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Jefferson Literary and Debating Society’s Speaker Series

Jefferson Literary and Debating Society’s Speaker Series

Date: January 31, 2020 8:00 PM ET
Location:

Charlottesville, VA

The Sentencing Project’s Senior Research Analyst Ashley Nellis will join the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society to discuss life imprisonment in Virginia and the United States.

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