Tennessee Innocence Project director talks wrongful convictions at NAACP meeting
Of the roughly 3,000 Americans who have been exonerated since the late 1980s, only 30 have been from Tennessee, Jessica Van Dyke said at the meeting.
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Memphis Branch NAACP Tennessee Innocence ProjectShera Avi-Yonah
Shera Avi-Yonah is an enterprise freelance intern for The Daily Memphian. She has previously reported for Bloomberg News and the American Prospect.
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