Wrongfully Yours
A place where I host conversations with people who have been impacted by wrongful convictions - sometimes this is an exoneree, a family member of an exoneree, a justice official, a filmmaker, a student...I'm really open to speaking with anyone because I think we all have such interesting and unique perspectives to bring around this issue in an effort to challenge assumptions, surface uncomfortable truths, and foster critical thinking about how justice is pursued and portrayed.
Wrongfully Yours
Episode 31 -Leslie Vass
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In this powerful conversation, Leslie Vass shares how a routine trip to a neighborhood store at age 17 turned into a wrongful conviction that cost him decades of his life. Arrested based on a vague identification, denied meaningful legal representation, and sentenced as an adult, Leslie walks us through the moments where the system failed him again and again.
This episode sheds light on eyewitness misidentification, ineffective counsel, prosecutorial discretion, and the racial realities shaping wrongful convictions in the 1970s and beyond.
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