Sherwood Brown: From death row at Parchman to freedom
Former death row inmate Sherwood Brown (at his Parkway Village area apartment on Dec. 2, 2024), was exonerated after spending 28 years behind bars in Mississippi. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
The 1993 deaths of 13-year-old Evangela Boyd, her mother Verline Boyd and grandmother Betty Boyd remain unsolved.
In 1995, Sherwood Brown was convicted of the slayings.
Years later, DNA evidence showed he wasn’t connected to the deaths and in 2021 he was released from prison.
This month, Brown’s pro bono defense team added additional attorneys to help with the lawsuit against the state, which could ultimately pay him up to $500,000.
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Sherwood Brown Parchman prison triple-homicide death row DeSoto County Eudora Mississippi Subscriber OnlyThank you for being a subscriber to The Daily Memphian. Your support is critical.
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Rob Moore
Rob Moore covers North Mississippi for The Daily Memphian. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English from The University of Memphis.
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