{"podcast":{"title":"Pursuing Justice","slug":"pursuing-justice-6693212","podcast_index_feed_id":6693212,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/pursuing-justice","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/OPDrRik6cnwaKZAcPjJWfZK88rcM6YSJL6AmlniB9R8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ2NzcwLzE3MDY1/NDQzNzYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Harriet Hendel","episode_count":245,"summary":"What if you or someone you loved were arrested, convicted and incarcerated for a crime --a crime for which you or that person was innocent? What if the lawyer you hired was incompetent and you were out of funds and out of options? What if years and decades had gone by and you or your loved one were still behind bars? Where would you find help? Wrongful conviction in the United States occurs more often than you might think. In 2022, the National Registry of Exonerations recorded 417 people who were proven innocent. They have tracked cases of innocence since 1989. Since 1973, 200 people were taken off Death Row and freed from prison. The total number of men and women exonerated since 1989 is 3,460. That is just the tip of the iceberg as it is estimated that 4%-6% of the 2 million people doing time are innocent. The desperate help these people need is coming from innocence organizations in most every state in addition to groups like Conviction Integrity Units around the nation. They work pro bono for each client. This podcast will explore causes of wrongful conviction in addition to many other topics related to our criminal justice system. We will continue to interview exonerees, sha…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T18:17:46.854360+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pursuing-justice-6693212"},"episode":{"title":"A Conversation with Justice Defenders CEO & Founder Alexander McLean [Part 2]","slug":"a-conversation-with-justice-defenders-ceo-founder-alexander-mclean-part-2","published_at":"2026-05-14T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pursuing-justice-6693212/a-conversation-with-justice-defenders-ceo-founder-alexander-mclean-part-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pursuing-justice-6693212","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/943befd2","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/943befd2/47bd0126.mp3","summary":"Alexander McLean is C.E.O. and founder of Justice Defenders. This organization trains incarcerated people and prison staff side by side as paralegals and lawyers to serve those denied justice in Kenya and Uganda. They have been able to secure a release for 72,000 people, trained 740 paralegals in addition to 67 people who earned a law degree from the University of London while in prison or as prison staff. McLean created this nonprofit in 2007 having graduated from the University of Nottingham as a Barrister that year. Alexander has been honored for his work by being recognized in TIME's 30 Under 30 Changing the World and on \"The Power List\". He was UK Young Philanthropist of the Year in 2007. Grinnell College awarded him the \"Innovator for Social Justice Prize\" in 2020. To learn more about Justice Defenders, visit www.justice-defenders.org Alexander's TED Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sTBdU0SIJc The Whole Story - https://youtu.be/NPVLb4SwQU4 60 Minutes - https://drive.google.com/drive/search?dmr=1&ec=wgc-drive-globalnav-goto&q=60%20minutes%20type:video This podcast is proudly sponsored by the Innocence Project of Florida. Visit www.floridainnocence.org for more information.","meta_description":"Alexander McLean is C.E.O. and founder of Justice Defenders. This organization trains incarcerated people and prison staff side by side as paralegals and…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1708,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pursuing-justice-6693212/episodes/a-conversation-with-justice-defenders-ceo-founder-alexander-mclean-part-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pursuing-justice-6693212/a-conversation-with-justice-defenders-ceo-founder-alexander-mclean-part-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}