Champions of Justice 2020
This year, Amicus held the Champions of Justice 2020 virtually. Our online event marked the release of Bobby Moore earlier that year after four decades on Texas Death Row. 40 Years To Freedom highlighted the nature of the work of our lawyers and volunteers with an exciting live panel, whose members presented their deeply personal and legal stories spanning 30 years of fighting for justice through the courts, up to the Supreme Court of the United States (twice). Supported by many teams of dedicated pro bono lawyers over the years, the panel discussed what this seminal case meant to the people involved on the frontline and to Bobby himself. Not only was Bobby’s life saved and he was finally released, but the case, and the fight, created an instrumental change for those with an intellectual disability facing a death sentence in the US
See below for the 2020 Nominees, Winners (winners in bold), and the Awards Selection Panel.
Champions of Justice - Law Firm Category
Arthur Cox
Eversheds Sutherland LLP
Milbank
Champions of Justice - Individual Category
Linzi McDonald
Harrison Jowett
Poppy Mulligan
Andrew Lee Jones Award
Linzi McDonald
Awards Selection Panel
Bobby Moore
His case is the current leading Supreme Court of the United States ruling, saving many people facing the death penalty. Attendees heard from the man behind the case, who spent 40 years on death row. He spoke live from Texas as a free man.
Cliff Sloan
The leading expert, famous for his constitutional and Supreme Court of the United States work who also represented Bobby Moore, author, attorney and passionate pro bono champion talked to us about what it meant to work on Bobby's case.
Joanne Cross
Took over supporting Bobby after her mother, Bobby's penfriend, died. Fighting for Bobby her whole professional life, pushing his case forward, she talked about the personal journey and their friendship.
Luke Varley
When he was sent by Amicus to Texas in 2011, fresh out of law school, Luke would not have believed he would be representing that same death row inmate in the Supreme Court of the United States almost a decade later. Luke shared his amazing Amicus journey.
