"𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐈’𝐦 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 — 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞; 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 ‘𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞’ 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲.”

— Sean Ellis, exoneree and Director of the Exoneree Network

It was a perfect night last night at the ⁦Massachusetts Bar Association annual dinner where Sean Ellis (second from right), Director of the Exoneree Network, was the keynote speaker. Addressing a sold-out crowd of lawyers, Sean had the attention and intense focus of everyone in the room — you could have heard a pin drop! It was deeply moving. Thank you for being willing to share your story, Sean!

Pictured left to right: Lisa Kavanaugh, NEIP Board member and Director of the CPCS Innocence Program; Damian Turco, MBA President; Sean Ellis, exoneree and Director of the Exoneree Network; Radha Natarajan, Executive Director of the New England Innocence Project.