“Exonerated: The Cost of Wrongful Conviction” is brought to you by Marrone Law Firm and presented by WURD in partnership with the Pennsylvania Innocence Project.

After hearing the powerful firsthand accounts of men who lost decades to wrongful convictions, this culminating conversation turns to what comes next — the fight to change the system itself. In this special two-part panel from Evening WURDs, legal and community leaders connect policy to lived experience, examining how laws, funding, and public will shape justice after freedom.

Part One features LaTrista Webb — Founder of The Elevation Project, Attorney Jarrett Adams — Civil Rights Attorney, author of “Redeeming Justice,” and exonerated individual who co-founded Life After Justice, and Zane Memeger — Executive Director of our “Exonerated” series partner, the Pennsylvania Innocence Project, whose mission is to exonerate those convicted of crimes they did not commit, to prevent innocent people from being prosecuted and convicted, and to help those wrongfully convicted transition to freedom. They unpack case intake, reentry realities, funding gaps, parole practices, and why community presence—in courtrooms and at the polls—matters.

Part Two brings Attorney Keir Bradford-Grey — Head of Civil Rights Litigation at Marrone Law and Attorney Michael Coard — Host of “Radio Courtroom,” Activist, and Criminal Defense Attorney for a clear-eyed look at rights, remedies, and reforms—from recording interrogations to compensation for the exonerated—and the practical steps listeners can take now.

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