When I was sent to Louisiana's Angola prison for a crime I didn’t commit, it was 1983. Personal computers weren't common, and no one had a cell phone.
Earlier this year, I walked out of prison and into a world entirely different from the one I had left. Thanks to the Innocence Project's Exoneree Fund, I'm enrolled in classes right now in Oakland, where I'm learning how to use a computer and pursuing my passion for music through singing and piano lessons.
I've also been catching up on what I've missed—books, music and more. I am currently reading Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow, which you can find on the Innocence Project reading guide andsheet music for class.With my iPhone I can listen to all the music that I love.
Thank you so much for all that you do—it’s made a huge difference for me.
Thank you!
Archie Williams
Exonerated 2019
Started in 1992 as a legal clinic at Cardozo School of Law, the Innocence Project is now an independent nonprofit, affiliated with Cardozo, that exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice. www.innocenceproject.org
