Wrongly Convicted

Wrongly Convicted Disfranchised District Ct.. 11 th Circuit U.S. Supreme Ct. America's Apartheid Georgia's Confederacy George News

"The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced"

The Only known case of a husband and wife being jointly framed and wrongly convicted

Virginia and George High spent over 7 years in federal prison (94-2001), after being Framed, Wrongly Convicted, The victims of Prosecutorial misconduct and of a judicial lynching, because they would not "cut-a-deal". After which the U.S.A. stole 1.2 + million from the Highs, gave it to a white snitch and caused the High Family to lose 4 businesses and 4 + million in assets. George High is now 70 years old, nearly destitute and living in a low-income senior Citizens Building and pay $175.00 monthly and his total income is $581.00 monthly Social Security and $76.00 monthly SSI...but, George High affirm that: He will continue this fight until Justice prevail, or hell freeze over...which ever comes first...

“Those Who Stand Up For Justice is Always On The Right Side of History”

Sept. 1, 2008, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at a rally at the Marcus Amphitheater in Milwaukee

"Yes We Can"...So...DON'T QUIT http://georgehigh.com/gh/Don%27t%20Quit.pdf

Sam Cooke…A Change Is Gonna Come http://www.imeem.com/people/Nw62nS/music/H8F6KI11/sam-cooke-a-change-is-gonna-come/

Page Updated: 6/26/09

Criminal Complaint to U.S. Attorney & FBI in Atlanta 5/17/08 . http://georgehigh.com/Disfranchised/US%20atty%20fbi%20atl.pdf

Complaint to The Department Of Justice and Their Response 1/2/08 http://georgehigh.com/Disfranchised/DOJ%20%20C.R%20%26%20Rsp..pdf

April 24, 2009 Texas House lawmakers on Friday voted to boost the compensation the state pays to people who were wrongly sent to prison for crimes they didn't commit, and give them health insurance and pay for a college education. The bill approved 136-1 raises the lump sum payout from $50,000 to $80,000 for every year spent in prison. It also provides a monthly annuity based on the same amount to give them a lifetime of income. http://cbs11tv.com/local/wrongly.convicted.DNA.2.993739.html

3/19/09 New Mexico governor abolishes capital punishment: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090319/ap_on_re_us/death_penalty_new_mexico

3/24/09 Death penalty coming under new scrutiny in states: http://my.att.net/s/editorial.dll?eeid=6464928&eetype=article&render=y&ck=

3/27.09 Va. gov vetoes death penalty expansion
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29921138/from/ET/

The total population of the U.S. corrections system now exceeds 7.3 million: 3/2/09 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29469360/from/ET/

States ponder early release for some prisoners: 1/11/09 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28592088/from/ET/

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Texas executes 400th inmate since 1982: August 25, 2007 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20398934/from/ET/

executions in the U.S. fell to a 14-year low of 37 in 2008: 12/18/08
Texas is in a death penalty league of its own with 423 executions since
1976, when the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a temporary ban...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081211/us_nm/us_usa_executions_3

July 25, 2007 Compensating the Wrongly Convicted: With an increasing number of exonerated inmates being released, states vary widely on the reparations they make to innocent people they have imprisoned. http://www.prospect.org:80//cs/articles;jsessionid=aDjV9n3Y-_C9RKHDYd?article=compensating_the_wrongly_convicted

George W. Bush during his six years as governor of Texas presided over 152 executions, more than any other governor in the recent history of the United States. According to statistics, George Bush has executed 9 INNOCENT PEOPLE..! http://www.texecutions.com/

After 7 Georgia inmates exonerated, changes coming: 12/25/08 http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/7%20Ga%20inmates%20ex.pdf

Changing death sentence rules could be mistake: 01/08/09 (Sen. Dan Weber (R – Dunwoody) "The unanimous jury verdict system provides a safeguard in case you get the wrong guy," he stated. "Sometimes people who get the death penalty are later found innocent." He recalled that one of his law school professors said that it's better for nine guilty men to go free than for one innocent person to die. "There's a lot of truth in that," he said. http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/cham.%20news.pdf

William Patterson...In 1923 Patterson and two friends opened a law office in Harlem. Patterson was involved in several campaigns to free people wrongly convicted of criminal acts. This included the defence of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, the Scottsboro Case, where nine young black men were falsely charged with the rape of two white women on a train. Patterson was also involved in the defence of Angela Davis and Black Panthers leaders arrested during the 1960s. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USApattersonW.htm

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Jan. 03, 2007: That no one is above the law…Four cases that highlight the strength of our justice system..Our system is far from perfect. However, by placing the search for truth and justice above political power and influence, it continually rekindles hope that even the powerful can't expect to get away with depriving us of our lives or liberty -- that no one is above the law. http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2007/Jan-03-Wed-2007/opinion/11699255.html

8/12/03 A federal judge in Boston said that there was mounting evidence innocent people were being executed. But he declined to rule the death penalty unconstitutional. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0812-01.htm

"The criminal justice system can and does fail to distinguish the innocent from the guilty, and the implications for capital punishment are ghastly." -- There is no judicial mechanism for review of guilt or pronouncement of innocence after an execution. The courts are done with it. Therefore, it should go without saying that no court has announced that an executed person was innocent, since American courts by definition do not make such findings. http://www.justicedenied.org/executed.htm

Executed But Possibly Innocent: There is no way to tell how many of the over 1,000 people executed since 1976 may also have been innocent. Courts do not generally entertain claims of innocence when the defendant is dead. Some cases with strong evidence of innocence include: http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/node/1935

2/7/09 A man who died in prison while serving time for a rape he didn't commit was cleared Friday by a judge who called the state's first posthumous DNA exoneration "the saddest case" he'd ever seen. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29065906/from/ET/

1992 Four hundred armed federal agents conducted a siege of the Weavers' mountain home, first killing Randy Weaver's dog, then his son, then his wife. http://www.boogieonline.com/revolution/firearms/enforce/rubyridge/

2/28/93 Frontline: Waco The Inside Story (PBS), more than 80 Branch Davidians, including 22 children died in the fire on April 19. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/waco/

The Nov. 21, 2006, killing of 92 year old Kathryn Johnston, shocked the nation and rocked Atlanta’s police force. It laid bare the corruption of an out-of-control narcotics squad that lied to get search warrants and planted drugs on suspects....Fulton County prosecutors were forced to review scores of pending cases and ultimately dismissed or reduced the charges in 69, meaning several likely criminals went free. http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/Kathryne%20Johnson%202-22-09.pdf

9/12/2008 Evidence of false testimony in released Rosenberg transcripts: WASHINGTON (AP) - Newly released grand jury transcripts add strong evidence to the argument that the conviction and execution of Ethel Rosenberg in the Cold War's biggest espionage case (1951) were based on perjured testimony. In recent years, one of the two key witnesses against Rosenberg recanted his testimony. It now appears that the other witness made up her testimony. too. The witnesses were Ethel's brother and sister-in-law, David and Ruth Greenglass. Thanks to the work of a team of lawyers and historians, the government released the grand jury testimony that formed the basis for the charges against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-09-12-rosenbergs-perjury_N.htm?csp=34

3 former Atlanta Police Officers sentenced to Federal Prison 2/25/09
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/gan/press/2009/02-24-09.pdf

Man wrongly accused of murder fails to get 'storybook' ending
http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/condolences%20family.pdf

August 16, 1915 Leo Frank was Wrongly Accused, Falsely Convicted and Wantonly Murdered: - A caravan of eight vehicles bearing 25 armed men from the Atlanta area arrived at the Georgia State Prison at Milledgeville around 10 p.m. The intruders seized Frank and departed into the night. Seven of the cars then took back roads headed for Marietta, while one car acted as a decoy in case of pursuit. Sometime early on the morning of the 17th, they reached the outskirts of Marietta. Here, at Frey's grove near Mary Phagan's girlhood home, the men decided to hang Frank from an oak tree http://georgehigh.com/images/Leo%20Frank%20Lynching.doc No one was ever criminally charged in connection with Frank's abduction and murder. In 1986 Frank was posthumously pardoned. http://www.jewwatch.com/jew-leaders-frank-leo-frank-case.html

List of the Leo Frank Lynchers http://flagpole.com/Weekly/Features/SteveOneysListOfTheLeoFrankLynchers.5May04

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These wrongful convictions are a not only a miscarriage of justice but also a disgrace to our American Justice System. There is a lot of money made from the corruption in our justice system and our prison system. A full scale investigation of the system is not only warranted but it is imperative to make the system truly a justice system instead of an injustice system.

The Innocents Database...2,738 People Currently Listed. 5/7/09 http://forejustice.org/search_idb.htm

192 Innocents freed in the United States as of 1/22/2007
http://innocenceproject.org/know/Browse-Profiles.php

129 Innocence Freed From Death Row as of 05/ 02/ 2008 http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innocence-list-those-freed-death-row

In 2000, Ryan, as governor, declared a moratorium on executions in Illinois after 13 death row inmates were found to have been wrongly convicted. Then, days before he left office in 2003, he emptied out death row, commuting the sentences of all 167 inmates to life in prison. He declared that the state's criminal justice system was "haunted by the demon of error." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14703115/from/ET/

6/25/09 HOUSTON A federal jury has awarded $5 million to a Houston man who spent 17 years in prison on kidnapping and rape charges that were overturned in 2005. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_on_re_us/us_crime_lab_lawsuit

6/18/09 The U.S. Supreme Court says convicts have no constitutional right to test DNA evidence in hopes of proving their innocence long after they were found guilty of a crime. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31426030/from/ET/

6/15/09...N.J. man to be freed after '87 convictions: A federal judge in Newark, N.J., has cleared the way for a man convicted of two murders more than two decades ago to be freed from prison.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31375484/from/ET/

5/23/09 Ill. An inmate who claimed police tortured him into confessing to two murders

he didn't commit was granted a new trial Friday after 18 years behind bars.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30893808/from/ET/

May 06, 2009 Gov. Sonny Perdue has approved a $500,000 payout for a Georgia man who spent almost three decades in prison before DNA tests cleared him of rape. http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/Perdur%20approves%20500K.pdf

5/13/09 Paul House, 47, spent 22 years on Tennessee death row for the rape and murder of his neighbor, Carolyn Muncey, in 1985. He left prison last year and was placed under house arrest after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that new DNA evidence could have led a jury to acquit him. He was scheduled to be retried next month when Union County District Attorney Paul Phillips announced Tuesday that he filed a petition to drop all charges against House. http://my.att.net/s/editorial.dll?eeid=6570948&eetype=article&render=y&ck=

4/29/09: A Texas man who spent 22 years in prison for a rape that forensic tests now suggest he did not commit is expected to be freed. http://my.att.net/s/editorial.dll?eeid=6542886&eetype=article&render=y&ck=

April 16, 2009 Federal court rejects Troy Davis’ appeal: Killer gets 30-day stay of execution to pursue appeals: http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/Troy%20Davis%20April%2016%2C%2009.pdf

4/2/09 DNA clears Conn. man jailed for 20 years: The Innocence Project, which is looking at more than 100 convictions in Connecticut, has access to more sophisticated DNA testing than was available in the late 1980s and early 1990s. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090402/ap_on_re_us/teen_murders

4/2/09 Testing has again failed to find DNA from a man who spent more than two decades on Tennessee's death row on evidence that will be used to retry him for a woman's murder, a lab report shows. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29995765/from/ET/

3/30/09 Wisconsin man faces murder charge in 1980 killing (see below) http://my.att.net/s/editorial.dll?eeid=6473459&eetype=article&render=y&ck=

3/27/09 Husband of slain Wis. woman vindicated, angry after 28 years http://my.att.net/s/editorial.dll?eeid=6473459&eetype=article&render=y&ck=

3/18/09 UK man has murder conviction overturned Published http://my.att.net/s/editorial.dll?eeid=6456361&eetype=article&render=y&ck=

3/1/09 High court looks at prisoners' right to DNA test: According to The Innocence Project, which is affiliated with Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, Alaska is the only state where there is no known case of a prisoner receiving DNA testing after being convicted. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090228/ap_on_re_us/alaska_dna_test

2/24/09 A judge in New York has dismissed all charges against a man who spent 11 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090224/ap_on_re_us/conviction_overturned

2/20/09 DNA from key evidence in a Tennessee woman's slaying does not match the man who spent more than two decades on death row for killing her, according to new FBI lab tests. Still, prosecutor Paul Phillips wants to retry House. http://my.att.net/s/editorial.dll?eeid=6401126&eetype=article&render=y&ck=

Texas judge charged with blocking execution appeal: 2/19/09 Convicted killer Michael Richard was put to death on Sept. 25, 2007, after Keller ordered a clerk to close the court's office promptly at 5 p.m. Lawyers for Richard had requested that the office stay open an extra 20 minutes to permit a late appeal. Keller, a Republican who has served on the court since 1994, is known as "Killer Keller" for her relentless tough-on-crime approach. Her term expires in 2012. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090220/ap_on_re_us/execution_deadline

Missouri man convicted of '92 slaying released: 2/18/09 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_re_us/prosecutor_criticized

Small-town sheriff helps Mo. inmate (see above) win freedom: 2/20/09 The state's prosecution was based on the testimony of another suspect in Lawless' death who said he saw Kezer at a nearby convenience store on the night of the killing. But he gave conflicting testimony and three jail inmates who claimed Kezer had confessed to the killing later acknowledged lying in hopes of getting reduced sentences. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090220/ap_on_re_us/prosecutor_criticized

Supreme Court says: Wrongfully convicted, man can't sue prosecutor http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090126/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_wrongful_conviction

Man freed 23 years after wrongful conviction: 1/31/09 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28938985/from/ET/

Conviction reversed in 30-year-old death row case: 1/15/09 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090113/ap_on_re_us/texas_execution_appeal

Man imprisoned for 20 years gets new trial: 12/20/08
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28316500/from/ET/

Texas death row inmate's conviction overturned: 12/17/08 http://my.att.net/s/editorial.dll?eeid=6279122&eetype=article&render=y&ck=

Man's murder, rape convictions overturned After 19 years: 11/26/08 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27913195/from/ET/

"Appeals Court To Hear Troy Davis Case" 11/20/08
http://www.cbs46.com/news/18022329/detail.html?taf=lnta

Exonerated inmates often don't have state help: 11/18/08
http://my.att.net/s/editorial.dll?eeid=6217527&eetype=article&render=y&ck=

Innocent Mo. man freed after 24 years files suit: 11/18/08 http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/Innocent%20Man.pdf

Man cleared of murder after 10 years in prison: 10/28/08
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27424877/from/ET/

Execution delayed for convict in '89 Ga. killing: 10/24/08
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27362159/from/ET/

wrongly convicted World War II vet's family gets $28,000 in back pay:10/23/08 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27347652/from/ET/

Ex-Chicago cop charged with lying about torture: 10/21/08
http://my.att.net/s/editorial.dll?eeid=6163180&eetype=article&render=y&ck=

Officials say Fingerprint errors led to false arrests; 1 fired, 3 suspended: 10/19/08
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27233798/from/ET/

Smyrna man jailed 2 years before acquittal: 10/08/08 http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/2%20years%20before%20acquittal.pdf

High court turns down Ga. death row inmate: 10/15/08
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27179641/from/ET/

Supreme Court stays execution for Ga. man: 9/24/08 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26842816/from/ET/

DNA test clears Dallas man jailed for 25 years: 9/20/08
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26797020/from/ET/

Texas court halts execution of death row inmate - 9/10/08
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26628031/from/ET/

Wrongly convicted man cleared after tests on stolen smoke reveal DNA link: 8/19/08 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26285667/from/ET/

DNA test frees convicted Ohio child rapist: 8/12/08
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26145142/from/ET/

Race sometimes a problem in eyewitness IDs: 8/11/08 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26123421/from/ET/

After Dallas DA's death, 19 convictions undone : 7/29/08
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25917791/from/ET/

JULY 30, 2008: WRONGLY-CONVICTED WWII VET DIES AFTER APOLOGY http://www.jackhamann.com/features/ny_times_Wrongly_convicted_WWII_vet_dies_after_apology.html?ex=1217995200&en=e22ab686a3cf6cd9&ei=5070

7/9/08 A Hyde Park man who was wrongly convicted of molesting a 6-year-old girl has filed a lawsuit against the state, seeking compensation for the 10 years he spent behind bars. http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/07/09/wrongly_convicted_man_seeks_compensation/

Anthrax suspect's colleague blames FBI for suicide: 7/04/08
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26007186/from/ET/

Ex-Army scientist to get $5.8M in anthrax lawsuit - 6/27/08
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080627/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/anthrax_hatfill

'Integrity unit' created for Texas justice issues: 6/4/08 http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/Texas%20Justice.pdf

DNA clears man of rape after 12 years in prison : 5/29/08
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24860069/from/ET/

.Man Exonerated After Spending 40 Days In Prison On Murder Charges : 5/29/08
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24493256/from/ET/

11/10/08 Omaha, Neb. -- Woman Wrongly Convicted In Murder Case Released http://www.ketv.com/news/17951574/detail.html

Court Orders Ex-State Employee (woman) Freed From Prison: April 6, 2007 http://www.channel3000.com/news/11536803/detail.html

Wife cleared of murder 'overwhelmed with emotion' : 4/22/08 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24254002/from/ET/

Mother Exonerated After 13 Years in Prison: 2/13/08
http://www.att.net/s/editorial.dll?eeid=5694181&eetype=article&render=y&ck=

Man who claims innocence freed after 26 years: 4/19/08
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24207440/from/ET/

DNA Testing Exonerates Jailed Man, Detroit: 4/14/2008
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/15878495/detail.html?taf=det

1.2M to man wrongly imprisoned: 04/02/08 http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/AJC%201.2%20mil.pdf

Inmate Freed After 14 Years on Death Row: 4/2/08
http://my.att.net/s/editorial.dll?eeid=5791877&eetype=article&render=y&ck=

FBI Money Sought After Revenge Killings: 3/10/08 http://www.att.net/s/editorial.dll?eeid=5743685&eetype=article&render=y&ck=
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Georgia Supreme Court throws out man's drug conviction 2/26/08
http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/Dekalb%20Jury.pdf
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New Suspect Charged in 1992 Miss. Murder 2/8/08 http://www.att.net/s/editorial.dll?eeid=5683484&eetype=article&render=y&ck=
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January 14, 2008 Rickey Johnson, who spent nearly 26 years in prison for a Many, La. rape he did not commit, was released from custody today after DNA tests proved his innocence. http://www.ktbs.com/news/Wrongly-convicted-man-released-from-prison-7836/

D. A. filed a motion to dismiss murder charges against Tim Masters: 1/25/08 http://www.denverpost.com/ci_8079134
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Wrongly accused at 17, Tankleff starts over at 36: 1/06/08
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/01/04/tankleff.freed.ap/index.html

Fla. Man In Jail Nearly 28 Years Gets New Trial 1/17/2008 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27740886/

DNA test clears man of rape 26 years later: 1/4/08
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22493315/from/ET/

Days before he left office in 2003, governor Ryan of Illinois commuted the sentences of all 167 death row inmates to life in prison. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14703115/from/ET/

Wrongly Convicted? Man convicted of killing parents is freed on bail: 12/28/07
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22409825/from/ET/

Article: Man wrongly convicted will get $355,000 : 11/28/07 http://www.bakersfield.com/hourly_news/story/315429.html

Lawsuite Filed in Wrongful Conviction; DNA Cleared Man in Prison for 10 Years
http://www.law.northwestern.edu/news/article_full.cfm?eventid=3473

DNA test frees man who served 30 years: 12/11/07 http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/DNA%2030%20years.pdf

man who spent a dozen years in prison for a rape he didn't commit 10/09/07 http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/Wrongly%20Imprisoned%20Man%20Freed%20in%20Texas%20After%2012%20Year1.pdf

man who remained in prison for 18 years after being wrongly convicted of child rape: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/charges_dismissed;_ylt=AtnahgSPu4n2jCun4YDaC8Os0NUE

Hard lives for wives of men wrongly imprisoned: 08/17/07 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20305912/from/ET/

Government fined $101 million over convictions (July 27, 2007) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15012096/from/ET/

Wrongful conviction draws lawsuit against U.S. (Nov 16, 2006) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15757471/from/ET/

1989 DEATH-PENALTY CASE: New questions cast doubt on conviction. 08/05/07 http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/1989%20death%20penalty.pdf

Death Penalty Scot's Sentence Overturned 08/10/07 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/skynews/20070810/twl-death-penalty-scot-s-sentence-overtu-3fd0ae9_2.html

Parole board will hear witnesses in Davis case 7/25/07 http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/Parole%20Board%20%20II.pdf

Georgia Supreme Court denies new trial for convicted cop killer: 4/14/08 http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/cop%20killer.pdf

11/13/07 Condemned killer Troy Anthony Davis today will get another chance to try to win a new trial based on testimony that suggests he did not kill a Savannah police officer in 1989 .http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/New%20Trial%20Davis-Poilice%20killing.pdf

Ex-death row inmate granted 'absolute pardon' http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19635849/from/ET/

Report blames wrongful conviction on 'tunnel vision' of police, lawyers 7/3/07 http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/WRONGFUL%20CONVICTION%20Tunnell%20Vision.pdf

Man Jailed on Cop's Word Freed: 6/23/07 In the first of what is expected to be many, a Fulton County man convicted on testimony from one of the same officers charged with killing 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston in a botched drug raid, was set free on Friday. http://www.11alive.com/news/article_news.aspx?storyid=99068

Man convicted in 1982 gang rape is cleared 6/24/07 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19374637/from/ET/

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,284077,00.html Duke, Lacrosse Players Reach Settlement FOX News

Straight Talk: Duke Case Shows Justice System's Flaws http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18715007/from/ET/

Man to get $5 million for wrongful conviction 5/17/07 http://georgehigh.com/gh/Flaws%20in%20the%20justice%20system.p df

(May 15, 2007) DNA test frees man convicted of 2 child slayings
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18682370/from/ET/

After 11 Years in Prison - including 16 on Death Row - Curtis McCarty is Exonerated http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,269308,00.html

Jury Convicts Los Angeles Serial Killer for Murder of 10 Women, Including Fetus Monday, April 30, 2007: Before police identified Turner as a suspect, a mentally disabled janitor was wrongly convicted of three other slayings police believe are connected to Turner. Turner has not been charged with those murders. David Allen Jones, 44, was released in 2004, after 11 years in prison. He received $720,000 in compensation. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,269308,00.html

(4/28/07) Third man in 1988 slaying is officially free http://georgehigh.com/email%20and%20letters/third%20man%20freed.pdf

Justice Deferred, Not Denied -- DNA Proof Clears 200th Victim of Wrongful Rape Conviction: http://www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/bawnews/dnaexonerations424

In the case of the United States of America versus the Amistad Africans http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechamistadjqadams.html

Senior Justice Joseph Story Reads the Decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, In the case of the United States of America versus the Amistad Africans http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechamistadusscdecision.html

Man exonerated by DNA is freed after 24 years: 1/26/06 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10995872/from/ET/

Correcting Justice: When The System Fail http://www.blackpressusa.com/news/Article.asp?SID=3&Title=National+News&NewsID=12809

DNA evidence exonerates mentally ill man http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17842849/from/ET/

Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt: On June 10, 1997, Judge Dickey ordered Pratt to be released on $25,000 bail. He had spent 27 years behind bars. Pratt was released in time to watch his son, Hiroji, go through his eighth-grade graduation ceremony. Later, he returned to Louisiana to see his 94-year-old mother, Eunice Petty Pratt, whom he had not seen since 1974. Pratt's stood completely vindicated when in 2000 the city of Los Angeles agreed to pay $2.75 million and the U.S. Department of Justice $1.75 million to settle a lawsuit for false imprisonment and violations of his civil rights. http://www.answers.com/topic/geronimo-pratt

Ex-inmate near execution awarded $14 million http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17075302/from/ET/

DNA frees N.Y., Ga. men from prison http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16773884/from/ET/

Arrest made in wrong conviction rape. Man freed had served 21 years http://georgehigh.com/gh/right%20arrest%2021.pdf

Man gets $4 million over wrong rape conviction http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16792320/from/ET/

Wrongful conviction draws lawsuit against U.S. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15757471/from/ET/

A Chicago judge agreed Thursday to release a man serving a 20-year sentence for a 1992 rape that DNA tests showed he didn't commit. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15979010/from/ET/

Thirty-five (35) victims of racist frame-up pardoned in Texas http://www.themilitant.com/2003/6732/673255.html

Nelson Mandela spent 27 years as a political prisoner in South Africa before becoming the country's first black president. Mandela was a leading member of the African National Congress (ANC), which opposed South Africa's white minority government and its policy of racial separation, known as apartheid. The government outlawed the ANC in 1960. Mandela was captured and jailed in 1962, and in 1964 he was convicted of treason and sentenced to life in prison. Instead of disappearing from view, Mandela became a prison-bound martyr and worldwide symbol of resistance to racism. South African President F.W. de Klerk finally lifted the ban on the ANC and released Mandela in 1990. Mandela used his stature to help dismantle apartheid and form a new multi-racial democracy, and he and de Klerk shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Mandela was elected the country's president in 1994. He served until 1999, when he was succeeded by his deputy Thabo Mbeki. Mandela's autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, was published in 1994. http://www.answers.com/topic/nelson-mandela

Report: Thousands wrongly convicted each year: 2/11/2005
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-02-11-wrongly-convicted_x.htm

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The system is broken and its up to the White House and the White Folks to fix it because they broke it. Since 1973, 123 innocent death row Inmates have been exonerated and set free. The convictions of 192 people across the country have been overturned by DNA tests since 1989. DNA evidence has cleared only a small percentage of those who have been wrongly convicted and they remain incarcerated. Page 240 Disfranchised http://georgehigh.com/gh/the%20system%20is%20broken.pdf

Please Sign Our Petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/tis10001/ "Petition to Investigate Wrong Doing That Leads to the Wrongful Convictions" ... These wrongful convictions are not only a miscarriage of justice but also a disgrace to our American Justice System. There is a lot of money made from the corruption in our justice system and our prison system. A full scale investigation of the system is not only warranted but it is imperative to make the system truly a justice system instead of an injustice system.

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Wrongful Conviction Websites

This site is dedicated to women who are in prison and have been wrongly convicted … imagine the distress of knowing each day of your is life passing by and you are completely innocent of the crime that you were convicted of. What a horrible thing to live with. http://home.earthlink.net/~wronglyconvicted/index.html

Center on Wrongful Convictions: The staff of the Center on Wrongful Convictions pioneered the investigation and litigation of wrongful convictions - including the cases of eleven innocent men sentenced to death in Illinois. These efforts were a driving force behind both Governor George H. Ryan's decision to suspend executions in Illinois and the current nationwide movement to reform the criminal justice system. http://www.law.northwestern.edu/wrongfulconvictions/

Justice Denied: The only magazine in the country devoted to profiling stories of the wrongfully convicted Justice Denied is invaluable at increasing awareness of the wrong done in this country in the name of justice http://www.justicedenied.org/

Wrongful Conviction and Innocence Resources on the Internet: Many people have been falsely accused and wrongly convicted in our criminal justice system.This bibliography focuses on the key websites and resources concerning this important issue. http://www.llrx.com/features/wrongfulconviction.htm#case%20profiles

The PATRICK CRUSADE is a human rights organization dedicated to the protection of human rights for all people. We believe human rights should be real for everyone simply because they are human beings. http://www.patrickcrusade.org/

America's Wrongfully Convicted ...This site is dedicated to those individuals, who, because of the selfish reasons of others who conspired for their false imprisonment resulting in malicious prosecution, judicial injustice and impropriety, prosecution for the sake of prosecution, lack of funds for legal aid to prove their innocence and/or other errors of one kind or another, have been wrongfully accused and wrongfully convicted of a crime which they did not commit and have been left to languish resulting in loss of liberty, civil rights, productive lifestyle, financial and personal ruin, mental anguish, social condemnation and personal and family embarrassment for the remainder of their lives. http://www.americaswrongfullyconvicted.com/

The Georgia Innocence Project: Innocent people are serving a significant portion of their lives in prison for crimes they did not commit. These innocent people need someone to care about justice and to assist them in gaining their freedom. http://www.ga-innocenceproject.org/

Welcome to INNOCENT! a Christian-based non-profit organization, refers prison inmates and their families to a national network of Innocence organizations following receipt and review of claims of wrongful conviction. Utilizing expertise in the media and in community organization, INNOCENT increases public awareness of legitimate claims of innocence and problems associated with wrongful convictions. http://www.aboutinnocent.org/

Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (CUADP): If you are familiar with the Sheppard murder case, you know that it is not difficult to get railroaded in the United States. We as a people, and the media in particular, have a responsibility to the public to expose wrongful convictions. http://www.cuadp.org/pris/pot.html

The Wrongful Convictions Project: Mission and Purpose: The Wrongful Convictions Project is dedicated to identifying and rectifying wrongful convictions and other serious miscarriages of justice. http://www.wrongfulconvictions.com/

MID-ALANTIC INNOCENCE PROJECT D.C. attorneys seeking the exoneration of persons who have been convicted of crimes that they did not commit. Contains facts about wrongful convictions, sources of conviction error, public opinion, and related news. http://www.exonerate.org/facts/

Truth in Justice is an educational non-profit organized to educate the public regarding the vulnerabilities in the U. S. criminal justice system that make the criminal conviction of wholly innocent persons possible. http://www.truthinjustice.org/

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Rosa Parks and Dr. King...We Shall Overcome & The Need For Change http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/civilrights/change.htm