Anthony Graves is perhaps Texas’ most famous death row exoneree. After spending 18 years on death row for a crime he did not commit, he won release in 2010. Under a 2005 Texas law, Graves also had to fight to be pardoned, or ruled to be “actually innocent,” to receive compensation. Since then, he has become an author, an internationally known human rights advocate, and the founder of a foundation that helps others who have been wrongfully incarcerated.
Graves reflected on his experiences and on the innocence movement in Texas along with Nicole Casarez, the Houston attorney whose work helped exonerate him 10 years ago.
