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Special thanks to Frank Marallo for use of these pictures. Apologies in advance for the jokes.
Brooklyn Law Students for Sensible Drug Policy (BLSSDP) hosted its first annual Drugs and the Law Week this April. The Week featured three panel talks on drug law and policy, and finished off with a screening of the documentary The House I Live In and a Q&A with one of the filmmakers. Here is a recap of each of the events, and videos of each can be found on BLS’ iTunesU page. A Lasting Peace: Beyond Criminal Justice in the War on Drugs The first panel focused on how the criminal justice system deals with the War on Drugs and featured three panelists: Professor Bennett Capers, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York; Farrah Diaz-Tello, staff attorney for National Advocates for Pregnant Women; and Leah Horowitz – attorney with the Bronx Defenders. Professor Capers started … Continue reading…