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What if you or someone you love were arrested, convicted and incarcerated for a crime but was innocent? What if the lawyer you hired was incompetent and you were out of money and out of options? What if years and decades had gone by and you or the person you cared about was still behind bars? Where would you turn? Wrongful conviction in the United States occurs more often than you might think. Just last year, according to the National Registry of Exonerations, 156 people were released from prison after being proven innocent. Since 1989, 2,479 people were exonerated across the country. Since 1973, 156 people were taken off Death Row and walked out of prison. For every 10 people executed, 1 pe…
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Homegrown:Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism part 2
Hidden gemMcVeigh picked Oklahoma City because he could park a truck against the building's glass wall.
Oct 9, 2023·26m·1 clip - 2
Homegrown:Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism
Hidden gemMcVeigh was not a lone wolf, and Jeffrey Toobin says "there was an army out there" that agreed with him.
Oct 2, 2023·24m·1 clip - 3
end Marking 20 Years The Innocence Project of Florida Looking Ahead
Hidden gemHarriet Hendel and Seth Miller use Pursuing Justice's 20th-anniversary episode to revisit the Innocence Project of Florida's defining cases, including Dean McKee, James Bain, Amanda Brumfield, and Stephanie Spurgeon.
Sep 25, 2023·26m·1 clip - 4
Wrongly Accused of the Death of A Child: Another Miscarriage of
Hidden gemStephanie Spurgeon tells Harriet Hendel that she was arrested for capital felony murder after an eight-hour daycare day with Maria Harris, a child who later became unresponsive and was diagnosed with abusive head trauma.
Sep 18, 2023·26m·1 clip - 5
A Tragic Miscarriage of Justice For A Teen That Lasted 30 Years
Hidden gemDean McKee describes hand-writing a pro se DNA motion with a golf pencil after years of being “time barred.”
Sep 4, 2023·28m·1 clip - 6
Marking 20 Years The Innocence Project of Florida
Barry Scheck urged Florida law students to confront a backlog of cases awaiting DNA testing.
Aug 28, 2023·26m·2 clips - 7
Distinguished Professor Dr. Saul Kassin
Aug 23, 2023·25m - 8
Homegrown:Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism part 2
Aug 23, 2023·26m - 9
Homegrown:Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism
Aug 23, 2023·24m - 10
Part 2 Johnny Hincapie and his legal team (Baree Fett and Gabriel Harvis)
Aug 23, 2023·28m - 11
Johnny Hincapie and his legal team (Baree Fett and Gabriel Harvis)
Aug 23, 2023·25m - 12
Distinguished Professor Dr. Saul Kassin Part 2
Saul Kassin reports that 94% of proven false confessions contain accurate crime details unknown to the public.
Aug 23, 2023·27m·1 clip - 13
BARRED WHY THE INNOCENT CAN’T GET OUT OF PRISON by Daniel Medwed part2
Jun 26, 2023·28m - 14
BARRED WHY THE INNOCENT CAN’T GET OUT OF PRISON by Daniel Medwed Part 1
Jun 19, 2023·25m - 15
Part 2 The Exonerated” cast members Paulette Layton,Chris Cooney,Kevin Knight
Jun 12, 2023·26m - 16
Part 1 The Exonerated” cast members Paulette Layton,Chris Cooney,Kevin Knight
Jun 5, 2023·26m - 17
George Croom The Exonerated (cast member)
May 29, 2023·26m - 18
Beth Young Director “The Exonerated
May 22, 2023·28m - 19
013023 UNDOCUMENTED UNPUNISHED MURDERS DURING JIM CROW - MARGARET BURNHAM PART 2
Jan 30, 2023·27m - 20
UNDOCUMENTED UNPUNISHED MURDERS DURING JIM CROW - MARGARET BURNHAM PART 1
Jan 23, 2023·26m - 21
THE YEAR IN REVIEW - HARRIET HENDEL
Jan 9, 2023·30m - 22
SETH MILLER:director of Innocence Project of Florida:A Conversation PART 4
Jan 2, 2023·27m - 23
SETH MILLER Director of Innocence Project of Florida:A Conversation PART 3
Dec 26, 2022·24m - 24
SETH MILLER Director of Innocence Project of Florida:A Conversation PART 2
Dec 19, 2022·25m - 25
SETH MILLER Director of Innocence Project of Florida:A Conversation PART 1
Dec 12, 2022·24m - 26
College Behind Bars At San Quentin Prison - Jody Lewen and Tommy Winfrey PART 2
Dec 5, 2022·26m - 27
College Behind Bars At San Quentin Prison - Jody Lewen and Tommy Winfrey PART 1
Nov 28, 2022·24m - 28
Goucher Prison Education Partnership - ELIZA CORNEJO AND RAMIEKA ROBINSON-PEOPLESE PART 2
Nov 21, 2022·28m - 29
Goucher Prison Education Partnership - ELIZA CORNEJO AND TAMIEKA ROBINSON-PEOPLES PART 1
Nov 14, 2022·26m - 30
A TEEN'S FALSE CONFESSION HUWE BURTON'S STORY PART 2 HH
Nov 7, 2022·25m - 31
A TEEN'S FALSE CONFESSION HUWE BURTON'S STORY PART 1 HH
Oct 31, 2022·25m - 32
RAGE OF INNOCENCE - KRISTEN HENNING PART 2 HH
Oct 24, 2022·50m - 33
RAGE OF INNOCENCE - KRISTEN HENNING PART 1 HH
Oct 17, 2022·25m - 34
REDEEMING JUSTICE - RACHEL LOPEZ PART 4
Oct 10, 2022·26m - 35
DEATH BY INCARCARATION - ASTHA SHARMA POKHAREL PART 3
Oct 3, 2022·26m - 36
A LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE SENTENCE COMMUTED - TERRELL - RELL - CARTER and KEMPIS - GHANI- SONGSTAR PART 2
Host Harriet Hendel discusses life without parole sentences with exonerees Terrell Carter and Kempis Songster, focusing on their advocacy work.
Sep 26, 2022·29m - 37
THIRTY YEARS BEHIND BARS - KEMPIS - GHANI - SONGSTAR and TERRELL CARTER PART 1
Sep 19, 2022·26m - 38
SHINING A LIGHT ON PREGNANT MOTHERS IN PRISON A PERSPECTIVE - AMY ARD PART 2
Sep 5, 2022·26m - 39
SHINING A LIGHT ON PREGNANT MOTHERS IN PRISON A PERSPECTIVE - AMY ARD PART 1
Aug 29, 2022·26m - 40
SHINING A LIGHT ON PREGNANT MOTHERS IN PRISON - A PERSPECTIVE - AMY ARD PART 2
Aug 22, 2022·26m - 41
SHINING A LIGHT ON PREGNANT MOTHERS IN PRISON - A PERSPECTIVE - AMY ARD PART 1
Aug 15, 2022·25m - 42
HOW A PARDON CHANGED MY LIFE - AKEEM SIMS
Aug 8, 2022·25m - 43
37 YEARS A CONVICT BUT RECEIVED A PARDON 0702019 - NAOMI BLOUNT WILSON
Aug 1, 2022·26m - 44
GRANTING FORMER OFFENDERS A SECOND CHANCE - CELESTE TRUSTY PART 2
Jul 25, 2022·26m - 45
GRANTING FORMER OFFENDERS A SECOND CHANCE - CELESTE TRUSTY PART 1
Jul 18, 2022·25m - 46
IMPACT OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND HIS MISSION TO HELP THE YOUTH PART 2
Host Harriet Handel interviews guests from the Pathfinder Network about supporting justice-impacted individuals and families.
Jul 11, 2022·26m - 47
IMPACT OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND HIS MISSION TO HELP THE YOUTH PART 1
Host Harriet Hendel interviews Leticia Longoria Navarro and Victor Trillo about the Pathfinder Network, which supports justice-impacted individuals and families.
Jul 4, 2022·24m - 48
STORYTELLING WITH PEOPLE BEHIND BARS: A WAY TO CONNECT PART 2 - ALLISON LANGER AND ANDREA ASKOWITZ
Jun 20, 2022·26m - 49
STORYTELLING WITH PEOPLE BEHIND BARS: A WAY TO CONNECT PART 1 - ALLISON LANGER AND ANDREA ASKOWITZ
Jun 13, 2022·25m - 50
ENCORE PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - EXPLORING HOMELESSNESS THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD - ANDREA ELLIOTT PART 1
Host Harriet Handel interviews author Andrea Elliott about her book 'Invisible Child', which explores themes of poverty, homelessness, racism, and hunger.
May 30, 2022·25m