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Lifelong fighter for prisoners’ rights: Hugh Ray Lyons Jr., presente! December 22, 2020 In this clipping from the Indianapolis n ewsweekly Nuvo is the mugshot, withheld from the trial, that should have exonerated Hugh Lyons. Not only is he 6-feet-5-inches whereas the attacker described by the victim was 5-feet-11-inches, but he has a beard, and the attacker had none. Like so many Black prisoners, Lyons was convicted solely because he was Black. by Victor Wallis My long-time friend Hugh Lyons died a year ago, on Dec. 30, 2019. I wonder if any of you remember him. He never made national ne...