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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 02/09/2026

Who publishes two books in one year? Oh, just the amazing @galvinalmanza.bsky.social, executive director of @partnersforjustice.bsky.social. On this week's Just Justice podcast, I talk w Emily about her work, her books, and her recipe for Bolivian cheese bread. Listen where you get your podcasts!

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 03/08/2026

Heck, yeah! So excited to share that @womenwhopodcastmag.bsky.social featured the Just Justice podcast in a five-page article written by Nina Rodriguez, host of @griefandlight.bsky.social.

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 10/06/2026

In the latest episode of Just Justice, I speak with Mujahideen Muhammad, MPS, co-founder of The Pillars of Promise, about his journey from 25 years in prison to researcher at Columbia University and advocate for justice reform. We discuss reentry, the Second Look Act, and book clubs, of course.

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 27/05/2026

A prosecutor can knowingly hide evidence, convict an innocent person, and never be sued for it. Iris Eytan wants to end that — and founded Protect Ethical Prosecutors to do it. My conversation with her is out now. Link in comments below. #CriminalJusticeReform #WrongfulConvictions

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 18/05/2026

Richard Glossip, an innocent man who was almost executed three times by the State of Oklahoma, was released on bail while waiting for his retrial. There are two things wrong with that sentence. 1/2

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 30/04/2026

I was a public defender. I know about fighting when the deck is stacked against you. When they gut the Voting Rights Act, it doesn't mean we quit. It means we fight harder.

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 28/04/2026

I'm so glad Jesse Askew was finally released after his unjust sentence, that Burke lived to see it, that the GA district attorney did the right thing. Congrats to the Southern Center for Human Rights and Joshua Sharpe for his change-making coverage! Next up, a second chance law in Georgia.

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 21/04/2026

April is Second Chance Month, a time to think abt how we respond to harm, accountability, and the possibility of change. Some of the most powerful perspectives abt this come from people who have lived it. I’ve been especially shaped by books that center the voices of formerly incarcerated people.

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 09/04/2026

April is Second Chance Month. I write and podcast about second chances, but I want to hear yours. Who gave you one that changed everything? When did you give one? Or when do you wish you had? I'll go first in the comments.

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 08/04/2026

Second Chance Month feels like a good time to mention that I host a podcast, Just Justice. I talk to people who survived the system and are doing amazing things that benefit us all. Have you listened yet? #SecondChanceMonth

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 06/04/2026

I served on NJ's Clemency Advisory Board. It was deliberate, careful, serious work. The opposite of what's happening federally. Every reckless pardon makes the next good governor more afraid to grant clemency to someone who deserves it. That's the real crime spree.

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 04/04/2026

Those of you of a certain age will remember when MIchael Dukakis got "Willie Hortoned" by George Bush, causing thousands of people to be denied parole and making politicians reluctant to grant pardons to people who deserve them for fear that even one might commit a new offense after clemency. 🧵

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 03/04/2026

April is Second Chance month. But not in FL, TX, and OK, the 3 states responsible for the 7 executions that already have happened in 2026. Yet even as executions seem to be on the rise, public support for the death penalty is at an all time low. It's time to #endthedeathpenalty.

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 03/04/2026

Prosecutes should not be in the business of hiding things from the public. Especially when it has to do with official misconduct. Police and prosecutorial misconduct, including hiding evidence, are often at the root of wrongful convictions.

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 02/04/2026

April is Second Chance Month. 1 in 3 Americans have a criminal record, and they collectively face over 44,000 collateral consequences from those convictions. Barriers to housing, emmployment, benefits, etc. These convictions are not just the result of illegal behavior. 1/2

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 29/03/2026

I deliberated for quite a while about what sign to make for No Kings. I tried to be creative and funny. I really did. But when I think about this administration, I don’t feel creative or funny. So I went with something that I’ve always admired as an attorney. The words “I dissent.” 1/3

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 26/03/2026

As @kylecbarry.bsky.social expertly explains: "the Pennsylvania Supreme Court today held that mandatory life without parole sentences for felony murder violate the state constitution." The rulings gives hundreds of people in PA prisons a sceond chance, who otherwise would die in prison.

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 26/03/2026

Shaken baby syndrome has now been prohibited in my home state of New Jersey because it lacks scientific validity. How many people have been wrongly convicted based on junk science?

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 25/03/2026

63 years after Gideon v. Wainwright guaranteed the right to a lawyer, underresrouced public defender offices continue to struggle. I spent 10 yrs as a public defender and 20 yrs as a scholar, and say with certainty that this is not an anomaly. Gideon is a promise we keep breaking. #publicdefender

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 24/03/2026

Derrick Jamison spent 20 years on Ohio's death row for a crime he didn't commit. He came within 90 minutes of execution, and was scheduled to die SIX TIMES. This month, after more than 20 years of freedom, he finally became eligible to seek compensation. He's 65. I oppose the death penalty.

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 24/03/2026

Life without parole means that ppl experience in prison all of the challenges that aging brings, including reduced mobility, diabetis, heart disease, and dementia. Elder parole recognizes that prisons are ill-equipped to address these issues & that public safety doesn't require life incarceration.

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 22/03/2026

I know we are all keeping a close eye on all that's happening in Iran for many reasons, but this shouldn't fall below the radar: Iran Executes 3 Men, Including a Star Teenage Wrestler www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/w...

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Iran Executes 3 Men, Including a Star Teenage Wrestler

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 19/03/2026

What do farming and prisoner reentry have in common? Charles Rosen of Ironbound Farm calls it "regenerative justice" and his second-chance hiring model connects the two in powerful ways. Jobs matter for returning citizens. But so do treatment for trauma and supportive systems.

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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 16/03/2026

While we’re on the topic of declining crime rates, let’s clear up another thing: There is no "crime wave" driven by non-U.S. citizens.

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 16/03/2026

I wrote an entire book on wrongful convictions for crimes that never happened. Carmen Mejia's exoneration still stopped me cold. Not because it was surprising. But because it still shocks me how justice still depends on so much luck. 1/4

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 15/03/2026

Three things 10 years as a public defender taught me that 20 years of research confirmed:

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 14/03/2026

Carmen Mejia spent 22 years in prison for a crime that never happened. A baby died from scalding bathwater due to a faulty water heater that lacked a safety valve. But prosecutors called it murder. I've spent years studying no-crime wrongful convictions. 1/3

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 14/03/2026

Oof. That's some kind of "error." Why didn't anyone -- prosecutor OR assigned lawyer -- pick up on this sooner?

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 14/03/2026

The U.S. is one of the harshest sentencers on earth at huge human and fiscal costs, with limited public safety benefits. I've written a book about what second chances look like in the American legal system and why we shoudn't be so afraid to give them. #SecondChances #CriminalJusticeReform

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 13/03/2026

Most people think wrongful convictions happen because of mistaken identity (wrong person, right crime). But some of the most devastating wrongful conviction cases involve crimes that never happened in the first place. I wrote a whole book about it. #WrongfulConviction #CriminalJustice

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 12/03/2026

I want to scream every time I hear politicians say we need tougher crime laws for crime survivors. While victims are not a monolith, many prefer accountability through repair rather than prison. #crimesurvivors #victims #restorativejustice

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 12/03/2026

I spent 10 years as a public defender watching the system fail my clients. Then I spent 20 years teaching researching and writing about why it fails everyone. The through line? The American legal system isn't broken by accident. It's broken by design. #CriminalJustice #LawSky #WrongfulConviction

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 11/03/2026

I'm a public defender turned professor turned author. For 30 years I've studied, taught, and fought the American criminal legal system. Here's what I know: it convicts innocent people, it punishes people far beyond what justice requires, and it rarely gives second chances to those who deserve them.

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 10/03/2026

UPDATE (GOOD NEWS FOR A CHANGE!): Today, Gov. Ivey commuted Sonny Burton's death sentence. Kudos to Sonny's amazing team of advocates, who worked tirelessly to convince Ivey that executing a 75-year-old, wheelchair-bound man, sentenced under the state's felony murder law, made no sense.

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 09/03/2026

If you know me, you know I am against the death penalty in all cases, not just when innocence is involved. I believe the state should never have the power to take a human life as punishment. But the case of Charles "Sonny" Burton deserves the attention of even those who don't share that view.

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 05/02/2026

How does a child once labeled as "gifted" wind up serving a life without parole sentence? In this episode of Just Justice, I talk with Felix Rosado, co-founder of Let’s Circle Up. Felix went to prison when he was just 18, and served 27 years before he was released. Felix shares 1/2

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 22/01/2026

Life without parole is a devestating and permanent decision, especially when imposed on a child. This week on Just Justice, I speak with April Barber-Scales about being sentenced to LWOP as a pregnant teenager, surviving decades in prison, and what extreme sentencing says about our justice system.

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 09/01/2026

Hey writers! If you want to use your skills for good, why not be a penpal to someone in prison?

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 28/12/2025

It's not every day that you get cited by the Supreme Court of Iowa. (citing Smoke but No Fire for the prevalence of no-crime wrongful co evictions). #lawsky #CriminalLaw law.justia.com/cases/iowa/s...

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 11/11/2025

After today's announcement, NJ Gov Murphy has now granted clemency to 217 people who have shown true redemption and change. Trump pardoned Guliani.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

New from me: Elite law firms, multiple media outlets, the D.C. attorney general, and a group of parents accused a teacher of molesting 15 kids. They were wrong. This piece is two-and-a-half years in the making. And as you'll see, it took some incredible turns, even as I was reporting it.

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Accusing Jordan Silverman

A D.C. teaching assistant was accused of molesting up to 15 kids. Multiple law enforcement agencies cleared him. But his nightmare was just beginning.

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 07/11/2025

A near-miss wrongful conviction for a crime that never happened in the first place. Honored to have made a small contribution to radlein.bsky.social excellent reporting.

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 07/11/2025

A near-miss wrongful conviction for a crime that never happened in the first place. Honored to have made a small contribution to radlein.bsky.social excellent reporting.

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 15/10/2025

If you are looking for today's justice action items, look no further (with the caveat that, unfortunately, the two executions scheduled for today in Florida and Missouri happened earlier this evening). jessicahenryjustice.com/october-a-ti...

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October, A Time For Action - Jessica Henry Justice | Website for Jessica S. Henry | Professor, Author and Criminal Justice Expert

Here are FOUR ways to get energized and moving for justice...

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 10/10/2025

Did I tell you all that former U.S. Pardon Attorney Liz Oyer was on Just Justice? We dished about pardons and politics, and talked about leading with integrity (ahem, elected leaders, listen up!).

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 17/09/2025

Law professor Aliza Kaplan (Lewis & Clark Law) joins Just Justice to talk about “second-chance lawyering.” From co-founding the New England Innocence Project to reshaping criminal justice policy in Oregon, Aliza’s efforts have brought about real change. If you’re curious

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 07/09/2025

Oh, Giants. Same play calls, same football disaster. I could do better. Just sayin.

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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 01/09/2025

So, how are you all teaching about the separation of powers this semester? Asking for a friend. Clearly, I've got this.

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