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Overtime, it was pretty clear what the Lord was doing in our hearts, and now we’re sitting here today,” said Moore. “I was interested in learning, got to know him and over the last 13 years, we have developed a friendship and entered into this huge battle to get him home. The WNBA champion describes learning of Irons and his story from family members while an 18-year-old college freshman. “We got married a couple of months ago, and we’re excited to share this new chapter of life together.”ĭuring the interview, Moore shares the timeline of their love story, beginning when she met him. “We wanted to announce today that we are super excited to continue the work that we’ve been doing together, but doing it as a married couple,” Moore said. In September, she announced that the two had married. He was released last July 1 after serving 23 years. After her sixth season with the Minnesota Lynx, she left that career behind to help Irons become free. And hopefully creating a deterrent to stop this from happening to someone else.”Īs previously reported by theGrio, Moore, out of women’s basketball powerhouse UConn, was a 2-time NCAA champion and a 4-time WNBA champion. “This lawsuit is about publicly exposing what has happened to me, sharing the truth, and creating public awareness. “I am not the only person that this has happened to,” he told Roberts. He hopes to prevent additional wrongful convictions from occurring. Now free, Irons is pursuing a civil lawsuit against the authorities who investigated his case. In 2020, the women’s basketball league dedicated its season to social justice. Moore and Irons’ love story underscores the commitment of WNBA players to advocacy and prison reform. Read More: A’ja Wilson speaks on WNBA’s fight for social change and life inside the ‘Wubble’ His DNA, fingerprints, footprints, nor any physical evidence were ever linked to the crime, but an all-white jury convicted him anyway. Irons was just 16 when he was arrested for a nonfatal shooting of a white homeowner during a burglary.
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But as Moore shined a light on details of his case, a series of problems even began to be acknowledged by the judge who later vacated his convictions. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Initially, Irons faced a 50-year sentence for burglary and assault in Missouri. "It was scary but such a wonderful thing." "I got to hold a baby for the first time in 22 years," said Irons, though he and Moore don't have children and didn't say who's baby he held.
Irons said he has appreciated the little things people take for granted since his release on July 1, 2020. A Missouri man was freed from prison Wednesday after a county prosecutor declined to retry his case, punctuating years of work by WNBA star Maya Moore and other supporters who argued he was falsely convicted of burglary and assault charges. The couple went to California and has also visited the Grand Canyon.
Charles County law enforcement authorities who his attorney says framed him, has taken advantage of his freedom over the last year.
Irons, who filed a civil suit against the St. Moore has always been a private person, rarely giving the public a glimpse of her life until now. He was in prison when she died said in the show that he didn't find out she has passed away until a few weeks after she died. After he was released, Irons visited the home where he grew up with his grandmother and also visited her gravesite. The documentary shows footage of Moore and Irons during their journey the last few years as she tried to help him get his conviction overturned. I'm really excited for people to hear and share some of these things directly from me." "The Arthur Ashe award gives me the opportunity to take a little more time to talk about what really matters.
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