PRESS CTRL OR COMMAND+ FOR BIGGER TEXT, CTRL OR COMMAND- FOR SMALLER TEXT
SKIP TO NAVIGATION & SEARCH | SKIP TO CONTENT | SKIP TO NOTES

{ LINK: Reggie Clemons could be the next Troy Davis. }

thecurvature:

jhameia:

zami:

mixedbyziggy:

From http://www.justiceforreggie.com:

In 1991, two young women went missing after visiting the abandoned Chain of Rocks Bridge in St. Louis Missouri — a popular hang-out with local teens — with their cousin. The cousin told the police an impossible tale: that the girls had been pushed from the bridge, but he was ordered to jump by an unknown assailant and survived the nearly 80-foot fall into strong currents with no injuries and dry hair. The police were naturally skeptical of his account and, within hours, he confessed to killing the girls.

Yet this man, who is white, has never spent a day in jail. Instead, the police arrested four local youths who were also on the bridge that night. Three of the young men, all African-American, received the death sentence. The fourth young man, who is white, received a 30-year sentence and will be eligible for parole soon.

Reggie Clemons is one of the youths that received the death sentence, even though prosecutors conceded that Reggie neither pushed the women nor planned their deaths. The prosecutor simply theorized that Reggie was an “accomplice” even though there is no physical evidence linking Reggie to the crime for which he received the death penalty: no fingerprints, no DNA, no hair or fiber samples.

Many of Reggie’s claims have never been heard in a court of law because of procedural rules that have barred the presentation of important evidence. After reviewing the evidence, two federal judges voted to overturn his death sentence and found that Reggie was denied a fair trial. But Reggie’s sentence of death remains.

So many people were up in arms yesterday…now that Troy Davis is gone, will you continue to fight or were you just hype for the moment?

Click the link to head to amnesty.org and learn more about Reggie’s case, sign the petition—do something. We have lots more time to act.

keep this revolution moving

This is on my dash again and this STILL bothers me. TWO. FEDERAL. JUDGES. Voted to OVERTURN this sentence. BUT HE’S STILL GOING TO DIE. Why? 

Amnesty International fact sheet here (pdf).

there’s also a much longer amnesty international report (2.07 megabytes).  it’s a PDF and it’s hosted here (link) [WARNING for more talk of racism in the US “justice” system/racist murders by the state/abuse/harassment/police brutality].  NOTE: hosting of the report changes a lot.  if that link stops working at some point, try searching the internet for “Death by prosecutorial misconduct and a ‘stacked’ jury”, in quotes.

[most of my text above reposted from a while back because tumblr won’t let me reblog myself for some reason]

post notes:

  1. numol reblogged this from thecurvature and added:
    there’s also a much longer amnesty international report (2.07 megabytes). it’s a PDF and it’s hosted here (link)...
  2. aragingquiet reblogged this from tal9000
  3. tal9000 reblogged this from numol
  4. cloakable reblogged this from tal9000
  5. fluididity reblogged this from tal9000
  6. exittheory reblogged this from laughingintothefire
  7. totalspacecadet reblogged this from xqueen-bitchx
  8. xqueen-bitchx reblogged this from laughingintothefire
  9. laughingintothefire reblogged this from numol
  10. morguenightmares reblogged this from lesshumansmorecats
  11. morethanlost reblogged this from dawningofnovelty
  12. dawningofnovelty reblogged this from lesshumansmorecats
  13. lesshumansmorecats reblogged this from tal9000
  14. victorianaaa reblogged this from numol
  15. istayhomecookrice reblogged this from windatyourfeels
  16. windatyourfeels reblogged this from numol
  17. paradedolly reblogged this from meteoriansonnet
  18. mrlinjo reblogged this from kaalashnikov
  19. wrench-wench reblogged this from adventuresofcomicbookgirl
  20. peppers-pray reblogged this from adventuresofcomicbookgirl
  21. khbkayu reblogged this from adventuresofcomicbookgirl
  22. rurouniidoru reblogged this from adventuresofcomicbookgirl
  23. jesterinthedeck reblogged this from adventuresofcomicbookgirl
  24. sprygemini reblogged this from ebbywaffle
  25. maddamspade reblogged this from adventuresofcomicbookgirl
  26. phaeburri reblogged this from angerliz
  27. alexandriajeter reblogged this from adventuresofcomicbookgirl
  28. linneakou reblogged this from adventuresofcomicbookgirl
  29. shhdarlingsilenceyourwords reblogged this from timeywimeyasshole
  30. timeywimeyasshole reblogged this from adventuresofcomicbookgirl
  31. skullshroud reblogged this from angerliz
  32. lilyaquarius reblogged this from adventuresofcomicbookgirl
  33. pretty-rage-machine reblogged this from angerliz
  34. nepteta reblogged this from meteoriansonnet
  35. thepunalsorises reblogged this from angerliz
  36. meteoriansonnet reblogged this from angerliz
  37. bravebold reblogged this from adventuresofcomicbookgirl
  38. This was featured in #Politics