Blind Justice, the national nonprofit advocate dedicated to conviction integrity, today announced the launch of a Manhattan focused ad campaign bringing to light the damages caused by unchecked prosecutorial misconduct and calling for accountability in an effort to prevent future wrongful convictions. The new campaign will kick-off today with a series of television ads highlighting real cases of prosecutor misconduct and a 10-second feature ad on the CBS Super Screen in Times Square.
The television ad series titled “Conviction at Any Cost” will air on multiple networks in the Manhattan area and are available to view at www.blind-justice.org.
Each ad features transcript statements from a deposition of New York County prosecutor, Bureau Chief Kerry O’Connell, who withheld witness testimony, hid key evidence and failed to disclose third-party confessions that could have proven the innocence of the wrongfully convicted at the time of the trial in the case featured.
“Every government official needs oversight, especially those powerful enough to put an innocent man behind bars. The Manhattan district attorney can no longer turn a blind eye to the pattern of prosecutor misconduct in New York City courts. Prosecutors that are powerful enough to send an innocent man to prison for life must be held accountable,” says Torin Kelly, Executive Director of Blind Justice.
The “Conviction at Any Cost” television ads will air alongside a series of 10-second ads running once an hour, 18 times a day through the end of September, in one of the world's most famous advertising venues – Times Square.
“Times Square is the perfect venue to launch our ad campaign demonstrating that 'win-at-all-costs' prosecutors are a dangerous problem in Manhattan that can no longer be ignored by elected leaders who campaigned on conviction integrity,” concluded Kelly.
The new ad campaign in the Manhattan area follows the 501(c)(4) social welfare organization's national launch last month that included television ads calling for prosecutor accountability in Brooklyn, N.Y. and Houston, Texas.
The 501(c)(4) social welfare organization's Manhattan ad campaign will be part of a bigger campaign to educate the public on the importance of conviction integrity and empower citizens to hold the justice system accountable.
To view the ads, please visit www.blind-justice.org.
About Blind Justice
Blind Justice is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(4) social welfare organization dedicated to educating the public on the importance of conviction integrity and advancing the commitment to prosecutor accountability, convictions based on credible evidence and open file discovery in our justice system. For more information visit www.blind-justice.org.
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