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09-12-07, 11:09 PM
Questions & Answers With Zachary Katznelson
Date: 10 December
Time: 7-9pm
Venue: Willesden Green Library Centre, 95 Willesden High Rd, NW10 2SF (nearest tube: Willesden Green)
To mark International Human Rights Day, an opportunity for you to ask any questions you may have about the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay to a lawyer who has been there and represents several dozen detainees.
Source: www.guantanamo.org
Background: Zachary Katznelson, Senior Counsel
Zachary joined the staff at Reprieve in February 2006, having first worked with the organization as a volunteer. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University in 1995, and received his law degree from New York University School of Law in 2000. Zachary represents 40 prisoners in Guantánamo Bay and works on death penalty cases in the United States as a California licenced attorney-at-law.
Before joining Reprieve, Zachary worked on the cases of women convicted of killing their batterers, but who had not been allowed to introduce evidence of the abuse at trial. He has litigated to improve prison conditions, represented prisoners in habeas actions to enforce parole-related due process rights, and investigated death penalty cases in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. After graduation, Zachary clerked for Chief Judge Marilyn Hall Patel of the Northern District of California. Zachary has also served on the staff of U.S. Congressman Jerrold Nadler, writing legislation and speeches and advising the Congressman on various matters.
Date: 10 December
Time: 7-9pm
Venue: Willesden Green Library Centre, 95 Willesden High Rd, NW10 2SF (nearest tube: Willesden Green)
To mark International Human Rights Day, an opportunity for you to ask any questions you may have about the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay to a lawyer who has been there and represents several dozen detainees.
Source: www.guantanamo.org
Background: Zachary Katznelson, Senior Counsel
Zachary joined the staff at Reprieve in February 2006, having first worked with the organization as a volunteer. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University in 1995, and received his law degree from New York University School of Law in 2000. Zachary represents 40 prisoners in Guantánamo Bay and works on death penalty cases in the United States as a California licenced attorney-at-law.
Before joining Reprieve, Zachary worked on the cases of women convicted of killing their batterers, but who had not been allowed to introduce evidence of the abuse at trial. He has litigated to improve prison conditions, represented prisoners in habeas actions to enforce parole-related due process rights, and investigated death penalty cases in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. After graduation, Zachary clerked for Chief Judge Marilyn Hall Patel of the Northern District of California. Zachary has also served on the staff of U.S. Congressman Jerrold Nadler, writing legislation and speeches and advising the Congressman on various matters.