State: Louisiana Convicted: 1997 Exonerated: 2012 Race: Caucasian DNA used in exoneration? Yes Reasons for wrongful conviction: Mistaken witness identification False confession Police misconduct The Witness to Innocence community is saddened to share that our brother Damon Thibodeaux has passed away. Many of us had spoken with him in recent weeks, so this has come as a terrible shock and a sudden loss for all of us who knew and loved him. Damon was a wonderful individua

Damon Thibodeaux's story of wrongful conviction and his work with WTI to abolish the death penalty is featured in a Buzzfeed News article...

Buzzfeed News: A Man Who Spent 15 Years On Death Row Before He Was Exonerated Died Of COVID-19 By: Tasneem Nashrulla September 13, 2021...

Damon Thibodeaux's story of wrongful conviction and his life post-exoneration is highlighted in an article by USA Today following the...

USA Today: A man wrongfully spent 16 years on death row. Then died 9 years later from COVID. By: Asha C. Gilbert September 14, 2021 A man...

The Witness to Innocence community is saddened to share that our brother Damon Thibodeaux has passed away. Many of us had spoken with him...