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Ru-El Sailor’s story is one of resilience, truth, and the unbreakable will to reclaim a life stolen. In 2003, the Cleveland native was wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to a future he did not deserve. For 15 years, he fought to prove what he had always known—he was innocent.
With the dedication of the Ohio Innocence Project, new evidence emerged that exposed false testimony and confirmed Ru-El was nowhere near the crime. In 2018, he walked out of prison a free man, exonerated and determined to transform his pain into purpose.