Still time to register for “Understanding Drug Sentencing” conference former AG Eric Holder and Piper Kerman keynote

I first noted here the conference organized by the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center and the Academy for Justice set for October 7-8, 2021, titled “Understanding Drug Sentencing and its Contributions to Mass Punishment.”  On the eve of the event, folks can still register separately for each of the events on Thursday, for all Friday events, on the Agenda page. 

As the agenda page details, day one of the symposium includes the “Inaugural 2021 Menard Family Lecture on Drug Policy and Criminal Justice” on Thursday, October 7 from 12:30-2pm EDT.  The Inaugural 2021 Menard Family Lecture on Drug Policy and Criminal Justice will feature Eric H. Holder, Jr., former Attorney General of the United States, and Piper Kerman, social justice advocate and author of “Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison,” with special guests Ohio Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor and Chief U.S. District Judge Algenon L. Marbley for the Southern District of Ohio.