On Trauma & Redemption: What I Learned from Sharing Space with Raymond Santana and Kevin Richardson

Earlier this week, my wife Leslie tagged me in a Facebook posting from her alma mater’s (Xavier University of New Orleans) page about a public lecture being hosted by their Center for Equity, Justice and the Human Spirit featuring two of the five men now known as the “Exonerated 5”.

Back in November 2019, the center’s organizers hosted a similar talk wit…