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  1. Joe Marogil said,

    October 20, 2008 at 8:16 pm

    Hello,
    We just reformed a chapter of the NLG at Loyola Law School. Here is the flier for our first event (in text and attached). We hope you can all attend. Please forward the information widely.

    Please circulate the event information below and attached.
    *****
    26 Years of Justice Denied:
    The Ethics of Attorney-Client Privilege in The Wrongful Conviction of Alton Logan

    When:
    6pm – Monday, November 3rd

    Where:
    Kasbeer Hall – 15th Floor
    Loyola University of Chicago
    School of Law
    25 E. Pearson. Chicago, IL 60611

    Panelists:
    • Alton Logan – Spent 26 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. He was freed in April when new evidence of his innocence was released.
    • Dale Coventry – Attorney who knew Alton Logan was innocent, but kept the information secret due to attorney-client privilege.
    • Erica Reddick – Alton Logan’s attorney, Assistant Public Defender of Cook County, and adjunct professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
    • Harold Winston – Alton Logan’s attorney, Assistant Public Defender, Legal Resources Division of the Cook County Public Defender’s Office
    • David Yellen – Moderator – Dean of the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

    Alton Logan spent 26 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Attorneys Dale Coventry and Jamie Kunz always knew Alton Logan was innocent; in 1982 a different client confessed to the murder Logan was convicted of. Yet Coventry and Kunz maintained attorney-client confidentiality for 26 years before they revealed the truth. After the death of their client, Coventry and Kunz came forward to defend the innocence of Alton Logan. On September 4th, 2008, the Illinois Attorney General’s office dropped all charges against Alton Logan. He is now a free man.

    This program is sponsored by the Loyola Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG).


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