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She freed her brother of a wrongful conviction and now is dedicated to innocence work

Janis Puracal was a civil litigator prior to helping free her brother Jason Puracal of a wrongful conviction in Nicaragua. Janis now works on other innocence cases with The Forensic Justice Project.

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