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(L-R): Jason Strong and Professor Judith Scully, director of the Innocence Initiative at Stetson, spoke to Stetson Law students.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jason Strong spoke about being wrongly accused and exonerated of killing a woman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Innocence Initiative at Stetson brought guest speaker Jason Strong to campus Wednesday night, Oct. 12, to talk with law students about his 15-year struggle to prove his innocence in a crime he did not commit.<\/p>\n

Strong was the victim of false confessions and improper forensic science and convicted of killing a developmentally disabled woman, a crime he did not commit.<\/p>\n

Fifteen years after being convicted, Strong was exonerated\u00a0when\u00a0the State Attorney’s Office re-investigated his case and proved his innocence.<\/p>\n

Strong described his experiences with the legal system, how his innocence was ultimately proven, and his life after being exonerated of the crime he did not commit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Innocence Initiative at Stetson brought guest speaker Jason Strong to campus Wednesday night, Oct. 12, to talk with law students about his 15-year struggle to prove his innocence in a crime he did not commit. 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