C&MFT Hosts Speaker John Huffington

Location

Mother Rosalie Hill Hall, 102

Free

John Huffington spent 32 years in the Maryland Prison System, 10 of which were on death row. Maintaining his innocence for the crimes of which he was convicted, he ultimately secured his release from prison in 2013 through a Writ of Actual Innocence.

The diligence of the law firm of Ropes & Gray and the investigative journalism of the Washington Post lead to uncovering that the key evidence - hair samples, was proven through DNA testing to have been unreliable evidence.

Currently, serving as Director of Workforce Development for the Living Classrooms Foundation. Responsible for directing Workforce Development/Job Training efforts for our Re-Entry Program as well as the Target Investment Zone in East Baltimore. A national model of breaking the cycle of poverty, unemployment and incarceration by using a multi-generational approach to providing low-skilled, unemployed, underemployed, and dislocated workers with multiple pathways to gain family-supporting jobs and achieve financial stability.