August 5th, 2019

Rewriting the Sentence Summit hosted by the Aleph Institute at Columbia Law School.

The panel consisted of the following:
Moderator: Julian Adler – Director of Policy and Research, Center for Court Innovation
Elizabeth Glazer – Director, NYC Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice
Insha Rahman – Program Director, Vera Institute of Justice
Dr. Marie VanNostrand – Director of Data Analytics, Luminosity, Inc.

The video is 53 minutes long. For those who might want to skip around a bit, the layout is as follows:
0:00 – 3:05 Julian provides an introduction to the topic and poses a question
3:37 – 10:46 Marie presents the primary arguments made against the use of pretrial risk assessments
10:47 – 17:42 Insha presents the primary arguments made for the use of pretrial risk assessments
17:42 – 32:50 Liz speaks on risk assessment and a variety of related topics
32:50 – 34:38 Julian makes comments and poses a question
34:35 – 42:47 Marie discusses her professional views (and support) for pretrial risk assessment
42:48 – 49:57 Insha discusses her professional views about pretrial risk assessment
49:58 – 53:11 Closing remarks