Terry Talley Is A Free Man After Spending 40 Years In A Georgia Prison For A Crime He Didn t Commit blackenterprise.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from blackenterprise.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Terry Talley was convicted in 1981 for a series of sexual assaults. He was released last month. Author: Michael King (11ALIVE) Updated: 5:40 PM EST March 4, 2021
LAGRANGE, Ga. The Georgia Innocence Project, together with Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney Herb Cranford Jr., has been able to secure the exoneration of a 63-year-old man for four separate wrongful convictions for a series of violent sexual assaults in LaGrange, Ga., in 1981.
Terry Talley walked out of Dooly State Prison on Feb. 23, 2021, marking the end of more than a decade of work by the Georgia Innocence Project on his behalf. For the past several years, their efforts included collaborations with the LaGrange Police Department.
63-year-old man exonerated for 4 wrongful convictions in 1981, released from prison Michael King
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The Georgia Innocence Project, together with Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney Herb Cranford Jr., has been able to secure the exoneration of a 63-year-old man for four separate wrongful convictions for a series of violent sexual assaults in LaGrange, Ga., in 1981.
Terry Talley walked out of Dooly State Prison on Feb. 23, 2021, marking the end of more than a decade of work by the Georgia Innocence Project on his behalf. For the past several years, their efforts included collaborations with the LaGrange Police Department.
“Today is such a blessing. Words can’t describe how it feels to finally be free after all these years,” Talley said on the day he was freed, according to a statement. “I’m so thankful for my family, who kept me going all this time, and for the Georgia Innocence Project, who never gave up.”
Georgia man freed after spending 40 years in prison for crimes he didn’t commit WSBTV.com News Staff
For the first time in 40 years, Terry Talley is a free man. The 63-year-old spent the majority of his life in prison for crimes he did not commit.
Talley walked out of the Dooly State Prison on Feb. 23. He described the moment as a “blessing.”
“Today is such a blessing. Words can’t describe how it feels to finally be free after all these years,” Talley said. “I’m so thankful for my family, who kept me going all this time, and for the Georgia Innocence Project, who never gave up.”