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Nov 14
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150: [Maggie Freleng] Communicate the Hu...

Broken Cycle Media
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Content warning: wrongful conviction, domestic violence, childhood abuse, robbery, death, and murder.

 Maggie Freleng is an advocate, award-winning journalist, and producer reporting on wrongful convictions, the criminal legal system, and social issues. She's the host and producer of the Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast Suave on PRX, as well as the host and producer of the Signal and Anthem award-winning podcast, Wrongful Conviction with Maggie Freleng. She also hosts Up and Vanished Weekly podcast, and is here to share about her newest release, Bone Valley Season three entitled Graves County, as well as about her work across all genres of storytelling. The Broken Cycle Media team is extremely grateful for this illuminating conversation and for Maggie's expertise and advocacy.

Bone Valley, S3: Graves County
https://lavaforgood.com/graves-county

Suave on PRX:
https://play.prx.org/listen?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Fsuavepodcast

Wrongful Conviction with Maggie Freleng:
https://lavaforgood.com/with-maggie-freleng

Up and Vanished Weekly:
https://upandvanished.com/up-and-vanished-weekly/

Maggie on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/maggiefreleng/

For a list of additional resources and related non-profit organizations, please visit http://www.somethingwaswrong.com/resources

Sources:

Carson, E. Ann. “Prisons Report Series: Preliminary Data Release.” Bureau of Justice Statistics, bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/prisons-report-series-preliminary-data-release

“National Registry of Exonerations’ Annual Report Finds Majority of Exonerees Are People of Color and Official Misconduct Is the Main Cause of Wrongful Convictions.” Death Penalty Information Center, deathpenaltyinfo.org/national-registry-of-exonerations-annual-report-finds-majority-of-exonerees-are-people-of-color-and-official-misconduct-is-the-main-cause-of-wrongful-convictions

Ostoyich, Halle. WV Innocence Project | West Virginia University, 2 Oct. 2020, wvinnocenceproject.law.wvu.edu/innocence-project-blog/our-voices/2020/10/02/wrongful-convictions-the-facts

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