This video features proceedings from a criminal justice symposium held at the Interdenominational Theological Center sponsored by the Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights. The symposium focused on the topics of alternative sentences, mandatory sentences, sentencing disparities, and prisoner rehabilitation. The recording opens with Dr. Betty Ann Cook discussing prisoner rehabilitation needs. Norman S. Fletcher, the Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, speaks about reforms in indigent defense. Other speakers include Georgia State Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens, Judge Leah Ward Sears, Fulton County public defender Vernon S. Pitts, public defender B. Michael Mears, Khalil Osiris, and Edward Menifee (founder of the Southwest Atlanta Youth Business Organization).
