Voices of Injustice share stories of wrongful conviction on a Cleveland stage
Ohio Innocence Project at UC Law exonerees share a painful journey
Six men who formed the advocacy and brotherhood group, ‘Voices of Injustice’ took centerstage during a Cleveland theatrical performance to share their stories of wrongful conviction and incarceration.
These men were convicted of crimes they insist they never committed. Several have been exonerated while others are still fighting for it. All of them live in the Greater Cleveland metro area. Their performance was titled, ‘The Lynchings Among Us,’ and featured in radio segments on WYSO in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and WOSU in Columbus, Ohio.
Among them were Michael Sutton, Laurese Glover, Al Cleveland, Ruel Sailor and Charles Jackson. The men served time for things they didn’t do. They are all exonerees supported by the Ohio Innocence Project at UC Law. Another participant Lamont Clark also shared his story,
“Everybody thought I was a killer but at the end of the day I saved my nephew’s life by donating my kidney,” says Jackson during an interview airing on WOSU and WYSO. “Thank god that I got out. Nobody knows what you went through unless you went through the same thing. That’s how we formed brotherhoods and friendships”
Listen to WYSO story on Voices of Injustice.
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