Cornelius Dupree -- Exonerated in Texas — Transcript

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1. 0:06[Applause]
2. 0:07ladies and gentlemen Cornelius to
3. 0:11[Applause]
4. 0:16PRI thank you thank you all very
5. 0:20much good
6. 0:22evening thank you all for being
7. 0:24here in support of the Innocence
8. 0:28Project as you all
9. 0:31know there is something wrong with the
10. 0:34system and it needs to be
11. 0:38fixed I went in prison in 1979 it 19
12. 0:42years old and in that process I lost my
13. 0:46mom and my
14. 0:48dad I was not allowed to be
15. 0:51there to give my final respect to their
16. 0:56lives I wrote numerous letters
17. 1:00trying to get out of the
18. 1:02system to churches birs and
19. 1:05organizations only to have the the door
20. 1:08shut in my
21. 1:11face but with the help of the Innocence
22. 1:15Project the innocent project took the
23. 1:18time and effort to read my letter and go
24. 1:22back and do the necessary research that
25. 1:24it
26. 1:25took to set me
27. 1:28free and I'm honored
28. 1:32and very thrilled to be
29. 1:34here out of the
30. 1:36cages out of the web of the
31. 1:39system and I want to let you all know
32. 1:42that there's other there are
33. 1:44others who are
34. 1:46also caught up in the web of the
35. 1:50system uh and I urge you all
36. 1:53today to please continue to support the
37. 1:57innocent project so that no one else
38. 2:00would have to suffer like I did thank
39. 2:03you all very much
40. 2:13[Music]