Chicago man who served over 30 years for a murder he didn't commit finds new life in theatre
The same court that convicted Brian Beals officially cleared his name. Now a free man, he is already giving back to his community in a creative way.
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The same court that convicted Brian Beals officially cleared his name. Now a free man, he is already giving back to his community in a creative way.
"I kept on telling them I didn't have nothing to do with this, but they didn't believe me," Robert Johnson said.
Johnson was convicted of armed robbery, home invasion, and first-degree murder when he was 16.
In 1981, Jimmy Soto was tried and convicted for a double murder he did not commit.
The bestselling author of legal thrillers has co-written a work of non-fiction: "Framed," a collection of stories about people wrongfully convicted of crimes, and the fight to exonerate them.
