Cedric Willis

In a tragic turn of events, Cedric Willis, a 44-year-old man who had endured 12 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, was shot and killed on June 24, 2019, in Jackson, Mississippi. His life was cut short just two blocks from his home, leaving a community to grapple with the senseless loss of a man who had already overcome immense injustice.

Years before his untimely death, Cedric Willis's life was irrevocably altered in 1994 when, at the age of 19, he was wrongfully convicted of ...

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Cedric Willis - National Registry of Exonerations