She did the same thing this season, and will also forfeit her chance to play in this year's Olympic games. In January 2019, she announced that she would sit out the basketball season to work on a few personal goals and focus on freeing Irons and establishing his innocence. Throughout college and her eight-year career with the Lynx, the four-time WNBA champion stayed abreast of Irons' case, and soon he became like family to her. “When I met Jonathan, I was 17, my eyes were open and my mind was blown to the reality of there are people in prison who shouldn't be there,” Moore said. The Jefferson City native said she didn’t know anyone who was in prison growing up and she had no idea of any of their struggles. Moore said her godparents were heavily invested in Irons’ life and his case, and wanted to teach her about the criminal justice system and how it treats people of color. Moore, 30, first learned of Irons’ case through her godparents and her great-uncle, who had been working with Irons in a prison ministry.
Louis man, because a judge overturned his conviction on March 9. He was sentenced to 50 years in prison.Ĭredit Wasserman | Athlete Exchange Jonathan Irons, 40, has served 23 years of a 50-year sentence in a Missouri state prison.
Louis native was later found guilty by an all-white jury. Neither Irons' blood nor his DNA were found on the scene, there were no eyewitnesses to the crime, and his finger and footprints were missing. The state did not present any physical evidence that would have linked Irons to the shooting or home invasion. During the trial, the victim said Irons shot him and burglarized his home. Irons - only 16 at the time - was tried as an adult for the alleged crime. In 1997, he was arrested for burglary and assault in St. Irons, who is now 40, has been in prison for 23 years. “So we were overjoyed, but also still sad because Jonathan is still in prison.” “ was just so satisfying to know that someone who has the power to do something about it actually took that step to do it,” Moore said in an interview one day after the decision. Moore, a two-time Olympic Gold medalist and Minnesota Lynx forward, was among family and friends in a Cole County courtroom when Judge Daniel Green overturned Irons’ conviction for lack of evidence. Since the spring of 2019, WNBA All-Star Maya Moore has not missed a single one of Missouri state inmate Jonathan Irons’ court hearings. Court documents say Cole County Judge Daniel Green “exceeded” his authority and “abused” his discretion in the ruling that overruled Irons' conviction. Schmitt filed a writ of certiorari in the case. Less than one month after a Cole County judge overturned Jonathan Irons’ conviction, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt this week appealed the decision. Updated March 27 with Missouri attorney general’s decision about the Jonathan Irons case
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