"In a case where the person is genuinely innocent, it's not mercy it's straight-up justice. In a case like Brendan's, you can make the case for his release either on mercy or justice," shares Professor Mark Osler.
October 2nd, 2019, Brendan Dassey's legal team filed a petition for clemency with Governor Tony Evers to grant Brendan a pardon or commute his sentence to time served. A coalition of 250 voices signed an open letter supporting the petition, among them Professor Osler, a former federal prosecutor, a law professor, and a national expert on clemency. Professor Osler joins the Sixth Hour to discuss clemency in a modern world, political timidity, and why Brendan Dassey deserves relief from a wrongful conviction via an executive grant of clemency.
The Innocent: The Intentional Conviction of Jason Baldwin
The Reformers: Inside the Interrogation Room
The Collective: Power to the People, Right on!
The Homicide Detective: A System of Adversaries
The AEDPA: Dismantling the Great Writ
The Conspirator: High Crimes and Misdemeanours
The Amici: False Promises of Youth
The Defender: Between Disparity and Despair
The Suppression: Nine Steps to Self-Incrimination
Trailer: Season Two
The Rising: When Innocence is Irrelevant
The Defendant: Brendan and the Bell Curve
The Defence: "Inexcusable"
The Confession: A Ghoulish Game of 20 Questions
The Interrogation: Death by a Thousand Cuts
Origin Story: About a Boy
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