A Conversation with Tyra Patterson: 23 Years of False Incarceration

Please join us for A Conversation with Tyra Patterson: 23 Years of False Incarceration on Tuesday, February 6, from 6-8pm in the Student Union Atrium. This program is being sponsored by the Applied Behavioral Sciences Master’s Program (ABS) and Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center in conjunction with Sociology and Anthropology, Crime and Justice Studies, African and African American Studies, Women and Gender Studies and the Women’s Center.

For twenty-three years Tyra Patterson was imprisoned for crimes that new evidence indicated she did not commit. She was paroled in October and released last year on Christmas Day. Patterson insisted she was innocent of the killing, and over the years lawyers, politicians and celebrities took up her cause in an "I am Tyra Patterson" campaign. The parole board cited support for her among the community in granting her release. 

Patterson will be joined by her attorney, David Singleton, Executive Director of the Ohio Justice and Policy Center, who spearheaded the team to help get Tyra her freedom. The Ohio Justice and Policy Center is a non-profit law and advocacy office in Cincinnati, Ohio.