Judge Horace Ward on Defending Coercive Criminal Charges
Location
Thorne Auditorium
Start Date
31-10-2014 11:45 AM
Description
Judge Horace Ward, the first African American U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, will discuss the state court's use and abuse of criminal sanctions to silence civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King. The Georgia courts went beyond their powers in an attempt to incarcerate Dr. King for an extended period for two minor violations related to a driver's license and an arrest during a peaceful demonstration. This session, led by Professor Destiny Peery of Northwestern Law, will examine the legal issues raised by this exercise of state judicial power. Judge Ward attended Morehouse College with Dr. King, graduated from Northwestern Law School, and represented Dr. King in the Georgia courts.
Judge Horace Ward on Defending Coercive Criminal Charges
Thorne Auditorium
Judge Horace Ward, the first African American U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, will discuss the state court's use and abuse of criminal sanctions to silence civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King. The Georgia courts went beyond their powers in an attempt to incarcerate Dr. King for an extended period for two minor violations related to a driver's license and an arrest during a peaceful demonstration. This session, led by Professor Destiny Peery of Northwestern Law, will examine the legal issues raised by this exercise of state judicial power. Judge Ward attended Morehouse College with Dr. King, graduated from Northwestern Law School, and represented Dr. King in the Georgia courts.
