Rutgers Professor Frank Askin to Guest on Prison Nation Radio (PNR)

Rutgers Professor Frank Askin to Guest on Prison Nation Radio (PNR) Live Broadcast/Forum - Saturday January 5, 2008 at Willingboro Public Library

Prison Nation Radio (PNR): Prof. Frank Askin, Director of the Constitutional Litigation Clinic at Rutgers Law School/Newark will be the guest on Prison Nation Radio (PNR) - Hosted by Michael B. Jackson’s on Saturday January 5, 2008 @ 10:30AM. The Topic of the program is ”Voting Power & The Prison Nation: Using What We Have To Get What We Want (& Need)”. This is the second in a series of scheduled live PNR broadcast/community forums from the Willingboro Public Library (220 Willingboro Blvd, Willingboro, NJ 08046) on Saturday January 5, 2008 at 10:30 AM. The Public is invited. The program can also be accessed on the Internet at www.Jointfx.com.

Professor Askin has been a member of the National Board of the American Civil Liberties Union since 1969 and has been one of the ACLU's four general counsels since 1976. His memoir, Defending Rights: A Life in Law and Politics was published in 1997 by Humanities Press. He is listed in Woodward & White's Best Lawyers in America.

“It is now well documented that, as a consequence of racial profiling, members of racial minority groups have been investigated, arrested, prosecuted and convicted in New Jersey in numbers totally disproportionate to their propensity to commit crimes.” said Professor Askin. “The consequence is that members of the African American and Latino communities are denied an equal opportunity to influence the electoral and political process.”

Professor Askin is also one of the lead attorneys in a petition filed the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights which claims that felon disenfranchisement is a violation of universal Human Rights principles, The American Civil Liberties Union and the Rutgers Law School Constitutional Litigation Clinic filed petition urges the Inter American Commission to rule that denying New Jersey citizens on parole and probation the right to vote violates universal human rights principles. The petition was filed after the New Jersey Supreme Court refused to hear the case.

Those who cannot attend can call in, email or join the live chat room during the broadcast. Letters can be sent to mail: PMB 104, Postnet, 621 Beverly-Rancocas Rd, Willingboro, NJ 08046. The program call in phone number is 1-347-215-8904. Registration and participation is free. There is room for only 50 people at the Library and Pre-Registration is required. For more information and to register go to www.Jointfx.com or email PNR@jointfx.com (put “Register” in the subject box) or register at the Willingboro Public Library’s

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