KENTUCKY
COALITION to
ABOLISH the
DEATH
PENALTY
P.O. Box 3092 * Louisville, KY 40201-3092 * 502.636.1330 © staff@kcadp.org * www.kcadp.org
MEDIA ALERT: INNOCENT DEATH ROW INMATE TOURING KENTUCKY
CONTACT: Shekinah Lavalle, Outreach Coordinator, KCADP - 502-636-1330
Kate Miller, Program Director, ACLU of Kentucky -(office) 502-581-9746; (cell) 502-648-7262;
kate@ aclu-ky.org
The ACLU of Kentucky, a key partner of KCADP, is hosting another Witness to Innocence Tour.
Gary Drinkard spent close to six years on Alabama’s death row before being exonerated in 2001. He was
sentenced to death in 1995 for the robbery and murder of a 65-year-old automotive junk dealer in
Decatur, Alabama. Unable to afford an attorney, he was assigned two lawyers with no experience trying
criminal cases. Despite being at home at the time of the murders, and suffering from a debilitating back
injury, Gary was convicted and sentenced to death.
Gary maintained his innocence. Amazingly, the conviction rested primarily on testimony by Gary's half-
sister and her common-law husband, both facing charges for unrelated crimes. In exchange for testifying,
all the charges against Gary’s half-sister were dismissed.
In 2000, the Alabama Supreme Court ordered a new trial because of prosecutorial misconduct, and with
the help of the Southern Center for Human Rights, Gary won an acquittal in 2001.
Gary will be telling his story at the following places and times. He is available for telephone interviews
now and throughout his visit to Kentucky.
BARDSTOWN — Mon: Sept. 22
Basilica of St. ) oseph, 310 West Stephen Foster Ave.
7:00 — 8:30 PM
HOPKINSVILLE — Tue: Sept. 23
Hopkinsville Community & Technical College, 720 North Dr.
NOON — 1:00 PM
Sts. Peter & Paul Church, 902 E 9th St.
6:00 — 7:30 PM
EDGEWOOD - Sept. 24
Gateway Community and Technical College, 790 Thomas More Parkway
Lower Building, Room E-101
7:00 — 8:30 PM
LOUISVILLE — Sept. 25
Wildwood Country Club, 5000 Bardstown Rd.
NOON —1:00 PM This event takes place with a Rotary Club. Open to the public, but $10 for lunch
University of Louisville-Brandeis School of Law, 2301 South Third Street
4:15 — 5:30 PM
J EFFERSONTOWN ~ Sept. 26
St. Edward Church, 9608 Sue Helen Dr.
6:30 — 7:30 PM (includes dinner)
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