Barket Epstein Kearon Aldea & LoTurco, LLP is proud to share that our Special Counsel, Martin H. Tankleff, has a piece featured in Champions of Innocence: Inside the Fight Against Wrongful Convictions, a newly released collection edited by Saul Kassin and featuring an introduction by bestselling author John Grisham.
The book brings together twenty-four contributors from across the innocence movement — attorneys, forensic scientists, journalists, and exonerees — to document how advocates are working to reform a system that has failed thousands of innocent people. Marty's contribution, titled My Profound Injustice: The Silver Lining (But How Much Should a Person Have to Suffer?), reflects the lived experience he has spent decades turning into advocacy.
Wrongfully convicted of murder in Suffolk County in 1990, Marty spent nearly 17 ½ years in prison before his release in 2007. He was admitted to the New York State Bar in 2020 and has since become one of the most recognized voices in the wrongful conviction space.
Marty currently serves as the Peter P. Mullen Distinguished Visiting Professor at Georgetown University, where he co-leads the Making an Exoneree course, and as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center. He speaks regularly at colleges, universities, and high schools about wrongful convictions, and his story has been covered extensively in the media, in books, and on film.
We are fortunate to have Marty as part of our team. His perspective shapes the way we approach wrongful conviction, post-conviction relief, and civil rights work every day.
Champions of Innocence is available now. Find it on Amazon.
If you or someone you know is facing a wrongful conviction or needs representation in a post-conviction matter, contact Barket Epstein Kearon Aldea & LoTurco, LLP at (888) 779-0267.