The SUNY Oswego Department of Criminal Justice will present "Power, Policy and Progress: Criminal Justice in Conversation with Chesa Boudin" at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 6, in 129 Hewitt Union.
The event is free and open to the public, sponsored by the David F. Cutler '74 Public Justice Excellence Fund. Light refreshments will be served.
Boudin is the founding executive director of Berkeley's Criminal Law and Justice Center, a policy and advocacy hub.
He previously served as San Francisco’s elected district attorney from 2020 until 2022. His achievements in office include a significant expansion of the office’s victim services division; eliminating prosecutors’ use of money bail; prosecuting police for excessive force; suing the manufacturers of ghost guns; expanding diversion to address root causes of crime; and a historic reduction in incarceration.
Prior to his election, Boudin clerked for two federal judges and worked for years as a deputy public defender.
He is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School and attended Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship.
Those with disabilities requiring accommodations to attend should contact the Department of Criminal Justice at least 24 hours before the event.