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This week: The story of Charles Thompson

How does an innocent boy end up on death row? The Grass Beneath His Feet recounts the life of Charles Victor Thompson, who after falling in love; found himself in a disturbing chain of events that would change his life forever. This re-telling of his story is extracted directly from the journals of Charles Victor Thompson himself where his childhood, his true love, and his ultimate escape from death row are revealed. For this first time, readers can enjoy the intimate details of the escape that shocked the entire nation. America?s Most Wanted, CNN, The World News all wanted to know the same question: How did this man manage to escape from the most notorious death row system in the country? The Grass Beneath His Feet also introduces Charles to the people, not as a murderer, but as a man fighting to prove that there were many flaws in his legal process that kept him from proving that he does not meet criteria for capital punishment.

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Very sadly, Max Soffar just died of cancer on death row in Texas. He is one of the 6% of prisoners on death row who have died of causes other than an execution. He had always maintained his innocence.
A good article reviewing his case in the Houston press has concluded:We'll never know what would have come of Soffar's latest appeals. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently agreed to hear his case, perhaps one of the last chances he would have had at an exoneration. The court was scheduled to hear oral arguments tomorrow.

Over the years, attorneys and various organisations and supporters have pointed repeatedly to his case as one of a grave miscarriage of justice.

For example, back in 2007, John Holdridge, Director of the ACLU Capital Punishment project  had declared:

Max Soffar was part of the cases we were following and our thoughts go to his family and friends. May Max Soffar rest in peace -
And  long live the Innocents.