8.38K Hamilton Nolan 09/10/15 12:20PM Filed to: exonerations exonerations justice montez spradley death row alabama crime Montez Spradley, who was convicted of murder and spent nearly ten years in prison in Alabama—including more than three years on Death Row—has been released from prison, his conviction overturned. Gawker published a letter from Spradley in 2013.