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Picking Cotton
September 17, 2009
Cincinnati Museum Center
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October 2, 2009
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Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009This year the College of Law will celebrate Constitution Day with Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton. They will speak about their book, Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption. Mark Godsey, Professor and Director of the Ohio Innocence Project, will speak about the constitutional issues that arise in wrongful conviction claims.
Their book, a New York Times bestseller, details the experiences of Cannino, who was raped as a college student, and Cotton, who Cannino selected in a line-up as her attacker. Cotton served 11 years in prison for the attack before DNA proved that he was not the perpetrator. Two years after Cotton was released from prison, he and Cannino met and have since developed a very special friendship. This book was featured on the television programs 60 Minutes and The Today Show.
Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno says about Picking Cotton: "Few people have done more to put a human face on issues involving wrongful convictions than Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton. Yet through their shared pain, they have been able to forge a friendship that most of us search our lives for."
This event is held in celebration of Constitution Day, and all members of the University community are invited to attend.