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Nigerian Exonerees Use Video to Fight Wrongful Imprisonment and Executions

Nigerian Exonerate Williams Owodo

By Madeleine May, N-Map Producer Williams Owodo was 17 years old when he was falsely arrested for murder. He and his friends were playing soccer near his house when a fight broke out next to the field and a man was killed. When Owodo went to the police station to give a witness statement, he… Read More Nigerian Exonerees Use Video to Fight Wrongful Imprisonment and Executions

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Plaintiffs in Landmark Pelican Bay Case Speak Out Against Solitary Confinement

“How are you today, Mr. Redd?” began the five-hour deposition interview with Paul Redd, an inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison. For the past 14 years Redd has been held in solitary confinement, isolated in a cell the size of a parking lot for 22 to 24 hours a day. “I am surviving,” said Redd… Read More Plaintiffs in Landmark Pelican Bay Case Speak Out Against Solitary Confinement

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