In 1992, Ray Krone was sentenced to death in Arizona for a murder and kidnapping that DNA evidence later proved was committed by another man. After serving ten years in prison, some of it on death row, Ray was released and all charges against him were dismissed. He had no criminal record prior to his arrest on these charges.
Ray Crone
Ray’s story is all too familiar. In fact, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, he is one of eight innocent people freed from death row in Arizona alone.
He became the 100th person freed because of innocence since the reinstatement of the death penalty in the United States in 1976.
Come listen to Ray’s powerful story this Sunday. You’ll have two opportunities to hear him, so don’t miss out!
What: Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty presents Innocent on Death Row: The Story of Ray Krone and the Broken Death Penalty System
Where: Evergreen Presbyterian Church, 613 University Street, Memphis, TN
When: 9:30AM Sunday School and 11AM Service
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Where: Church of the Holy Spirit, 2300 Hickory Crest Drive, Memphis, TN
When: 2PM
Josh Spickler is an attorney and the Director of the Defender's Resource Network at the Shelby County Public Defender's Office in Memphis, Tennessee.
