M. Reza Banki – Medium

Nov 2, 2021

The Presidential Pardon

Free at Last, Justice at Last, Equal at Last Today, 2 pm PST, marks the 10 year anniversary of my release from prison. In January 2021, five years after I applied, the President of the United States granted me a full and unconditional presidential. The road to get here was…

Criminal Justice

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Feb 27, 2016

My 665 days in prison — Full TED video

TED video released, public for the first time: https://youtu.be/twTpuIF9Fhc On the day I was released from prison in California, after 665 days of incarceration, a host of emotions raced through my mind: on the one hand I should have been happy to be finally free; on the other hand…

Prison

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Jan 20, 2015

My 665 days in prison

This is the story of my wrongful imprisonment, the very first attempt to talk about it publicly at TED. In 2014 I spoke at TED Week at UCLA Anderson to raise questions about the issues of injustice that directly or indirectly affect every American. …

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