Documentary Screening followed by Conversation with Filmmakers
About this Event
Please join the Maryland Office of the Public Defender Innocence Project Clinics for a screening of a new documentary, Stolen Lives, followed by a conversation with the filmmakers Mark McClaughlin and Dara Jauch, Maryland exoneree Douglass Haynies, and the T.I.M.E. Organization Re-entry Program.
Stolen Lives tells the extraordinary story of Sunny Jacobs and Peter Pringle, who were sentenced to death in Florida and Ireland, respectively, and whose death sentences were ultimately set aside and commuted. After serving 17 and 15 years in Pr*son, they were released, later met and married, and devoted their lives to supporting exonerees around the world. Together they founded The Sunny Center, a program devoted to psychological as well as practical support for exonerees navigating their return to their communities and families after lengthy periods of wrongful imprisonment. The film features the stories of several exonerees and highlights the broader human impact of wrongful convictions.
Following the film we will have the opportunity to hear from the filmmakers, Mark McLaughlin and Dara Jauch, and commentary from Prof. Jonathan Kerr. We will also hear from Maryland exoneree, Douglass Haynie who was exonerated and released in May 2025 after having served 32 years, and Shareese Kess of MOPD’s community partner, T.I.M.E. Organization. Mr. Haynie and T.I.M.E. Organization will share about the experience of coming home after so many years and the support available to returning citizens here in Maryland.
About the Panelists
Mark McLaughlin, Director – Award-winning director Mark McLoughlin is the founder of Bang Bang Teo. Drawing from his background in art, journalism and music he brings powerful human storytelling to cultural and human rights films. He is known for his films Blood Rising (2014), and Christy Moore: Journey (2016).
Dara Jauch, Producer, Editor – Dara Jauch is a producer and editor for Bang Bang Teo, and has produced documentaries for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), BBC and TG4 Television, the national Irish-language public service broadcaster. She is an adjunct profession of Communications and Media Arts at Sacred Heart University. She specializes in producing documentaries on human rights, art, culture and music.
Prof. Jonathan Kerr, Assistant Professor of Law – Prof. Kerr is an Assistant Professor of Law at Widener University, Delaware Law School. He previously served as a Clinical Teaching Fellow in the Criminal Defense and Advocacy Clinic at the University of Baltimore School of Law. Before entering academia, Prof. Kerr practiced with the Maryland Office of the Public Defender for nearly 10 years. He is originally from Northern Ireland, and graduated with an LL.B. in Law with Politics from Queen’s University of Belfast, and practiced as a barrister in criminal law.
Douglass Haynie, Exoneree – Mr. Haynie was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. In May 2025, Mr. Haynie was exonerated in the Worcester County Circuit Court after the judge granted a writ of actual innocence finding his 1993 conviction rested on the false testimony of a firearms examiner. Mr. Haynie was released after having served 32 years. Since his release, Mr. Haynie has graduated from the T.I.M.E. Organization’s Re-entry Program, completed the Strive program at the Center for Urban Families, and is a student at the Goodwill Excel Academy. Mr. Haynie is a full-time stocking associate with Walmart, and enjoys riding his bike, exercising, and meeting new people wherever he goes.
Shareese Kess, Chief of Staff, T.I.M.E. Organization – Shareese Kess serves as the Chief of Staff and Director of Shelter Operations for the Baltimore-based T.I.M.E. Organization. T.I.M.E.’s Re-Entry Program supports returning citizens to navigate the challenges of reentering the community after periods of incarceration. She brings her training as a licensed clinical social worker and her passion for social justice, reducing mass incarceration and providing services to people of all abilities to promote positive and lasting change in her native Baltimore and more broadly.
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