This is a great article on the story of Alan Gell who was released from death row in North Carolina back in February after a new trial and a not guilty verdict. Gell has been fighting for a moratorium on executions in North Carolina since his release.
Incidentally, there is a very interesting quote in the article from Gell regarding something the State wrote in one of their responses to his legal papers. The State apparently wrote "So what if he is probably innocent, he got a fair trial." YEESH. That statement on its own says a great deal about the attitude of some people in our criminal justice system: just convict someone, it doesn't matter who.
Gell tells story of freedom
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