June 18, 2013

52-Yr-Old Wrongfully Convicted Dewey Bozella Wins Pro Boxing Debut

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*Dewey Bozella wanted just one shot, one chance, to box professionally. After spending 26 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, he finally got the chance to step into the ring – and he made the most of it. Bozella, 52, won a unanimous decision over Larry Hopkins, 30, in Los Angeles [...]




Tavis Smiley Profiles Four Exonerated Men Via 2-night Conversation on PBS

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*Tavis Smiley will sit down with four wrongfully-convicted men who, despite their innocence, spent more than a combined 50 years in prison. The conversation airs on the award-winning PBS program Tavis Smiley, exclusively on Chicago’s WYCC-TV this Wednesday, June 29 and nationwide on public television Thursday, June 30 and Friday, July 1, 2011. Recorded during [...]