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Exonerations in New York State
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
01 Sep 2023
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Black Agenda Radio · Exonerations in New York State

Nick Encalada-Malinowski is Director of the Civil Rights Union campaign at Vocal-NY. He joins us from New York City to discuss the need for reforms in the post-conviction process in New York state and the prospect of passing the Challenging Wrongful Conviction Act. Half of all counties in New York state have never had an exoneration.

New York
mass incarceration
Prosecutorial Misconduct
Exoneration
Police Misconduct

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