For 25 Years, Jimmy Dennis Was a Death-Row Convict. Then One Day, He Wasn’t.

Philadelphia Magazine, February 6, 2021: For 25 Years, Jimmy Dennis Was a Death-Row Convict. Then One Day, He Wasn’t.

“The Philadelphia musician spent the prime of his life in prison for murder, until the courts said he should never have been convicted. Now he’s trying to recover what he lost — time, relationships, his sense of self — while living through a new kind of lockdown.”

Resources:

City of Philadelphia Office of the District Attorney: Conviction Integrity Unit

University of Michigan Law School: The National Registry of Exonerations

The Innocence Network

The Innocence Project



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