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Guest Speakers Ru-El Sailor and Chris Miller - Black History Month Event
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Ru-El Sailor was convicted of murder, kidnapping, and assault in June of 2003. Sailors’s co defendant signed a sworn statement that Sailor was not even with him on the night of the murder. In 2018, after 15 years in prison, Sailor was released from prison. In November of 2022, he was declared wrongfully convicted.
Chris Miller was convicted of sexual assault, robbery, kidnapping, and other chrages in 2022. Despite the fact that there was no DNA evidence that Miller committed the crime he was charged with, he was sentenced to 40 years in prison. Same as Sailor, Miller was extonerated from prison in 2018. In August of 2021, he was declared wrongfully convicted.
Cuyahoga County leads the state of Ohio in wrongful convictions. This is a major issue for the Cleveland community, but specifically for Black Clevelanders. Black Americans are 53% of the over 3,000 exonerations recorded in the National Registry of Exonerations. Moreover, innocent Black Americans are over 7 times more likely to be convicted of murder than innocent white people. Look here for more information on these statistics. There are things that we as students can do to support individuals who are wrongfully convicted, and help prevent putting more innocent people in prison. Starting by uplifting Black exoneree’s voices is one way we can raise awareness of this injustice plaguing Cleveland.
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Law School Room 157
11075 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44106, United States
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Ru-El Sailor
Ohio Innocence Project
Ru-El Sailor was convicted of murder, kidnapping, and assault in June of 2003. Sailors’s co defendant signed a sworn statement that Sailor was not even with him on the night of the murder. In 2018, after 15 years in prison, Sailor was released from prison. In November of 2022, he was declared wrongfully convicted.
Chris Miller
Ohio Innocence Project
Chris Miller was convicted of sexual assault, robbery, kidnapping, and other chrages in 2022. Despite the fact that there was no DNA evidence that Miller committed the crime he was charged with, he was sentenced to 40 years in prison. Same as Sailor, Miller was extonerated from prison in 2018. In August of 2021, he was declared wrongfully convicted.