Due Process Institute Co-Sponsors Abacus Screening

May 31, 2018–Due Process Institute, in conjunction with NACDL, hosted a screening of Abacus: Small Enough to Jail at the E Street Cinema in Washington DC.  Afterwards, President + Founder Shana O’Toole moderated a Q&A Session with members of the Sung Family and one of the documentary’s producers, Mark Mitten. Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at this year’s Academy Awards, the film centers on a small family-owned bank in New York City’s Chinatown that was the only financial institution to face criminal charges following the subprime mortgage crisis. The documentary serves as an engrossing legal thriller, as well as a compelling portrait of the Chinese-American community in New York City as it intersects with a deeply flawed criminal legal system.