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...average person in good health can hold his breath for about two minutes, but with even small amounts of practice it is possible to increase that time dramatically. "The body can be trained," explains Dr. Ralph Potkin, a pulmonary specialist who worked with Blaine in the weeks leading up to his recent feat...
...from the crime scene showed a direct link to the children's next-door neighbor, who is currently in prison for sexually assaulting two women in the early 1990s. "When we first read the summary of the case, it sounded like convincing evidence of Halsey's guilt," says Vanessa Potkin, an Innocence Project attorney who worked on the case. But after multiple rounds of DNA testing, Halsey?s innocence is undeniable, she says. Halsey, however, still faces the significant obstacles that many exonerees experience in rebuilding their lives, including reconnecting with family or friends and the struggle for housing...
...they have learned from the past, and nowadays the team takes extra steps to ensure it that evidence is retrievable. They've also come to rely on and trust their dedicated and highly motivated staff. "I couldn't think of a job that I would rather be doing," says Potkin, who has been with the project since 2000. "When people come to us, they've exhausted every appeal. The Innocence Project for most is the last resort, and we can use the most state-of-the-art science to prove innocence. Every day it's an honor...
...Vanessa Potkin is a staff attorney for the Innocence Project, a New York-based legal clinic that advocates for access to post-conviction DNA testing. Potkin was among the lawyers representing Harvey in this case. She spoke with TIME.com Tuesday...
...Vanessa Potkin: When someone contacts us, we look at whether there is some biological evidence that could prove either innocence or guilt. In Harvey's case, we filed the complaint in July of 2000, but Harvey first contacted us in 1993. We started making efforts to locate Harvey's DNA evidence as early as 1996, beginning with approaching the prosecutors and the state forensic labs...