Crosley Green with his grandniece Blayke Jonathas. Green turned himself into federal authorities on Monday after a 2018 court order granting him a new trial was overturned by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Credit: Pool/Malcolm Denemark Crosley Green Returns to Prison as Crowell Pro Bono Team Holds Out Hope for Clemency
Green has always affirmed his innocence in a 1989 murder conviction that legal scholars have called a racial hoax.
April 19, 2023 at 05:11 PM
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Faith is the only thing keeping Crosley Green going nowadays. After two years of freedom, the 65-year-old from Titusville, Florida, was ordered back to prison on Monday for a 1989 murder he has always maintained he did not commit.
"I have faith in God that He will find a way. I believe He will show everyone who is willing to look at my case that I deserve to be free," Green said in a statement provided by Crowell & Moring, his pro bono counsel for the last 15 years. "I am not bitter. I am not down and out. I am trying to set an example of faith and hope for my family, for my church, and for my town."
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