Person of Interest
2011
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In 1984, Jennifer Thompson was 22 and a student at Elon College in North Carolina when a man broke into her house during the night and raped her.
Mar 27, 2019 · In honor of Women’s History Month, we interviewed Jennifer Thompson, the founder and board chair of Healing Justice, a non-profit that provides opportunities for healing in cases involving wrongful convictions and exonerations. Thompson is a rape survivor from a case involving a wrongful conviction and is a co-author of the New York Times ...
PICKING COTTON: Our Memoir of Injustice & Redemption. Jennifer Thompson was raped at knifepoint by a man who broke into her apartment while she slept. Wearing only a blanket, she escaped and told police she was certain she could identify the man who had been inches from her face. Three days after the brutal rape Jennifer was led through a ...
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Mar 17, 2024 · Jennifer Thompson, a rape survivor, now works to bring victims or crimes and exonerees together for healing. 60 Minutes Thompson, wracked with guilt, asked to meet with Cotton and apologized.
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Jennifer Laura Thompson (born December 5, 1969) is an American actress and singer, best known for her theatrical performances. She originated the role of Cynthia Murphy in the Tony Award-winning musical, Dear Evan Hansen , and received a Tony Award nomination for her performance as Hope Cladwell in Urinetown .
Jennifer Thompson founded Healing Justice based on her personal experience as a crime survivor whose case resulted in a DNA-based exoneration a decade after the original trial and conviction. Jennifer became a pioneer of restorative justice in these cases through building a friendship with the innocent man wrongly convicted in her case.
May 1, 2024 · Jennifer Thompson, the founder of Healing Justice and the 2016 North Carolinian of the Year, is a champion of restorative justice, an award-winning public speaker and an advocate for crime survivors and victims.
