“When I Saw Him I Knew It Was Real”: Devonia Inman is Free after 23 Years behind Bars
The Intercept, December 24, 2021: “When I Saw Him I Knew It Was Real”: Devonia Inman is Free after 23 Years behind Bars
“Across from the Augusta State Medical Prison on Highway 10, the red Cadillac Escalade pulled up just before 4 p.m. Beaming in the passenger’s seat with his granddaughter on his lap, 43-year-old Devonia Inman waved to the people gathered at the side of the road, who cried and cheered as the car came to a stop. ‘Thank you, Jesus!’ a man said as Inman got out and embraced one of his cousins. Inman’s father, David Ray, got out of the backseat and picked up his great-granddaughter as his son received hugs from the crowd. Ray wore a pinstriped suit and a face mask that read ‘Devonia.’
“Inman had walked out of the prison moments earlier, on December 20. Only his parents and legal team had been allowed to meet him. Prison staff had ordered the rest of Inman’s relatives to leave, directing them across the road. The family had driven three hours to Augusta from Adel, in South Georgia, the last place Inman had ever known life as a free man before being arrested in 1998 for a murder he swore he did not commit.”
Additional reading:
The Intercept, November 20, 2021: Devonia Inman Sees His Conviction Overturned after 23 Years behind Bars
Devonia Inman on the Georgia Innocent Project site
