Tag: wrongful conviction
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Anthony Ray Hinton will share his powerful story of resilience and justice at the Jeanette Jennings Lecture Series at the University of Mississippi, honoring the legacy of the school’s first Black faculty member.
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Joyce Watkins, the first Black woman exonerated in Tennessee, speaks out to raise awareness about wrongful convictions and the vital work of the Tennessee Innocence Project.
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