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Juan Melendez
State: Florida Convicted: 1984 Exonerated: 2002 Race: Hispanic DNA used in exoneration? No Reasons for wrongful conviction: Perjury...


Message from Kirk Bloodsworth on Julius Jones
Dear Friends of Witness to Innocence, Thank you for joining with us to stop the execution of Julius Jones. Today we have won his life. We...

Florida Death Penalty Event Features Exoneree Juan Melendez
On November 10, Juan Melendez participated in “Florida’s Death Row: A Virtual Conversation with Dale Recinella, Guardian of Life...

Florida Death Penalty Event Features Exoneree Juan Melendez
WCTV: Pope honors Tallahassee death row minister By: Mike Vasilinda November 10, 2021 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CNS) - Pope Francis has bestowed...

Juan Melendez Featured in The Independent Article About Race and The Death Penalty
Juan Melendez was wrongfully convicted and spent nearly 18 years on Florida's death row for a crime he did not commit. An Article by The...

Juan Melendez Featured in The Independent Article About Race and The Death Penalty
The Independent: The ‘stepchild of lynching’: How the death penalty targets Black people By: Josh Marcus October 14, 2021 In 1904, a...


Support for Julius Jones Continues at Wednesday Evening Faith Event
Photo taken by Tyler Stark Exonerees Herman Lindsey, Gary Drinkard, Juan Melendez, and Nancy Vollertsen, sister of late exonerate Greg...


Support for Julius Jones Continues at Wednesday Evening Faith Event
Photo taken by Tyler Stark The Oklahoman: Witness to Innocence Exonerees share their stories in support of Julius Jones By: Carla Hinton...


Exonerees plead for clemency for Julius Jones at press conference
Herman Lindsey, Gary Drinkard, and Juan Melendez share their own stories of wrongful conviction in requesting justice for Julius Jones....


Exonerees plead for clemency for Julius Jones at press conference
Oklahoma City Fox 25: Death row exonerees pleading for justice for Julius Jones By: Payton May September 1, 2021 Oklahoma City, OK (KOKH)...
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