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WNBA Star Maya Moore: From Prison Reform To Marriage

39 min · 2. okt. 2020
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In 2019, at the peak of her career, Moore decided to leave the WNBA to focus on freeing Jonathon Irons. At the age of 16, Irons was sentenced to 50 years in a Missouri state prison burglary and assault. He wasn't eligible for parole for another 20 years. Taking on this task would come with no guarantees of success. In March, Irons and Moore received their long-awaited breakthrough. A Missouri judge vacated Irons' 1998 conviction. And after a string of failed appeals and the Supreme Court refusing to take the case, the lead prosecutor in St. Charles County, Missouri, declined a retrial for Irons. A few months later, Moore and Iron secretly wed... Did Maya marry down, or is this just a fantastic love story Tune in and hear our thoughts

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WNBA Star Maya Moore: From Prison Reform To Marriage

In 2019, at the peak of her career, Moore decided to leave the WNBA to focus on freeing Jonathon Irons. At the age of 16, Irons was sentenced to 50 years in a Missouri state prison burglary and assault. He wasn't eligible for parole for another 20 years. Taking on this task would come with no guarantees of success. In March, Irons and Moore received their long-awaited breakthrough. A Missouri judge vacated Irons' 1998 conviction. And after a string of failed appeals and the Supreme Court refusing to take the case, the lead prosecutor in St. Charles County, Missouri, declined a retrial for Irons. A few months later, Moore and Iron secretly wed... Did Maya marry down, or is this just a fantastic love story Tune in and hear our thoughts

2. okt. 202039 min