Life After Death: The Shocking True Story of a Innocent Man on Death Row (36 page)

At Tucker Max, 1996. After nearly two years in prison, I had only recently begun to have visits from strangers who were sympathetic to my cause. (Grove Pashley)

Both of these photos were taken outside hearings, probably around 1997 and 1998. (Grove Pashley)

In 1996, I met my future wife, Lorri Davis, when she wrote me a letter telling me she’d seen the first documentary made about the West Memphis Three. She gave me these photos, which I kept hidden in my cell for years.

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The wedding altar. The ceremony, December 3, 1999. Lorri and I are married. It was the first time we were permitted to touch each other. Afterward, author Mara Leveritt and her partner, Linda Bessette, hosted a reception at their home in Little Rock. (Grove Pashley)

Lorri and me; with Lorri’s parents, Harry and Lynn Davis; and my adoptive mother, Cally Salzman, visiting me. The prison charged five dollars for each Polaroid, and to judge from the stacks and stacks of them that Lorri has—one from nearly every visit—the prison photo business was lucrative during my tenure.

A birthday card that I made for Lorri one year. Occasions like this were especially painful; I wanted so much to be with her, to give her gifts, to spend the day with her.

I felt truly blessed, though, just to know she had found me.