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On April 2^nd at 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Seattle will host a panel on the subject of how aging and longevity are changing the criminal justice system.

Leesa Manion, the King County Prosecutor, will speak, along with MT Connolly, a leading national expert on the subject of elder abuse and the author of an important new book on aging, and Page Ulrey, a Senior Deputy Prosecutor for King County who specializes in the prosecution of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation. The panel will be moderated by Amy Radil, Law and Justice Correspondent for National Public Radio.

Tickets are on a sliding scale from $5–$25 and can be purchased on the Town Hall website (townhallseattle.org/event/m-t-connolly/).

MT Connolly’s book—The Measure of Our Age: Navigating Care, Safety, Money, and Meaning Later in Life—was 16 years in the making. It chronicles the evolution of the elder justice field and reveals the challenges of aging and elder abuse by telling stories of people, cases, and innovations, including several from King County. The book takes a clear-eyed and unflinching look at the successes and failures of the various systems designed to protect older adults in this country and offers concrete ideas and hope for improving those systems and, consequently, the ability of Americans to experience autonomy, meaning, and fulfillment in our old age.