Ronald Cotton is the author, with Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, of the New York Times bestselling memoir, Picking Cotton.   Jennifer, 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 twenty-two year old college student.  It was her compelling testimony in that case that sent a young man to prison, not once, but twice, for a crime he did not commit.  That man, Ronald Cotton, was eventually freed thanks in large part to his persistence in proclaiming his innocence and the development of sophisticated DNA tests.  Together, they successfully lobbied state legislators to change compensation laws for the wrongly convicted. Ronald lives in North Carolina, and speaks frequently at colleges, universities, and other groups about issues of witness identification and judicial reform, and the power of forgiveness.