Georgetown University: Wrongfully Convicted Man Thanks Georgetown Students Who Helped Free Him

Georgetown welcomed the recently exonerated Valentino Dixon of Buffalo, New York, to share his story on a panel yesterday with three students who successfully challenged his wrongful murder conviction.

Dixon, who was imprisoned for 27 years and released this past September, was joined on stage last night in the university’s Gaston Hall with those students, Julie Fragonas, Isobella Goonetillake (C’18) and Naoya Johnson, along with Marty Tankleff, Georgetown adjunct professor and exoneree, and Max Adler, the editorial director of Golf Digest who publicized Dixon’s plight. Read more here.