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LIVINGSTON, Tex. 鈥� Max Soffar died at the age of 60 yesterday from liver cancer in the prison that houses the state鈥檚 death row.

Soffar was sentenced to death in 1981. He was innocent. His death came three days before a hearing at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that could have set aside his wrongful conviction and death sentence.

鈥淢ax was an innocent man who should have been able to die privately and peacefully at home with his wife. Instead he had to endure the horrors of terminal cancer under guards鈥� constant watch, a prisoner until his final breath,鈥� said Brian Stull, senior staff attorney with the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 Capital Punishment Project. 鈥淢ax was 24 when he succumbed to extreme pressure by police and confessed to crimes he didn鈥檛 commit. That confession should never have held up in court, yet it sent Max to death row, where he spent the rest of his life. That is a disgrace.鈥�

Max was represented by the 老澳门开奖结果 and the law firm Kirkland Ellis in efforts to overturn his death sentence.

鈥淢ax鈥檚 punishment for something he didn鈥檛 do shows the inherent injustice in the death penalty. Death should never be the outcome of our highly imperfect court system,鈥� said Andrew Horne of Kirkland Ellis. 鈥淢ax鈥檚 case also shows how resistant our courts are to correcting their mistakes, particularly errors in capital punishment. After decades of effort, and despite powerful evidence of innocence, we have not yet cleared Max鈥檚 name.鈥�

鈥淢ax wasn鈥檛 executed, but the death penalty and its haphazard, unjust application stole his life. He was 60 years old when he died on death row, innocent,鈥� said Stull. 鈥淭he state of Texas was ready to kill him over nothing. He lived with that every day.鈥�

For legal documents and other information about Max鈥檚 case, visit: /cases/state-texas-v-max-soffar

For more information about the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 Capital Punishment Project, visit: /issues/capital-punishment