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Isaac Wright Jr

(1962) Lawyer

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Isaac Wright Jr is a lawyer.

Quick Facts About Isaac Wright Jr

Born: January 23, 1962
Profession: Lawyer

About Isaac Wright Jr

[Wikidata] American attorney... | [Wikipedia] Isaac Wright Jr. is an American attorney, businessman, and philanthropist. He is best known for being falsely accused and convicted as a drug lord and sentenced to life in prison in 1991 facing 10 charges involving the sale of cocaine. His conviction was overturned in 1997 after litigation brought b

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I spent so much time fighting that I didn't take the time to reflect on what I was actually going through.

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Actually

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I had to do four years of undergraduate. I went to Thomas Edison State University in Trenton.

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Four

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My parents came from the south. So their ancestors were actually slaves in this country.

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Actually

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I knew early on that I was going to prison for the rest of my life and that there was nothing that…

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Help

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That's the core of my makeup: to fight for what's right.

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Core

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You plead guilty you get 20 years, you plead guilty you get 15 years. That's the lowest time I heard and I…

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Crime

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When slavery was over, those atrocities that were done by slave owners was passed over to law enforcement, and law enforcement took…

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Done

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I know the air of hopelessness and what people in prison go through.

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Air

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I am going to live and die in the trenches.

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Die

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When I went through what I was going through in prison, one of the things that was very distracting was the issue…

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Change

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It's obviously an incredible feeling to come from where I started to where I am right now. Having this show has been…

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I am

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In my experience in life, nothing good happens, most of the time, without a fight.

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Experience

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I'm a part of the system now and I am helping people within that system and, so, it would be hypocrisy to…

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Believe

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Once I understood what was going to happen - that I was going to prison for life - my end goal was…

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End

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I graduated from college in 2002, and then I went to law school at St. Thomas University in Miami in 2004.

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College

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The biggest thing is separation from family. It's a huge burden to carry and destructive in a lot of ways.

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Burden

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I was walking down First Avenue, heading to CVS. And two police cars pulled over and stopped, and rolled down the window…

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Car

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I understood law enforcement in such a way that I was able to get a law enforcement officer, a veteran, to actually…

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Fault

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In order for New York to not only get back to where we were, but to finally fulfill our potential as the…

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Broken

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I got over 20 people out of prison, some with life sentences and others based on getting their sentences reduced.

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Crime

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I'm speaking for everyone who has ever been incarcerated, especially those who are innocent or have been overly charged.

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Been

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Aside from my own fight, I was continuously engaged in the fight for others. So, for decades, all I did was fight.…

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Feelings

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I take a lot of pro bono cases, and I always have to balance my pro bono cases with my paying clients…

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Always

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