Time you do an exoneration case where theres been a false confession. Its like trying to write a try. So everybodys already against you. The person has been convicted by a jury thinks hes guilty. The jury thinks hes guilty. Now you have to convince everybody that theyre wrong. So ok, so youre deeply grass. There is a case of an alien who has been in prison for 20 years. Renee lynch was a case we took about 2 and a half now maybe 3 years ago now. And she was accused and convicted of killing her leg and lauren in buffalo, new york in 1900. And its also obviously a false confession cases. The police are going crazy and if they cant solve it, 18 months go by. And bernies connection to the victim was that it was her landlord. And so they are start looking into renee, who at the time was heavily addicted to drugs crack cocaine. And because she gets arrested for Something Else and they start interrogating her. And she confesses to killing her landlord. With this guy karim. So she says kareem,
Because youre really into it, you leave that up. I just stand there watching. 5 minutes. Youre not going home. I can guarantee they wont come back to wrongful conviction. What you say today, were going to be doing a deep dive into an issue that is fascinating exhibits to our founding, which is the phenomenon of false confessions. And my guest today is going to be jane fisher already also was currently working on 4 cases involving false confessions and each is fascinating its own way. So jane, while some full confession happened to me here, and jane is an attorney who is an expert on false confessions. And so jane, how did you get into this work . I was a public defender in manhattan here in new york city for about 3 years. And we saw a lot of police misconduct, you know, we were doing arraignments up until 1 am in the morning and you see people beat up or, you know, people whose cases get dismissed, who get no compensation. So my husband and i left the Legal Aid Society with the hopes
Was a case we took about 2 and a half now maybe 3 years ago now. And she was accused and convicted of killing her landlord in buffalo, new york in 1995. And its also obviously a false confession cases. The police are going crazy and they cant solve it 18 months go by. And renees connection to the victim was that it was her landlord. And so they are start looking into renee, who at the time was heavily addicted to drugs crack cocaine. And because she gets arrested for something else, and they start interrogating her. And she confesses to killing her landlord. With this guy karim. So she says, kareem, and i went to my landlords house, we were going to rob her. The robbery goes bad, and karim stabs her. So its, shes a good century, can make it a felony, murder being present during the commission of a crime, and somebody gets killed. We started sort of doing, you know, just regular google searches on the players names. The detectives and everything in this t. V. Show and women behind bars
Speaks in richmond. Then Maryland Governor larry hogan talks to legislators in annapolis. Later Connecticut Governor dan malloy speaks in hartford. Next, Virginia Governor Terry Mcauliffe delivers the annual state of the commonwealth address. He outlines his legislative priorities and speaks on increased investments in the state. From the State Capitol in richmond, this is about hour. [ applause ] all right. Thank you. As speaker of the how was delegates and president of the joint assembly, its my pleasure to present to you his excellency the govern of the commonwealth, the honorable terrence r. Mcauliffe. Thank you. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you. Speak ter howell, leader norman, ladies and gentlemen of the virginia General Assembly, thank you for inviting me to speak with you this evening. And to the people of virginia who are with us tonight who are are watching from home, thank you for the honor of serving as this commonwealths 72nd governor. We are joined here this evening by o
Speaks in richmond. Then Maryland Governor larry hogan talks to legislators in annapolis. Later Connecticut Governor dan malloy speaks in hartford. Next, Virginia Governor Terry Mcauliffe delivers the annual state of the commonwealth address. He outlines his legislative priorities and speaks on increased investments in the state. From the State Capitol in richmond, this is about hour. [ applause ] all right. Thank you. As speaker of the how was delegates and president of the joint assembly, its my pleasure to present to you his excellency the govern of the commonwealth, the honorable terrence r. Mcauliffe. Thank you. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you. Speak ter howell, leader norman, ladies and gentlemen of the virginia General Assembly, thank you for inviting me to speak with you this evening. And to the people of virginia who are with us tonight who are are watching from home, thank you for the honor of serving as this commonwealths 72nd governor. We are joined here this evening by o