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I'm Amanda Knox, and you're listening to Hard Knox.

Today I'm Amanda Knox, and you're listening to Hard Knocks, I have my friend Mike Samanchik and my new friend Scott McMahon.

So Mike Samanchik is the executive director of the Innocence Center, which is one of those amazing innocence organizations around the United States. The Innocence Center is based out of California, but does

work throughout the United States and around the world, as this case is a good example of. So

Scott McMahon was an American living overseas in the Philippines when in

2011 he was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting his business partner's former's girlfriend.

The accusation came after Scott accused her of harming his kids and he had sued and won a civil

judgment against her, which motivated the entire

ordeal. And it's, it's, so this is a wrongful conviction story. It, it talks about like what it

takes to get justice done, how different, like the different systems around the

world work and specifically the the problems within the Philippine system. And we talk a lot about

also just like the cost, like what is the cost of justice and what is the value of patience? So it's it's a moving episode. Scott's a really tough guy,

but he lost a lot. And I hope you all can, I don't know, take away something from what was taken

away from him. Welcome to Hard Knocks. I'm so excited. I feel like there

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