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EPISODE · Aug 22, 2022 · 25 MIN

Inside the case of India Spellman and the Philly Justice Project's fight to free incarcerated women

from The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio · host Audacy

"I know from all the time that I have spent in the prisons, that there are women who are absolutely both legally and factually innocent of the crimes that they've been convicted of," says Dr. Jill McCorkel, founder of The Philadelphia Justice Project for Women and Girls, a nonprofit organization working to end the mass incarceration of women in the United States. Right now, McCorkel and the Philly Justice Project are fighting to free India Spellman. Spellman was sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2013, for a crime McCorkel says she clearly didn't commit. So how does something like this happen? How often does it happen? And why has McCorkel made it her mission to fight for women and girls behind bars? Today on the podcast, Matt Leon asks Dr. McCorkel about the mission and the case of India Spellman.Learn more about the Philadelphia Justice Project for Women and Girls here: https://www.phillyjusticeproject.org/

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