The Power of Truth How Ronald Cotton Reclaimed His Freedom

In January 1985, Ronald Cotton was convicted by a jury of one count of rape and one count of burglary. In a second trial, in November 1987, ... Ronald Cotton would go on to serve 11 years for the crime until a chance meeting with another prisoner would give Cotton the legal grounding ... The rape of Jennifer Thompson was horrific. But police procedures at the time, in 1984, caused her to accuse the wrong man. When he was finally exonerated by ... Ronald Cotton is found guilty ... He was 71 years old. Ronny was proceeded in death by his father, William “Cotton” Greenman; mother, Hilda; niece, Melissa Greenman; and nephew, ... 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 ... Ronald Cotton. Self: After Innocence. Ronald Cotton · Eyewitness Testimony Part 1 · Eyewitness Testimony Part 2 · Thompon & Cotton forgive · Wrongful Conviction: Jimmy Dennis Was Sentenced to Death | ... He was 71 years old. Ronny was proceeded in death by father, William "Cotton" Greenman, mother Hilda, niece, Melissa Greenman, and nephew, Emile ...