Second Chance Stories: Returning to Freedom

Recording of Second Chance Stories: Returning to Freedom, a webinar hosted by NACDL for Second Chance Month 2022. 

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On March 31st, 2022, NACDL ushered in Second Chance Month with Second Chance Stories: Returning to Freedom, a webinar during which recent clemency recipients and their attorneys, paired through NACDL’s Return to Freedom Project, discussed the critical importance of second chances for incarcerated individuals. The discussion was moderated by Return to Freedom Project Legal director John Albanes and featured Sincere B. Allah, Clemency Recipient; Brendan O’Toole, Attorney at Williams Mullen; Chalana McFarland, Advocate; and Cynthia Roseberry, Deputy Director of Policy at the ACLU, Justice Division. 

Watch Sincere, Brendan, and two other pairs of clemency recipients and their attorneys tell their stories in short videos.

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