How does a man proven innocent end up on death row? This is the stuff of political dramas and viral podcast true crime series. In Luke 23:1–25 we get the inside story on how one innocent man was handed over to death. The motivations are varied but the outcome comes down to one man's decision. Pilate caved under pressure. The voices got to him. Today he's famous for making the wrong decision. Let us learn from this failure of nerve and remember our place in this story of innocence and injustice, friendship in Jesus, and a prisoner exchange no one saw coming.