Stoneleigh Fellow Jennifer Merrigan spoke to 6ABC Action News about her client David Dickson, who was recently released from prison for a crime he says he did not commit.
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — This will be the first weekend of freedom for a local man who spent nearly three decades in prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit.
He’s speaking only with Action News in an exclusive interview.
“I don’t want to sleep,” said David Dickson to Action News reporter TaRhonda Thomas. He sat down for an interview less than 24 hours after his release from serving more than three decades in SCI Mahanoy Prison.
Dickson said the reason he didn’t want to go to sleep is that he’s afraid what he’s experiencing isn’t real.
“I’m constantly hugging my family just to make sure it’s reality,” he said, adding that he had his sister pinch him to make sure it was real.
