Marvin Grimm Jr. spent 45 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. He lost his freedom, his family, and nearly every milestone of life most people take for granted. Even after his release, he was forced to register as a sex offender for four more years — until DNA evidence finally proved his […]
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U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond. (Photo by Parker Michels-Boyce for The Virginia Mercury)
Marvin Grimm Jr. spent 45 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. He lost his freedom, his family, and nearly every milestone of life most people take for granted. Even after his release, he was forced to register as a sex offender for four more years — until DNA evidence finally proved his innocence last year.
Marvin Grimm. (Courtesy of Marvin Grimm via Innocence Project)
“I lost 96% of my adult life because of that [and] I missed out on all the things that most folks take for granted — weddings, birthdays, family, trips, and holidays with family,” Grimm told a House subcommittee last week.
