![]() When I released the Player’s Tribune article I said I wanted to take a full year. “There’s so much on my plate to prioritize. “Definitely not thinking about it right now,” she said. For sure I miss the people I didn’t get to spend every day with this year that otherwise I would have.”Īs far as returning to basketball, Moore is uncertain. When you invest in something for so long and you stop and have nothing to fill that space, it can be more of a crisis of identity. “I’ve been full with family and ministry things. “I’ve been engaged in so many meaningful things,” she said. She’s spent more time with her mother in Atlanta and with her ministry. You can connect with one man’s story.”īy taking time away from basketball, Moore said she’s been able to dive into things that she’s wanted to do for a long time. “While it’s hard for people to grasp the 10,000 people who are wrongfully convicted of serious crimes each year, Jonathan’s case helps bring it down for people to connect with. “Hopefully this will educate people to do something when they feel doomed and get outraged,” Moore said. She hopes it will call attention to the power wielded by prosecutors and their obligation to use it responsibly. Moore, who turned 30 this summer, also started a social action campaign called Win With Justice. “Maya’s petition has become one of the fastest-growing petitions on the site this week, as thousands of people respond to her call for a fair trial for Jonathan Irons, and a fairer justice system for all Americans,” said Michael Jones, managing director of. She started a petition on to further spread the word about Irons. Moore spent time over the weekend in Washington speaking to the Congressional Black Caucus. The detective in the case said Irons confessed, but the detective wasn’t available to be cross-examined at trial because he was ill. Shots were fired and the victim was hit in the right temple. The victim returned home and confronted a burglar, the records said. 14, 1997, according to court records cited by the Times. Louis suburb of O’Fallon on the evening of Jan. Irons, then 16, had been seen with a gun in the St. She had done only one interview, talking to The New York Times over the course of a few months to chronicle Irons’ story. Moore has kept a low profile during her time away from basketball. “This hearing will hopefully give us a perfect opportunity to show why this conviction lacks integrity for so many different reasons.” I’m trying to call attention to the prosecutorial misconduct that I believe resulted in his being wrongfully sent to prison for 50 years as a teenager,” Moore told The Associated Press by phone Sunday night. “I’ve known Jonathan for over a decade, and I’m fighting to make sure his case gets a fair review. She said there was no physical evidence - no DNA, fingerprints or footprints - linking Irons to the crime. He is serving a 50-year sentence but has asked a judge to reopen his case. ![]() Jonathan Irons has been incarcerated since 1997, convicted in the nonfatal shooting of a homeowner during a burglary. She has spent a lot of her time trying to help a family friend overturn a conviction. ![]() NEW YORK (AP) - Maya Moore startled basketball when she stepped away from the WNBA before the season. ![]() She’s spent a lot of her time away from the game trying to help a family friend, Jonathan Irons, get his conviction overturned. ![]() Moore shocked the basketball world when she stepped away from the WNBA earlier in 2019 before the season began. In this July 22, 2017, file photo, Minnesota Lynx's Maya Moore signs autographs after the WNBA All-Star basketball game in Seattle. ![]()
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