Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Turn 'im Loose Tuesday

I just wanted to recap yesterday and let everyone know what's going on. We started out in front of the courthouse with our "public display of discontent" at 8am. Dwayne Dail came down to help us get the word out that Greg should be released now. Dwayne is really an interesting guy to talk to and puts his whole heart into helping other wrongfully convicted people. There were 4 TV stations that arrived plus a reporter from the Greensboro News & Record. The event was covered by the media very well. From the stories I saw running it looked like the stations were pretty accurate. Let me know if you saw anything I need to take a look at.
Our family was able to attend a dinner held for the  NC Center for Actual Innocence. Darryl Hunt, Dwayne Dail, and John Grisham were the speakers. Darryl and Dwayne were in prison for wrongful convictions and released many years later. The stories of what these two men went through were really heartbreaking and all too familiar. Both are now focusing their lives on helping people that have been through the same situation. We were recognized as family members of Greg Taylor which was one of those bittersweet moments. It was good because Gregs case gained more exposure in front of many people in a field that can help, and bad because of the reason we found ourselves there. Author John Grisham was a former prosecutor that has written many novels and one book based on a true story  book about the justice system.  Mr. Grisham is a big supporter of Innocence Projects across the Country.  Greg has read everyone of Grishams' books except for the last one which he hasn't been able to start yet. Mr. Grisham was kind enough to sign a copy of "The Innocent Man" for Greg.

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