{"id":19881,"date":"2016-03-24T14:37:53","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T18:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=19881"},"modified":"2016-03-24T14:37:53","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T18:37:53","slug":"championing-legal-rights-mentall-disabled-michael-l-perlin-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2016\/03\/24\/championing-legal-rights-mentall-disabled-michael-l-perlin-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Championing legal rights for the mentally disabled: Michael L. Perlin talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_19885\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19885\" style=\"width: 181px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Perlin-Talk_CROP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19885 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Perlin-Talk_CROP-181x300.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Perlin spoke at Stetson law school on March 23. Photo by Marissa Marchena.\" width=\"181\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Perlin spoke at Stetson law school on March 23. Photo by Marissa Marchena.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe have to be vigilant to make sure the miscarriages of justice that have been all too prevalent over the last 40 years must end,\u201d New York Law School Professor Emeritus Michael Perlin told an audience\u00a0of Stetson law school students and faculty gathered on March 23 on the Gulfport campus to hear him talk.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Perlin spoke on\u00a0<em>\u201cPower and Greed and the Corruptible Seed\u201d\u00a0Mental Disability, Prosecutorial Misconduct,\u00a0and the Death Penalty<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Perlin has devoted his career to ensuring that people with mental disabilities have legal rights. The author of 27 books and 300 scholarly articles on mental disability law, Perlin is an internationally recognized expert in mental health law and the co-founder of Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important for law students interested in criminal law to understand how much we need to learn about mental health because so many convicted defendants are suffering from mental illness and different mental challenges,\u201d said Professor Judith Scully, co-director of the Social Justice Advocacy program at Stetson. \u201cOur prisons should not be housing people with mental health issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a professor, lawyer and advocate, Perlin advises mental health professionals, hospitals, advocates, activists, lawyers and governments. 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