE writer and lecturer and board member of IPMN. He was
a member of the legal team that successfully secured the release
and exoneration of Damon Thibodeaux, a death row inmate who served
15 years in Lousiana's infamous Angola prison after being wrongfully convicted
of murder in 1997.
CLE Credits:
1.5 Ethics
CLE credits approved | Event Code: 228055
Cost:
Free
Remote Participation:
Teleconferencing and webcasting are available. Please
indicate this option when registering. Instructions will be emailed to you the
day before the CLE.
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Questions? Contact Shawn Carlson | 612-278-6305