Tennessee Innocence Project director talks wrongful convictions at NAACP meeting

By , Daily Memphian Published: July 29, 2022 12:58 PM CT

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 Project

Shera 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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