Wrongly Convicted Friend Of WBNA Star Maya Moore Gets Sentence Vacated
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via EEWMagazine/Article By James Washington
WNBA Star Maya Moore left the game to help a friend Jonathan Irons, get his conviction overturned.
Well, today, Moore contacted Irons in state prison to let him know that the judge had ruled in his favor. It was a sweet moment indeed.
As previously reported by EEW Magazine Online, Irons has been incarcerated since 1997 after he was convicted in the nonfatal shooting of a homeowner during a burglary. He is serving a 50-year sentence despite there being no physical evidence — no DNA, fingerprints or footprints — linking Irons to the crime.
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