He Went To Prison For A Murder He Didn't Commit, Then Met The Man Who Put Him There
Rickey Jackson served nearly four decades of a life sentence. Recently, he sat down with the man whose false testimony led to his wrongful conviction.
Rickey Jackson spent nearly four decades in prison for a crime he didn't commit.
In May of 1975, when a shopkeeper at a small Cleveland grocery store was murdered during a robbery, Eddie Vernon, then 12 years old, served as the main witness in the case. Eddie — who in fact, hadn't seen anything — says he was pressured into testifying by police.
