Kwame Ajamu spent three years on Ohio's death row and 28 years in prison for a 1975 Cleveland murder he didn't commit.

Ajamu, his brother and his friend are among 11 death row exonerees in Ohio.

Ajamu is now pushing for an end to Ohio's death penalty, including working with Witness to Innocence, a national group.

A Cleveland man had an epiphany while in prison in May 1990 for a murder he didn’t commit .

His mom had just died, and he lost his first bid for parole.

That’s when Ronnie Bridgeman died and Kwame Ajamu was born.

“I decided I needed to start over,” Ajamu recalled. “It was time to reinvent.”

Kwame means “born on Saturday,” and represented the passing of his mother, while Ajamu means “he fights for what he wants.”

What Ajamu wanted most was for him, his brother and his bes

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