When the Innocent Go to Prison for Crimes They Didn't Commit (with the L.A. Innocence Project)

Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

IRONCLAD

Society & Culture

4.9 • 648 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Today on Change Agents, Andy sits down with Andy Wilson and Paula Mitchell from the Los Angeles Innocence Project. In 1986, Andy was wrongfully convicted of murder. At the age of 31, he was sentenced to life in prison without parole, leaving behind his wife and young daughter. However, thanks to the help of Paula Mitchell, he was later exonerated and became the founding donor for the LA Innocence Project. The organization works with law enforcement to prevent wrongful convictions in the future and to help free innocent people currently behind bars. Paula Mitchell serves as their director. Change Agents is an IRONCLAD original. Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/change-agents-with-andy-stumpf/id1677415740 Shop IRONCLAD Apparel: https://shop.thisisironclad.com/ Change Agents is an IRONCLAD original. Visit https://www.thisisironclad.com to learn more. Be sure to subscribe to @thisisironclad on YouTube and major social platforms. Follow us on Social - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisisironclad Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ThisIsIRONCLAD Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thisisironclad TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisisironclad Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://thisisironclad.com/newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How can I help? How can I be useful in ending needless suffering?
0:06.0	Do not be afraid of work that has no end.
0:10.0	We have to organize a social movement.
0:15.0	We have an opportunity to lead by example versus just talking, hot air.
0:22.7	I think the more people in this fight, the more we grow, eventually it could change.
0:27.5	The people are the ones that can make the change.
0:33.8	Can you imagine waking up every day in prison for a crime that you know that you didn't commit?
0:40.3	Can you imagine spending a year of your life like that?
0:43.3	How about a decade?
0:45.3	How about multiple decades?
0:48.3	I would love to believe, and I'm sure many people would, that in our justice system, that that doesn't happen or it's impossible.
0:54.7	But the reality is, it happens far more often than most people would be willing to admit.
1:01.1	My guests today are Andy Wilson and Paula Mitchell.
1:04.9	In 1986, Andy was wrongfully convicted of murder and was sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole.
1:14.1	However, while examining information about this case, while behind bars, and by that I mean
1:18.9	Andy was examining information about his own case behind bars, he came across evidence that
1:24.5	indicated that law enforcement inappropriately led a key witness in a move that resulted in his conviction.
1:30.5	Stories like Andes, as I mentioned, are not that uncommon.
1:35.4	As of February 2023, the National Registry of Exonerations reported that the rate of wrongful conviction in the U.S.
1:43.2	is between 2% and 10%.
1:46.8	With a prison population of 2.3 million people, there could be 46,000 to 230,000 innocent people
1:57.0	incarcerated today. Today, Andy is the founding donor for the LA Innocence Project, a group that helps
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