TUES. APR 7JEROME MORGANMr. Morgan was sentenced, at age 17,to Life in Prison without Parole for amurder at a New Orleans sweet-sixteen party. After 20 years in theplantation-like Louisiana State Prison atAngola, Mr. Morgan's release wassecured by the Innocence Project -New Orleans. Mr. Morgan laterfounded the Free Dem Foundations.

WED. APR 22ANDREA HARRISON & KATIE MONROEAndrea Harrison’s mother wasmurdered when Andrea was a youngchild. When the original conviction wasoverturned after almost two decades,the state declared the case to be “cold,”ensuring that the true perpetratorwould likely go unpunished. KatieMonroe, the daughter of an exoneree,is the Executive Director of HealingJustice, which provides services tothose affected by wrongful convictions.

RACE INNOCENCE& THE END OF THE DEATHPENALTY

are: Farris Barakat, Deah’s brother;Satana Deberry, District Attorney ofDurham, NC; Kendra Montgomery-Blinn, the Assistant District Attorneywho prosecuted the case; and AmandaGardner, the legal assistant whoworked closely with the familiesthroughout the process. 

Ms. Bunch was convicted of murder byarson and served more than 17 yearsbefore she could demonstrate that thefire that had killed her young son in atrailer home they shared in 1995 hadbeen accidental. At the time of her arrest,she was pregnant with a son, who wastaken from her and raised by her family.After her release, she created anonprofit, JustIs4JustUs.

WED. FEB 19GARY GRIFFIN & KEN ROSEMr. Griffin served five years onMississippi’s death row before his deathsentence was overturned. He wasreleased from prison after 23 years, andlater worked as an investigator on deathpenalty appeals. Mr. Rose, a formercapital litigator, was Mr. Griffin’s appellatelawyer, motivator, and supporter.

WED. APRIL 1PANEL DISCUSSION ONHEALING AFTER HATE

TUES. FEB 4DAVID BOYCE

Mr. Sharpe was sentenced to life inprison for a Greenville NC murder he didnot commit. He served 24 years in prisonbefore he was released in August 2019,having consistently refused to accept pleaoffers. Prof. Newman is a leader of theDuke Wrongful Convictions Clinic, whichhas exonerated multiple individuals in thestate of North Carolina.

Mr. Turner was one of 17 young people inWashington DC to be charged in a brutalkilling, in what became known as the “8thand H” case. The crime occurred in a busyarea of the city in broad daylight and yetthere were no witnesses. Mr. Turnerserved 26 years in maximum securityprisons throughout the federal system.

Mr Bloodsworth, an honorablydischarged US Marine, was wrongfullyconvicted of killing a young girl andsentenced to death in Maryland. He wasthe first person in the US to beexonerated from death row by DNA, andis the Executive Director of Witness toInnocence

Mr. Boyce was wrongfully convicted ofcapital murder and robbery at age 20after his roommate was found stabbedand killed in a motel in Newport News,VA; he served 23 years for a crime he didnot commit.

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DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES

WED. JAN 29KIRK BLOODSWORTH

WED. FEB 12KRISTINE BUNCH

WED. FEB 26DONTAE SHARPE & THERESA NEWMAN

MON. MAR 2JIMMY DENNISMr. Dennis served over 25 years onPennsylvania’s death row for a crime hedid not commit. Two federal legaldecisions exonerated him, and hisinnocence read into the court record.

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WED. MAR 25CHRIS TURNER

In February 2015, Chapel Hill was shaken by the senseless killing of threeresidents: Deah Barakat, his wife Yusor,and Yusor’s sister Razan. Together for thefirst time to discuss healing after tragedy

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