She added titles in 2013, 2015 and 2017, winning WNBA Finals MVP honors in 2013 and the WNBA MVP award in 2014.As a member of Team USA, Moore won Olympic gold in 2012 and 2016 as well as two world championships in 2010 and 2014. Irons was released July 1, 2020. "I'm free, I'm blessed, I just want to live my life worthy of God's help and influence. "When we take time to stand up for people, and to shine a light in a dark place, not everybody is going to like it," she had said. Irons was serving a 50 year sentence begun when he was 16 years old. 27.8k. Close.
Specifically, she pressed for the release of Jonathan Irons from the Jefferson City correctional center. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Let our news meet your inbox. There would be no fifth W.N.B.A. Maya Moore's quest to see Jonathan Irons walk free from Missouri's Jefferson City Correctional Center was realized on Wednesday. The news and stories that matters, delivered weekday mornings.Jefferson City, Mo., native and WNBA star Maya Moore, from right, calls Jonathan Irons as supporters react on March 9, 2020, in Jefferson City after Cole County Judge Dan Green overturned Irons' convictions in a 1997 burglary and assault case. "I feel like I can live life now," Irons said Wednesday. 1 overall pick in the 2011 WNBA draft, Moore went on to win the league's rookie of the year award and her first WNBA title in her first season. July 3, 2020. in Sports. "When it costs your comfort or maybe something that you just want to kind of check out and enjoy, I get that. Also read | Maya Moore helps Irons: Jonathon Irons conviction, Jonathan Irons released, Maya Moore and Jonathan Irons. While talking to the Associated Press, Moore confirmed that she will not be changing her plans after Irons was released. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.On Wednesday, Irons walked out a free man -- and Moore was one of the first to embrace him. … Still in her prime, Maya Moore sacrificed her career, stepping away as one of the greats in basketball for a long shot bid to help free a prisoner she was convinced had been wrongfully convicted. Maya Moore’s Help to Win Jonathan Irons’s Freedom Shows Women Leading Change. Selected by the Minnesota Lynx as the No. He was finally released today. “I’m blessed.”Get breaking news alerts and special reports. Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. "She's considered one of the greatest women's basketball players -- and winners -- of all time. Video of Irons, 40, walking out of the Jefferson City Correctional Center in Missouri Irons was 16 when he was tried as an adult and convicted of breaking into a home in O’Fallon, a city outside St. Louis, and twice shooting a homeowner. "Entertainment is a place where you want to relax and not have to think about the cares of the world, but we are in the world and the world is broken. I thank everybody who supported me — Maya and her family. 0. Moore, a family friend, had supported Irons, sharing his story on a national basis.Jeff Haldiman / The Jefferson City News-Tribune via AP Her resume is full of superlatives. Four-time WNBA champion Maya Moore sat out for an entire season to help overturn the conviction of Jonathan Irons, who she said was wrongfully serving a 50-year- prison sentence. by Kurt Streeter. Posted by 1 month ago. Jonathan Irons, a wrongfully convicted Missouri man whose case was overturned in March with the help of WNBA player Maya Moore, was released from jail Wednesday. "Thank God it's over," Moore said in a video of Irons' release she posted on her Instagram, captioned with the word "FREEDOM. "Moore, a basketball superstar in her prime, announced in January she would skip a second season to focus on criminal justice reform. He was sentenced to 50 years in prison.On March 9, Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green ruled that prosecutors suppressed fingerprint evidence that would have strengthened Irons' defense and presented no physical proof linking him to the crime.The testimony of an eyewitness was “dotted with inconsistencies,” the judge said.Moore, a five-time all-star with the Minnesota Lynx who took a sabbatical to advocate for Irons, first met him in 2007 during a visit to the Jefferson City Correctional Center.Tim Stelloh is a reporter for NBC News, based in California.“I’m free,” Irons said after walking out of the Jefferson City Correctional Center. When she played in college at the University of Connecticut, the Huskies went undefeated in back-to-back seasons, winning national titles in 2009 and 2010.Maya Moore steps away from WNBA, Tokyo 2020 for criminal justice reformMaya Moore steps away from WNBA, Tokyo 2020 for criminal justice reform Moore had already opted out of the 2020 WNBA season and will also will her chance to win a third consecutive gold medal at the 2021 Olympics. So hats off to people that sacrifice, that pay a cost of a platform, of a job, of money to stand up for something greater than yourselves and at the end of the day, if we remember we're human beings first, I think it'll make it a little less controversial. WNBA star Maya Moore sat out the entire season last year and helped overturn the wrongful conviction of Jonathan Irons, who was serving a 50-year prison sentence.
Moore took a sabbatical from basketball in 2019 and 2020, hoping to secure his release.