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May 31, 2019

Exonerated Death Row Prisoner Harold Wilson Dies at 61
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And Harold Wilson, who spent 17 years in prison-most of it on death
row-for a crime he did not commit, died May 18 from complications from a
stroke. He was 61 years old. In 1989, Harold Wilson was convicted of a
triple murder and sentenced to death by a Pennsylvania jury. A decade
later, Wilson's death sentence was overturned due to ineffective
counsel. However, his murder convictions were not reversed, and he
remained on death row for years. Finally, in October of 2005, Wilson won
a new trial and was acquitted of all charges after DNA evidence proved
his innocence. Speaking to Democracy Now! just after his exoneration,
Wilson said he was released with 65 cents and a bus token.

Harold Wilson: "It's like, you know, after 18 years of dealing with the
injustice system, all the abuse-the physical, mental abuse-I'm placed
back in society with nothing, just the shelter of family. You know, no
means of livelihood, no means of support, no financial bank account, no
credit card. No compensation whatsoever."



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