james ridgeway and anthony graves. anthony graves will tell his remarkable story and journey from death row, solitary confinement, for almost 18 years, to freedom after being exonerated. stay with us. ♪ [music break] ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. our guests are james ridgeway, the co-editor of solitary watchdog come. we're also joined by anthony graves, a former texas death row prisoner who testified tuesday at the first ever congressional hearing on solitary confinement in u.s. prisons. he was convicted along with a man named robert carter of killing a texas woman, her daughter, and her four grandchildren. graves was fully exonerated in 2010 after spending 18 years behind bars, the bulk of that time on death row and in solitary confinement. he is now an investigator the texas defender service and an active member of the movement to abolish the death penalty. anthony graves, thank you very much for coming to "democracy now!"