Photos: Innocence Project\John JayWith July Fourth coming up, there’s likely going to be a lot of talk about freedom and its significance for different people. To me and to others who’ve been wrongly incarcerated, freedom has a deeply personal meaning. I call them battle scars because freedom comes at a fight, and that’s what I did for 22 years — fight for my freedom. Take a moment to watch this video I filmed to hear what freedom means to me, someone who was wrongly incarcerated, and then share it with your friends on social media. Two years after losing Stephen, I was wrongly convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Source: Ethiopian News July 01, 2022 20:35 UTC