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In 1983, a Los Angeles man named Willie Green was arrested for stealing a television set. While in jail, he was placed in a police line-up without cause, identified by a witness who had never seen his face, and ultimately sentenced to prison for a crime – murder – he did not commit.

Through a remarkable sequence of events, Green was released from prison and his named cleared in 2008. He famously left the jail and was given a cell phone to speak to a loved one, only to hand it back to his lawyer, having never used one before.

There’s a lot more to WIllie’s life than his time in prison though. He grew up in rural Mississippi, and became involved in the Civil Rights Movement in Chicago in the 1960s, marching with Martin Luther King, Jr., at one time.

He also became a driver to the stars when he made to Los Angeles, meeting Michael Jackson and others.

I’m thrilled to be involved in the project to bring his life story to light, and will be adding more updates as they come about over the next three months.