Ginny Embraces Her Prison Pen Pal as a Free Man After He Served 28 Years for a Crime He Didn’t Commit

What makes a 49-year-old man, wrongfully convicted, reflect on his time behind bars and see motives for gratitude instead of anger? For Lamar Johnson, it was the friendship formed with his now 80-year-old pen pal, Ginny Schrappen.

After all, she had defended his innocence for decades.

A Long-Overdue Hug 

In the weeks after his releas...

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