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By Stephanie Hartung
Board member and Senior Staff Attorney,
New England Innocence Project
My name is Stephanie Hartung and I’ve been a proud board member at the New England Innocence Project for almost 10 years. When I was a young public defender, I saw first-hand how easily an innocent person can be wrongfully convicted in the American criminal system.
My first felony trial involved an innocent man charged with armed robbery. He was facing a mandatory sentence in prison and was being prosecuted solely based on eyewitness testimony. I knew that jurors can be – and are – easily persuaded by unreliable evidence, including mistaken eyewitness identifications. While my client was ultimately acquitted, he came too close to being wrongfully convicted.
Over the course of my career, it became painfully clear how often wrongful convictions happen and just how essential the work of the New England Innocence Project is – a lifeline for wrongfully convicted people who remain in prison and their loved ones.
Over the years, it’s been my privilege to watch NEIP grow as an organization, allowing the team to take on more cases, and making freedom possible for even more incarcerated people in need of help. In fact, I am thrilled and humbled to share that I will soon be joining NEIP full-time as a Senior Staff Attorney. Together, we can continue this work and make an even bigger impact.
Although I am joining the NEIP team at a time of great growth and success, there is so much work left to do. Without experts, investigators, and our community, we could not continue this work. Your help is vital to bringing our clients home, and to helping freed people heal after such tremendous loss.
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