Wrongly Convicted
The High's were framed and there was no DNA to set them free.
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 a judicial lynching. 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 69 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...
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2.3 Million Incarcerated: : 6/6/08
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DNA exonerations do not solve the problem - they prove its existence and illuminate the need for reform. The lessons learned from these exonerations must be used to prevent all wrongful convictions - including those where DNA testing cannot provide answer.
Texas executes 400th inmate since 1982: August 25, 2007 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20398934/from/ET/
http://www.truthinjustice.org/imprisoned.htm The Innocent Imprisoned
http://www.texecutions.com/ 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..!
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.
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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/
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 tp://georgehigh.com/George%20News/AJC%201.2%20mil.pdf
Inmate Freed After 14 Years on Death Row: 4/2/08
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DNA test clears man of rape 26 years later: 1/4/08
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22493315/from/ET/
Wrocgly 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
DNA test frees man who served 30 years: 12/11/07 http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/DNA%2030%20years.pdf
HOUSTON -- A man who spent a dozen years in prison for a rape he didn't commit was freed Tuesday, the third inmate to be released because of problems with the Houston Police Department's crime lab. 10/09/07 http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/Wrongly%20Imprisoned%20Man%20Freed%20in%20Texas%20After%2012%20Year1.pdf
GOLDSBORO, N.C. 8/28/07 - A man who remained in prison for 18 years after being wrongly convicted of child rape was released Tuesday after new DNA testing cleared him of the crime. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/charges_dismissed;_ylt=AtnahgSPu4n2jCun4YDaC8Os0NUE
Hard lives for wives of men wrongly imprisoned: 08/17/07 For three decades, Marie Salvati and Olympia Limone essentially lived as widows, struggling to make ends meet as they raised four children on their own. Their husbands grew old behind bars after being convicted of a murder the FBI knew they did not commit. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20305912/from/ET/
Government fined $101 million over convictions (July 27, 2007) The FBI helped frame four men for a 1965 murder and withheld information that could have cleared them, a federal judge ruled Thursday in ordering the government to pay $101.7 million for the decades they spent in prison. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15012096/from/ET/
Wrongful conviction draws lawsuit against U.S. (Nov 16, 2006) Two Boston men who spent 30 years in prison for an underworld slaying they did not commit are suing the federal government after the FBI withheld evidence that would have cleared them to protect an informant. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15757471/from/ET/
http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/1989%20death%20penalty.pdf 1989 DEATH-PENALTY CASE: New questions cast doubt on conviction. 08/05/07
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
http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/Parole%20Board%20%20II.pdf Parole board will hear witnesses in Davis case 7/25/07
Georgia Supreme Court denies new trial for convicted cop killer: 4/14/08 http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/cop%20killer.pdf
http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/New%20Trial%20Davis-Poilice%20killing.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://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19635849/from/ET/ Ex-death row inmate granted 'absolute pardon' 7/7/07
http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/condolences%20family.pdf Man wrongly accused of murder fails to get 'storybook' ending
http://georgehigh.com/George%20News/WRONGFUL%20CONVICTION%20Tunnell%20Vision.pdf Report blames wrongful conviction on 'tunnel vision' of police, lawyers 7/3/07
http://www.11alive.com/news/article_news.aspx?storyid=99068 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.msnbc.msn.com/id/19374637/from/ET/ Man convicted in 1982 gang rape is cleared 6/24/07
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,284077,00.html Duke, Lacrosse Players Reach Settlement FOX News
http://georgehigh.com/gh/Flaws%20in%20the%20justice%20system.pdf 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://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18682370/from/ET/ (May 15, 2007) DNA test frees man convicted of 2 child slayings
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://georgehigh.com/email%20and%20letters/third%20man%20freed.pdf (4/28/07) Third man in 1988 slaying is officially free
http://www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/bawnews/dnaexonerations424 Justice Deferred, Not Denied -- DNA Proof Clears 200th Victim of Wrongful Rape Conviction: Of the 200 who have been exonerated, 119 are black, and 55 are white, according to Innocence Project attorney Nina Morrison. Witness misidentification is the leading cause for wrongful conviction.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechamistadjqadams.html In the case of the United States of America versus the Amistad Africans
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechamistadusscdecision.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 Africanshttp://www.channel3000.com/news/11536803/detail.html Court Orders Ex-State Employee Freed From Prison:
http://www.blackpressusa.com/news/Article.asp?SID=3&Title=National+News&NewsID=12809 Correcting Justice: When The System Fail
lhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070409/ap_on_re_us/dna_exoneration Judge: Texas man should be exonerated
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17842849/from/ET/ DNA evidence exonerates mentally ill man
http://www.justicefreedom.org/Page05.htm Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt, “framed” by the F.B.I. and the State of California for armed robbery and murder.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17075302/from/ET/ Ex-inmate near execution awarded $14 million
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16773884/from/ET/ DNA frees N.Y., Ga. men from prison
http://georgehigh.com/gh/right%20arrest%2021.pdf Arrest made in wrong conviction rape. Man freed had served 21 years
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16792320/from/ET/ Man gets $4 million over wrong rape conviction
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15757471/from/ET/ Wrongful conviction draws lawsuit against U.S.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15979010/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.themilitant.com/2003/6732/673255.html Thirty-five (35) victims of racist frame-up pardoned in Texas
http://www.boogieonline.com/revolution/firearms/enforce/rubyridge/ 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.
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http://www.justicedenied.org/ 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.llrx.com/features/wrongfulconviction.htm#case%20profiles 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.
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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
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. Please Sign Our Petition
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Wrongful Conviction Websites
http://www.patrickcrusade.org/ 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.ga-innocenceproject.org/ 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.law.northwestern.edu/wrongfulconvictions/ 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.aboutinnocent.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.cuadp.org/pris/pot.html 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.wrongfulconvictions.com/ 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.exonerate.org/facts/ 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.
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