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Mike Morse s EXCLUSIVE Interview with Ray Gray
Detroit Man Tells All in His First Sit Down Interview After 48 Years Behind Bars
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SOUTHFIELD, Mich., June 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Mike Morse Law Firm recently released their latest episode of
Open Mike featuring Ray Gray, a Detroit man who spent 48 years in prison for a murder he claims he didn t commit. Attorney and justice advocate Mike Morse, joined by Detroit journalist and Proving Innocence founder Bill Proctor, sat down with Gray and his wife Barbara Rinehart-Gray to discuss Gray s experiences since being sentenced to life without parole on March 14, 1973. Gray told-all on a wide range of topics including finding love while imprisoned, coping with incarceration through art, readjusting to civilian status, planning for the future, and more.
Detroit man walks free after fighting murder conviction for 48 years
Man convicted of first-degree murder stemming from 1973 robbery
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Detroit man walks free after fighting murder conviction for 48 years
DETROIT – A man who spent close to 50 years in prison for a crime is finally walking away free. Ray Gray says he never committed the crime.
It was 1973 when Gray last tasted freedom. Richard Nixon was in office, the Vietnam War officially came to an end and the Elvis Aloha from Hawaii concert was seen on screens around the world.
Since then Gray and his family have fought to clear him of the murder. He’s finally a free man.
click to enlarge Ray Gray walks out of prison a free man after 48 years behind bars. “It’s one of the happiest days of my life,” Gray said. “I feel blessed and grateful for the people who made this happen people of all races. Justice is often not only blind, but deaf, and you have to continue to touch it. People touched it and kept touching it, and now we’re here. … This time the system worked.” Ray and Barbara, who were married in a Saugatuck prison in 1985, shared a tearful embrace with their family Tuesday afternoon in the shadow of the penitentiary.