Marshall “Eddie” Conway from the REAL NEWS Network. released from prison after 44 years! Marshall Edward (“Eddie”) Conway is a former member of the Black Panther Party who was falsely imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. Eddie was falsely implicated in the murder of one Baltimore City police officer and the assault and attempted murder of two other officers. Eddie claims that not only is he innocent but that he was a target of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO), a program designed to destroy individuals and organizations that were considered to be politically objectionable. Eddie asserts that he is one of many political prisoners in the United States as a result of F.B.I. director J. Edgar Hoover’s and Assistant Director William
Sullivan’s war against the Black Panther Party.
Eddie was part of a panel at the Left Forum this weekend entitled; Against the Narrative, Independent Media and the Left
At 7pm EST, Attorney Nancy Hollander, Ms. Hollander has been a member of the firm since 1980 and a partner since 1983. Her practice is largely devoted to criminal cases, including those involving national security issues. She has also been counsel in numerous civil cases, forfeitures and administrative hearings, and has argued and won a case involving religious freedom in the United States Supreme Court. (see decision) Ms. Hollander also served as a consultant to the defense in a high profile terrorism case in Ireland, has assisted counsel in other international cases and represents two prisoners at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, one who’s story is told in Guantanamo Diary, Mohamedou Ould Slahi.
Ms. Hollander has taught in numerous trial practice programs, including the National Criminal Defense College and Gerry Spence’s Trial College and at national and international seminars on various subjects including the securing of evidence in international cases, forfeiture, illegal search and seizure, expert witnesses, defense of child abuse cases, ethics, evidence, and trial practice. She has written extensively on these and other criminal law topics. She has coordinated and taught training courses for criminal defense lawyers wishing to appear before the ICC and the ICTY, was the coordinator of a jury trial training project in Russia and has served as a consultant to the United Nations Development Programme in Vietnam.
