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Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s legal advocacy for Americans
Reporters looking for insight and reactions to the Senate Judiciary hearings for the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, please see comments from Syracuse University College of Law Professor Paula Johnson. Prof. Johnson is a member…
“American Reckoning”
Paula Johnson, professor in the College of Law and director of the Cold Case Justice Initiative, was featured in the PBS “Frontline” episode “American Reckoning.” The feature-length documentary covered the details of the unsolved 1967 murder of Wharlest Jackson Sr.,…
College of Law Professor Featured on ‘Frontline’ Episode Exploring Unsolved Murder of 1960s Civil Rights Leader
College of Law Professor Paula Johnson will appear on an episode of “Frontline” entitled “American Reckoning” on Feb. 15 at 10 p.m. EDT on PBS and YouTube. The episode examines the unsolved 1960s bombing murder of NAACP and civil rights…
‘There were higher hopes’: Did the FBI fail in trying to resolve civil rights cold cases?
Paula Johnson, professor in the College of Law and co-director of the Cold Case Justice, was interviewed by the Beauregard Daily News for the article “‘There were higher hopes’: Did the FBI fail in trying to resolve civil rights cold…
Cold Case Justice Initiative Commemorates 10th-Year Anniversary
The Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) at the College of Law commemorated over 10 years of seeking justice and accountability for racially motivated crimes during the Civil Rights Era with an awards dinner on Sept. 29 at the college. Professors…
Finding Justice in a Cold Case
Janis McDonald, a law professor and co-founder of the Cold Case Justice Initiative at Syracuse University, recently spoke with the Associated Press about a racially-inspired murder from the 1940s that remains unsolved to this day. The case has been re-opened…
Co-Director Cold Case Justice Initiative Writes Op-Ed on Presidential Leadership
Paula C. Johnson, professor of law and co-director of the Cold Case Justice Initiative, wrote an op-ed for The Huffington Post entitled Maintaining the Audacity of Hope
CCJI Lauds Passage of Emmett Till Act in House
The House of Representatives passed S. 2854, the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016, by voice vote during its evening session on Wednesday, Dec. 7. But unless further action is taken this week by the U.S….
Cold Case Justice Initiative Calls DOJ Closure of Frank Morris Murder Case a Failure
The Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) at the College of Law has learned that the Department of Justice is closing the investigation into the 1964 death of Frank Morris. Through one of its standard, hand-delivered letters, the Cold Case Unit…
Samuel and Carol Nappi establish fund to expand College of Law’s Cold Case Justice Initiative
Sam and Carol Nappi have given a $250,000 gift in support of the Cold Case Justice Initiative.