Wednesday, November 10, 2021 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Join the League of Women Voters of Southwest Santa Clara Valley for a discussion on criminal justice reform. You will hear from three speakers about the history of criminal justice, the need for reform, and what you can do to help.
- Sharon Kyle is a civil libertarian committed to social justice. She is the publisher and co-founder of LA Progressive, former President and Professor of the Guild Law School, member of several space flight teams at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, member of the Board of Directors of the ACLU-SoCal and editorial board of the BlackCommentator.com.
- Karyn Sinunu is a volunteer attorney for the Northern California Innocence Project and former Chief Assistant District Attorney for Santa Clara County. Sinunu also co-authored Hate Crimes, which was published by the California District Attorneys Association, and coordinated the creation of the Santa Clara County Law Enforcement Child Abuse Protocol, the first of its kind in California to cover homicide, sexual and physical assault, kidnapping and neglect.
- Carolina Goodman is co-chair of the Criminal Justice Committee for the League of Women Voters of California. As chair, she is integrally involved in establishing the LWV California's position on criminal justice. She is a retired elementary school curriculum coordinator. Goodman is also member of the LWV Los Angeles chapter, where she works on youth outreach and human trafficking committees.
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Post-webinar information:
Sharon Kyle, publisher and co-founder of LA Progressive, showed us how the number of prisons increased dramatically in the last 30 years. We were taken aback by how misdemeanors are weaponized and used against people of color in the documentary Racially Charged. Karynn Sinunu-Towery of the Northern California Innocence Project told us about Jeremy Puckett and how the criminal justice system took away 19 years of his life even though he was innocent. Carolina Goodman, co-chair of the LWV California Criminal Justice Committee, presented information about what the LWV is working on and how everyone can get involved.
If you were not able to join us for this great webinar, you can watch the video on our YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/4BrkPye-tcI. Slides used during the webinar are available for download below:
For information on how what you can do to help reform the criminal justice system, look at the list of resources compiled by Carolina Goodman: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ceSCosu8_v2BCtehXPaFgtUsjV8cpJ2nyQKHKRsOqFE/edit
