Thanksgiving Day 1983: Three children, Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins, & Andrew Stewart, were arrested for a murder they didn’t commit.
Prosecuted, wrongfully convicted & sentenced to life in prison, today, 36 years later, they’re finally free. washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2019…
Prosecuted, wrongfully convicted & sentenced to life in prison, today, 36 years later, they’re finally free. washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2019…
On Thanksgiving, people talk so much about gratitude. But freedom is not something for which anyone should have to feel grateful.
And let us not get it twisted. As Mr. Watkins said, “The things I had to go through, it was torture. There’s no other way to describe it.”
And let us not get it twisted. As Mr. Watkins said, “The things I had to go through, it was torture. There’s no other way to describe it.”
I have no idea what Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins, & Andrew Stewart feel today. I felt so much so joy bearing witness to them being reunited with their families.
But forgive me if I feel more rage that they have spent twice as long in prison than they have free.
I know that there are 2.3 million people who are spending today in jail or prison in conditions, which Mr. Watkins rightly described as torture. My thoughts today are with them.
I know that there are 2.3 million people who are spending today in jail or prison in conditions, which Mr. Watkins rightly described as torture. My thoughts today are with them.
