Criminal Justice Coalition Event: Righting the Wrongful Conviction and Execution of Daniel Sampson
On March 7, 1935, Daniel P. Sampson, a veteran of No. 2 Construction Battalion, was executed for the murder of a young white boy, Bramwell Heffernan. He was the last person executed in Halifax.
Newly discovered evidence strongly suggests that Sampson was wrongly convicted, and thereby unjustly executed.
The Dalhousie Criminal Law Students' Association and the Dalhousie Prison Justice Society invite community members to this Criminal Justice Coalition event where Sampson's great-great-grandson, Lance Sampson, and his lawyer, David Steeves (LLB '03, LLM '09), will discuss the case, its impact, and the steps they have taken to advance the first posthumous review of a capital case in Canadian legal history.
They will be joined by Schulich Law Associate Professor Michelle Williams, co-chair of Dalhousie's African Nova Scotia Strategy, and award-winning journalist Tim Bousquet, who published a seven-part series on Daniel P. Sampson in the Halifax Examiner.
Categories
Speaker Series, Law, Faculty Interest, Staff Interest, Student Interest
Time
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Location
Weldon Law Building, Room W105
6061 University Ave.
Additional Information
Light refreshments will be provided.
This session will be recorded and shared on Schulich Law's YouTube channel at a later date.
