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“It is not a requirement for a pardon to admit guilt,” noted Lumumba. “To not pardon the Scott sisters is an act of injustice. They will continue to have to look over their shoulders, afraid that their freedoms will be snatched from them at the first infraction,” he said. “They are terrified. They do not want to go back to prison.” The cost of supervision, which is absorbed by Mississippi taxpayers, is also a reason to allow the Scott sisters to pursue a life of normalcy.”

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http://freethescottsisters.blogspot.com/2012/01/state-leaders-demanding-full-pardon-for.html

case background:

Jamie and Gladys Scott are blood sisters and have been wrongfully convicted of armed robbery. The sisters received double life terms each. No one was murdered or injured during this robbery. One witness testified that the robbery netted about $11, another said that around $200 bucks was in his wallet. Witnesses and the two alleged victims testified that the sisters had absolutely nothing to do with this robbery. Witnesses also testified that the sheriff coerced and threatened them to lie on the Scott Sisters.

[READ MORE — WARNING for talk of prison industrial complex & medical violence]

the Scott Sisters were released last year, but as far as i know, they still have not been given a full pardon.

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there’s a donation address at the blog, too:

IF YOU WISH TO DONATE, PLEASE SEND MONEY ORDER TO:

MRS. EVELYN RASCO
P.O. BOX 7100
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA 32534

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