Hosted by Harriet Hendel · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 240 episodes
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What if you or someone you loved were arrested, convicted and incarcerated for a crime --a crime for which you or that person was innocent?What if the lawyer you hired was incompetent and you were out of funds and out of options?What if years and decades had gone by and you or your loved one were still behind bars?Where would you find help?Wrongful conviction in the United States occurs more often than you might think. In 2022, the National Registry of Exonerations recorded 417 people who were proven innocent. They have tracked cases of innocence since 1989. Since 1973, 200 people were taken off Death Row and freed from prison.The total number of men and women exonerated since 1989 is 3,460. That is just the tip of the iceberg as it is estimated that 4%-6% of the 2 million people doing time are innocent.The desperate help these people need is coming from innocence organizations in most every state in addition to groups like Conviction Integrity Units around the nation. T
Harriet Hendel hosts Pursuing Justice, a society show with 240 episodes published.
Quentin Lewis has been incarcerated since he was 16. He's now 45 and an inmate at Wende Correctional Facility in upstate NY. He earned his G.E.D. and an Associates Degree in prison. He's been fighting a wrongful convicti
Quentin Lewis has been incarcerated since he was 16. He's now 45 and an inmate at Wende Correctional Facility in upstate NY. He earned his G.E.D. and an Associates Degree in prison. He's been fighting a wrongful convicti
Quentin Lewis has been incarcerated since he was 16. He's now 45 and an inmate at Wende Correctional Facility in upstate NY. He earned his G.E.D. and an Associates Degree in prison. He's been fighting a wrongful convicti
Nell Bernstein is an investigative journalist and author of 3 books. Her most recent book is In Our Future We Will Be Free. Nell is the recipient of a White House award given to her by President Obama (Champion of Change
Nell Bernstein is an investigative journalist and author of 3 books. Her most recent book is In Our Future We Will Be Free. Nell is the recipient of a White House award given to her by President Obama (Champion of Change
Alexander McLean is C.E.O. and founder of Justice Defenders. This organization trains incarcerated people and prison staff side by side as paralegals and lawyers to serve those denied justice in Kenya and Uganda. They ha
Alexander McLean is C.E.O. and founder of Justice Defenders. This organization trains incarcerated people and prison staff side by side as paralegals and lawyers to serve those denied justice in Kenya and Uganda. They ha
In 2009, Aswad Thomas was 26 years old and weeks away from going to Europe to play professional basketball. As he left a convenience store he was approached by two young men intent on robbing him and he suffered two near
Saad M. Soliman is the National Director of TimeDone at Just Safe, where he leads national policy advocacy and movement-building efforts on behalf of over 200,000 people with past convictions. A nationally recognized exp
Jasmin Harris is director of policy and development at The Innocence Center, the policy representative for the California Innocence Coalition and the Co-Chair of the Policy Committee of the Innocence Network Board. She b
Jasmin Harris is director of policy and development at The Innocence Center, the policy representative for the California Innocence Coalition and the Co-Chair of the Policy Committee of the Innocence Network Board. She b
Jody Kent Lavy is serving as a Stoneleigh Fellow with The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth. Her focus will be to expand the use and availability of Restorative Justice practices in cases of serious harm involvin
Jody Kent Lavy is serving as a Stoneleigh Fellow with The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth. Her focus will be to expand the use and availability of Restorative Justice practices in cases of serious harm involvin
Jamie Silvonek has been incarcerated since the age of 14. She is now 24 having pled guilty to plotting to kill her mother with her 21 year old boyfriend. She was sentenced to 35 years to Life. She was charged as an adult
Riya is the C.E.O. of the Juvenile Law Center located in Philadelphia, PA. She leads litigation policy advocacy and amicus efforts to reduce the harm of the juvenile and criminal legal system. She is a graduate of Loyola
John J. Lennon is serving his twenty-fourth year behind bars, currently in Sing Sing Correctional Facility. His writing has appeared in The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, The Atlan
John J. Lennon is serving his twenty-fourth year behind bars, currently in Sing Sing Correctional Facility. His writing has appeared in The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, The Atlan
Max Kenner is the founder and director of Bard Prison Initiative which he launched 25 years ago. At Bard College, he is Vice President for Institutional Initiatives and advisor to the President on Public Policy and Colle
Max Kenner is the founder and director of Bard Prison Initiative which he launched 25 years ago. At Bard College, he is Vice President for Institutional Initiatives and advisor to the President on Public Policy and Colle
Joan Dalton taught in the Portland, Oregon public schools and then became an administrator at Oregon's strictest juvenile correctional facility~MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility. With experience and learning from expe
Jasmine Harris
director of Black Media · The Innocence Center of San Diego
2 appearances on this show
Charles Moore
former editor of the Daily Telegraph, Spectator, and author of Margaret Thatcher biography · CPA
2 appearances on this show
Seth Miller
Executive Director · Innocence Project of Florida
8 appearances on this show
Susan Burton
A New Way of Life
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Jeffrey Toobin
legal analyst for CNN and New York Times
1 appearance on this show
Kevin Knight
Knight Transportation
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Beth Young
Editor and Publisher · 5 Pillars of Health
1 appearance on this show
Andrea Elliott
Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist · The New York Times
1 appearance on this show
Catherine Jones
executive director of Leadership Greater McHenry County
2 appearances on this show
Larry Walker
Major League Baseball Hall of Famer · Andersen Corporation
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Jeffrey Deskovic
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Erik Jensen
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