Rhiannon Giddens Gives Voice to Wrongfully Incarcerated People in New Video

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Cillea Houghton
October 2, 2023
American Songwriter
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Rhiannon Giddens is shining a spotlight on people who have been wrongly incarcerated. On Monday (October 2), the 10th annual International Wrongful Conviction Day, Giddens released the video for her song “Another Wasted Life” from her new album, You’re the One. The singer partnered with the Pennsylvania Innocence Project to feature 22 people who were incarcerated for crimes they didn’t commit, collectively serving more than 500 years of jail time.

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