John Thompson spent 14 years on death row for crimes he did not commit. Then he set up his charity helping wrongly convicted death row inmates to fit back into the outside world.
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After six execution dates, John had exhausted all his appeals. His seventh date – 22 May 1999 – was to be his last.
In one final twist, a new investigator uncovered some previously lost evidence. After a retrial, John was freed in 2003.
It was the start of another struggle – surviving in the outside world. It was a struggle which has led John to found a new charity helping former death row inmates: Resurrection After Exoneration.
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