Watch: Why Albany Must Act in 2017

02.27.17 By Innocence Staff

It’s time for Albany to join Governor Cuomo and support wrongful conviction reform. Watch exonerees Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Alan Newton, Ronald Cotton, and crime survivor Jennifer Thompson-Cannino explain the importance of eyewitness identification reform and mandatory recording of interrogations.

Call Speaker Carl Heastie and your State Assembly Member to voice your support: Find them HERE.

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Pam March 31, 2017 at 2:03 pm Reply   

But is there a bill or specific legislation we would call Mr Heastie and reps to support?

Donna Marie Gibbons March 23, 2017 at 4:41 am Reply   

My son has been caught up in this systematic ingrained web of lies at the tender age of 19, with circumstantial evidence and favors to someone testifying against him. Freedom is not free when the color of your skin is black or brown. We must get our heads out of the sand, and change the unfair practices.

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