<img width="235" height="146" alt="GavelandFlag235px" src="/site/files/oldnewsfiles/GavelandFlag235px.jpg" class="FloatRight">The <a href="/CampusLife/ActivitiesandOrganizations/OtherDelawareOrganizations/BlackLawStudentsAssociation.aspx">Black Law Students Association</a> on the Delaware campus will present the panel discussion “Trayvon Martin: Does Public Outcry Impact Prosecutorial Discretion?” on Monday, April 9.<br><br>The event, to be held in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom, will begin at 5 p.m.<br><br>Widener Law Associate Professor <a href="/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesDe/HolbrookJustin.aspx">Justin G. Holbrook</a> will moderate the discussion. The speaker lineup includes:
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<li>Renee Hughes, who has served as chief executive officer at the American Red Cross, southeastern Pennsylvania chapter, since May 2011. She came to the job after serving 15 years as a Court of Common Pleas judge.</li>
<br><li>Sylvester Johnson, who served as Philadelphia police commissioner from 2002 to 2008.</li>
<br><li>Leon Goodman, who works in the investigations division to the Chief Counsel Office of Audit and Compliance at the Philadelphia Housing Authority. He is a former Philadelphia assistant district attorney.</li>
<br><li>Shaka M. Johnson, Philadelphia defense attorney who is a former police officer and former prosecutor in Philadelphia.</li>
<br><li>Philadelphia attorney Richard R. Harris, a recognized authority on trial</li>
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The event is open to the public and all are welcome.