I have worked in the prison industry as a facilitator for conflict resolution programmes.
Naturally many guilty parties profess their innocence, but I have personally known 3 genuinely innocent people sentenced to prison.
Two were exonerated after their release, and the third was cleared while still serving a long sentence.
DNA was the key to their appeals.
What is your story about someone you have met who is innocent of the crime they have been convicted of.
It doesnt matter if they havnt been cleared of the crime or not.
Your story.
What sort of crime, what was the sentence.
Who pays the highest price
2007-02-18 14:52:30 · 7 answers · asked by tillermantony 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
I have been to prison and there are a lot of innocent people in prison from police lying prosecutors that just want a conviction .A lot of innocent people are there because the police confiscated all their money and possessions and were forced to use a public defender that cared less about them. Obviously the more than 200 people on death row we were going to execute until DNA proved their innocence . Should speak for its self . Who takes responsibility for the people on death row we murdered that were innocent before DNA .Since government has disregarded the safe guards of the constitution to protect the people and keep government with in its boundaries ,it is common place .Such as brisco vs lahue that allows police to lie with complete immunity for doing so when caught . Or government declaring itself a victim in nonviolent offenses . Politicians and judges have passed laws in complete disregard for the constitution and distorted the obvious means of it to suit their needs ,to use as a tool to victimize and rob people for government profit .Government was to serve the people ,not enslave the people to government as it is .There are more crimes committed in the court rooms of America in one day than on the streets in one year .People can only be over taxed ,robbed and victimized until there is a point at which it breaks, and that breaking point is not far off .Government has industrialized robbing and imprisoning the people .This was called land of the free for a reason .Not because every one is in prison and enslaved to government .Prisons were to keep violent preditors from preying on weaker members of society ,not to rob and imprison nonviolent members of society for government profit .
2007-02-19 05:20:39 · answer #1 · answered by dollars2burn4u 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
my cell mate was Michael Fitzgerald from Boston.
he is serving 5 life sentence for murders that happen on the streets of Charleston. at the time of theses killings mike was serving time in Walpole prison for a different case. he was found guilty of these killing as the shooter by a jury. remember Walpole is a maximum prison and does not give furloughs or passes. so for him to kill these people is a feat that could not be achieved by this man. i think the jury was swayed to find guilt. i read all his documents and even sent them to my lawyer who said the government does not want to hear this case on appeal
2007-02-18 15:00:46 · answer #2 · answered by mrmiketattoo 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Leonard Peltier was convicted of killing two federal agents on an indian reservation. He is an innocent man. Read up on him he is easy to find.
2007-02-18 15:01:30 · answer #3 · answered by elaeblue 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, but I DO personally know several people who have committed crimes and escaped justice based on 'technicalities'.
This includes one person who literally got away with murder.
2007-02-18 15:08:03 · answer #4 · answered by Citicop 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Um...I thought they were all innocent. At least that IS what they claim. Right?
2007-02-18 16:01:53 · answer #5 · answered by Nationalist 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
nope
2007-02-18 14:55:56 · answer #6 · answered by Saaam 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no
2007-02-18 14:59:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋