By Christine Marolda

This past summer, I interned with the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission. I first learned about the Commission at a meeting of the Campbell Law Innocence Project, where Gregory Taylor was the guest speaker. Mr. Taylor was exonerated by the Commission’s three-judge panel after spending seventeen years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Mr. Taylor’s case was immensely impactful, and I am grateful that he and his attorney came to speak at Campbell that day.

Months later, I saw that the Commission was looking for a summer intern. Because of my interest in investigations and post-conviction relief, I immediately knew this was how I wanted to spend my first summer as a law student. After sending in my application, I attended an interview before being offered the position. I began working at the Commission the week following final exams in May and finished my last week in July. Read more