A Matter of Perspective

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Barry Gibbs spent 19 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Just last week, he was released. He joins us, along with one of his lawyers, Vanessa Potkin of the Innocence Project. Next, Francine Prose looks at the life of the Italian baroque painter Caravaggio. Then, two twin sisters describe how their lives changed when one started developing symptoms of schizophrenia during adolescence. Finally, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post columnist Art Buchwald tells us about his latest book, Beating Around the Bush.

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