As you can imagine, adjusting to freedom after spending 17 years as an innocent person on Death Row must be extremely difficult. When Ernest walked off Death Row on Oct 6th, 2010, he was given $100, 10 days of medication, and the plaid shirt, green pants and white running shoes he had on.

While nothing can make up for 17 years of wrongful imprisonment, we hoped that with our members help we could send a small message to Ernest that we all care about him and his family and that we wish him the best during his first holiday season after his release.

We created the Texas Death Penalty Innocence Freedom Fund to help Ernest and future innocents freed from Texas Death Row. Please donate what you can to Ernest and his familiy.

We reached our goal of collecting $1,000 dollars to send to Ernest.

Thank you and Happy Holidays to everyone who donated,

Texas Moratorium Network

The next time an innocent person is released from Texas Death Row, we hope to be able to help that person with a donation just as we helped Ernest Willis.

You can donate online through paypal by clicking here or on the logo below.

You can also donate by sending a check made out to Texas Moratorium Network to:

Texas Moratorium Network
3616 Far West Blvd, Suite 117, Box 251 B
Austin, Texas 78731

Please indicate on your check that your donation is for "Ernest Willis". Donations to TMN are not tax-deductible.

We received a message from Ernest Willis after we told him of the success of this campaign and sent him the $1,000.

"Hello,
I do appreciate the donations & your time & help in getting the donations. Yes, the state of Texas gave me $100.00 when I was released & that was all. I am doing okay since my release & am very happy to be free. I have not had any problems adjusting to the life out here.

Again -I do appreciate the help, it is greatly appreciated as I do need it".

Thank You,
Ernest Willis