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**Please Distribute**
Black Star Community Bookstore &
the National Conference of Black Lawyers
present
A Community Forum
the meaning of
"Life"
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
7:00pm
Attorney Sherrie P. Guess will present the documentary film The Meaning of ‘Life’: Restoring Fairness to Michigan’s Parole System. The film, which was produced by Citizens Alliance on Prisons and Public Spending (CAPPS), examines the plight of paroleable lifers serving sentences in the Michigan Department of Corrections. Through extensive research, CAPPS found that more than 7,000 prisoners had served their minimum sentences, were no longer a threat to public safety, and could be placed on parole with a savings to taxpayers of $145 million. Among the group of parole-eligible prisoners were paroleable lifers who have spent an average of 22 years in prison, which is 10 years longer in most cases than the judge who sentenced them expected them to serve. In this forum, we will examine the high cost of denying parole and the social and economic impact on our communities.
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About the Presenter
Sherrie P. Guess currently serves as the Secretary of the Michigan State Bar’s Criminal Law Section, and as Treasurer and Board Member of the National Conference of Black Lawyers. She is a graduate of U-M Law School, and worked as assistant appellate defender at the State Appellate Defender Office for 18 years representing indigent criminal defendants on appeal. She now works as a Staff Attorney at Prison Legal Services of Michigan. She has also been a lecturer for the Michigan Appellate Assigned Counsel System.
This forum is the second in a series of community forums sponsored by the National Conference of Black Lawyers exclusively at Black Star Community Bookstore. Each forum will address legal issues affecting the Black community.
Black Star Community Bookstore is located at 19410 Livernois at Outer Drive.
Call (313) 863-BOOK for more information. |