Wrongful Convictions & the Death Penalty - Vanessa Potkin

God is Grey

Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 683 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Vanessa Potkin is the director of post-conviction litigation at #theInnocenceProject & has helped exonerate over 30 people. Now, we're advocating for the life of #PervisPayne Pervis has asserted his innocence for 32 years and is scheduled to die on December 3rd. Join the team: Text TEAMPAYNE to 52886 or sign the petition here. Say his name. Use #PervisPayne on social media and get your community involved. Download graphics for social media here and/or tweet here with one click. Social copy for graphics: Pervis Payne has been on death row in Tennessee for 33 years. He’s always maintained his innocence. DNA testing has never been done on the evidence in his case, and could prove what he’s always said — he’s innocent. Visit pervispayne.org for more information. Target Tennessee: Mobilize your contacts in Tennessee and make sure they know about #PervisPayne's case and join the team. Write a clemency letter from your organization to Gov. Lee. Sign up form here . Write a letter to the editor in a Tennessee outlet using talking points from PervisPayne.Org. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/Godisgrey/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:26.4	Hi, beautiful people.
1:28.2	Today we have someone incredible.
1:30.7	This is Vanessa Podkin.
1:32.4	She is the director of post-conviction litigation for the Innocence Project.
1:38.0	Hello, Vanessa.
1:39.9	Hi.
1:40.5	How are you?
1:42.0	I'm...
1:42.3	Yes, I'm so excited to have you.
1:45.5	You are responsible for exonerating over 30 people through your career.
1:51.7	Is that all through the Innocence Projects?
1:55.2	Yeah, I basically came to the Innocence Project in 2000, which was the year I graduated from law school. And
2:02.9	I thought I was going to be at the Innocence Project just for one year. I had planned to go to the
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