- On Wednesday, Valentino Dixon was made a free man after spending 27 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.
- Dixon's innocence was eventually brought about thanks in part to "Golf Digest," which had taken an interest in Dixon's case after seeing his art depicting golf holes.
- The attention brought by the magazine's reporting on Dixon led to new media attention and began a process that ended in his innocence and release.
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'Golf Digest' helps free an innocent man who spent 27 years in jail on a murder conviction
After spending 27 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of murder, Valentino Dixon walked free on Wednesday, thanks in part to 'Golf Digest' and his brilliant artwork.
In 2012, "Golf Digest" published the story of Valentino Dixon, an inmate
In addition to taking an interest in his work, "Golf Digest" also took a closer look at his murder conviction in 1991. Dixon had maintained his innocence, and as the magazine investigated, it found that the case against him was rather flimsy, and eventually published an explanation of what they found alongside Dixon's story.
The new look at the evidence brought the attention of local media, and with it civil justice groups, and now, six years later, Dixon is free, thanks in part to the attention "Golf Digest" helped bring to his case.
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Asked what he was planning to do once he left the courthouse, Dixon said, "
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