Innocence Blog

Calvin Johnson Marks a Decade of Freedom

Posted: June 15, 2009 3:07 pm



Today marks the tenth anniversary of the day Calvin Johnson was freed from a Georgia prison after serving nearly 16 years for a rape DNA proves he didn’t commit. A profile of his case – and his work in the innocence movement – ran this morning in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Read more here.

Other Exoneration Anniversaries This Week:

Monday: Jerry Frank Townsend, Florida (Served 21.5 Tears, Exonerated 6/15/01)

Wednesday: Kenneth Wyniemko, Wisconsin (Served 8.5 Years, Exonerated 6/17/03)

Saturday: Kevin Green, California (Served 15.5 Years, Exonerated 1996)




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