Pursuing Justice

Julian Sher is one of Canada's best known investigative journalists and the author of 8 books. For 20 years, he worked for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's show "The Fifth Estate", Canada's premier investigative TV program, similar to "60 Minutes". Sher was also a reporter for Canada's two leading newspapers: The Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail. He is the author of Until You Are Dead: The W...

Julian Sher is one of Canada's best known investigative journalists and the author of 8 books. For 20 years, he worked for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's show "The Fifth Estate", Canada's premier investigative TV program, similar to "60 Minutes". Sher was also a reporter for Canada's two leading newspapers: The Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail. He is the author of Until You Are Dead: The W...

Barbara Bradley Hagerty is a N.Y. Times best selling author and contributing writer for The Atlantic. She was a correspondent for NPR as well where she covered the Justice Department and Religion. Her awards include: 2 Gracie Awards, National Headline Award and others. She wrote an investigative piece for The Atlantic on the case of Ben Spencer which led to her decision to write: Bringing Ben Home...

Barbara Bradley Hagerty is a N.Y. Times best selling author and contributing writer for The Atlantic. She was a correspondent for NPR as well where she covered the Justice Department and Religion. Her awards include: 2 Gracie Awards, National Headline Award and others. She wrote an investigative piece for The Atlantic on the case of Ben Spencer which led to her decision to write: Bringing Ben Home...

Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) was founded in 1995 in order to offer incarcerated men and women a new sense of what was possible by expressing themselves through the creative arts: drawing, dancing, acting. The opportunity to immerse themselves in the creative process proved that change is possible. Our guest today, Charles Moore, is the first RTA (Rehabilitation Through the Arts)alumni to...

Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) was founded in 1995 in order to offer incarcerated men and women a new sense of what was possible by expressing themselves through the creative arts: drawing, dancing, acting. The opportunity to immerse themselves in the creative process proved that change is possible. Our guest today, Charles Moore, is the first RTA (Rehabilitation Through the Arts)alumni to...

Kelly is a Ph. D. candidate and a contract instructor in the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa. Kelly is a longtime advocate for wrongful conviction and co-host of a podcast called: "Real Life Wrongs". Her show examines the systemic factors and human flaws that put innocent people behind bars. Kelly will contrast Canada's justice system wherein wrongful convictio...

Kelly is a Ph. D. candidate and a contract instructor in the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa. Kelly is a longtime advocate for wrongful conviction and co-host of a podcast called: "Real Life Wrongs". Her show examines the systemic factors and human flaws that put innocent people behind bars. Kelly will contrast Canada's justice system wherein wrongful convictio...

Today we talk to Seth Miller, the executive director of the Florida Innocence Project about the case of Thomas Gilbert. Thomas Gilbert has been incarcerated since 1974 for a crime he did not commit  in Miami, FL. He is now 70 years old. He has been represented by The Innocence Project of Florida for many years and is sadly out of all legal avenues to right his wrongful conviction. Our hope is thro...

Today we talk to Seth Miller, the executive director of the Florida Innocence Project about the case of Thomas Gilbert. Thomas Gilbert has been incarcerated since 1974 for a crime he did not commit  in Miami, FL. He is now 70 years old. He has been represented by The Innocence Project of Florida for many years and is sadly out of all legal avenues to right his wrongful conviction. Our hope is thro...

Bianca Van Heydoorn is the director of YSRP, a nonprofit organization based in Philadelphia, PA. The organization is committed to helping "returning citizens" who are coming home from prison, many of whom were teens when they went to prison. A  large number of these individuals were sentenced to Life Without Parole but were given a second chance when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that LWOP was unco...

Bianca Van Heydoorn is the director of YSRP, a nonprofit organization based in Philadelphia, PA. The organization is committed to helping "returning citizens" who are coming home from prison, many of whom were teens when they went to prison. A  large number of these individuals were sentenced to Life Without Parole but were given a second chance when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that LWOP was unco...

This nonprofit organization based in Manhattan advocates for youth in court to give them a second chance and avoid incarceration. They have been in operation for 45 years, boasting a 94% success rate. Our guest, Angel Rodriguez, has been involved since the inception of this organization. He is co-founder and President. Visit the Avenue for Justice Website or learn more about them here. This podcas...

Mario Koran is an investigative fellow with the New York Times in addition to being on staff at Wisconsin Watch. He was a west coast correspondent for the Guardian US and covered education for Voice of San Diego where he was named 2016 reporter of the year by the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists.  His work can be found in the New York Times, The Appeal and the Milwaukee Journal Sentin...

Mario Koran is an investigative fellow with the New York Times in addition to being on staff at Wisconsin Watch. He was a west coast correspondent for the Guardian US and covered education for Voice of San Diego where he was named 2016 reporter of the year by the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists.  His work can be found in the New York Times, The Appeal and the Milwaukee Journal Sentin...

Robert Pollock has worked with the justice system and its intersection with the arts for over a decade. He has worked with Road Recovery , Rehabilitation Through the Arts , Musicambia , Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison , and Carnegie Hall’s Musical Connections . He managed PEN America 's Prison and Justice Writing Program and published 6 anthologies of the award winning work of incarcera...

Robert Pollock has worked with the justice system and its intersection with the arts for over a decade. He has worked with Road Recovery , Rehabilitation Through the Arts , Musicambia , Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison , and Carnegie Hall’s Musical Connections . He managed PEN America 's Prison and Justice Writing Program and published 6 anthologies of the award winning work of incarcera...

Mark Godsey is a former prosecutor who founded The Ohio Innocence Project in 2003. He is Executive Director of O.I.P. He often appears on Dateline, Forensic Files and CNN. His book Blind Injustice was recently made into an opera. He is currently a Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio.  We will discuss his book and talk about the many cases cited in the book. Purchase Blind Inju...

Mark Godsey is a former prosecutor who founded The Ohio Innocence Project in 2003. He is Executive Director of O.I.P. He often appears on Dateline, Forensic Files and CNN. His book Blind Injustice was recently made into an opera. He is currently a Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio.  We will discuss his book and talk about the many cases cited in the book. Purchase Blind Inju...

Ray Boyd was released from Cheshire C.F. in Connecticut in November of 2021 after serving 30 years. He is an author, public speaker, juvenile advocate and consultant. He is employed by Yale University. He founded Next Level Emporment , a non-profit where he works tirelessly with "returning citizens" (those coming out of prison back into society) helping them make that challenging transition. Ray w...

Ray Boyd was released from Cheshire C.F. in Connecticut in November of 2021 after serving 30 years. He is an author, public speaker, juvenile advocate and consultant. He is employed by Yale University.  He founded Next Level Emporment , a non-profit where he works tirelessly with "returning citizens" (those coming out of prison back into society) helping them make that challenging transition. Ray...

Nicholas Dawidoff is a full time writer. Born in NYC, he grew up in New Haven, CT.  Author of 5 books, one of which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, he is also a contributing writer to the New Yorker, Rolling Stone and the New York Times. A graduate of Harvard, he has been named a Guggenheim Fellow along with other prestigious awards. We will be discussing his newest book, The Other Side of...

Nicholas Dawidoff is a full time writer. Born in NYC, he grew up in New Haven, CT.  Author of 5 books, one of which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, he is also a contributing writer to the New Yorker, Rolling Stone and the New York Times. A graduate of Harvard, he has been named a Guggenheim Fellow along with other prestigious awards. We will be discussing his newest book, The Other Side of...

This week we talk with Dr. Tom Haney of Books Through Bars . Books Through Bars was founded by Barbara Hirshkowitz in 1992. Its mission is to send books to people in prison who are doing time in the Mid-Atlantic States. Dr. Tom Haney specializes in counseling people with violent, repetitive compulsive disorders. He's been active with Books Through Bars for 12 years and is now President of this non...

This week we talk with Dr. Tom Haney of Books Through Bars. Books Through Bars was founded by Barbara Hirshkowitz in 1992. Its mission is to send books to people in prison who are doing time in the Mid-Atlantic States. Dr. Tom Haney specializes in counseling people with violent, repetitive compulsive disorders. He's been active with Books Through Bars for 12 years and is now President of this non-...