Former Death Row Inmate to
Keynote Juvenile Delinquency Training
KANSAS CITY, October 25, 2005-The Jackson County Court
Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) will host a panel discussion on
juvenile delinquency on Wednesday, Oct. 26 from 1-4 p.m. at the Kauffman
Foundation in Kansas City.
The panel will discuss topics such as what happens
to kids in jail and the Move UP Program that aims to build healthy,
crime and drug free families and neighborhoods in the urban core.
Sean O’Brien, visiting professor from the University of Missouri
at Kansas City; John Kurtz, partner of Hubbard & Kurtz L.L.P.;
Joe Amrine; and Melissa Robinson, Coordinator of Crisis Interventions
and Victim Support Program for Move UP will sit on the panel.
Joe Amrine, now working as a consultant with the Public Interest Litigation
Clinic in Kansas City, Missouri, was exonerated in July of 2003 after
serving 17 years on Missouri’s death row. Amrine will speak
on experiences from his youth, the importance of personal accountability,
education, family, and the difficulties facing youth certified to
Missouri’s adult court system. Two years after his release,
Amrine spoke before the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
in Geneva, Switzerland in 2005 and continues to be featured in numerous
publications.
Funding for the training, required for court advocates,
is supported by funding from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office
of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and provided through
a grant from the Missouri Department of Public Safety and the State
Juvenile Justice Advisory Group.
WHO: Joe Amrine, former death row inmate
WHAT: A panel discussion on juvenile delinquency
WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 26, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
WHERE: Kauffman Foundation, 4801 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO
For more information about the event, please contact
Terri Durdaller at (573) 751-4819.