Georgia Perimeter students, faculty and staff are invited to a special GPC Reads discussion, “Proving Innocence after Conviction: The DNA Key,” featuring Aimee Maxwell of the Georgia Innocence Project and Jeff Brickman, Atlanta criminal defense attorney. The event will take place at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, on Clarkston Campus in Room 0100 of the Fine Arts Building.

Maxwell and Brickman will discuss DNA evidence and its role in helping determine the innocence of convicted felons, as well as the role of the Georgia Innocence Project in the state.  DNA evidence was instrumental in overturning the conviction of Ron Cotton after he served 11 years in prison. Cotton is one of the authors of the 2014-15 GPC Reads selection, “Picking Cotton.”

The Georgia Innocence Project  is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping individuals who have been convicted of crimes they did not commit by securing post-conviction DNA testing for Georgia and Alabama inmates where DNA analysis could prove guilt or innocence and adequate DNA testing was not available at trial. For information, go to www.gpc.edu/gpcreads