GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A man who spent 20 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit and the sister of a murder victim will share their personal views about capital punishment during two Nebraska appearances.
Miriam Thimm Kelle and Thomas Winslow are scheduled to speak Thursday at Trinity United Methodist Church in Grand Island and on Friday at St. James Catholic Church in Kearney.
Kelle opposes the death penalty.
Her brother, James Thimm, was a victim of the 1985 Rulo cult slayings. The man who orchestrated the murder, Michael Ryan, is on Nebraska’s death row.
Winslow was one of the six people convicted in the 1985 killing of a Beatrice woman.
The defendants said they were threatened with the death penalty and were offered plea deals to confess.
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