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About | Jimmy's Story
"An innocent man, in a living hell."
- Bob Dylan, The Hurricane
James Vincent Wilgus
On the day of the US Presidential Election in November of 2016, James "Jimmy" Vincent Wilgus, a 55-year-old American Citizen from New Jersey, and renowned Musician, Composer, Singer, who performed in Eastern Europe, was forcibly detained by Russian police, falsely charged for a crime he didn't commit, unjustly tried and sentenced by a Russian judicial system to an unconscionable 12.5 years in a harsh Russian Labor Camp (the notorious Mordovia, Russia Penal Colony IK 17). Will we ever know what Jimmy really goes through every day, year after year?
"Only I have seen the world through my eyes."
- Jimmy Wilgus, January 2023
Legal Fight for Jimmy Wilgus' Release
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere - MLK
"History, like God is watching what we do." - Bono
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