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Journey of Hope Stops in San Antonio

By Steve Hall

Cary Clack writes, "A journey of hope starts on death row ," for his column in today's San Antonio Express-News. By the time Shujaa Graham rose to the podium Sunday morning in an East Side church, tears were already rolling down his black cheeks and into his white beard. Looking upward before his gaze swept the church, Graham said, "I am profoundly happy to be here in this church. Years ago, I didn't think I'd ever be in a church again." For the next 20 minutes, in a voice that was soft yet riveting in its power, the 59-year-old Graham spoke about the three years he spent on San Quentin's death row before being exonerated in 1979 and freed in 1981. "I can't find the words to describe how it was," he said...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on October 26, 2010 (boomark / email).