Breaking the Chains of Injustice Ronald Cotton's Journey to Freedom

... heart of the DNA exonerations of falsely convicted people like Ronald Cotton, who has now forgiven his accuser, Jennifer Thompson. In 1985, a young white woman named Jennifer Thompson told a North Carolina courtroom that the man on trial, Ronald Cotton, a black ... Ronald Cotton clearly remembers his first meal as an almost free man. Bound by handcuffs, he sat at a McDonald's with two prison officers ... University of. Washington School of Law. Transcript: Gates PSL Speaker Series "Picking Cotton". Ronald Cotton and Jennifer Thompson-Cannino. April ... 148 Followers, 114 Following, 32 Posts - Ronald Cotton (@cottonronald) on Instagram: "" Ronald Cotton is pictured with Jennifer Thompson, a sexual assault victim who mistakenly identified Cotton as her attacker. Ronald Cotton, wrongly accused and convicted of sexual assault; co-author of The New York Times Bestseller Picking Cotton. Episode 36 - The Wrongful Conviction of Ronald Cotton. In July of 1984, a man broke into the apartment of Jennifer Thompson in Burlington, North ... Jennifer worked with police to create a composite sketch, then identified a man named Ronald Cotton in the photo and physical lineups police ... Set free on wrongful conviction, too, Ronald Cotton elated to see Ronnie Long go home.