Alexander McLean is C.E.O. and  founder of Justice Defenders. This organization trains incarcerated people and prison staff side by side as paralegals and lawyers to serve those denied justice in Kenya and Uganda. They have been able to secure a release for  72,000 people, trained 740 paralegals in addition to 67 people who earned a law degree from the University of London while in prison or as prison staff. McLean created this nonprofit in 2007 having graduated from the University of Nottingham as a Barrister that year. Alexander has been honored for his work by being recognized in TIME's 30 Under 30 Changing the World and on "The Power List". He was UK Young Philanthropist of the Year in 2007. Grinnell College awarded him the "Innovator for Social Justice Prize" in 2020.

To learn more about Justice Defenders, visit www.justice-defenders.org

Alexander's TED Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sTBdU0SIJc

The Whole Story - https://youtu.be/NPVLb4SwQU4

60 Minutes - https://drive.google.com/drive/search?dmr=1&ec=wgc-drive-globalnav-goto&q=60%20minutes%20type:video

This podcast is proudly sponsored by the Innocence Project of Florida. Visit www.floridainnocence.org for more information. 

Alexander McLean is C.E.O. and  founder of Justice Defenders. This organization trains incarcerated people and prison staff side by side as paralegals and lawyers to serve those denied justice in Kenya and Uganda. They have been able to secure a release for  72,000 people, trained 740 paralegals in addition to 67 people who earned a law degree from the University of London while in prison or as prison staff. McLean created this nonprofit in 2007 having graduated from the University of Nottingham as a Barrister that year. Alexander has been honored for his work by being recognized in TIME's 30 Under 30 Changing the World and on "The Power List". He was UK Young Philanthropist of the Year in 2007. Grinnell College awarded him the "Innovator for Social Justice Prize" in 2020.

To learn more about Justice Defenders, visit www.justice-defenders.org

Alexander's TED Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sTBdU0SIJc

The Whole Story - https://youtu.be/NPVLb4SwQU4

60 Minutes - https://drive.google.com/drive/search?dmr=1&ec=wgc-drive-globalnav-goto&q=60%20minutes%20type:video

This podcast is proudly sponsored by the Innocence Project of Florida. Visit www.floridainnocence.org for more information. 

John J. Lennon is serving his twenty-fourth year behind bars, currently in Sing Sing Correctional Facility. His writing has appeared in The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Esquire, and New York magazine. His work has been anthologized in the Best American Magazine Writing, and he’s twice been a finalist for the National Magazine Award, in feature writing and reviews and criticism. Lennon recently published his first book, The Tragedy of True Crime: Four Guilty Men and the Stories That Define Us, which was named a "best book of the year" by the New York Times and NPR. Lennon will be eligible for parole in 2029.

To learn more about John, and to purchase his book, visit https://johnjlennon.net/

This podcast is proudly sponsored by the Innocence Project of Florida. Visit www.floridainnocence.org for more information. 

John J. Lennon is serving his twenty-fourth year behind bars, currently in Sing Sing Correctional Facility. His writing has appeared in The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Esquire, and New York magazine. His work has been anthologized in the Best American Magazine Writing, and he’s twice been a finalist for the National Magazine Award, in feature writing and reviews and criticism. Lennon recently published his first book, The Tragedy of True Crime: Four Guilty Men and the Stories That Define Us, which was named a "best book of the year" by the New York Times and NPR. Lennon will be eligible for parole in 2029.

To learn more about John, and to purchase his book, visit https://johnjlennon.net/

This podcast is proudly sponsored by the Innocence Project of Florida. Visit www.floridainnocence.org for more information. 

Quentin Lewis has been incarcerated since he was 16. He's now 45 and an inmate at Wende Correctional Facility in upstate NY. He earned his G.E.D. and an Associates Degree in prison. He's been fighting a wrongful conviction since 2001. Students at Cardozo School of Law and Yeshiva are assisting with his case. Quentin is certified as law clerk in the prison system.

Read his article in the New York Times here.

Read Quentin's poem below.

Jailhouse Lawyer, by Quentin Lewis
You not a Jailhouse Lawyer

Unless you won a case

Stop sitting on the sideline

Looking out of place

You sitting down at Chowtime

Looking at your plate

Like wait

How I'm gone get out From behind this gate

Go escape in the law library

Lifting weights

Damn straight

This time is scary

As your fate

No date upstate

The cell your sanctuary

Like a braincell

Where your energy is carried

The law legalise

In my memory is buried

Due process

Came way before slavery

Maybe you need to learn

Johnson verse Avery

Supreme Court said

Jailhouse Lawyers amazing

Filing torts

Trying to get back to the pavement

A better person

More than before I was caged in

Trailblazing

Champion of human rights

Hell raising

The right to counsel never dies

After direct appeal

You still alive

Strategize like a chess game
Be a knight

Bounds versus Smith

Is your right to fight life

Late night on the West law legal cite

Hype as a typist type

Defending rights

Wrongfully convicted

Feel like double jeopardy twice.

This podcast is proudly sponsored by the Innocence Project of Florida. Visit www.floridainnocence.org for more information. 

Quentin Lewis has been incarcerated since he was 16. He's now 45 and an inmate at Wende Correctional Facility in upstate NY. He earned his G.E.D. and an Associates Degree in prison. He's been fighting a wrongful conviction since 2001. Students at Cardozo School of Law and Yeshiva are assisting with his case. Quentin is certified as law clerk in the prison system.

Read his article in the New York Times here.

This podcast is proudly sponsored by the Innocence Project of Florida. Visit www.floridainnocence.org for more information. 

Quentin Lewis has been incarcerated since he was 16. He's now 45 and an inmate at Wende Correctional Facility in upstate NY. He earned his G.E.D. and an Associates Degree in prison. He's been fighting a wrongful conviction since 2001. Students at Cardozo School of Law and Yeshiva are assisting with his case. Quentin is certified as law clerk in the prison system.

Read his article in the New York Times here.

This podcast is proudly sponsored by the Innocence Project of Florida. Visit www.floridainnocence.org for more information. 

Quentin Lewis has been incarcerated since he was 16. He's now 45 and an inmate at Wende Correctional Facility in upstate NY. He earned his G.E.D. and an Associates Degree in prison. He's been fighting a wrongful conviction since 2001. Students at Cardozo School of Law and Yeshiva are assisting with his case. Quentin is certified as law clerk in the prison system.

Read his article in the New York Times here.

This podcast is proudly sponsored by the Innocence Project of Florida. Visit www.floridainnocence.org for more information. 

Nell Bernstein is an investigative journalist and author of 3 books. Her most recent book is In Our Future We Will Be Free. Nell is the recipient of a White House award given to her by President Obama (Champion of Change). The American Bar Association recognized her 2014 book, Burning Down the House by giving her their Silver Gavel Award. Nell focuses on juvenile justice and the effect of incarceration on children. She writes for the New York Times, the Washington Post, Newsday, Mother Jones, Salon and USA Today. Her first book is: All Alone In the World.

To learn more about Nell, visit her website: https://www.nellbernstein.com/

This podcast is proudly sponsored by the Innocence Project of Florida. Visit www.floridainnocence.org for more information. 

Nell Bernstein is an investigative journalist and author of 3 books. Her most recent book is In Our Future We Will Be Free. Nell is the recipient of a White House award given to her by President Obama (Champion of Change). The American Bar Association recognized her 2014 book, Burning Down the House by giving her their Silver Gavel Award. Nell focuses on juvenile justice and the effect of incarceration on children. She writes for the New York Times, the Washington Post, Newsday, Mother Jones, Salon and USA Today. Her first book is: All Alone In the World.

To learn more about Nell, visit her website: https://www.nellbernstein.com/

This podcast is proudly sponsored by the Innocence Project of Florida. Visit www.floridainnocence.org for more information.