On Sept. 5, 2023, Jesse Johnson walked out of jail a free man. He’d spent a quarter century incarcerated, including 17 years on death row, for a crime he always insisted he didn’t commit: the 1998 ...
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Jesse Johnson walked out of the Marion County Jail on Sept. 5, 2023, as a free man after 25 years behind bars in Oregon. Two years later, he’s suing the state and the ...