International Wrongful Conviction Day 2023 (Part One): Guest Post: Robyn Milera ( South Australia) who has spent 30 years of her life battling to exonerate her brother-in-law Derek Bromley, describes the rocky journey a family member must expect to undergo when responding to injustice, and much more… "It started like this: an invitation from God to notice a prisoner and simply ‘sit’ with him. It was an invitation. I was never put upon. No one forced me to abandon a teaching career, I knew Derek and his predicament well enough to accept that it was going to take focus and availability. That is the essence of my involvement - not heroic, not showy, nothing to brag about, I didn’t have any superpowers. Let me tell you though, when you receive a complementary ticket to just ‘take a seat and watch this’, it’s not as passive as it sounds. It’s a moving train; it’s an immersion in which everything you see, hear and experience is undergoing, disruption and transformation, including your well-hidden self. Justice is a process. I don’t want to draw attention to my own trauma. The media loves it and needs it, but it’s a very vulnerable situation. I don’t like it, but, it’s necessary here to testify to the fact that responding to injustice can be painful and costly, without a doubt. Even just sitting with someone else’s burden for a long time, is transformative."

PUBLISHER'S INTRODUCTION: "On October 2, 2020,  I devoted my  International Wrongful Conviction Day post to adding my voice to the ...