The Universities at Shady Grove 2011 Contemporary Social Issues Seminar Series hosts Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, co-author of New York Times best seller, Picking Cotton. Join her as she shares the story of her traumatic assault, the wrongful conviction of her attacker, and the exoneration that pushed her case into the national spotlight based on DNA evidence.
Copies of Picking Cotton will be avaliable for sale and book signing. A question & answer panel will be held following Jennifer Thompson-Cannino's talk.