Amanda Knox

This is another underappreciated aspect of wrongful convictions, the ripple effect on families. While I was on trial, my own sisters were going through a similar nightmare, being harassed in school, getting into fights to defend my honor. All the while, I was stuck in a cell, and they weren't telling me about the trauma they were going through because they didn't want to burden me further."

This is another underappreciated aspect of wrongful convictions, the ripple effect on families. While I was on trial, my own sisters were going through a similar nightmare, being harassed in school, getting into fights to defend my honor. All the while, I was stuck in a cell, and they weren't telling me about the trauma they were going through because they didn't want to burden me further."

For Sean, there was the added element of guilt.

For Sean, there was the added element of guilt.

For Ian, every day in prison blurred into the next, a repetitive cycle that wore him down.

For Ian, every day in prison blurred into the next, a repetitive cycle that wore him down.

The stifling sameness is one of the more mundane but maddening aspects of prison. You take for granted the variety that fills your life on the outside, trying out that new restaurant, bumping into your old friend from school, and then you're stuck with the same food, the same walls, the same people, day in, day out. Every inmate reacts to it differently.

The stifling sameness is one of the more mundane but maddening aspects of prison. You take for granted the variety that fills your life on the outside, trying out that new restaurant, bumping into your old friend from school, and then you're stuck with the same food, the same walls, the same people, day in, day out. Every inmate reacts to it differently.

It made me depressed, and sadness became my new emotional baseline. For Ian, it triggered feelings of anger, but he fought to not let it consume him, recognizing its draining influence. He did his best to keep his spirits up and navigate his new reality.

It made me depressed, and sadness became my new emotional baseline. For Ian, it triggered feelings of anger, but he fought to not let it consume him, recognizing its draining influence. He did his best to keep his spirits up and navigate his new reality.

And it was only a matter of time before the Hawaii Innocence Project would set things into motion in a way that no one was able to before. Ken Lawson and Randy Roth, now co-directors of the Hawaii Innocence Project, start by making inroads with the prosecutor's office with their law students at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

And it was only a matter of time before the Hawaii Innocence Project would set things into motion in a way that no one was able to before. Ken Lawson and Randy Roth, now co-directors of the Hawaii Innocence Project, start by making inroads with the prosecutor's office with their law students at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Ken's next step was to present the case to the then mayor, Mitch Roth, to see if he would be willing to do a joint investigation.

Ken's next step was to present the case to the then mayor, Mitch Roth, to see if he would be willing to do a joint investigation.

Ken Lawson and Randy Roth assemble the Marvel Avengers of defense teams. For it's not just them and their students, but they call in the help of Barry Sheck, co-founder of the Innocence Project in New York, and Susan Friedman, the staff attorney for the Innocence Project, with a focus in post-conviction DNA cases.

Ken Lawson and Randy Roth assemble the Marvel Avengers of defense teams. For it's not just them and their students, but they call in the help of Barry Sheck, co-founder of the Innocence Project in New York, and Susan Friedman, the staff attorney for the Innocence Project, with a focus in post-conviction DNA cases.

But even with this kind of legal lineup, exonerating someone and proving innocence is an uphill battle. Here's Jennifer Brown, current associate director of the Hawaii Innocence Project.

But even with this kind of legal lineup, exonerating someone and proving innocence is an uphill battle. Here's Jennifer Brown, current associate director of the Hawaii Innocence Project.

The process is full of hurdles, with a limited timeline and number of chances to argue innocence. Post-conviction appeals efforts are constrained by strict rules. Only issues raised during the trial can be addressed. No new evidence or witnesses can be introduced.

The process is full of hurdles, with a limited timeline and number of chances to argue innocence. Post-conviction appeals efforts are constrained by strict rules. Only issues raised during the trial can be addressed. No new evidence or witnesses can be introduced.