Thu March 17, 2016
2016 Justice for All Awards Dinner, Benefiting NCIP
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Join the Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP) for its ninth annual Justice for All Awards Dinner on March 17, 2016, celebrating NCIP's 15th Anniversary. The mission of NCIP is to promote a fair, effective and compassionate criminal justice system and protect the rights of the innocent. The Justice for All Awards Dinner is NCIP's largest fundraising event of the year, which provides critical resources to help free innocent prisoners and reform the criminal justice system. At the dinner we thank key supporters and celebrate the accomplishments of the exonerees they have helped to free.
2016 co-hosts include:
San Francisco 49ers Champions Ronnie Lott and Harris Barton
2016 honorees include:
Dean Strang will accept the Champion of Justice Award. Dean Strang has done important work to protect the presumption of innocence. A prominent defense attorney, he was the trial lawyer for Steven Avery (featured in the documentary series "Making a Murderer"). Prior to that, he was Wisconsin's first Federal Defender and has a long history of integrity and commitment to justice.
Elizabeth Zitrin will accept the Leadership Award. As president of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty, she is a global leader on issues of criminal justice reform and the death penalty. Since 2004, she has served on NCIP's advisory board, providing exceptional leadership and helping shape the organization's development over the years.
Exonoree Maurice Caldwell will accept the Cookie Ridolfi Freedom Award. Maurice Caldwell was exonerated in 2011 after spending 20 years wrongfully imprisoned. Caldwell regularly educates groups about the issue of wrongful conviction and helps to persuade California legislators to pass NCIP-sponsored bills.
Jason Bussey and Patrick King, partners at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, will accept the Pro Bono Award. With their leadership, the firm has devoted thousands of pro bono hours to NCIP on multiple cases.
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2016 co-hosts include:
San Francisco 49ers Champions Ronnie Lott and Harris Barton
2016 honorees include:
Dean Strang will accept the Champion of Justice Award. Dean Strang has done important work to protect the presumption of innocence. A prominent defense attorney, he was the trial lawyer for Steven Avery (featured in the documentary series "Making a Murderer"). Prior to that, he was Wisconsin's first Federal Defender and has a long history of integrity and commitment to justice.
Elizabeth Zitrin will accept the Leadership Award. As president of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty, she is a global leader on issues of criminal justice reform and the death penalty. Since 2004, she has served on NCIP's advisory board, providing exceptional leadership and helping shape the organization's development over the years.
Exonoree Maurice Caldwell will accept the Cookie Ridolfi Freedom Award. Maurice Caldwell was exonerated in 2011 after spending 20 years wrongfully imprisoned. Caldwell regularly educates groups about the issue of wrongful conviction and helps to persuade California legislators to pass NCIP-sponsored bills.
Jason Bussey and Patrick King, partners at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, will accept the Pro Bono Award. With their leadership, the firm has devoted thousands of pro bono hours to NCIP on multiple cases.
Join the Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP) for its ninth annual Justice for All Awards Dinner on March 17, 2016, celebrating NCIP's 15th Anniversary. The mission of NCIP is to promote a fair, effective and compassionate criminal justice system and protect the rights of the innocent. The Justice for All Awards Dinner is NCIP's largest fundraising event of the year, which provides critical resources to help free innocent prisoners and reform the criminal justice system. At the dinner we thank key supporters and celebrate the accomplishments of the exonerees they have helped to free.
2016 co-hosts include:
San Francisco 49ers Champions Ronnie Lott and Harris Barton
2016 honorees include:
Dean Strang will accept the Champion of Justice Award. Dean Strang has done important work to protect the presumption of innocence. A prominent defense attorney, he was the trial lawyer for Steven Avery (featured in the documentary series "Making a Murderer"). Prior to that, he was Wisconsin's first Federal Defender and has a long history of integrity and commitment to justice.
Elizabeth Zitrin will accept the Leadership Award. As president of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty, she is a global leader on issues of criminal justice reform and the death penalty. Since 2004, she has served on NCIP's advisory board, providing exceptional leadership and helping shape the organization's development over the years.
Exonoree Maurice Caldwell will accept the Cookie Ridolfi Freedom Award. Maurice Caldwell was exonerated in 2011 after spending 20 years wrongfully imprisoned. Caldwell regularly educates groups about the issue of wrongful conviction and helps to persuade California legislators to pass NCIP-sponsored bills.
Jason Bussey and Patrick King, partners at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, will accept the Pro Bono Award. With their leadership, the firm has devoted thousands of pro bono hours to NCIP on multiple cases.
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2016 co-hosts include:
San Francisco 49ers Champions Ronnie Lott and Harris Barton
2016 honorees include:
Dean Strang will accept the Champion of Justice Award. Dean Strang has done important work to protect the presumption of innocence. A prominent defense attorney, he was the trial lawyer for Steven Avery (featured in the documentary series "Making a Murderer"). Prior to that, he was Wisconsin's first Federal Defender and has a long history of integrity and commitment to justice.
Elizabeth Zitrin will accept the Leadership Award. As president of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty, she is a global leader on issues of criminal justice reform and the death penalty. Since 2004, she has served on NCIP's advisory board, providing exceptional leadership and helping shape the organization's development over the years.
Exonoree Maurice Caldwell will accept the Cookie Ridolfi Freedom Award. Maurice Caldwell was exonerated in 2011 after spending 20 years wrongfully imprisoned. Caldwell regularly educates groups about the issue of wrongful conviction and helps to persuade California legislators to pass NCIP-sponsored bills.
Jason Bussey and Patrick King, partners at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, will accept the Pro Bono Award. With their leadership, the firm has devoted thousands of pro bono hours to NCIP on multiple cases.
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