Joining us tonight on Impacting Life 24/7 Executive Director of the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission, Lindsey Smith.
As Executive Director of the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission, Lindsey leads the first and only independent state agency in the nation that is charged with the neutral investigation and evaluation of post-conviction claims of innocence.
This work allows Ms. Smith along with the Commission, to ensure that our criminal justice system has not wrongfully convicted innocent individuals.
This check on the criminal justice system reveals that humans can fail in our quest for justice and to correct those failures where there is new evidence of innocence. The work of the Commission has resulted in the exoneration of 12 innocent men since 2010.