Recently in Issues, we had a guest speaker come in and talk to us about wrongful convictions. Terrel Swift was a member of the "Englewood Four", a group of men who were wrongfully convicted of the rape and murder of a Chicago woman in 1994 after confessing to it as juveniles. Terell talked a little about how it all happened and life after prison. The most moving activity we did was the one when we first walked in. Everyone just signed the piece of paper without even wondering what they were signing. Although it wasn't severe, it did get its message across. The only reason that everyone signed it I think is because we were told to sign it as we came in and everyone was more concerned with sitting down than reading what the paper said. It is crazy to think that there are so many people who actually get tricked by cops to sign a confession for something they didn't do. I look as Terrel as a role model because he is going out even after he had to serve time, and trying to put an end to wronful convictions.
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