Being wrongfully accused and convicted of a crime can lead to serious negative consequences to those wrongfully accused and their families.
A recent study estimated that wrongful convictions occur in 6% of criminal convictions leading to imprisonment. Other research estimates that up to 15.4% of all convictions are wrongful. It been demonstrated that racial and class bias are involved in wrongfully accusing people of crime and that those biases can influence decisions of guilt.
African Americans are burdened by a presumption of guilt that most defense lawyers are not prepared to overcome. As a result, African Americans make up 47% of exonerations even though they are only 13% of the population.
This week wii continue the conversation about Wrongful Convictions with our special guest Samarra Willis... will discuss her Wrongful Conviction Advocacy work.
Join Jay Love from The Justice for Gerard Movement along with the panel:
-Attorney Hugo Mack,
-Trischè Duckworth, Survivors Speak
-Rev Tia Littlejohn, Life Coach & Behavioral Therapist
-Ally Hughes, Michigan Liberation and Accountability Dearborn
.....for TURNING A MOMENT INTO A MOVEMENT!
.....for more information about The Justice for Gerard Movement go to.... www.change.org/Justice4Gerard
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