Speaker 1: We claim justice for all, but it's justice for some
Speaker 1: that turn my pain into passion and my passion into purpose.
Speaker 2: Tens of thousands of people incarcerated in the US have
Speaker 2: been wrongfully convicted and are being held in captivity even
Speaker 2: as they adamantly maintain their innocence, and there is a
Speaker 2: ripple effect to that injustice, which impacts families, communities, and generations.
Speaker 1: Without a strong support system.
Speaker 3: Is so hard.
Speaker 1: He's so hard, you can just ride away.
Speaker 2: I'm Lauren Bright Pacheco, Emmy Award winning producer and host
Speaker 2: of podcasts like Murder and Oregon and Symptomatic, and I'm
Speaker 2: joining the Wrongful Conviction Team to bring you ten intensely
Speaker 2: inspiring episodes that celebrate the potential of human connection, relationships
Speaker 2: that empowered ordinary people to overcome extraordinary odds and injustices.
Speaker 1: It was tough. Not a day that went by that
Speaker 1: is this the day that I'm going to die in prison?
Speaker 2: Individuals who unexpectedly became one another's personal heroes by turning
Speaker 2: tragedy into triumph.
Speaker 3: Would have been easy for my parents to just wash
Speaker 3: their hands of it and give up.
Speaker 1: They weren't going to let me do that. They're my heroes.
Speaker 2: Join me starting this May twenty seventh for Wrongful Conviction
Speaker 2: with Lauren Bright Pacheco and experience the life altering impact
Speaker 2: compassion can have on injustice with the people who survived
Speaker 2: it because of one another.
Speaker 1: She's been my voice, She's been there every step by
Speaker 1: the way I.
Speaker 3: Have to be as advocate. I have to find different
Speaker 3: ways of fighting. Get those doors open.
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