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Tonight’s Film: ‘Presumed Guilty’ With Special Guest Mary Jo Leddy

March 5 | 2010 Film Festival, HRWFF Closing Reception, HRWFF Special Guests, Presumed Guilty | julie

Human Rights Film Festival | Mary Jo Leddy

Tonight’s film, Presumed Guilty, will be introduced by Mary Jo Leddy, Director of Romero House and Adjunct Professor, Regis College, University of Toronto. She is pictured above at Romero House with Governor General Michaëlle Jean.
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Presumed Guilty: Program Notes

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January 12 | 2010 Film Festival, HRWFF Closing Reception, Presumed Guilty | julie

Presumed Guilty | Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival

In the Mexican penal system, one is guilty until proven innocent. This leads to a very uncomfortable reality: prisons full of people serving time for crimes they didn’t commit.
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