Harriet Hendel

Pursuing Justice

Society EN ↓ 253 episodes

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 tak...

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Harriet Hendel

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Meet the Host: Harriet Hendel [Part 2] 03.11.2019 25:28

Innocence Projects investigate and litigate pro bono for every client they help. This podcast will explore causes of wrongful conviction, speak to exonerees and their families, learn what it is like to advocate for innocent people, share books written by the exonerees themselves and discuss films about wrongful conviction. Harriet Hendel is on the Board of Directors of the Innocence Project of Flo...

Meet the Host: Harriet Hendel [Part 1] 27.10.2019 23:27

Kate Germond : Executive Director of "Centurion Ministries" in Princeton, NJ 19.10.2019 28:32

Kate Germand joined Centurion Ministries in January of 1987 after reading an article in the NY Times about Jim McCloskey's pioneering work behalf of the wrongly convicted. She thought he might need some help. They met, they thought they could get along and for 30 years worked shoulder to shoulder to free the innocent from prison. Prior to that she was a business woman and community activist in Men...