My name is Maria Shepard. I was wrongly convicted in 1991 of manslaughter in the death of my daughter,

and I'm an advocate against wrongful convictions.

Thanks for joining me for episode 26 of actual innocence, a podcast to help bring awareness of wrongful conviction and

the need for reform and criminal justice. I want to start by thanking everyone who supported

my sponsors after the announcement in last week's episode. I know that my listeners want this

show to stick around for a long time and you have been a tremendous

help advocacy sometimes starts with one person or one podcast but when so many people band together

based on their shared cause we my friends can move mountains once again, if possible, if you could please support today's

sponsor either by using their product or sharing my code with someone who's in need of their services.

If not, if you could send them a little thank you on social media for supporting the show,

it would be very helpful and I would be very grateful.

Also, be sure to listen all the way through to the end to hear more about the upcoming schedule

of episodes and the season finale.

Today's episode is unique in that it is my first episode in which I interview someone from

outside the United States.

Unfortunately, it's not unique in the fact that it's a woman who was falsely convicted of a crime

against her child that wasn't a crime at all.

We're going to pause for a second so we can talk about today's sponsor.

In previous episodes, I mentioned that I was having my degree framed by framebridge.com

for a fraction of the cost of having it done at a framing or craft store.

Well, I'm really excited because yesterday I got the email telling me that my degree was framed and on its way back to me.

Watch Twitter for pictures and don't forget to submit your own pictures to be displayed in the gallery on the actual innocence website.

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