VOICES OF JUSTICE
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Thursday 3rd November, 6pm on Zoom
After the success of last year's virtual gala, we launch this year’s awards with an exclusive, not-to-be-missed discussion with our guest speakers, from the frontline of Death Penalty trial, attorney Shayla Galloway, specialist mitigation investigator Christy Dickerson, and death row exoneree, Herman Lindsay. Our speakers will share firsthand insight into the challenges and the impact our Amicus caseworkers and volunteers face in their fight for justice on death row. Join us in celebrating the exceptional contributions of firms and individuals to furthering the Amicus' lifesaving work this year.
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Ticket prices
Students and unwaged £7
Members £12
Full price £17
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Introducing our Keynote Speakers
Christy Dickerson
Christy graduated from Georgia State University with a degree in Criminal Justice in December 2004. While at Georgia State, she interned for the Multi- County Public Defender Office, which later became the Georgia Capital Defender Office. As a result of that college internship, she was hired as a part-time clerk within the office, and 10 months later, in November 2005, she was hired as a Mitigation Investigator. While working at GCD she also received her Masters Degree in Psychology in 2008. For close to 17 years she worked diligently on behalf of clients facing the Death Penalty in Georgia. To date, she has resolved over 20 cases, been through a few trials, and unfortunately has one client that received a death sentence. In September 2022 Christy switched her direction to habeas work and now works as a Mitigation Investigator for the Capital Habeas Unit (CHU) for the Federal District of Middle Florida in Tampa, FL.
Shayla Galloway
Shayla has been practising criminal law for 18 years. She has exclusively practised criminal defence. Her legal career began at the DeKalb Public Defender’s Office in Decatur, Georgia. There, she was a Senior Assistant Public Defender where she was involved in all facets of the criminal caseload activity. This included representing indigent clients charged with felonies that ranged from drugs, domestic violence and murder. Shayla has tried several felony cases before judges and juries. Additionally, she was an Adjunct Professor at Brown Mackie College teaching non-traditional students Legal Writing, Criminal Law and Constitutional Law. In 2015, she joined the Metro Capital Defender’s Office as a Capital Trial Attorney. To date, her office has settled many cases without receiving a death verdict. Shayla has been involved in all aspects of capital plea negotiations. She has also served as co-counsel on two death penalty trials.
Herman Lindsey
In 2006, Herman was wrongfully convicted and spent three years on Florida’s death row before being exonerated. In 2009, in a unanimous verdict from the Florida Supreme Court, it was ruled that there was not enough evidence to find Herman guilty, much less sentence him to death, and that he did not receive a fair trial. Soon after his exoneration, Herman joined fellow death row exonerees in their work to abolish the death penalty and advocate for criminal justice reform. Herman credits WTI with helping him to navigate life after the traumatic experience of wrongful incarceration on death row. Herman has remained in Florida, received his B.A. in Legal Studies, and worked with at-risk youth. He served five years on WTI’s board and also serves on the Board of Directors of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, on the Advisory Committee of Equal Justice USA, and was an Ambassador for Represent Justice.
Herman is a dedicated voice for the wrongfully convicted and during the COVID 19 pandemic, he created WTI’s online show "Cruel Justice”. Herman is also a panellist for WTI’s Accuracy and Justice workshops where exonerees engage in facilitated conversations with prosecutors, law enforcement personnel, public defenders, judges and other criminal legal practitioners to help reduce wrongful convictions. Herman looks forward to working together with his fellow exonerees and WTI allies in a team effort to abolish the death penalty and achieve meaningful criminal legal reforms.
