Prosecution in the 21st Century: Transforming the Criminal Justice System

April 9, 2019
Brennan Center for Justice

In her new book Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration, journalist Emily Bazelon mounted a major critique of the American criminal justice system and tells the story of the growing movement for change in the field of prosecution. She followed a new wave of district attorneys who have been elected across the country — in some of our biggest cities, as well as in rural areas — and are reinventing how their jobs are done.

Speakers:
• Emily Bazelon, Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School; Staff Writer, New York Times Magazine; Author, Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration
• Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, New York District Attorney's Office
• Miriam Krinsky, Executive Director, Fair and Just Prosecution
• Dan Satterberg, King County Prosecutor, (Seattle, WA)

Moderator:
• Lauren-Brooke Eisen, Senior Fellow, Justice Program, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law