Johnnie Savory, an information specialist and paralegal at Rainbow/PUSH, shed tears as he spoke about the 30 years he spent behind bars for a double murder.
Johnnie Savory, an information specialist and paralegal at Rainbow/PUSH, shed tears as he spoke about the 30 years he spent behind bars for a double murder.
Savory –– who was set free at age 44 –– oversees the Innocence Project at PUSH. Jonathan Jackson is also over the initiative that focuses on removing the innocent from prison.
“It’s too painful to continue to relive and relive over and over and over,” Savory said during the opening day of the organization’s 40th annual conference, adding he hopes to get pardoned by Gov. Pat Quinn.
Savory said he hopes the Black press continues to give a voice to the voiceless and “hammer away with the cases of innocence.”
The project is currently working on releases for five Black men who were cleared through DNA testing, among other cases.
Copyright 2011 Chicago Defender
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