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Life Penalty Film Screening for Calendar

The Colorado Criminal Defense Bar
The Colorado Trial Lawyers Association
 Coloradans Against the Death Penalty
 The Colorado Progressive Coalition
 The Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center
The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado
 and
 The Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition
 
invite you to join us in honoring David Wymore* at a special fundraiser screening of
 
The Life Penalty
a feature length documentary film
about David Wymore and the Colorado Method of Jury Selection
which just had its world premiere at the Boulder International Film Festival
   
How did a rebel public defender from Boulder, Colorado throw a monkey wrench into America's "death machine"?  Slip into a juror’s seat as David Wymore and other nationally recognized criminal defense attorneys bring their fight against the death penalty to the front line: the courtroom.  Casting a revelatory and often uncomfortable light on our justice system, The Life Penalty shakes the ethical and moral foundations of capital punishment in the contemporary United States.

The film is for general audiences as well as attorneys, and for attorneys attending 2 CLE credits have been applied for.
 
Proceeds will go to the David Wymore College of Criminal Defense and Jury Selection to help fund training and provide other resources to lawyers and law students.
 
Thursday, April 10, 2008
6:30PM
Mayan Theatre
110 Broadway
Denver, CO 80203

or

 Wednesday, April 16, 2008
6:30PM
Wolf Law Building
2450 Kittredge Loop Road
Boulder, CO 80309
 
Panel discussion following with David Wymore,
Douglas Wilson - Colorado State Public Defender,
and the filmmakers.
 
Limited Seating – reservations strongly recommended.
To see a preview and order your tickets on-line please visit:
www.TheLifePenalty.com
 
*David Wymore served as a public defender in Colorado for 28 years, and as Chief Trial Deputy had primary responsibility for defending capital cases.  He has handled over 100 death penalty cases, 12 of which went to trial; none of his clients received the death penalty and some were acquitted.  Along the way he and other attorneys developed the Colorado Method of Jury Selection, which helps to select a jury that is more likely to impose a life sentence.  More recently, with co-counsel Maria Liu, he was successful in freeing Tim Masters, who served 10 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of First Degree Murder in Fort Collins.