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Topic subjectSo Maya Moore is the 🐐
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2715989, So Maya Moore is the 🐐
Posted by Rjcc, Wed Jul-01-20 07:47 PM
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/sports/basketball/maya-moore-jonathan-irons-freed.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCHjLUcKfcF/

Jonathan Irons, whose bid for freedom from a 50-year prison sentence was embraced and pushed by the W.N.B.A. star Maya Moore, walked out of a Missouri penitentiary on Wednesday, nearly four months after a judge overturned his conviction on charges of burglary and assault.

Irons, 40, an African-American man convicted at age 18, was met by Moore, her family, and other supporters who hugged him and cheered outside the Jefferson City Correctional Center, a maximum-security prison off a countryside thruway called No More Victims Road. At one point, Moore sunk to her knees as if in prayerful astonishment.

“I feel like I can live life now,” Irons said. “I’m free, I’m blessed, I just want to live my life worthy of God’s help and influence.” He added: “I thank everybody who supported me — Maya and her family.”

not really trying to hear arguments


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2715992, ...damn.
Posted by dillinjah, Wed Jul-01-20 10:43 PM
2715998, she really is...
Posted by CyrenYoung, Thu Jul-02-20 01:51 AM
..what an amazing amount of compassion and effort.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...
2716001, seriously, she’s so dope...
Posted by Dstl1, Thu Jul-02-20 08:30 AM
I’d highly recommend for anyone wanting to hear her talk about how she got involved in this...check her out on LeBatard’s South Beach Sessions pod from this past March. It’s amazing to hear her speak on it.
2716059, she is what people say they want stars to be
Posted by Rjcc, Fri Jul-03-20 02:56 AM

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2716016, as someone who is passionate about justice reform and...
Posted by PROMO, Thu Jul-02-20 11:26 AM
wrongful convictions, i applaud Maya Moore on so many levels.

i wish i had the ability to help the way she has because she hasn't JUST helped Irons; she's brought attention to wrongful convictions in general and that's soooooooooooo important.
2716064, Yep
Posted by ThaTruth, Fri Jul-03-20 09:11 AM
2716073, A True American hero. Period.
Posted by allStah, Fri Jul-03-20 10:53 AM

And the WNBA needs to create an award in her name to honor those
with outstanding community and social achievements - that’s if one does not already exist.

2716147, Awesome story, infinite respect to Moore as a player and a person.
Posted by ConcreteCharlie, Mon Jul-06-20 07:53 PM
2716536, RE: So Maya Moore is the 🐐
Posted by Beamer6178, Mon Jul-20-20 05:09 PM
No question.

She needs a medal of freedom for REAL.
2716542, big respect!!
Posted by agentzero, Tue Jul-21-20 04:15 AM
2720338, RE: So Maya Moore is the 🐐
Posted by Dstl1, Wed Sep-16-20 08:28 AM
https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1306221784400887809?s=20
2720341, ok then
Posted by Rjcc, Wed Sep-16-20 08:39 AM

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2720433, good for them. not expected but it makes sense.
Posted by PROMO, Wed Sep-16-20 04:40 PM
go thru something that emotional and with such high stakes with someone for years, you likely to have a real love and affinity for that person.
2720486, He can’t EVER cheat on her
Posted by ThaTruth, Thu Sep-17-20 10:19 AM
2720365, always been cut from a different cloth
Posted by Castro, Wed Sep-16-20 10:12 AM
2720377, this is really some movie type shit.
Posted by Reeq, Wed Sep-16-20 10:47 AM
2720431, Really!
Posted by ThaTruth, Wed Sep-16-20 03:40 PM
2720483, its about to be- Robin Roberts is going to do a film about it.
Posted by Castro, Thu Sep-17-20 10:11 AM