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Work Cited Tucker, John H. “Did Faulty Crime-Scene Reconstruction Send the Wrong Man to Prison for Life?” Popular Mechanics , 10 Nov. 2022, www.popularmechanics.com/science/a41552489/sharita-rivera-quincy-amerson/. 

Works Cited “Jerry Davis.” Innocence Project New Orleans (IPNO) , 15 Mar. 2024, ip-no.org/what-we-do/free-innocent-prisoners/client-profiles/jerry-davis/ . LaRose, Greg. “Prosecution Errors Alone Justify Clemency Consideration in Louisiana Death Row Cases • Louisiana Illuminator.” Louisiana Illuminator , 13 Aug. 2023, lailluminator.com/2023/08/13/prosecution-errors-alone-justify-clemency-considera...

Works Cited Henneberger, Melinda. “‘Shaken Baby’ Murder Charges Finally Dismissed. But Kansas Won’t Admit He’s Innocent .” Yahoo , 18 July 2023, www.yahoo.com/news/shaken-baby-murder-charges-finally-100700398.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmluZy5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGkZAxhcRWCS5wSWN4F8UDikPr2qr8oN-IRR05SBlJZab1jdSVWpDb74XgL2Ej4GcERtMoXUgZkWLm1G8hz7AA7mrTSkfq-tdSe1...

Steve and Sarah are joined by special guests Sarah Swain and Brian Betts

Works Cited “Flawed Justice: The Kimberly Long Story Podcast on Apple Podcasts.” Apple Podcasts, 1 Oct. 2018, podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flawed-justice-the-kimberly-long-story-podcast/id1437311056. Damien, Christopher. “Murder Charge against Corona Woman Dismissed, DA Says It Can’t Prove Her Guilt in New Trial.” The Desert Sun, 22 Apr. 2021, www.desertsun.com/story/news/crime_courts/2021/04/22/...

Works Cited “Dateline: Michelle O’Keefe’s Father Says Ray Jennings ‘Still Guilty.’” 2paragraphs.com, 10 Nov. 2016, 2paragraphs.com/2016/11/dateline-michelle-okeefes-father-insists-ray-jennings-still-guilty/. Accessed 21 June 2023. https://www.latimes.com/people/richard-winton, and https://www.latimes.com/people/marisa-gerber. “Man Accused of Murdering College Student Is Freed after 11 Years: How t...

Works Cited Denzel, Stephanie. “Virginia LeFever - National Registry of Exonerations.” Www.law.umich.edu, 29 Mar. 2022, www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3378&lang=en. Accessed 4 Apr. 2023. “LeFever v. Ferguson, Case No. 2:11-Cv-935 | Casetext Search + Citator.” Casetext.com, 11 July 2013, casetext.com/case/lefever-v-ferguson-1. Accessed 4 Apr. 2023. Michaels,...

Works Cited The Trials of Darryl Hunt. Directed by Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg, Film, 2007. Zerwick, Phoebe. “Darryl Hunt | beyond Innocence.” The Assembly NC, 14 Feb. 2023, www.theassemblync.com/politics/criminal-justice/beyond-innocence-darryl-hunt/. Accessed 4 Apr. 2023.

Works Cited Dignity, Walle Amusa | Campaign for Human. “Lamar Johnson Is Free!” St. Louis American, 16 Feb. 2023, www.stlamerican.com/news/columnists/guest_columnists/lamar-johnson-is- free/article_6bb0bfcc-ae73-11ed-afc6-c35fbdba3c4c.html. Accessed 28 Feb. 2023. “Help Lamar Johnson after Wrongful Conviction, Organized by Midwest Innocence Project.” Gofundme.com, www.gofundme.com/f/help-lamar-john...

Works Cited “Faye Jacobs – MIP.” Themip.org, themip.org/clients/faye-jacobs/. Accessed 10 Aug. 2022. Nickels, Kilee. “Life without Parole - While Innocent | Laquanda “Faye” Jacobs.” Www.youtube.com, 21 May 2021, youtu.be/9qcHGKeMk3o. Accessed 9 Aug. 2022. Sederstrom, Jill. “Woman Fights to Clear Her Name after Spending 26 Years in Prison for Murder She Says She Didn’t Commit.” Oxygen Official Site...

Works Cited “Federal Lawsuit Filed against Law Enforcement in Mississippi False Confession Case.” Innocence Project, 18 Jan. 2013, innocenceproject.org/federal-lawsuit-filed-against-law-enforcement-in- mississippi-false-confession-case/. Accessed 19 July 2022. “Forrest County Man Faces New Rape and Murder Charges.” Https://Www.wdam.com, 6 Feb. 2012, www.wdam.com/story/16688871/forrest-county-man-f...

Works Cited “Case File.” Picking Cotton | a Memoir by Jennifer Thompson & Ronald Cotton with Erin Torneo, www.pickingcottonbook.com/case-file. O’Neil, Helen. “The Perfect Witness.” Death Penalty Information Center, 2001, deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/the-perfect-witness. Poptech. “Thompon & Cotton Forgive.” YouTube, 19 Jan. 2011, www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB7MrfJ7X_c. Accessed 20 Nov....

Works Cited Chin, Anthony. “The Story of Albert M. Wilson.” Medium , 7 June 2021, anthony-chin.medium.com/the-story-of-albert-m-wilson-56ea33d38548 . Accessed 7 June 2022. Clark, Mackenzie. “Albert Wilson Files Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit 4 Months after Rape Case Is Dismissed.” The Lawrence Times , 4AD, lawrencekstimes.com/2022/04/20/albert-wilson-lawsuit/ . Accessed 7 June 2022. ---. “Prosecutors...

Works Cited Blake, Scott. “Geronimo Pratt & Rice/Poindexter Documentary.” YouTube , 4 June 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o6zqluRonY . Denzel, Stephanie. “Elmer Pratt - National Registry of Exonerations.” Umich.edu , 2019, www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3549&msclkid=b0f2a886b2f311eca49a211e85ea9229 . Accessed 5 Apr. 2022. “Elmer “Geronimo” Pratt – Centur...

Rosa Jimenez Works Cited Fazio, Marie. “‘Likely Innocent’: Judge Frees Woman Jailed 15 Years in Child’s Death.” The New York Times, 29 Jan. 2021, www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/us/rosa-jimenez-released.html? msclkid=3c5c8927a91411eca29d2a4e703f5bf0. Accessed 21 Mar. 2022. Hall 17, Michael. “After Eighteen Years behind Bars for a Crime She Didn’t Commit, Rosa Jimenez Is Finally Free.” Texas Monthly, 30...

Works Cited CNN, Amanda Jackson. “A Wrongfully Convicted Man Who Spent 23 Years in Prison Will Receive $1.5 Million from the State of Kansas.” CNN , 25 Feb. 2020, www.cnn.com/2020/02/25/us/lamonte-mcintyre-mistaken-conviction-award-trnd/index.html . Gannon, Rebecca. “Lamonte McIntyre Speaks on ‘Bittersweet’ Freedom after 23 Years in Prison.” FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports , 15 O...

An Interview with Jim McCloskey, the author of “When Truth Is All You Have” https://www.amazon.com/When-Truth-All-You-Have/dp/0385545037 https://centurion.org/

An Interview with Jim McCloskey, the author of “When Truth Is All You Have” https://www.amazon.com/When-Truth-All-You-Have/dp/0385545037 https://centurion.org/

Works Cited “A ‘Perfect Storm’ of Injustice—Death-Row Prisoner Christopher Williams Exonerated in Philadelphia Murder Case.” Death Penalty Information Center , 24 Jan. 2020, deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/a-perfect-storm-of-injustice-death-row-prisoner-christopher-williams-exonerated-in-philadelphia-murder-case . Accessed 18 Jan. 2022. Capital-Star, Special to the, et al. “Exonerated Philly Death Row I...

Groveland Four  Works Cited CNN, Sara Weisfeldt. “4 Black Men Exonerated More than 70 Years after Being Wrongly Accused of Raping a White Teen Girl.” CNN , 23 Nov. 2021, www.cnn.com/2021/11/22/us/groveland-four-exonerated-florida/index.html . Hudak, Stephen. “Groveland Four Accuser Norma Padgett Speaks Publicly for the First Time since 1952.” Orlandosentinel.com , 11 Jan. 2019, www.orlandosentinel...

Works Cited Chandler, Kurt. “Blood Simple: Steven Avery.” Milwaukee Magazine , 14 Dec. 2018, www.milwaukeemag.com/blood-simple/ . “Innocence Project: The Cases — Steven Avery.” Innocence Project , innocenceproject.org/cases/steven-avery/ . Laporte, Gerald. “Wrongful Convictions and DNA Exonerations: Understanding the Role of Forensic Science.” National Institute of Justice , 7 Sept. 2017, nij.ojp....

Steve shares about wrongful convictions in the news and Beth shares the story of Curtis McCarty Works Cited Allen, John. “Former Death Row Inmate Drawn to Faith by Catholic Activism.” National Catholic Reporter, 27 Nov. 2012, www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/former-death-row-inmate-drawn- faith-catholic-activism. Accessed 7 Dec. 2021. Branstetter, Ziva. “‘Cowboy’ Bob Macy Called #2 ‘Deadliest’ Pr...

Steve shares briefly about Amanda Knox, and Beth shares the story of Eddie James Lowery Works Cited “Anatomy of False Confessions, Redux | Prison Legal News.” Www.prisonlegalnews.org , 15 Dec. 2011, www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2011/dec/15/anatomy-of-false-confessions-redux/. Accessed 16 Nov. 2021. “Eddie Lowery – National Registry of Exonerations.” Www.law.umich.edu , www.law.umich.edu/special/ex...

October 2nd is Wrongful Conviction Day! Join Steve and Beth as they Celebrate the nearly3000 exonerations as they tell the story of the first exoneration brought about by DNA evidence.

Jimmie Gardner was a talented up and coming baseball player until he was convicted of a crime he did not commit. 27 years later he was released. What went wrong in the criminal justice system that took 27 years from Jimmie Gardner? Works Cited “About Jimmie.” J.C. Gardner Speaks , www.jcgardnerspeaks.com/about/. Accessed 28 July 2021. “‘In the Beginning I Had Rage’: Man Wrongly Convicted Released...