Join us for a talk by author and Professor Wadie Said, to be followed by a discussion with Professor David Sklansky and Professor Shirin Sinnar.

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The U.S. government has expansively interpreted, and aggressively applied anti-terrorism laws and investigative tactics since the attacks of September 11. It has done so while remaining resistant to oversight.

Crimes of Terror provides a comprehensive and unique dissection of the government’s advantages over suspects in criminal prosecutions of terrorism – from the early investigative phases, through trial, and sentencing. Read more about this groundbreaking study in the Intercept.

Wadie E. Said is Professor of Law at the University of South Carolina School of Law, where he teaches criminal law, criminal procedure, and human rights law. He has represented terrorist suspects as an assistant federal public defender in Tampa, Florida, serving as counsel in United States v. al-Arian, one of the largest terrorism prosecutions in American history. A graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School, he clerked for Chief Judge Charles P. Sifton of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Professor David Sklansky teaches and writes about criminal law, criminal procedure, and evidence. His scholarship has addressed topics as diverse as the law, sociology, and political science of policing; the interpretation and application of the Fourth Amendment; fairness and accuracy in criminal adjudication; the relationship between criminal justice and immigration laws; and the role of race, gender, and sexual orientation in law enforcement.

Professor Shirin Sinnar’s scholarship focuses on the role of institutions, including courts and executive branch agencies, in protecting individual rights and democratic values in the national security context. She previously served as a public interest attorney with the Asian Law Caucus and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of San Francisco, where she represented individuals facing discrimination based on government national security policies.