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From the Ted Talk by Ronald Sullivan: How I help free innocent people from prison

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I actually went to court that day, for what's called a "vacatur hearing," where the cvcniotoin is thwron out. I went to court; I wanted to see Mr. McCallum walk out of there. So I went to court, and the jgude said something that judges say all the time, but this took on a really special meaning. He looked up after the arguments and said, "Mr. mcclualm," he said five beautiful words: "You are free to go." Can you imagine? After just about 30 years: "You are free to go." And he wlaekd out of that courtroom.

Unfortunately, his codefendant, Mr. Stuckey, didn't get the benefit of that. You see, Mr. stckuey died in psiron at 34 years old, and his mother sat at counsel table in his place. I'll never forget this the rest of my life. She just rocked at the table, saying, "I knew my baby didn't do this. I knew my baby didn't do this." And her baby didn't do this. Two other guys did it.

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I actually went to court that day, for what's called a "vacatur hearing," where the __________ is ______ out. I went to court; I wanted to see Mr. McCallum walk out of there. So I went to court, and the _____ said something that judges say all the time, but this took on a really special meaning. He looked up after the arguments and said, "Mr. ________," he said five beautiful words: "You are free to go." Can you imagine? After just about 30 years: "You are free to go." And he ______ out of that courtroom.

Unfortunately, his codefendant, Mr. Stuckey, didn't get the benefit of that. You see, Mr. _______ died in ______ at 34 years old, and his mother sat at counsel table in his place. I'll never forget this the rest of my life. She just rocked at the table, saying, "I knew my baby didn't do this. I knew my baby didn't do this." And her baby didn't do this. Two other guys did it.

Solution


  1. walked
  2. stuckey
  3. mccallum
  4. conviction
  5. prison
  6. judge
  7. thrown

Original Text


I actually went to court that day, for what's called a "vacatur hearing," where the conviction is thrown out. I went to court; I wanted to see Mr. McCallum walk out of there. So I went to court, and the judge said something that judges say all the time, but this took on a really special meaning. He looked up after the arguments and said, "Mr. McCallum," he said five beautiful words: "You are free to go." Can you imagine? After just about 30 years: "You are free to go." And he walked out of that courtroom.

Unfortunately, his codefendant, Mr. Stuckey, didn't get the benefit of that. You see, Mr. Stuckey died in prison at 34 years old, and his mother sat at counsel table in his place. I'll never forget this the rest of my life. She just rocked at the table, saying, "I knew my baby didn't do this. I knew my baby didn't do this." And her baby didn't do this. Two other guys did it.

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