My name is William Hawke. I was exonerated after eight years and four months of incarceration.

I was convicted of arson in the second degree and criminal mischief in the fourth degree. Actual Innocence is a podcast that tells the stories of people who serve time for crimes they did not commit.

Listen to the heartbreaking true accounts of wrongfully convicted people and their journey to exoneration.

Thanks so much for listening.

Thank you. to exoneration. Thanks so much for listening. Sponsors are important, but being authentic is also important. I will never endorse a sponsor

that I don't believe in. Discovering Bomba socks has definitely been a game changer. It's almost like

they rethought socks just for me and the children in my life. And now it's time for me to

introduce the bombus kid of the week. Can you tell me your name? Olivia. And I asked you to test

something out this week. Can you tell me what that is?

I was testing socks.

And how did your socks feel?

Compty and really soft.

Do you like the way they look?

Yes.

Because there's like a bee with the crown on top of it,

and it has like these circles around the top of it.

Do you know what those circles do?

They help your arches don't get hurt.

Can you tell me, do you ever have problems wearing regular socks?

Yes.

And what do you not like about regular socks?

Because like the line on the top.

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