Prisons and Justice Initiative
Prisons and Justice Initiative
Making An Exoneree students and faculty

2025 Making an Exoneree Event

Join us on Wednesday, April 30 at 7 p.m. in Lohrfink Auditorium, as 2025 Making an Exoneree students present their short documentaries—the culmination of months of on-the-ground reinvestigation, interviews, and research into wrongful conviction cases from across the country.

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Keonte Lewis

“I wanted to do something that’s meaningful for me.”

Meet Prison Scholar Keonte
Jessica Trejo

“My paralegal certificate means everything to me.”

Meet Paralegal Alum Jessica
Amy McNamara in front of a prison library bookshelf.

“When I got accepted to Georgetown, it gave me an open door.”

Meet BLA Student Amy

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