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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Oct 22, 2026

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Episodes

Helping Exonerees Transition Back To Society - Maalavika Ragunathan [Part 1]PA Innocence Project 04.10.2021

Mal Ragunathan  works with the Pennsylvania Innocence Project in  the role of educator and social worker helping  people leaving prison to  transition back into society. The project is located at Temple University in  Philadelphia. It was started in 2009.

Deciding Who We Can Help Transition - Clay Waterman [Part 2] 27.09.2021

Attorney with Pennsylvania Innocence Project.

Deciding Who We Can Help Transition - Clay Waterman-Pennsylvania Innocence Project [Part 1] 20.09.2021

Clay Waterman is an attorney  with Pennsylvania Innocence Project .

James Dold ~ Human Rights for Kids - A Personal Story [Part 2] 13.09.2021

CEO and Founder of HUMAN RIGHTS FOR KIDS in Washington, D.C.

James Dold~Human Rights for Kids - A Personal Story [Part 1] 06.09.2021

CEO and Founder of HUMAN RIGHTS FOR KIDS in Washington, D.C.

Sara Kruzan- Life Without Parole - A Reprieve - A Life With Purpose [Part 2] 30.08.2021

A survivor of traffiking as a child, Sara served 19 years in a California prison.

Sara Kruzan- Life Without Parole - A Reprieve - A Life With Purpose - [Part 1] 23.08.2021

A survivor of traffiking as a child, Sara served 19 years in a California prison. She was released, became an author and works for the nonprofit "Human Rights for Kids".

Marsha Levick ~ founder of The Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia, PA [Part 2] 16.08.2021

Co-founder of the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia in 1975; key player in landmark decisions banning life without parole for juveniles and the juvenile death penalty.

Marsha Levick~ founder of The Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia [Part 1] 09.08.2021

Co-founder of the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia in 1975; key player in landmark decisions banning life without parole for juveniles and the juvenile death penalty.

Ab'd Allah Lateef ~ Life Without Parole {sentenced as a teenager} [Part 2] 02.08.2021

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.

Ab'd Allah Lateef ~ Life Without Parole {sentenced as a teenager}[Part 1] 26.07.2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Indiana's New Compensation Statute; New Discoveries in Fire Science.

Justis4JustUs with Kristine Bunch [Part 3] 18.04.2021

Justis4JustUs: an organization founded by Kristine to help exonerees transition back into society after prison.

Women Exonerees: Stories of Wrongful Conviction 11.04.2021

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