STORIES of the exonerated
Read about the members of Witness to Innocence by clicking on their photos below. Each person is a death row survivor who has an extraordinary story to tell.
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Clarence Brandley
 Clarence Brandley was exonerated from death-row in Texas after spending 10 years in prision despite his innocence.
Albert Burrell
 Albert Burrell was released in 2000 after being falsely imprisioned for 13 years on death row in Louisiana.
Glen Edward Chapman
 Due to incompetent representation, false witness testimony, and withheld evidence, Glen Edward Chapman spent 15 years on North Carolina's death row for a crime he did not commit before his release in 2008.
Perry Cobb
 Perry Cobb and his co-defendent were sentenced to death in Illinois for a crime they did not commit before being exonerated in 1987.
Bo Cochran
 James "Bo" Cochran endured four trials and 19 years on Alabama's death row after finally being exonorated for a crime he did not commit.
Gary Drinkard
 Gary Drinkard spent six years on Alabama's death row for a crime he did not commit before being exonerated in 2001.
Nathson Fields
 Nathson "Nate" Fields survived almost 20 years in prison in Illinois, including more than 11 years on death row.
Michael Graham
 Michael Graham spent 14 years on Louisiana's death row for a crime he did not commit before his release in 2000.
Shujaa Graham
 Shujaa Graham survived life in the segregated South of the 1950s, the violent Los Angeles Watts riots, and a wrongful death sentence in California.
Derrick Jamison
 Derrick Jamison spent nearly 20 years on Ohio's death row for a crime he did not commit before being released in 2005.
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