A crowd of more than 150 people from the 64-member congregations of the non-profit organization Durham Congregations in Action (“DCIA”) responded with emotion and a flurry of questions to a talk given by Professor Theresa Newman and Darryl Hunt. Newman described what leads to wrongful convictions and how the Duke Wrongful Convictions Clinic strives to unravel them; and Hunt, who was exonerated in 2004 after spending 19 years in prison for a rape and murder he did not commit, talked about the great hurdles to be overcome after being released from prison. “Freedom is only half the battle,” he said. For more, click here.
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