presented by the Pitt Law Office for Equity and Inclusive Excellence, Black Law Students Association, Center for Civil Rights and Racial Justice, Incarcerated Persons Legal Support Program & Pitt Law Legal Income Sharing Foundation

Roger A. Mitchell, Jr., MD, and Jay D. Aronson, PhD will share highlights of their book, which tells the stories of individuals who have died in law enforcement custody and chronicles the efforts of activists and journalists to uncover the true scope of deaths in custody in the United States. Pitt Law faculty members will offer reflections on the book, and our criminal legal system, as well

Dr. Roger A. Mitchell Jr., is a professor and chair of pathology at the Howard University College of Medicine. He is a forensic pathologist who previously served as the Chief Medical Examiner and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice of Washington, DC. He is the author of The Price of Freedom: A Son’s Journey.

Jay Aronson, PhD, is the founder and director of the Center for Human Rights Science at Carnegie Mellon University. Aronson’s research and teaching examine the interactions of science, technology, law, media, and human rights in a variety of contexts.

Additional Speakers

• Elijah Winborne (JD '25), Vice President of BLSA
• SpearIt, Professor of Law
• Anjali Vats, Associate Professor of Law

• Sheila Vélez Martínez, Jack and Lovell Olender Professor of Asylum Refugee and Immigration Law 

Copies of Death in Custody will be available for purchase from The University Bookstore at a 15% discount.