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John Jerome White was 19 years old when a Georgia judge sentenced him to life plus 40 years in prison for breaking into a 74-year-old woman’s home and raping her. Exonerated after DNA testing years later, he walked free in a state that does not have laws on the books to compensate the wrongfully convicted upon their release from prison.
“I was 48 when I got out. It was rough,” said White, who’s now 61. “If it hadn’t been for my family and the people who donated their time to help me, I just don’t know. … A lot of things were difficult, and the state of Georgia did nothing to help me.”
More than 2,800 have been wrongly convicted in the US Lawmakers and advocates want to make sure they re paid their dues keyt.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from keyt.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A Black man walked free in February after spending 39 years in prison for crimes he did not commit after the Georgia Innocence Project and the local district attorney asked that his convictions be vacated “as unreliable and not in the interests of justice.”
Terry Talley, now 63, was just 23 when he was arrested, and ultimately received multiple life sentences for sex crimes committed on or near LaGrange College between February and July of 1981.
Following a multi-year expansive review of the cases conducted by the LaGrange Police Department and the GIP that began in 2017, Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney Herb Cranford Jr. joined GIP attorney Jennifer Whitfield to file a motion to vacate four of Talley’s convictions, according to the National Registry of Exonerations.
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Anti-Defamation League 2021 honorees Justice Leah Ward Sears and Walter Jospin are celebrated for their long service to equal justice. (Courtesy of Walter Jospin, Leah Ward Sears)
ATLANTA A pair of Buckhead legal giants have been recognized by the Anti-Defamation League for their distinguished careers practicing law and using the law to make a difference in the community.
Justice Leah Ward Sears, the first woman to serve on the Georgia Supreme Court, was given the ADL 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award for a career dedicated to pursuing justice. Attorney Walter Jospin was the recipient of the Elbert P. Tuttle Award, given each year to a lawyer who best exemplifies the ADL mission to secure justice and fair treatment for all.