The Exoneree Band: How a group of wrongfully convicted men found their voice through music

(Aging Untold)— They don’t have the fame of The Beatles or the fortune of The Rolling Stones, but the members of The Exoneree band share something far more profound.Now, as free men, they are using the power of music to heal, to tell their stories, and to build a brotherhood unlike any other.The band was born out of the Innocence Network’s annual conference, a gathering that brings together wrongfully convicted people from across the country. In 2011, this group of musically inclined exonerees found each other, and what started as a jam session quickly turned into something more.“It turned into a really nice brotherhood of guys who were not only musicians but had went through the same thing of being wrongfully convicted,” one band member recalls.Living in different parts of the country, they come together to create a sound that is both a celebration of their freedom and a testament to their resilience. Their music is a form of therapy, a way to process the unimaginable trauma of being