Amanda Knox: King County Judge Speaks on ‘Wrongful Conviction’ at Redmond Rotary

Judge Mike Heavey will speak at Rotary Club of Redmond Thursday, May 2, at the Redmond Town Center Marriott on "The Amanda Knox Case - The Pathology of a Wrongful Conviction."

The lunch meeting will be held from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., at Redmond Marriott Town Center, 7401 164th Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052.

Mike Heavey has been an attorney, Washington state lawmaker, and a King County Superior Court Judge with over 12 years presiding over hundreds of criminal and civil cases. However, it is his work as a volunteer championing the innocence of his Seattle neighbor, Amanda Knox, that inspired him to get involved in the judicial evaluation of innocence.  Judge Heavey's presentation will cover the Amanda Knox case from its beginnings through the most current developments as “a case study in the pervasive pathology that leads to wrongful conviction.”

Redmond Rotary is a nonprofit service organization and a member of Rotary International.  Rotary International is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service and help to build goodwill and peace in the world.  There are approximately 1.2 million Rotarians who are members of more than 31,000 Rotary clubs in more than 165 countries.

More information is found at www.redmondrotary.org.

--Information provided by the Rotary Club of Redmond.