Belleville native fights for uncle imprisoned for murder he says he didn’t commit

A letter mailed to an inmate at the St. Clair County Jail in 2007 sent Belleville native Brioncca Lewis on a mission to prove a relative’s innocence.

Her uncle, Willie “J.R.” Green Jr., 41, has been incarcerated half his life for a murder he says he didn’t commit.

Lewis’ work over the past six years culminated in an appeal this summer…

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