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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…

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Sep 10, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 10, 2026

    From Behind Bars To Passing The Bar - Professor Marty Tankleff [Part 1] (opens the original)

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    Marty Tankleff was arrested at age 17 for the double murder of his adoptive parents~a crime he didn't commit (and which is still unsolved over 30 years later). He was sentenced to 50 years to Life. He served 17 years of that sentence and after exoneration, he graduated from college and law school and is now a practicing lawyer. His story was shown on "48 Hours" in 2008 titled: "Fight for the Truth". In addition, he is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C

  2. Episode · Sep 3, 2026

    [Re-Air] SMOKE BUT NO FIRE with Author & Professor Jessica S. Henry [Part 2] (opens the original)

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    On this episode of Pursuing Justice, we're joined by Professor Henry, who will talk about the many cases of wrongful conviction where innocent people were convicted of crimes that simply never happened. She exposes a deeply flawed criminal justice system that allows-even encourages-these no-crime wrongful convictions to regularly occur. Jessica Henry is an author, commentator, blogger and social justice advocate. She earned her JD from NYU School of Law and served as a public defender in NYC for

  3. Episode · Aug 27, 2026

    [Re-Air] SMOKE BUT NO FIRE with Author & Professor Jessica S. Henry [Part 1] (opens the original)

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    On this episode of Pursuing Justice, we're joined by Professor Henry, who will talk about the many cases of wrongful conviction where innocent people were convicted of crimes that simply never happened. She exposes a deeply flawed criminal justice system that allows-even encourages-these no-crime wrongful convictions to regularly occur. Jessica Henry is an author, commentator, blogger and social justice advocate. She earned her JD from NYU School of Law and served as a public defender in NYC for

  4. Episode · Jul 30, 2026

    [Re-Air] A Conversation with Justice Defenders CEO & Founder Alexander McLean [Part 2] (opens the original)

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    Alexander McLean is C.E.O. and founder of Justice Defenders. This organization trains incarcerated people and prison staff side by side as paralegals and lawyers to serve those denied justice in Kenya and Uganda. They have been able to secure a release for 72,000 people, trained 740 paralegals in addition to 67 people who earned a law degree from the University of London while in prison or as prison staff. McLean created this nonprofit in 2007 having graduated from the University of Nottingham a

  5. Episode · Jul 23, 2026

    [Re-Air] A Conversation with Justice Defenders CEO & Founder Alexander McLean [Part 1] (opens the original)

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    Alexander McLean is C.E.O. and founder of Justice Defenders. This organization trains incarcerated people and prison staff side by side as paralegals and lawyers to serve those denied justice in Kenya and Uganda. They have been able to secure a release for 72,000 people, trained 740 paralegals in addition to 67 people who earned a law degree from the University of London while in prison or as prison staff. McLean created this nonprofit in 2007 having graduated from the University of Nottingham a

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