18
Mar
FRI
Innocence Project Japan to Hold Symposium in Tokyo
- Date
- Friday, March 18, 2016
- Venue
- Training Room 2nd Floor, TKC Headquarters
Karukozaka MN Building, Agebacho 2-1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo - Apply
- For registration, send a message to the e-mail address below with your name, telephone number and e-mail address.
- Contact
- Ritsumeikan University Kinugasa Research Office (R-GIRO) Preparatory Office for Innocence Project Japan
Address: 56-1 Toji-in Kitamachi, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8577
E-mail: ipj2015@outlook.com
Telephone/Fax: 075-466-3362
The Innocence Project is a non-profit organization originated in the United States dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted individuals. In April 2016, Innocence Project Japan will be established by Ritsumeikan University, playing a leading role. In this symposium, we look at new ways of exonerating wrongfully convicted individuals, based on the reports in relation to the current status in Japan and the United States. Prior to its launch, the Innocence Project Japan holds a symposium titled "Death Row Exonerations and DNA Testing" in Tokyo. Ahead of the center's establishment, the Innocence Project Japan holds a symposium titled "Death Row Exonerations and DNA Testing" in Tokyo.
Admission free. Prior registration is required.
Presented by Innocence Project Japan
Co-presented by Institute of Human Sciences, Ritsumeikan University;
MEXT-Supported Program for Strategic Research Foundations at Private Universities "Translational Studies for Inclusive Society";
Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization, Center for Forensic Clinical Psychology;
MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Law and Human Sciences) "General Study on Utilization of Human Scientific Knowledge Regarding the Treatment of Criminals and Delinquents" (Head of Research: Professor Shinichi Ishizuka, Ryukoku University); and
Ryukoku Corrections and Rehabilitation Center
Program (Consecutive interpretation provided)
1. Opening remarks by Professor Mitsuyuki Inaba (Ritsumeikan University)
2. Key Note Speech 1: "Death Row Exonerations and DNA Testing – The Situation in the United States" by Professor Brandon L. Garrett (University of Virginia)
3. Panel Discussion "Death Row Exonerations and DNA Testing – The Situation in Japan"
Chair: Professor Makoto Ibusuki (Seijo University)
Speakers: Attorney Yoshiyuki Todate (Defense team for Hakamada Case, Daini Tokyo Bar Association), Attorney Hiroshi Sato (Defense team for Ashikaga Case, Daini Tokyo Bar Association), Associate Professor Kana Sasakura (Konan University)
4. Key Note Speech 2: "Towards the Establishment of Innocence Project Japan" by Professor Mitsuyuki Inaba (Ritsumeikan University)
5. Key Note Speech 3: "The Global Expansion of the Innocence Movement" by Professor Justin Brooks (California Western School of Law)
6. Comments from the Floor
7. Closing remarks by Professor Shinichi Ishizuka (Ryukoku University)
