Exonerated: Leonard Mack’s 47-Year Fight for Justice
Date: August 22, 2024
Time:
7 to 8 p.m.
Cost:
Free for Museum Members or with Museum Admission
Forty-seven years. That’s how long Leonard Mack had to live with his wrongful conviction on charges of rape and weapons possession. He spent seven and a half of those years in prison until he was released on parole, but for another 40 he still had to bear the false conviction as a rapist. Thanks to DNA evidence, Mack, a Vietnam War veteran, was proven innocent on his 72nd birthday. His decades-long battle against injustice exposed systemic failures, from eyewitness misidentification to misleading forensic testimony and racial bias. In conjunction with Innocence Project attorney Mary Smith, Mack will tell his story of injustice and redemption.