Simon Cowell has been named as an official ambassador for the Innocence Project. The 50-year-old was first introduced to the organisation thanks to Archie Williams’ incredible audition on America’s Got Talent – where he belted out Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me.
The singer shocked viewers when he went on to explain he spent 36 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. Archie was convicted in 1983, aged 22 and sentenced to life without parole, but the Innocence Project – a group of people committed to freeing innocent people who have been incarcerated – took up his case and fought for his freedom.
In a video of the audition the music mogul shared on Twitter, the 59-year-old could be telling the panel: ‘I knew I was innocent, I didn’t
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