Skip to content
TrackPodcasts
societyAug 20, 202645:45pending

Wrongful conviction harms victims, too

Think from KERA

About this episode

For every exonerated individual in the criminal justice system, there is another forgotten victim: the original victim’s family who now has no closure. Barbara Bradley Hagerty, contributing writer to The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss a case involving a man, Ben Spencer, who was wrongfully convicted of a crime and the family member of the murder victim, Jay Young, who now faces a future without justice. Her article is “The Other Victims of a Wrongful Conviction. 

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Get every episode summarized

Each time Think from KERA publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.

Email me new episodes

Free for 3 shows. No card needed.

Hosts & guests

No transcript yet

This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.

Wrongful conviction harms victims, too

Think from KERA

0:00
45:45

More episodes

More from Think from KERA

View all episodes →