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.
Episodes
61 episodes
Episode 22 - Dr. Jan Canty
In this powerful episode of Wrongfully Yours, psychologist and podcast host Dr. Jan Canty shares her story as a homicide survivor and the unexpected path that led her to the world of wrongful convictions.After her husband was murdered, J...
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March 3 on Wrongfully Yours
What happens when a homicide survivor walks into a courtroom convinced they’re about to face their loved one’s killer only to later learn the person convicted may be innocent?Dr. Jan Canty knows this tension intimately. As both a psychol...
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Next on Wrongfully Yours
Coming March 3 on Wrongfully YoursWrongful convictions often stem from a rush to judgment, but as Dr. Jan Canty reminds us in this episode, assumptions also plague homicide survivors. There are many invisible burdens they have to carry o...
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Coming March 3 on Wrongfully Yours
Dr. Jan Canty’s life changed forever when her husband was murdered more than four decades ago. As a "homicide survivor," she later began a podcast to support others navigating similar grief.It wasn’t until exoneree Jeffrey Deskovic appro...
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Episode 21 - Jia Rizvi (continued)
In this compelling follow-up episode of Wrongfully Yours, Kelly continues her conversation with filmmaker and advocate Jia Rizvi.Jia opens up about her commitment to telling exoneree stories with honesty and integrity including her decis...
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Episode 21
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A Look at Our Next Episode (Coming Feb 17)
At the last innocence network conference, filmmaker Jia Rizvi was struck by the number announced: 5,505 years.That’s the total number of years the exonerees in that room had collectively spent wrongfully incarcerated. 5,505 years of miss...
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New Episode of Wrongfully Yours Coming February 17
Filmmaker Jia Rizvi joins us to talk about how film can quietly but powerfully move people toward justice. From screenings to inbox messages, Jia shares how storytelling ignites something personal in viewers, leading them to care, to act, and t...
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Coming Feb 17 on Wrongfully Yours
Filmmaker Jia Rizvi didn’t want to hand over someone else’s truth to a network or studio. Too many wrongful conviction stories get sensationalized or twisted into entertainment instead of treated with the care they deserve.So, she made t...
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Episode 20 - Jia Rizvi
In this inspiring episode, Kelly speaks with Jia Rizvi, an advocate and filmmaker whose journey into wrongful conviction work began with the case of Adnan Syed and deepened through her connection with exoneree Jeffrey Deskovic.Jia shares...
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Episode 20
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Coming February 3 on Wrongfully Yours
When filmmaker Jia Rizvi met exoneree Jeffrey Deskovic, she didn’t just find a story, she found a calling.Jia shares why she chose to document Jeff’s case and why wrongful convictions are an issue the public too often overlooks. “Most pe...
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Coming February 3
“A wrongful conviction creates an additional victim that was never part of the original crime.” — Jia RizviIn this poignant conversation, filmmaker Jia Rizvi explores the often overlooked emotional toll wrongful convictions take, not jus...
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Coming February 3 - A Conversation with Jia Rizvi
Award winning filmmaker Jia Rizvi shares the moment she knew she was doing exactly what she was meant to do - documenting the stories of the wrongfully convicted.In this powerful episode, Jia reflects on her first interview with Jeffrey ...
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Episode 19 - Dr. Akua Jackson
In this conversation, Kelly and Dr. Akua Jackson discuss the complexities of wrongful convictions, particularly focusing on the Ohio Four case. Dr. Jackson shares her personal journey into the world of wrongful convictions, influenced by her br...
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Episode 18 - John Edwards and the Ohio 4 (continued)
In this powerful and deeply unsettling episode of Wrongfully Yours, Kelly continues her conversations with John Edwards, a man who has spent more than 32 years incarcerated for a double homicide he maintains he did not commit despite n...
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2 Part Conclusion Coming January 20
In this episode, Dr. Akua Jackson shares what led her into the world of wrongful convictions. It wasn’t through an organization, but through lived experience. With a wrongly convicted brother and a family rooted in community service, her advoca...
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Coming January 20 - Free Not Exonerated
Our next episode confronts a critical but often misunderstood truth in wrongful conviction cases: the difference between being released from prison and being truly free. John Edwards explains how stigma, labels, and an unvacated conviction cont...
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Coming January 20 on Wrongfully Yours
In this episode, John Edwards continues his conversation, and he refuses to let prison define the beginning or the end of his story. He speaks about relevance, community, creativity, and the determination to return home, not as someone broken b...
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Episode 17 - John Edwards and the Ohio 4
This episode is unlike any other. Recorded through phone calls from prison with John Edwards, one of the Ohio 4, this conversation is raw, unfiltered, and essential. John has been incarcerated in Ohio for over 30 years for a double homicide he ...
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Coming January 6 - Case of the Ohio 4
Coming January 6 on Wrongfully Yours: Lies. Recantations. Innocent lives on the line.William Avery’s story kept changing, but it served to place four innocent people at a murder scene with no weapon, no evidence, no proof. First it was f...
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Coming January 6
A shocking double murder. No leads. And an informant whose story came from his own son.Wrongfully Yours dives into the case of the Ohio 4 and the murders of Marsha Blakely & Floyd Epps. This is a tangled investigation full o...
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Episode 16 - A Year In Review
In this special episode of Wrongfully Yours, host Kelly Lauzon reflects on the journey so far: the powerful stories of wrongful convictions, lived experiences, and the voices that have shaped this series.From exonerees to law enforcement...
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Episode 16
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Coming December 23 - A Year in Review
In our final episode of the year, host Kelly Lauzon reflects on the incredible journey through stories of wrongful convictions, from the voices of exonerees to law enforcement professionals who now champion reform to students and family members...
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Episode 15 - Jeffery Deskovic & Samantha Mahase
In a powerful two-part release, Wrongfully Yours continues the story of Jeffrey Deskovic, who was wrongfully convicted at just 17 and spent 16 years behind bars.In Part 1, Jeff shares the pivotal moments that led to his exonerat...
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Episode 14 - Jeffrey Deskovic (continued)
In a powerful two-part release, Wrongfully Yours continues the story of Jeffrey Deskovic, who was wrongfully convicted at just 17 and spent 16 years behind bars.In Part 1, Jeff shares the pivotal moments that led to his exonerat...
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Episode 14
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