Entries tagged with “Ryan Matthews”
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,Feb 17, 2020
Exoneree Ryan Matthews Calls for Ending Louisiana’s Death Penalty: “I Know Capital Punishment Doesn’t Work”
DNA exonerated Ryan Matthews in 2004, after he had spent five years on death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola for a murder he did not commit. In December 2019, he received his college degree. “I’m so used to obstacles getting in my way,” Matthews, told Nola.com. “But that won’t stop me. When one door shuts, I work to get another one to…