Overview of the Mexican criminal justice system, the steps from arrest to resolution. Segments of the documenary will be screened with discussion of proposed reforms.

Layda is a PhD student in Public Policy at UC Berkeley. She taught law at CIDE, a leading university in Mexico, where she developed the law program ranked 5th in the Country according to El Universal. Layda is a pioneer in the fi eld of empirical research on legal institutions in Mexico.

A law professor at CIDE, Roberto Hernandez has performed statistical research on Mexico’s criminal court system, and is a frequent commentator for CNN news in Spanish and local radio stations.

Roberto and Layda co-authored a short documentary titled El Túnel (The Tunnel), a grim portrait of Mexico’s penal system and an effort to educate the public about options for reform. El Túnel made the front page of El Universal, a nationwide daily, in July 2005. And CNN’s Carmen Aristegui devoted a full 30-minute prime time program to discuss the film.

Theories of liability include extending liability to individuals other than the actual, direct perpetrator of the crime through the use of aiding and abetting and conspiracy theory, and extending liability beyond the crime originally intended through the use of the natural and probable consequences doctrine and the provocative act theory of murder.

Craig W. Hum has Prosecuted more than 100 felony jury trials, including over 70 jury trials for murder for the Los Angeles DA's office. Craig has handled high profile murder cases in the Major Crimes Division and the Hardcore Gang Prosecution Division. Craig has taught for and advised the California District Attorney's Association, and he has received a number of awards and certificates including recognition in California Lawyer Magazine's 1998 Lawyers of the Year.