After spending 18 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, George Frese, celebrates his 39th birthday as a free man, with his daughter and two grandchildren. He held his grandson for the first time this day. Great article in the @pacificstand by Elisabeth F. Stokes on how the Fairbanks Four finally found freedom, featuring my photos. Link in profile. "People, all kinds of people, are stuck in cycles of hopelessness, focused on bleak outlooks, totally unaware of the prospects out there. We have been there to the places of hopelessness. I have. And now we are just blown away by the opportunities within reach. If we can come back and even a small amount show this next generation that this world is not bleak, it is full of hope and opportunity, than this whole experience made sense. I have been living a fantasy for 18 years. For me this world is the dream. What I learned and what I want to share, is this simple life we all have, it’s everything. This is the dream.” -George Frese #fairbanksfour #wrongfulconviction #freedom #fairbanks #trial #georgefrese #marvinroberts #eugenevent #kevinpease #hope #dream #birthday #celebrate #innocenceproject #innocence #pacificstandard #pacificstandardmagazine @innocenceproject @pacificstand (at Fairbanks, Alaska)