Wrongfully Yours
A place where I host conversations with people who have been impacted by wrongful convictions - sometimes this is an exoneree, a family member of an exoneree, a justice official, a filmmaker, a student...I'm really open to speaking with anyone because I think we all have such interesting and unique perspectives to bring around this issue in an effort to challenge assumptions, surface uncomfortable truths, and foster critical thinking about how justice is pursued and portrayed.
Episodes
109 episodes
Coming September 1 - Death Row's Hidden Wisdon
Coming September 1.What do we think we know about people on death row, and what happens when those assumptions are wrong?In this episode, Kelly speaks with criminal defence lawyer Humza Hussain about the lessons that stayed with h...
Episode 34 - Deborah Francois (continued)
Wrongful conviction work is never simple, and it’s never without heartbreak.In this follow-up conversation with civil rights attorney Deborah Francois, we go deeper into the impossible choices her small firm faces when deciding which cas...
Coming Aug 18 on Wrongfully Yours – There is No Joy in Exoneration
“I wish that there were no exonerations. I wish we didn’t have to do this.”In this powerful trailer, civil rights lawyer Deborah Francois reminds us that clearing someone’s name doesn’t erase the years stolen, the choices denied, or the ...
Coming Aug 18 on Wrongfully Yours - It's a Bittersweet Victory
“Every exoneration is sweet, but ideally, it shouldn’t have to happen.” – Deborah FrancoisIn our next episode of Wrongfully Yours, Deborah reminds us that an exoneration is not the restoration of justice, but proof that justice ...
Coming Aug 18 on Wrongfully Yours - Innocence Work Without Evidence
How do lawyers decide which wrongful conviction cases to take on?In this clip from our next episode, civil rights lawyer Deborah Francois explains the heartbreaking reality: believing in someone’s innocence isn’t always enough. With limi...
Episode 33 - Deborah Francois
In this episode of Wrongfully Yours, Kelly sist down with civil rights attorney Deborah Francois, who has spent her career fighting wrongful convictions and seeking justice for those society has failed.Deborah shares how she fir...
Coming August 4 on Wrongfully Yours - Luck and Wrongful Convictions
Civil rights lawyer Deborah Francois and Kelly talk about a surprising and troubling theme that runs through wrongful conviction cases: luck.How often does freedom come down not just to evidence, but to fortune, chance, or serendipity?
Join Us August 4 for a Powerful Conversation
30 years. 3 decades. 360 months. 10,950 days. Over 15 million minutes.That’s how long Clifford Jones spent in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.In this preview of our next episode, civil rights lawyer Deborah Francois and I refl...
Coming August 4 on Wrongfully Yours
Sometimes, the path to wrongful conviction work isn’t planned. It finds you.In the next episode of Wrongfully Yours, civil rights lawyer Deborah Francois shares how she “fell into” the world of exonerations while working on the case of C...
Episode 32 - Leslie Vass (continued)
Leslie Vass was just 17 years old when he was wrongfully convicted and sent to prison. What followed was not only years of incarceration, but decades of ongoing harm through denied accountability, incomplete expungement, and the lasting impact ...
On July 21: A Conversation You Won’t Want to Miss
After spending 10 years wrongfully incarcerated, Leslie Vass was granted a full, unconditional pardon and promised compensation. What followed instead was delay, political interference, and the stripping away of what he was owed while his crimi...
Part 2 with Leslie Vass coming July 21 on Wrongfully Yours.
What happens after a wrongful conviction is overturned, but the record remains?In this episode, Leslie Vass explains why a full pardon did not bring the freedom he expected, and how a conviction can continue to haunt someone for decades....
Coming July 21 on Wrongfully Yours
After seven years behind bars, Leslie Vass was approached by a fellow incarcerated man who told him something that would change everything: the police had mistaken Leslie for someone else. What followed was a fragile thread of truth, deep mistr...
Episode 31 -Leslie Vass
In this powerful conversation, Leslie Vass shares how a routine trip to a neighborhood store at age 17 turned into a wrongful conviction that cost him decades of his life. Arrested based on a vague identification, denied meaningful legal repres...
Coming July 7 on Wrongfully Yours - How Little It Took
Leslie Vass remembers walking into the courtroom and sitting down only to learn, moments later, who had accused him. He had never seen the victim before. During the arrest, his face was pressed to a wall. A voice said he “looked like” the robbe...
Coming July 7 on Wrongfully Yours - Constructed Narratives
Coming July 7 on Wrongfully YoursWhen coworkers of the victim told the state’s attorney they knew Leslie Vass and that he was not one of the men who committed the robbery, the response was chillingly simple: they would no longer...
Coming July 7 on Wrongfully Yours - Leslie Vass
When Leslie Vass met the attorney assigned to defend him, something immediately felt wrong. The lawyer didn’t ask questions about the case. He didn’t want details. He wanted payment and told Leslie not to worry, because he was the one with the ...
Episode 30 - A Look Back
The latest episode of Wrongfully Yours is a moment to pause and reflect. Kelly revisits some of the powerful conversations from January to June, weaving together stories of injustice, resilience, and systemic failure. This isn’t just a recap. I...
June 23 on Wrongfully Yours
We often celebrate the resilience of people who have been wrongfully convicted. But what does it say about our justice system when that level of resilience is required just to be heard?This episode reflects on the people who have shared ...
Coming June 23 on Wrongfully Yours
In our next episode, we take a step back to reflect on the powerful conversations we’ve had so far. These stories aren’t just individual tragedies; they reveal deep patterns and urgent questions.What does justice require of us? How do we...
Episode 29- Monique Steele (continued)
In the first part of our conversation, Monique shared what it was like, as a 13-year-old, to watch the chaos unfold when her family friend, Ron Dalton, was wrongfully convicted of murder.Now, in this follow-up episode, Monique reflects o...
Monique’s Story Continues June 9 on Wrongfully Yours
Exoneration is often seen as the end of the story, but in reality, it's just the beginning.In this episode, we explore what really happens after the prison doors swing open. There’s no support plan, no transition program, and no...
Ahead on Wrongfully Yours
The next episode of Wrongfully Yours isn't just about wrongful convictions. It’s about judgment and what happens when we choose compassion instead.Monique reflects on the quiet strength she witnessed growing up: families who didn’t turn ...
Coming June 9 on Wrongfully Yours
“I want to look past the headlines… What’s the real story? What are we not hearing?”In this thoughtful episode, Kelly and Monique continue their conversation and Monique reflects on how her early experience with Ron Dalton’s wrongful con...
Episode 28 - Monique Steele
In this powerful episode of Wrongfully Yours, Kelly speaks with Monique, who was just 13 when Ron Dalton was accused of murdering his wife. As a family friend of Ron’s sister and brother-in-law, Monique grew up adjacent to a wrongful conviction...