Pursuing Justice

Karen graduates in 2 weeks from UCI (University of California at Irvine)and hopes to go to Law School. She was raised by a single mom as her dad is serving 2 life sentences. She is now the communications intern with POPS the club.

Steven's parents have both been in prison. His dad has been out for 10 years. He has made a documentary as part of his participation with "Echoes of Incarceration" called: "Re-imagining Justice".

His dad was incarcerated when he was 3 months old. Met him as a young adult and made a documentary about his first visit with his father at Sing Sing. He is active with "Echoes of Incarceration"--a support group for kids with parents behind bars. He is now 26 years old.

John talks about his involvement in P.O.P.S. and the difference it has made in his life.

See Part 1 for description.

Amy Friedman founded a club at a California High School called : POPS (Pain of the Prison System) for students who have a loved one who is incarcerated. Following Amy's interview, we speak to students who were or are involved with P.O.P.S.

Janet has written a series of mysteries on wrongful conviction.

Janet is an author of a series of books (fiction) on wrongful conviction. 

Anthony Scott joined IPF in 2006 to direct the social services section. He has expertise working with both prisoners and ex-offenders, having provided psychotherapy at House Of Hope and Broward Outreach Center. Mr. Scott is also a founding member of the National Exoneree Support Committee, networking with and training innocence project workers throughout the United States. He is a licensed clinica...

Derrick was accused of a crime he did not commit in 1992. He spent 18 years in prison as a result. Thanks to The Innocence Project of Florida,  he was exonerated in 2011.

Derrick Williams was exonerated by the Innocence  Project of Florida.

Lawyer with Shutts and Bowen LLP Sarasota, FL. Graduate of Duke University and the University of Florida College of Law. Former President of the Florida Bar Foundation; past president of Sarasota County Bar Association. Member of the Board of Directors of the Innocence Project of Florida.

Jeff Miller is retired from being an accountant with Fortune 500 Companies. Becky Miller is retired from teaching H.S. English and from teaching writing to students on the college level.  Their son, Seth, is  director of   the  Innocence   Project  of Florida.

Former member of Board of Directors of the Innocence Project of Florida. Retired teacher of children with dyslexia; Graduate of Montclair State University with M.A. in Learning Disabilities. Active with IPF since 2009. Mentor of at-risk students since 2000. Teacher at OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) in Sarasota.

Dean falsely confessed to a homicide when he was 16.  He served 30 years in Florida prisons. His wife , Danie, joins our conversation.

Dean was accused of murder in 1989. He spent the next 30 years in prison for a crime done by his older brother, Scott. Dean was proven innocent by IPF in January 2019.

Executive Director of Innocence Project of Florida since 2006. President of the Worldwide Innocence Network. Teaches law at FSU School of Law. Graduate of FSU College of Law. Topic: Overview of IPF. Will discuss details of the case of Dean McKee who Seth represented. Dean spent 30 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.

Executive Director of Innocence Project of Florida since 2006. President of the Worldwide Innocence Network. Teaches law at FSU School of Law. Graduate of FSU College of Law. Topic: Overview of IPF. Will discuss details of the case of Dean McKee whom Seth represented. Dean spent 30 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.

This is  a continuation of    our interview with Shelly Thibideau, director of the Conviction Integrity Unit in Jacksonville, FL.

Shelly directs  the Conviction Integrity unit in Jacksonville, Florida.

Adina Thompson earned a PhD in criminology, law and society from the University of Florida in 2014. She serves as intake coordinator at Innocence Project of Florida, a non-profit post conviction law firm that works to overturn wrongful convictions, help exonerated people re-enter a changed world and prevent future miscarriages of justice. Dr. Thompson reviews claims of innocence from inmate applic...

Nathan was arrested and incarcerated for a murder he did not commit in 1976 when he was 18 years old. He and his uncle, Clifford Williams Jr. were tried and convicted together. In 2019 (after 43 years behind bars) Mr. Myers was freed by a collaboration between the Innocence Project of Florida and the new Conviction Integrity Review Unit. He is now 61 years old.

Krista Dolan is one of two lawyers on staff at Innocence Project of Florida based in Tallahassee. She joined the staff in 2018. She was a public defender in Kentucky for over 5 years. Her undergraduate degree is from the University of North Florida. Her Masters and Law degree are from FSU and her LL.M is from American University Washington College of Law. She is licensed to practice law in NY, FL,...