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MELBA V. PEARSON

Oct 28, 2020

Melba Pearson MELBA V. PEARSON has been appointed director of policy and programs for the Center for the Administration of Justice at Florida International University in Miami. A former prosecutor and past deputy director of the Florida chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, Pearson holds a bachelor’s from New York University and a juris doctorate from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University.

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