S2 Ep7: #INConf2017
Actual Innocence
Brooke Gittings
4.4 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2017
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
#inconf2017 #wrongfulconviction #actualinnocence
Where do I begin to describe this episode? Well I guess by thanking… everyone. Next week’s episode will be more on the conference. This has been the most amazing experience… ever.
Special Thanks to: Cacey Sanders for all her help with this episode!
Contact Information: Host: Brooke Gittings Website: www.actualinpod.com Email: actualinnocencepod@gmail.com Twitter: @actualinpod and @brookegittings
Executive Producer in charge of advertising: Dennis Robinson dennis.e.robinson@gmail.com
Music Released under a Creative Commons Attribution International License” Theme - “Through The Lens” by Andy G. Cohen https://andyg.co/hen/songs/lens
All Other Music by By Scott Buckley – www.scottbuckley.com.au
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| 0:00.0 | Birds flying high, you know how I feel, sun in the sky, you know how I feel, |
| 0:11.0 | breeze drifting on by, you know how I feel, it's a new dawn, it's a new day. It's a new life for me. |
| 0:24.1 | And I'm feeling good. |
| 0:29.0 | Hi, my name is Meredith Kennedy, |
| 0:31.1 | and I'm the director of the Innocence Network Support Unit. |
| 0:34.8 | We're a department at the Innocence Project in New York. And among a variety of |
| 0:41.3 | things that my team and I do to support the Innocence Network, principally we organize this conference. |
| 0:48.3 | So this is the fourth year that my team and I have planned and executed this conference. And it is by far the |
| 1:00.5 | largest conference that we've had in the 15 year history of this event. We have close to 800 people |
| 1:09.1 | who are here with us in San Diego and 200 of those are exonerated |
| 1:17.7 | individuals and then an additional 80 or 90 are family members of those exoneries. |
| 1:24.5 | And even though this is the fourth year that I have been a witness to this event, I'm just |
| 1:34.5 | always blown away by the feeling of fellowship that exists and really just the family reunion vibe. And it is so much work, |
| 1:52.9 | as you could imagine, to put on, but so, so worth it. And I just feel so incredibly blessed to |
| 2:00.5 | get to do what I do. Hi, this is Brooke. And I just feel so incredibly blessed to get to do what I do. |
| 2:02.5 | Hi, this is Brooke, and you're listening to a very special episode of the actual Innocence |
| 2:07.5 | podcast. Yesterday, Friday, March 24th, was the first day of the Innocence Network Conference |
| 2:14.1 | taking place in San Diego, California. Right now, I'm recording this a little after midnight in my hotel room, and my heart is still |
| 2:23.2 | overflowing with emotions from all the experiences that I had today. |
| 2:27.3 | This episode is going to feature messages from over 10 exoneries, on top of messages from their |
| 2:32.8 | support people, attorneys, and other people |
| 2:36.0 | who came to support those who have been wrongfully convicted at this conference. |
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