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    He Went To Prison For A Murder He Didn't Commit, Then Met The Man Who Put Him There

    Rickey Jackson served nearly four decades of a life sentence. Recently, he sat down with the man whose false testimony led to his wrongful conviction.
    by Jud Esty-Kendall Jan 05, 2018 2 minutes
    Rickey Jackson (left) and Eddie Vernon, met one-on-one for the first time in 2014, after Eddie corrected his 1975 testimony that led to the wrongful conviction of Rickey and two other men.

    Rickey Jackson spent nearly four decades in prison for a crime he didn't commit.

    In May of 1975, when a shopkeeper at a small Cleveland grocery store was murdered during a robbery, Eddie Vernon, then 12 years old, served as the main witness in the case. Eddie — who in fact, hadn't seen anything — says he was pressured into testifying by police.

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