Ex-Death Row Inmate Establishes Scholarship for Attorney Who Freed Him
Taylor Berman · 10/17/13 10:01AMAnthony Graves, who spent 18 years in prison–12 of them on death row–for murder before he was exonerated in 2010, wanted to use some of his $1.45 million settlement to repay Nicole Cásarez, the Houston attorney and journalism professor who spent eight years working for his freedom. But he knew it would be tough to convince her to take a gift from him.