1. Luke Ryan and @DanielNMarx really are that good.

Somtimes it’s too bad that lawyers make a difference in our criminal legal system. But these lawyers make a positive difference. They’re brilliant.
2. The @ACLU poured ~7 years into overturning these wrongful convictions.

Credit goes to our amazing clients, to current & former @ACLU_Mass advocates (including @CvRose3, Adriana Lafaille, @Dan_McF, @carltonwilliams & @paw), plus ACLU attorney Emma Andersson. And many more!
3. The scandals never would have been “fixed’ without public defenders.

Advocates at @CPCSNews, like Nancy Caplan, Rebecca Jacobstein & Ben Keehn, did everything from argue huge cases to staff a hotline for Farak and Dookhan victims.
4. We created a “Mass Exoneration” legal model.

It wasn’t as simple as asking nicely. Advocates had to craft legal tools that made *prosecutors* responsible for wrongful convictions.
5. For many years, the work was thankless.

We were opposed at almost every step, both in the courts and in the press. Till we won.

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