last year's convention was fortunate enough to visit jared adams who has a common experience. years old when he was sentenced to 28 years in a maximum security prison after being convicted of sexual assault. after serving nearly 10 years and filing multiple appeals he was exonerated with the help of the wisconsin innocence project. rather than be overcome by bitterness he used the injustice that he had endured as an inspiration to become an advocate for the underserved. he enrolled in the loyola university chicago school of law after graduating from roosevelt university with high honors. in may 2015 mr. adams graduated from law school and started a public interest fellowship with honorable ann claire williams a judge on the seventh circuit u.s. court of appeals. the same court that had reversed his conviction because of his trial lawyer's constitutional deficiencies. shortly thereafter he and fellow life after innocence antawn day established the life after justice center which serves as an advocate for the rights of the wrongfully convicted by seeking health care, housing, jo

] >> i'm the director of program being at the city club and we are enjoying a friday forum with jared adams attorney and co-founder of life after justice. we are welcoming questions from everyone. members, guests, students or those on radio broadcast, webcast or new life simulcast at the library. if you would like to tweet a question tweet it at the city club and our staff will try to work it into the forum. we want to remind you the questions should be brief and to the point and actually questions. holding our microphones are marketing and outreach faye walker and wesly allen. may we have the first question, please. >> good afternoon. i'm so happy that you are here and i'm glad to see the young people here to hear your important emergency. i'm a retired school teacher and so often students would come in front of me with the same story that you have. that are frustrated and have been falsely accused of something and the question is, what can a teacher say to a student who has stopped believing in himself or herself and no longer has his or her eyes on the prize, just ready to give up? what

officers arrested 31-year-old jared strange today in adams county. the victim who has not been identified was found with a gunshot wound last weekend in the 4200 block of 70th place in westminster. she later died from her injuries. >>> the federal government's temporary stoppage of an oil pipeline in north dakota may change the way energy projects yesterday just minutes after a federal judge denied the standing tribe attempt to halt construction of the dakota access pipeline, three federal agencies appealed to the pipeline company to voluntarily pause work. the government is now reconsidering its decision on the pipeline and wants input from the tribe, something that has never happened before. their water supply and say that it violates several federal laws including the national historic preservation act. they and thousands of native americans have held protests against it. >>> the man who tried to assassinate president reagan is now a free man. today 61-year-old john hinckley was released from a mental hospital more than 35 years after the shooting

jared scheierl and doug kelly. >> thank you. >> the wetterling case was featured in the show "the hunt with john walsh. john's 6-year-old son adam abducted from a mall near their home in hollywood, florida, on july 27, 1981. adam's mother let him look in the toy department at sears when she looked for a lamp. when she returned, adam was gone. two weeks later his family learned adam was never coming back. he had been killed. the heartbreak led john to catching the bad guys and seeking justice for crime victims. he hosted america's most wanted for years and now we're proud he's part of the cnn family and he's with me now on the phone. john, when this story developed, i can imagine it plunged you back into your realities. there is no such thing as closure. hearing jared speak, it must give you some light on the horizon, at least in this case that is so dire. >> ashleigh, you're exactly right. there are so many similarities to adam's case, it took 27 years to solve adam's case, just like jacob wetterling's. two years ago when patty wet are ling on the 25th anniversary of jacob's murder -- abduction. she didn't know it was a murder a

jared everett giving the bulldogs a chance to come back but no, no. graves misses it. 28-yard chip shot off the goalpost and it is the jaguars celebrating. >> adam: mississippi state had a 17-0 lead and instead u.s.a. s.e.c. team. another s.e.c. west team that was struggling. louisiana tech. they needed this. the razorbacks. >> brian: finds jeremy sprinkle for the touchdown and the win. for the pig sooey. >> adam: lamar smith, a freshman starter almost got it done for the bulldogs. other s.e.c. action in the east division missouri falling to west virginia. match-up on the s.e.c. on cbs next week. they're under way. georgia trailing by nine to niernl. we'll be back with more of today's action including a we're going to prove just how wet and sticky your current gel antiperspirant is. now, we're going to show you how degree dry spray is different. degree dry spray. degree. it won't let you down. ? ? ? ? ? (whispers rocket) ? ? ? ? ? tonight's been great. yeah. you look, amazing... you take after your mom.... she's hot. know when to shhhhhhh >> adam: welcome back. a reminder that thursday night football returns to cbs and nfl networks september 15th with the je

jared everett giving the bulldogs a chance to come back but no, no. graves misses it. 28-yard chip shot off the goalpost and it is the jaguars celebrating. >> adam: mississippi state had a 17-0 lead and instead u.s.a. s.e.c. team. another s.e.c. west team that was struggling. louisiana tech. they needed this. the razorbacks. >> brian: finds jeremy sprinkle for the touchdown and the win. for the pig sooey. >> adam: lamar smith, a freshman starter almost got it done for the bulldogs. other s.e.c. action in the east division missouri falling to west virginia. match-up on the s.e.c. on cbs next week. they're under way. georgia trailing by nine to niernl. we'll be back with more of today's action including a ? ram trucks are reaching new heights the ram heavy duty is the most capable full-sized pickup on the road today. and, the ram 1500 is the most fuel-efficient, full-sized pickup. ever. so what does that mean? it means ram trucks give you the best of both worlds. so go big. and go far. the average age of a homeless person is 9 years old. charles what's up man? -whoa! how can we help? -ah man! wait, is that a basketball player? yes! -wow! my heart's about to ju

jared taught in longmont, and genevive taught in fort collins. there will be tributes at both schools today. we'll have aalive report from fort collins in about 15 minutes. >>> students in adams county will also be mourning today. a 16-year-old girl was shot and killed ove denver 7's amanda del castillo joins us live outside the offices of the adams county schoolldistrict 12. amanda, this community has just been stunned. >> yeah. friends and family are still learning about the details surrounding 16-year-old haley vargas' death. this is all through social media. they are also showing an outpouring of support and calling for justice. that's because the suspect is still on the loose. thornton police arrived to the thornton on saturday morning at around 1:40, and they found haley just in the street. she was suffering from a gunshot wound to her torso. this is all after a house party, and police say that the sussect was shooting as he was leaving that house party, again, on monaco way. police described the suspect as a skinny hispanic man in his late teens/early twenties. they say that he has dark hair. he wears glasses, and he also wears a gold hoop ring in they say that he coul