Author Event: Mark Godsey, Innocense Project

Mark Godsey, the director of the Ohio Innocence Project and acclaimed author of Blind Injustice will be speaking and signing his book, next Monday, March 27 at 6 pm at the Lalmanovitz Appellate Courtroom at the UC Davis Law School.

Professor Godsey started the Ohio chapter of the Innocence Project in 2003 at the University of Cincinnati. As of 2020, he and his team had freed 30 wrongfully convicted individuals.

He admits he was quite skeptical of the Innocence Project at first, coming from seven years of experience as a prosecutor. Working with the students and meeting exonerees from across the country opened his eyes to the injustices of wrongful convictions.

“By the end of that year, I realized that there are serious problems with our criminal justice system and I had been in hardcore denial about it,” said Godsey.

In his book, “Blind Injustice” – “Drawing upon stories from his own career, he shares how innate psychological flaws in judges, police, lawyers, and juries coupled with a ‘tough on crime’ environment can cause investigations to go awry, leading to the convictions of innocent people.”

Godsey’s appearance is sponsored by The Davis Vanguard. General admission is $50. Proceeds will go to the Vanguard’s vaunted Court Watch Program which has as one of its missions to prevent wrongful convictions.

Student admission is discounted to $20. UC Davis Law Students admitted free.

Space is limited, reserve at: https://davisvanguard.networkforgood.com/events/53985-mark-godsey-the-system-s-blindness-to-injustice