Milbank pledges $1M to establish the Milbank Exoneration and Resentencing Review Unit at the Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law
NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Milbank LLP and the Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law are excited to announce a comprehensive, four-year partnership to combat inequities in the US criminal justice system with a focus on wrongful conviction, excessive sentencing and clemency. To kick off this partnership, Milbank and the Perlmutter Center have already begun work on four cases.
The Perlmutter Center focuses on the misuse of “junk science” in wrongful convictions and helps individuals with excessive sentences seek parole and clemency. Milbank has pledged $1 million to establish the Milbank Exoneration and Resentencing Review Unit at the Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law, which will enable the Center to grow its staff and expand its ability to review the high volume of requests it receives. As part of this commitment, Milbank has also pledged to work as a close partner with the Perlmutter Center on every stage of its work, from screening clients and writing case recommendation memos to litigating cases.
“Milbank has a long history defending individuals who have been wrongfully convicted or improvidently over sentenced, and we’re proud to expand our commitment to those effects through this partnership with the Perlmutter Center at Cardozo,” said Milbank Chairman Scott A. Edelman.
“Milbank is one of the most prestigious law firms in the world. What their pro bono department has demonstrated under the leadership of Tony Cassino and Milbank’s Chairman Scott Edelman is that they really care about precisely what matters to the Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law — which is to seek justice for the unjustly incarcerated. So, partnering with Milbank is more than a collaboration — it’s a commitment to ensuring that every voice is heard, and that justice prevails,” said Josh Dubin, executive director of the Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law.
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