My name is Maggie Freeling.

I'm a journalist and producer, and on September 10th, I'm releasing my new podcast, Unjust

and Unsolved.

Each episode tells the story of a person who, I believe, is wrongfully incarcerated for

a crime that is now unsolved.

Actual data is hard to come by, but the Innocence Project gives a conservative estimate that

20,000 innocent people are currently locked away in US prisons.

And after reading some of their stories, I felt compelled to do something.

So I sent 20 letters to innocent people who are locked up, despite evidence pointing

away from them.

Some responded through mail, some emailed, and some called me on contraband cell phones.

But each of them wanted their stories to be heard.

So I left my public radio job and decided to do just that.

In this podcast, I speak with those people, their loved ones and lawyers, to shed light

on how they wound up incarcerated for decades, despite their innocence.

So the crime happened in Harlem, which is in Manhattan.

I live in the Bronx.

I was actually in the Bronx when this occurred in Manhattan.

I found out the crimes they were convicted of are still unsolved, and how some have made

the hardest choices of their lives.

By maintaining their innocence, no matter the cost.

There was no way I'm going to stand in front of a rural board and admit to a crime that

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