The Exoneree Band performed live last week in guitarist Raymond Towler’s hometown, Cleveland, Ohio. Among the concert attendees were several students from the Ohio Innocence Project who traveled from Cincinnati to Cleveland to see the band play. The band features Raymond Towler (Ohio) on guitar; William Michael Dillon (Florida) on guitar and vocals; Antoine Day (Illinois) on vocals and drums; Eddie Lowery (Kansas) guitar and vocals; Ted Bradford (Washington) on bass; and Alan Northrop (Washington) drums. Each member was once imprisoned for a crime they did not commit. Collectively, they served over 100 years for these crimes before being exonerated.
Blog Editor
Mark Godsey
Daniel P. & Judith L. Carmichael Professor of Law, University of Cincinnati College of Law; Director, Center for the Global Study of Wrongful Conviction; Director, Rosenthal Institute for Justice/Ohio Innocence ProjectOrder Here
Contributing Editors
Justin Brooks
Professor, California Western School of Law; Director, California Innocence ProjectOrder his book Wrongful Convictions Cases & Materials 2d ed. hereCheah Wui Ling
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of SingaporeDaniel Ehighalua
Nigerian BarristerJessica S. Henry
Associate Professor of Justice Studies, Montclair UniversityCarey D. Hoffman
Director of Digital Communications, Ohio Innocence Project@OIPCommunicati1Shiyuan Huang
Associate Professor, Shandong University Law School; Visiting Scholar, University of Cincinnati College of LawC Ronald Huff
Professor of Criminology, Law & Society and Sociology, University of California-IrvinePhil Locke
Science and Technology Advisor, Ohio Innocence Project and Duke Law Wrongful Convictions ClinicDr. Carole McCartney
Reader in Law, Faculty of Business and Law, Northumbria UniversityNancy Petro
Author and Advocate Order her book False Justice hereKana Sasakura
Professor, Faculty of Law, Konan University Innocence Project JapanDr. Robert Schehr
Professor, Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Northern Arizona University; Executive Director, Arizona Innocence ProjectUlf Stridbeck
Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, NorwayMartin Yant
Author and Private Investigator Order his book Presumed Guilty here
Ray Towler. One of the finest men I’ve ever met.
Bill Dillon. One of the finest men I’ve met and an amazing singer. Brought down the house at the Atlanta Innocence Network Conference, 2010, with the song he wrote and sung, “Black Robes and Lawyers”.