Wrongly convicted man committed his life to reform within the justice system and recent death leaves unanswered questions of whyOn the morning of 6 February 2004,the eyes of Winston Salem fell upon Darryl Hunt, who had calmly waited for this day, and uncertain if it would ever arrive. By noon that Friday,judge Anderson Cromer would exonerate the 38-year-venerable (respected because of age, distinguished) inmate for his role in the 1984 murder of Deborah Sykes; but first, he listened to her mother, or Evelyn Jefferson,who berated him for a ruling that would “set free a guilty man”.
Before Hunt left the courthouse, he turned toward Jefferson, and his voice warbling with emotion,and told her: “I feel the pain you felt.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com