Read the record. See what changed.

A clear chronology of Albert Ward’s murder, JJ’s arrest and wrongful conviction, the legal and reporting fight, 23 years of wrongful incarceration, clemency, release, presidential acknowledgment, DNA reinvestigation, and exoneration.

A consolidated account of the identification failures, evidence gaps, recantations, alternate lead, DNA exclusion, and ultimate exoneration.

The crime scene, original broadcast description, police command post, physical evidence, and early leads recorded before JJ became the focus.

The scientific and procedural context behind the cross-racial identifications that drove JJ’s conviction.

A careful reconstruction of the robbery and fatal shooting inside the illegal Harlem gambling joint Ward owned and operated.

The first response, crime-scene work, broad suspect search, and investigative choices that eventually displaced the original description.

The original descriptions, witness limitations, Daniels identification, Brown photo selection, and six-person lineup.

The identification testimony, unsupported prosecution theory, alibi evidence, hair evidence, verdict, and 25 to Life sentence.

Defense evidence, prosecution responses, court rulings, disputed disclosure claims, DNA testing, and the 2024 dismissal—presented in sequence.

JJ’s family ties, education, leadership during wrongful incarceration, service, and innocence advocacy—updated through release and exoneration.

Education, elected leadership, mutual aid, youth mentorship, community safety, legal advocacy, media, and current public work.

Maria Velazquez, Robert C. Gottlieb, Celia Gordon, Dan Slepian, the later exoneration team, and the long-running digital advocacy that kept the public record available.

How JJ’s letters, Maria Velazquez’s persistence, and Dan Slepian’s 22-year investigation moved through television, podcasts, a book, and an Emmy-winning documentary.

The original campaign homepage introduced JJ’s innocence claim, the identification failures, his alibi, the Dateline investigation, and the movement that kept the case visible.

The original campaign actions, preserved with a clear update now that JJ has been released and exonerated.

Local preservation copies of the 2013 CPL 440 filing, campaign statements, flyers, trifold brochures, social campaign graphics, historical images, and source provenance.