PGHIMC - Pittsburgh Independent Media Center

This week on Rustbelt Radio, a special Memorial Day program in recognition of innocent people who have been imprisoned or executed.

• We will hear an in depth report on wrongful incarceration including interviews with:
• Bill Moushey of the Innnocence Institute of Pittsburgh
• Tommy Doswell, of Homewood, who was wrongfully incarcerated for 19 years before being cleared by DNA evidence
• Duane Kirk, who was wrongfully incarcerated for 15 months
• and members of the Black Politicial Empowment Project who are working towards legislation for compensation and services for the wrongfully incarcerated.
• Also, Blackbox Radio interviews the The Icarus Project, a radical mental health organization.

Program note: this show was orginally scheduled for May 29, 2006, but was postponed until May 31 due to unforeseen technical problems at WRCT studios.

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