Witness to Innocence

Meet Gary Drinkard, a death row exoneree. Listen to his powerful story of wrongful incarceration and ultimate resilience. In an instant, lives were changed, families were lost, and everything they knew was uprooted. This is the story of a father torn away from his family for a crime he never committed."

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September 2026 ex*****on date set for Christa Gail Pike, only woman on Tennessee's death row Pike has been on death row since 1996. She murdered a woman in Knox...

https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/06/29/tennessee-gop-senators-seek-review-of-botched-ex*****on/

Tennessee GOP senators seek review of botched ex*****on • Tennessee Lookout Eight Tennessee Republican senators are urging Gov. Bill Lee to commission an independent review of a failed ex*****on trying another.

https://www.wvtm13.com/article/ervin-harris-conviction-overturned-jefferson-county/71640500

Alabama man convicted in 1975 gets ruling overturned after serving full sentence A Jefferson County man has won a reversal of his 1975 r**e conviction after a judge found the eyewitness identification was likely unreliable.

June 19, 2026 Juneteenth

Today we honor Juneteenth — the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in Galveston, Texas were finally informed of their freedom, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

Juneteenth reminds us that freedom delayed is freedom denied.

At Witness to Innocence, we know this truth intimately. The men and women we represent all wrongfully sentenced to death — had their freedom stolen by a system that too often fails Black and Brown communities. Their eventual exonerations came after years, sometimes decades, of wrongful incarceration.

Freedom should never depend on luck, resources, or relentless advocacy. It should be guaranteed.

On this Juneteenth, we recommit ourselves to:
• Ending the death penalty
• Confronting racial injustice in our legal system
• Centering the voices of the wrongfully convicted
• Ensuring freedom is not delayed for another generation

Freedom is not just a historical milestone — it is ongoing work.