Continuing his efforts to educate the next generation of lawyers on the perils of wrongful convictions, Marty Tankleff recently headed over to Portugal to present at a 2-day seminar in Portugal’s Catolica University Law school on exonerations.
There was extensive press attention -- which also brought attention to the issue to many citizens -- in addition to the university's law students, professors and administration.
Read one of the stories, here (in original Portuguese that can be translated):
- https://www.msn.com/pt-pt/noticias/sociedade/juristas-dos-eua-discutem-no-porto-impacto-de-erros-em-condena%C3%A7%C3%B5es/ar-BB1mFyzm
- https://24.sapo.pt/atualidade/artigos/marty-tankleff-e-amanda-knox-foram-condenados-por-crimes-que-nao-cometeram-e-depois-ilibados-estao-no-porto-a-falar-sobre-o-que-se-faz-quando-a-justica-erra
- https://24.sapo.pt/atualidade/artigos/avc-e-tumores-representam-quase-metade-das-mortes-em-portugal
- https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/en/mundo/2564011/juristas-dos-eua-discutem-no-porto-impacto-de-erros-em-condenacoes
- https://www.dnoticias.pt/2024/5/20/406002-juristas-dos-eua-discutem-no-porto-impacto-de-erros-em-condenacoes/
- https://www.msn.com/pt-pt/noticias/sociedade/juristas-dos-eua-discutem-no-porto-impacto-de-erros-em-condena%C3%A7%C3%B5es/ar-BB1mFyzm
- https://portocanal.sapo.pt/noticia/351096
- https://m.porto.ucp.pt/pt/central-eventos/seminar-wrongful-arrest-rightful-exoneration