How do two housewives with no personal relation to the case become involved in a ten-year long battle to set three men free? To Prove Them Innocent is the true story about how their efforts, along with the fortitude of the families of the men convicted, fought to uncover and expose the truth. When three men can be sent to prison for a crime they didn’t commit, it screams for reform within the justice system. The news media isn’t always un-biased and it is up to all of us to search for the truth and work to make a difference in our country.
“Donna Clemente is a woman whose courage and determination have inspired me and countless others. She believed with all her heart that even the most forbidding and intimidating obstacles could be challenged and that a terrible injustice involving 3 innocent men could be overcome. She was right. And what a story she has to tell.” Bob Brown, Author & Former ABC Correspondent
“Erin Brockovich has nothing on Donna Clemente, a stay-at-home mom who takes on a corrupt legal system and powerful law enforcement officials in her quest to free three falsely imprisoned men in her small town. Meticulously reported and poignantly written, To Prove Them Innocent is infuriating, inspiring, depressing and redeeming.” Jeff Benedict, New York Times Best Selling Author, Tiger Woods
About the Author
Donna enjoyed a successful career in sales administration and management in the customer service industry, retiring in 2014. She and husband Tom have been married for forty-five years and have two children and five grandchildren. In 1988, Donna took a six year sabbatical from her career to spend time with their two children. It was during this period that Rob Wallace teamed up with Donna to obtain the release of three men wrongly convicted of rape in her small town in Pennsylvania. Donna’s ten year battle to secure their complete vindication provided her with an education within the legal system and media arena. Rob is quick to credit Donna as the most determined person he has ever met!
To see something you know is wrong and think to yourself, I should do something about this is one thing. To say to yourself, I am going to DO something about this is another. To dedicate years of your life and persevere until your voice is heard is a whole other level! The author of this book, a stay-at-home mom at the time living in a small town in PA, no college education, made the nation listen! She persisted until her voice was heard and the wrong made right for three men to return to their families! This is a story you have to read to believe.
I grew up in the county where this book is centered. The author was my mentor and dear friend. She put her heart and soul into everything she did and this is no exception. I will always remember and appreciate what she did for these families as well as for my own. Well done, Donna Clemente!