Harriet Hendel
Pursuing Justice
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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Ab'd Allah Lateef ~ Life Without Parole {sentenced as a teenager}[Part 1] 26.07.2021 26:11
Abd'allah was sentenced to Life Without Parole at the age of 17. He served 31 years. He is now Deputy Director at the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth.
Jeffrey Deskovic and Jia Wertz ~ How A False Confession Put A Teen Behind Bars [Part 4] 19.07.2021 27:55
Exonerated in 2006 having been falsely accused of murder at age 17. Spent 17 years in prison. Started his own foundation to help others who have been wrongly accused.
Jeffrey Deskovic and Jia Wertz ~ How A False Confession Put A Teen Behind Bars [Part 3] 12.07.2021 24:47
Exonerated in 2006 having been falsely accused of murder at age 17. Spent 17 years in prison. Started his own foundation to help others who have been wrongly accused.
Jeffrey Deskovic~How A False Confession Put A Teen Behind Bars [Part 2] 05.07.2021 18:52
Exonerated in 2006 having been falsely accused of murder at age 17. Spent 17 years in prison. Started his own foundation to help others who have been wrongly accused.
Jia Wertz ~Discussion of her documentary about exoneree - Jeffrey Deskovic ~ Part 1 28.06.2021 25:11
Jia Wertz is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. Directed "Conviction" on Amazon Prime about Jeffrey Deskovic.
Ross Miller~Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice - Philadelphia, PA 21.06.2021 25:17
Ross Miller is on staff at the Quattrone Center, an organization based at the University of Pennsylvania. The organization was launched in 2013.
Dr. Paul Heaton ~ Quattrone Center : Absolute Immunity; Can We Fix It? 13.06.2021 23:59
Dr. Heaton is the Academic Director at the Quattrone Center.
Marissa Bluestine~ Conviction Review Units-What's Next? {Quattrone Center } Part 3 06.06.2021 22:53
Marissa is the Assistant Director at the Quattrone Center. She was head of the Pennsylvania Innocence Project for 10 years.
Dean John Hollway (University of Pennsylvania Law School) Sentinel Event Reviews (Part 1) 30.05.2021 29:06
John Hollway is Dean at UPenn School of Law and Director of the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice in Philadelphia. Dean Hollway is the author of: Killing Time: An 18 Year Odyssey from Death Row to Freedom. That book won the National Independent Book Award for non fiction in 2011.
Randall Padgett : Witness To Innocence Part 1 16.05.2021 26:58
Randall is a founding member of Witness to Innocence. He spent 3 1/2 years on Death Row in Alabama.
First Man To Be Released From Death Row in Illinois with Perry Cobb 09.05.2021 26:12
Perry spent nine Years on Death Row as an innocent man. It took 5 trials to declare him innocent.
Lawyer Johnson: Innocent But Sent to Death Row: WITNESS TO INNOCENCE 02.05.2021 25:20
Lawyer spent 2 years on Death Row and 8 more years in prison as an innocent man. He was released in 1982. He is a member of a nonprofit organization supporting exonerees released from Death Row. The organization was founded by Sister Helen Prejean in 2003 and based in Philadelphia, PA. These podcasts comprise a series of interviews with men who did time on Death Row.
Indiana's New Compensation Statute - Kristine Bunch [Part 4] 25.04.2021 26:03
Indiana's New Compensation Statute; New Discoveries in Fire Science.
Justis4JustUs with Kristine Bunch [Part 3] 18.04.2021 25:27
Justis4JustUs: an organization founded by Kristine to help exonerees transition back into society after prison.
A Case of Arson? Kristine Bunch 's story: 1996 - 2012 [Part 1] 04.04.2021 26:06
Kristine Bunch spent 16 years in prison on a charge of arson, which killed her 3 year old son. She was proven innocent of these charges. She has a nonprofit organization called: Justice for Justus which helps people coming out of prison.
Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen - speaking about their play ~ "The Exonerated" [Part 4] 21.03.2021 27:08
Jessica and Erik are a husband & wife writing team as well as actors/directors. Winners of many awards, their play "The Exonerated" was named "Best Play of the Year" by the New York Times in 2000. "The Exonerated": brings the story of several death row exonerees to Off Broadway and the nation...continuing our discussion of how the play came to be written and its impact all over the country.
Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen ~ "The Exonerated" [Part 3] 14.03.2021 23:30
Jessica and Erik are a husband & wife writing team as well as actors/directors. Winners of many awards, their play "The Exonerated" was named "Best Play of the Year" by the New York Times in 2000. "The Exonerated" brings the story of several death row exonerees to Off Broadway and the nation...continuing our discussion of how the play came to be written and its impact all over the country.
Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen - "The Exonerated" -[Part 2] 07.03.2021 26:10
Jessica and Erik are a husband & wife writing team as well as actors/directors. Winners of many awards, their play "The Exonerated" was named "Best Play of the Year" by the New York Times in 2000. "The Exonerated":brings the story of several death row exonerees to Off Broadway and the nation...continuing our discussion of how the play came to be written and its impact all over the country.
Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen writers of the play "The Exonerated" [Part 1] 28.02.2021 23:41
Jessica and Erik are a husband & wife writing team as well as actors/directors. Winners of many awards, their play "The Exonerated" was named "Best Play of the Year" by the New York Times.
Helping exonerees navigate and receive services they need free of charge after reentry- After Innocence - Jon Eldan [Part 2] 22.02.2021 25:22
Lawyer and Founder of "After Innocence" - a non profit organization for wrongly convicted exonerees helping them with reentry serving all 48 states
Helping exonerees navigate and receive services after reentry- After Innocence - Jon Eldan [Part 1] 15.02.2021 25:38
Lawyer and Founder of "After Innocence" - a non profit organization for wrongly convicted exonerees helping them with reentry serving all 48 states.
Project 180 - Barbara Richards [Part 2] 08.02.2021 26:49
President, founder & CEO of Project 180 ~ a reentry program for offenders
Project 180 - Barbara Richards ~helping men return to society after prison (Florida) Part 1 01.02.2021 26:59
President, founder & CEO of Project 180 ~ a reentry program for offenders.
How Conviction Integrity Units Work; History & Types - Teresa Hall [Part 2] 11.01.2021 25:55
Teresa has been an attorney for 19 years in addition to being a Public Defender, a judge and a prosecutor.
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