In this first-of-its-kind documentary, clemency recipient and future exoneree Greg Mingo interviews extraordinary New Yorkers who received clemency after transforming their lives despite the harrowing struggles of incarceration.

Featuring:

Jon-Adrian Velazquez - American legal reform activist, actor, and public speaker who was wrongfully convicted of a 1998 murder of a retired police officer. Learn more about Jon-Adrian >>

Judy Clark - Director of the Survivors Justice Project and former community justice advocate at Hour Children who received clemency in 2016 after 35 years of incarceration. Learn more about Judy >>

Alfonzo Riley - Director of Paralegal Services at the Legal Aid Society, volunteer chess instructor, and future attorney who was granted clemency in 2018 after serving more than 30 years of a 50-years-to-life prison sentence. Learn more about Alfonzo >>

Stanley Jamel Bellamy - NYC Regional Community Organizer for the Release Aging People in Prison campaign who was granted clemency in 2023 after serving 37.5 years of a 64.5-to-life sentence in prison. Learn more about Jamel >>

Greg Mingo - Senior Advisor at Second Look Project NY and Westchester Community Leader at the Release Aging People in Prison campaign who was granted clemency in 2021 after serving 40 years for a crime he didn’t commit. Learn more about Greg >>

Steve Zeidman - CUNY Law School Professor, Clinic Director, Founder of Second Look Project NY, member of the Board of Directors at Prisoners’ Legal Services of NY, and member of the Indigent Defense Organization Oversight Committee for the New York Appellate Division, First Department.

Directed by Mark Teiwes

Produced by Greg Mingo & Annabel Davis-Goff

Music by Brian Brown, EVOE, and Tony Sopiano

Host a screening of the Clemency Collective Documentary by emailing co-producer Greg Mingo >>