Attorney Christine Mumma and Gregory Taylor, who was wrongfully convicted of a 1993 murder and recently released after nearly 17 years in prison, will offer the Constitution Day address as the fall 2010 Law and Humanities Lecturers. The address, which is sponsored by Phi Alpha Delta, the Prelaw Program, and the Center for Law and Humanities, will be held Thursday, Sept. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Whitley Auditorium.
Mumma is the director of the North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence, which coordinates the Innocence Projects at North Carolina’s law schools. Thanks to Mumma’s work and that of the many students and attorneys working with the Center, wrongfully convicted defendants like Taylor and Dwayne Allen Dail have been exonerated.
Taylor was the first person exonerated after the creation of the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission. As part of their speech, Mumma and Taylor will address the question of how to rectify an imperfect system. The event is free and open to the public.