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Free Event.Explore the complex legal story of religious freedom and the justice system, and unpack how it continues to unfold in courtrooms, prisons, and jails across the country today. Delve into notable rulings that protected the rights of incarcerated people to practice their faiths behind bars—from the very beginning of our nation’s justice system through the current term of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Examine the impact of the longstanding “hands-off” doctrine and how this 1800s legal principle weakened during the height of the prisoners’ rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s, as cases like Cooper v. Pate (1964) and Cruz v. Beto (1972) enshrined the right of prisoners to address grievances and push for equal treatment across faiths. Reflect on more recent cases like Holt v. Hobbs (2015), which held that a grooming policy violated a Muslim prisoner’s right to religious exercise. Consider the impact of faith on incarcerated people, what the next chapter in this story might look like, and what we can do to continue to foster religious freedom in carceral institutions now and in the decades to come.
Speakers include Michael Moreland, J.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Law and Religion & Director of the Eleanor H. McCullen Center for Law, Villanova University) and others to be announced.
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2027 Fairmount Ave, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 19130
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