Joshua A. Tepfer, J.D. & Terrill Swift - Convenient Scapegoats: The Englewood Four and Juvenile Confessions

Event Date: 10/24/2012
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Location: GB Gage Gallery

Joshua Tepfer is with the Bluhm Legal Clinic with the Northwestern University School of Law and currently serves as the Project Coordinator and as a Staff Attorney for the Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth. During his time there, Joshua has been instrumental in his helping to secure the freedom of wrongfully convicted individuals, including members of the Dixmoor Five and the Englewood Four. Terrill Swift was one of the Englewood teenagers wrongfully convicted of rape and murder. He was freed from prison in 2012 after serving over 15 years for a crime he did not commit.

Sponsored by the Joseph Loundy Human Rights Project and the Department of Psychology as part of the Wrongful Convictions Distinguished Speaker Series.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Professor Bethany Barratt at bbarratt@roosevelt.eduor Professor Shari Berkowitz at sberkowitz@roosevelt.edu.