Cleared

The law is embedded in our society, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. Join Steve Becker, retired State District Court Judge, and his daughter Beth White, A Department of Corrections parole officer, as they explore what went wrong in the criminal justice system.

010 Rosa Jimenez

Rosa Jimenez Works Cited Fazio, Marie. “‘Likely Innocent’: Judge Frees Woman Jailed 15 Years in Child’s Death.” The New YorkTimes, 29 Jan. 2021, www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/us/rosa-jimenez-released.html?msclkid=3c5c8927a91411eca29d2a4e703f5bf0. Accessed 21

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009 Lamonte McIntyre

Works Cited CNN, Amanda Jackson. “A Wrongfully Convicted Man Who Spent 23 Years in Prison Will Receive $1.5 Million from the State of Kansas.” CNN, 25 Feb. 2020, www.cnn.com/2020/02/25/us/lamonte-mcintyre-mistaken-conviction-award-trnd/index.html. Gannon,

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008 Jim McCloskey Interview Part 2

An Interview with Jim McCloskey, the author of “When Truth Is All You Have” https://www.amazon.com/When-Truth-All-You-Have/dp/0385545037 https://centurion.org/

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007 Jim McCloskey Interview Part 1

An Interview with Jim McCloskey, the author of “When Truth Is All You Have” https://www.amazon.com/When-Truth-All-You-Have/dp/0385545037 https://centurion.org/

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006 Chris Williams

Works Cited “A ‘Perfect Storm’ of Injustice—Death-Row Prisoner Christopher Williams Exonerated in Philadelphia Murder Case.” Death Penalty Information Center, 24 Jan. 2020, deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/a-perfect-storm-of-injustice-death-row-prisoner-christop

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005 Groveland Four

Groveland Four  Works Cited CNN, Sara Weisfeldt. “4 Black Men Exonerated More than 70 Years after Being Wrongly Accused of Raping a White Teen Girl.” CNN, 23 Nov. 2021, www.cnn.com/2021/11/22/us/groveland-four-exonerated-florida/index.html. Hudak, Stephen

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004 Steven Avery

Works Cited Chandler, Kurt. “Blood Simple: Steven Avery.” Milwaukee Magazine, 14 Dec. 2018, www.milwaukeemag.com/blood-simple/. “Innocence Project: The Cases — Steven Avery.” Innocence Project, innocenceproject.org/cases/steven-avery/. Laporte, Gerald. “W

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003 Curtis McCarty

Steve shares about wrongful convictions in the news and Beth shares the story of Curtis McCarty Works Cited Allen, John. “Former Death Row Inmate Drawn to Faith by Catholic Activism.” National Catholic Reporter, 27 Nov. 2012, www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-t

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002 Eddie James Lowery

Steve shares briefly about Amanda Knox, and Beth shares the story of Eddie James Lowery Works Cited “Anatomy of False Confessions, Redux | Prison Legal News.” Www.prisonlegalnews.org, 15 Dec. 2011, www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2011/dec/15/anatomy-of-false

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Wrongful Conviction Day

October 2nd is Wrongful Conviction Day! Join Steve and Beth as they Celebrate the nearly3000 exonerations as they tell the story of the first exoneration brought about by DNA evidence.

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