From a proposal for a new jail to a deal for a renovated Jaguars stadium, Jacksonville City Council President Ron Salem faces a full plate of billion-dollar projects. He joins us to discuss the road ahead.
Then, we talk with two former prisoners and their Florida Innocence Project lawyer about the human and financial cost of wrongful convictions.
Guests:
- Seth Miller, executive director of the Innocence Project of Florida.
- Stephanie Spurgeon, wrongfully convicted of manslaughter, released in 2008, paralegal at the Innocence Project of Florida.
- Willie Williams, wrongfully convicted of murder, exonerated in 2024.
And we welcome Janisse Ray, author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, ahead of an environmental book summit at the University of North Florida.
Guests:
- Janisse Ray, writer, naturalist and environmental activist.
- Bart Welling, English professor at the University of North Florida.
- Jennifer Lieberman, director of the Office of Interdisciplinary Programs at the University of North Florida.
