Barry Scheck: What is your greatest fear? — FLAPSS

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What is your greatest fear?

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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire

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Barry Scheck

Defence lawyer; co-founder of the Innocence Project

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I haven't met one of these exonerated individuals who can sleep. Virtually all of them have some form of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Frontline, PBS, 4 December 2002 source ↗

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Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2020 source ↗

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It used to be loneliness, and it might still be.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 January 2025 source ↗

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Having a great fear.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 January 2023 source ↗

Ina Garten Cookery writer and shop owner

Pain. I told Jeffrey that if I have a really bad headache just pull the plug.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2016 source ↗

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Question What has been your biggest disappointment? Failure & regret

I haven't met one of these exonerated individuals who can sleep. Virtually all of them have some form of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Recorded Frontline, PBS, 4 December 2002 source ↗

Question Which trait do you most dislike in yourself? Identity & self

I haven't met one of these exonerated individuals who can sleep. Virtually all of them have some form of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Recorded Frontline, PBS, 4 December 2002 source ↗

Question What is the most rewarding part of being a parent? Relationships

I haven't met one of these exonerated individuals who can sleep. Virtually all of them have some form of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Recorded Frontline, PBS, 4 December 2002 source ↗

Question Who do you turn to when you need advice? Relationships

I haven't met one of these exonerated individuals who can sleep. Virtually all of them have some form of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Recorded Frontline, PBS, 4 December 2002 source ↗

Question What do you value most in your friends? Relationships

I haven't met one of these exonerated individuals who can sleep. Virtually all of them have some form of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Recorded Frontline, PBS, 4 December 2002 source ↗

Question What important truth do very few people agree with you on? Values & belief

Mistaken identification is the single greatest cause of the conviction of the innocent.

Recorded Frontline, PBS, 30 October 2001 source ↗

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