Photo by Nicole Safker

Members of the Gainesville Community Playhouse, including UF Law Senior Legal Skills Professor Patricia Thomson, at left, performed “The Exonerated” on the UF Law campus Nov. 6.

The play employed a versatile cast to tell the stories of six people wrongfully convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death; two of them were convicted and sentenced in Florida.

The people chronicled in the play eventually were exonerated and got out of prison, but only after substantial prison time on death row.

UF Law Senior Legal Skills Professor Henry Winhyk (not pictured) also performed in the production. The performance was free and was performed as a special event for the law school.

This is a special presentation for UF Law students and faculty. There is no charge.

The play tells the true stories of six people who were sent to death row (three in Florida) for crimes they did not commit. Each was eventually exonerated and released. The action and dialogue is taken from interviews, letters, transcripts, case files and the public record. Senior legal skills professors Henry Wihnyk and Pat Thomson will perform in the production.

Read more information and history about the play.