Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, a native of North Carolina and mother of teenage triplets, has been an outspoken opponent of the death penalty and speaks frequently about the need for judicial reform. Her strong convictions were born of a brutal rape she suffered as a 22-year-old college student. It was her compelling testimony in that case that imprisoned Ronald Cotton twice for a crime he did not commit. Cotton was eventually exonerated, and the two co-wrote the New York Times bestselling memoir, Picking Cotton. She is now a member of the Actual Innocence Commission, the Constitution Project and Mother's for Justice.