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Educating society about the costs of wrongful conviction to promote reform. The science is irrefutable. Since 2000, there have been 263 DNA based exonerations.

In Pursuit of Justice

There’s no question that DNA testing has irreversibly changed the criminal justice system. The sight of someone walking out of prison after having their innocence proven by DNA evidence is no longer uncommon. But how do you prove your innocence when there is no DNA? How do you “prove” innocence? Greg Taylor had spent nearly 17 years in prison when a three-judge panel found,

by “clear and convincing” evidence, that he was not guilty of the first degree murder of Jacquetta Thomas. Greg would never have been declared innocent if not for the creation of a unique North Carolina state agency empowered to examine post-conviction claims of innocence. It is this process that sets Greg’s story apart from other exonerations. In Pursuit of Justice exposes the costs, human and otherwise, of wrongful convictions, primarily through the production and distribution of a full length documentary about Greg Taylor's case. Your support is needed so that we may promote the value of the NC Center on Actual Innocence and duplicate their success in other states.

04/27/2022

To be able to celebrate another April birthday as a free man with his family - after being wrongfully convicted of a brutal murder and then incarcerated in NC for 17 years - is the best present in the world for Greg Taylor. The 2nd best gift - we told him his amazing, precedent - setting story told in our award-winning documentary, IN PURSUIT OF JUSTICE, is now available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video and TUBI platforms. Pass the popcorn...and joyous emotions! Gregg Jamback and Jamie Huss / filmmakers, producers

Please join the Center in wishing our wonderful friend, Greg Taylor, a happy birthday today! 🥳

04/22/2022

Legal and sports eyes of the nation are on Winston-Salem, NC right now (where we live - also the location of the case "The Trials of Darryl Hunt) as the special NC Innocence Inquiry Commission hearing concerning 5 teens previously convicted of the murder of NBA Basketball star Chris Paul's grandfather proceeds. It is Day 4 of the hearing process. Will they be declared "innocent" through this groundbreaking NC process? Attorneys Christine Mumma and Mark Rabil - both in our documentary on the historic Greg Taylor case - are now part of the current defense team for the defendants known as "the Winston Salem 5". Watch our award-winning 2018 "IPOJ" doc now on Amazon Prime Video and TUBI platforms. The precedent-setting Taylor case will astound you ... as well as you will learn more about what makes this NC criminal justice reform process so unique. Reform is possible! Gregg Jamback & Jamie Huss/ filmmakers, producers

04/20/2022

FINALLY!!!!: Now Streaming on Amazon Prime Video (no ads; $1.99) and Tumi (includes commercials; no fee) platforms! This important story of criminal justice reform can be shared nationwide. In Pursuit of Justice documents the historic case of Greg Taylor - who was found "innocent" through a groundbreaking process found only in NC. It serves as a model for criminal justice reform. Taylor and his family endured a 19-year legal process of trying to prove his innocence. Viewers will be shocked at all that is revealed in this film.

Share the good news with all you can, please! Grateful for all the support over the years it took to get the doc to this point. Gregg Jamback and Jamie Huss

04/20/2022

4 years ago, we were thrilled to have our independent doc, In Pursuit of Justice, included in the 20th annual RiverRun International Film Festival - viewed by "sold out" audiences giving the film standing ovations. The cherry on top was receiving the "Audience Choice Award." Wow - we remain grateful for all the support folks in the Triad and beyond gave our film - in its production stage and thru 18 months of film festival success. But, RiverRun started it all for us....thanks for the confidence in the importance of this unique criminal justice story. Watch for our next post - great news for the film. The timing could not be more perfect or important! Gregg Jamback and Jamie Huss/filmmakers, producers

04/27/2020

Who knew you could laugh while discussing our criminal justice system and the historic case of Greg Taylor in a virtual "ZOOM" Q&A?! Clearly, we managed! Many thanks to a/perture cinema's founder Lawren Callahan Desai, attorney Chris Mumma (in Durham, NC), exoneree Greg Taylor (in Hawaii), Eddy Taylor / Martine Flynt Strickland (in Raleigh, NC) & all others who joined in. YOU can STILL screen the doc & all the tix $$ is being donated to help aperture weather this "shutdown". Glad folks like our film's early supporters Don Kautz/Carol Ziel (local W-S) and Karen Chandler (Arizona) got to screen the completed film for the first time in this special way! Thanks for the compliments! Screen IN PURSUIT OF JUSTICE now for only $8 at aperturecinema.com! Thanks, Gregg Jamback & Jamie Huss/filmmakers

what a great virtual q&a we had for last night! we’ve posted a recording of it as bonus material when you purchase a link to watch the film. 💻 📸

04/13/2020

Taking in every good moment he can (while building an impressive portfolio of photographs since his exoneration in 2010), FREEDOM looks amazing on Greg Taylor. Cheers to his wonderful family - now able to more fully enjoy THEIR lives - after fighting for 19 years for his freedom. Our film, In Pursuit of Justice, ends with Greg's historic exoneration through a unique process currently found only in NC. We want other states to implement this groundbreaking process, so more families of wrongfully convicted people can be reunited with their loved one. Please watch our doc - now streaming for only $8 - with 100% of proceeds currently being DONATED to our local independent cinema shut down by the virus. (info found at a/perture cinema) Additional ZOOM Q&A on Tues 4/21 7-10pm will allow YOU to hear Greg Taylor & ask your own questions. Gregg Jamback & Jamie Huss / Producers

04/13/2020

A question we get so often after folks have watched our doc, In Pursuit of Justice, is "WHAT HAPPENED TO DEAVER ?" For fans of the Netflix series "The Staircase", you know the updated version of it shows how GREG TAYLOR's case in our film was the catalyst to reexamine Michael Peterson's NC murder conviction...all due to SBI Agent Deaver's actions. And, yet another NC case - Kirk Turner in Winston-Salem - was also impacted by Deaver. Here's a recent summary to answer that burning question.....

Netflix’s ‘The Staircase’ follows a true-crime that went through several twists of turns, and continues to be a bizarre mystery to everyone. Did Michael Peterson kill his wife, or was a random owl the real perpetrator? Everyone remains divided on Peterson’s innocence, but there is one thing ...

04/12/2020

Staying inside? We are, too. Watch our film NOW to help a small, non-profit theater that helped us as we made In Pursuit of Justice. Starts TODAY: $8 streams the film. WE'RE DONATING ALL PROCEEDS TO a/perture cinema. Our award-winning doc's story is still timely; 2 new cases are currently going thru the groundbreaking legal process found only in NC. Needed elsewhere! Special ZOOM Q&A with Greg Taylor/Chris Mumma also 4/21 7-10pm only/space limited! Help us give back while enjoying this moving story. (Go to Vimeo.com FIRST to set up an easy, free acct before buying tix on aperture page.) THX! Gregg J & Jamie E / filmmakers

https://www.aperturecinema.com/portfolio_page/in-pursuit-of-justice-live-qa-4-21/?fbclid=IwAR3JD5FTprIChQVFhBn9gvlQrxxA30Nl2a2aW-9F62Tji_pH6qGcVOB5ApU

04/11/2020

The story told in our award-winning doc, IN PURSUIT OF JUSTICE, highlights not only the precedent-setting case of Greg Taylor, but also explains a groundbreaking legal process STILL found ONLY in NC. The unique "NC Innocence Inquiry Commission" process has recently moved 2 more NC cases towards the 3-judge panel stage - quite an accomplishment to get that far! This recent news clip below includes 2 attorneys also shown in our film - Chris Mumma & Mark Rabil. Each are representing separate clients from one high profile case involving multiple youths convicted of murdering the grandfather of basketball star Chris Paul. Thru filming Greg Taylor's story, we came to deeply appreciate the toll the search for justice takes on all involved - the victim's family, the accused/convicted & their families, and the legal reps (& their families). We shall watch all cases carefully; glad our film remains relevant by explaining this important NC legal process. Wish other states would make the same reform happen! Gregg Jamback & Jamie Huss / filmmakers

Two of the defendants still in prison.

04/11/2020

The "V" shut down many a spring film festival this year...including the esteemed RiverRun International Film Festival here in W-S. Such a hard economic hit on many cities & disappointment to many dedicated filmmakers. What a year we had in 2018 with the premiere of our doc, the gratifying award this important story won, & folks who still remember it! From David Swift post 💜: "This photo popped up in my FB memories today. It’s the photo of the tickets I bought for In Pursuit of Justice to River Run 2018. Makes me miss the bustling city,all my friends. Great film & so cool to know the filmmakers. Everyone should check out this film." RiverRun WILL be back! We've got good news ASAP for those who have NOT seen the film. Remaining grateful, Gregg Jamback & Jamie Huss/filmmakers

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In Pursuit of Justice There’s no question that DNA testing has irreversibly changed the criminal justice system. The science is irrefutable. Since 2000, there have been 263 DNA based exonerations. The sight of someone walking out of prison after having their innocence proven by DNA evidence is no longer uncommon. But how do you prove your innocence when there is no DNA? How do you “prove” innocence? Greg Taylor had spent nearly 17 years in prison when a three-judge panel found, by “clear and convincing” evidence, that he was not guilty of the first degree murder of Jacquetta Thomas. Greg would never have been declared innocent if not for the creation of a unique North Carolina state agency empowered to examine post-conviction claims of innocence. It is this process that sets Greg’s story apart from other exonerations. In Pursuit of Justice exposes the costs, human and otherwise, of wrongful convictions, primarily through the production and distribution of a full length documentary about Greg Taylor's case. Your support is needed so that we may promote the value of the NC Center on Actual Innocence and duplicate their success in other states.