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Innocent Man Released from Prison after Nine Years, Four on Death Row

Manuel Velez was sentenced to death due to injustices that continue to plague our justice system; only luck saved his life

HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2014.  At 11:32 p.m. CT today, Manuel Velez stepped out of the Huntsville Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as a free man after nine years behind bars, four of them on death row, all for a crime he didn’t commit.

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“Manuel never belonged in prison, let alone on death row…

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