Martin Tankleff
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Oct 6, 2026
Matt AdamsHOST
Under Mark's leadership, the Prisons and Justice Initiative has launched a groundbreaking series of program, the Pivot program for formerly incarcerated entrepreneurs, the paralegal program that trains returning citizens for employment at major DC law firms, and the Prison Scholars program, offering college courses, literally Georgetown education, at the DC jail.
Matt AdamsHOST
And through his legendary Making of an Exoneree course at Georgetown, co-taught with his childhood friend and an ex- uh, exoneree himself, Marty Tankleff, Mark and his students have contributed to the exonerations of numerous individuals who have collectively served over a century in prisons for crimes they did not commit.
Matt AdamsHOST
He's also the founder and president of Frederick Douglass Project for Justice, a nonprofit dedicated to fostering human connection between incarcerated people and members of free society.
Matt AdamsHOST
M- Mark has written many op-eds for The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and other outlets, and he has appeared alongside many celebrities as he's tried to shed a light on the conditions in American prisons.
Matt AdamsHOST
Yeah, and, and I, I, I wanna start in an area that really brings into focus how deeply personal this concept of wrongful convictions is, and I think you know where I'm going.
Matt AdamsHOST
Your work in criminal justice reform has this deeply personal connection to a childhood friend.
Matt AdamsHOST
As I mentioned at the outset, Marty Tankleff was wrongfully convicted.
Matt AdamsHOST
He was a childhood friend of yours.
Matt AdamsHOST
Under Mark's leadership, the Prisons and Justice Initiative has launched a groundbreaking series of programs The pivot program for formerly incarcerated entrepreneurs, the paralegal program that trains returning citizens for employment at major D.C. law firms and the prison scholars program offering college courses, literally Georgetown education at the D.C. jail.
Matt AdamsHOST
And through his legendary making of an exoneree course at Georgetown, co-taught with his childhood friend and an exoneree himself, Marty Tankleff, Mark and his students have contributed to the exonerations of numerous individuals who have collectively served over a century in prisons for crimes they did not commit.
Matt AdamsHOST
He's also the founder and president of Frederick Douglass Project for Justice, a nonprofit dedicated to fostering human connection between incarcerated people and members of free society.
Matt AdamsHOST
Mark has written many op eds for The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today and other outlets, and he has appeared alongside.
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Marc HowardGUEST
Oh, it's actually, I just did the math through the Making Exoneree program, and I'll say a little bit more about it in a minute, but we've helped to free 14 people who had been wrongfully convicted, and they had served a total of 340 years in prison for crimes they didn't commit.
Marc HowardGUEST
340 years, and they're now free.
Marc HowardGUEST
And that program started with Marty Tankleff and our own personal experience on both sides of a wrongful conviction.
Marc HowardGUEST
He, of course, was on the inside in prison for something he didn't do.