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EPISODE · Aug 20, 2026 · 45 MIN

Wrongful conviction harms victims, too

from Think from KERA · host KERA

For every exonerated individual in the criminal justice system, there is another forgotten victim: the original victim’s family who now has no closure. Barbara Bradley Hagerty, contributing writer to The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss a case involving a man, Ben Spencer, who was wrongfully convicted of a crime and the family member of the murder victim, Jay Young, who now faces a future without justice. Her article is “The Other Victims of a Wrongful Conviction.”  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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