Thank you to SG2 for pointing out this case.
Sometimes, the truth does come out.
I was always skeptical of the Death Penalty, because, like so much of the American Justice System, it was doled out on a skewed anti-Black basis.
But, I came out completely against it because of the fact that I live in Illinois, the state where it was found that 12 men, on DEATH ROW, were actually INNOCENT of the crime that they committed.
Think on that. We had a Death Row stacked with folks THAT DIDN’T DO THE CRIME.
ONCE, is an abomination..
Two, is beyond thought..
But, for sure – TWELVE?
That’s not a hiccup in the system…That’s a system that’s COMPLETELY BROKEN.
So, they can miss me, down in Texas, for not taking absolute full responsibility for destroying this man’s life.
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/District-Attorney-to-make-announcement-in-13655283.php”>Special prosecutor finds Alfred Brown ‘actually innocent’ in cop killer case
Updated 1:53 pm CST, Friday, March 1, 2019
More than 15 years after a south Houston cop killing landed him on death row, the final report is in: Alfred Brown is actually innocent.
The news came Friday as part of a sweeping review authored by special prosecutor John Raley, who started investigating the Brown case last year at the behest of Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg.
My obligation as an advocate is not to tell people what they want to hear but to tell them the truth,” Ogg told a scrum of reporters gathered on the ground floor of the district attorney’s office.
The explosive findings from special counsel offer far more than a simple take on Brown’s guilt or innocence. The painstaking nearly 200-page report – compiled over the course of 10 months – also delves into alternate theories of the case, outlines possible other suspects, details more extensive problems with the grand jury than previously reported and delves into questions about what embattled former prosecutor Dan Rizzo knew and when he knew it.
“It is impossible to examine the conviction of Alfred Dewayne Brown without confronting prosecutorial misconduct,” Raley wrote. “ADA Daniel Rizzo presided over a Grand Jury that abusively manipulated witnesses to supply evidence for a chosen narrative. He was provided notice of the existence and meaning of exculpatory evidence, failed to produce it to the defense and avoided it during trial. Further investigation of his conduct is warranted.”
The scathing report comes two months after the State Bar of Texas tossed a disciplinary complaint against the retired lawyer, apparently determining there wasn’t enough information at the time to determine he’d done anything wrong.
Following the 2003 double murder that started it all, Brown was sent to death row in 2005. Ten years later, he was set free when the evidence not turned over at trial – phone records that seemed to confirm an alibi – finally surfaced after a police officer discovered the material in his home garage.
But even after he left death row and settled into a new post-prison life, his case turned into a political hot potato as police and prosecutors struggled with whether Brown was truly innocent of the crime. The lack of an “actual innocence” declaration made him ineligible for state compensation, a fact that pushed his lawyers to sue the district attorney and the county in the hope of finding a different way to get money for the years wrongfully spent behind bars.
Those involved in his conviction should be charged.
They should be made to resign their jobs, if they’re still on the job.
OF COURSE, this man should be compensated for his time behind bars.
https://twitter.com/innocence/status/1119373611050123264
https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1103002572946882561
Sheriff Clarke has been ditched by Fox News was repeatedly blocked from getting a position in the Trump administration.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-quietly-ditched-trump-loving-sheriff-david-clarke?via=twitter_page
That’s so funny. I am still not impressed with faux.
He got exactly what he deserved. He spent so much time sniffing the butts of members of the far right that it seems to have clouded his judgment about what many of them really think about him, which is, bottom line he’s just another N-clang to them.
https://twitter.com/mayawiley/status/1103072878575140865
https://twitter.com/funder/status/1103051747059212290
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1103050174056796163
Thread
https://twitter.com/MelissaRyan/status/1102706172564570112
https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1102987250948849664
https://twitter.com/intifada/status/1103008563822252034
https://twitter.com/RevDrBarber/status/1102992486446886913
Ha ha.
https://twitter.com/TrueFactsStated/status/1103003257121718274
https://twitter.com/imraansiddiqi/status/1102704946472837120
https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/1102939342769668097
TRUTH! @TheDemocrats have been exposed. Their prejudice and racism can’t be contained. It oozes out. I’m glad it’s being exposed so I know who I’m dealing with. @IlhanMN has peeled back the covers on their ass.
https://twitter.com/KhaledBeydoun/status/1102840621788651520
Speak that truth, SG2.
https://twitter.com/PeterBeinart/status/1102702064239558661
https://twitter.com/kelly2277/status/1102982012875485187
https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1102976591804608513
I happen to agree with what Rep. Ilhan said about America’s official relationship with Israel. She was correct when she noted that quite a few Americans feel an allegiance to support Israel no matter what human rights abuses the nation commits against Palestinians. This is a fact, a fact the U.S. government needs to acknowledge, a fact that needs to be addressed and debated in public. Ms.Ilhan’s comments aren’t indicative of anti-Semitism but are an indictment of America and Israel’s acceptance of human rights abuses while portraying themselves to the world as nations that are bastions of freedom and equality when they’re not.
https://twitter.com/RawStory/status/1102979242583883776
We lost your children. Sorry.
https://twitter.com/jennycohn1/status/1102955665109135361
https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1102969578211160064
If the Democrats want to be the party embracing 21st century diversity, then they need to do it 100 percent and without hypocrisy. This really ticks me off…
https://twitter.com/IngridMKollmann/status/1102960268366163968
https://twitter.com/eji_org/status/1102916672745361410
https://twitter.com/democracynow/status/1102954132246278145
https://twitter.com/etanthomas36/status/1102888154351263744
https://twitter.com/democracynow/status/1102963273572454401
Good question.
https://twitter.com/KevOnStage/status/1102695830941687808
https://twitter.com/_SJPeace_/status/1102945941227819009
https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1102917578266198016
I love Ted Lieu 😍😍🤗🤗👏👏
Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) Tweeted:
.@RepDonBeyer & I have made a criminal referral of Jared Kushner to @TheJusticeDept.
Making false statements or omitting material info on SF-86 security form is punishable by up to 5 years in prison. More info at @politico huddle. Here’s the letter:
https://t.co/yq4H1zbhux. https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1102939058966274049?s=17
NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) Tweeted:
An NPR investigation has found that across the country, white Americans and those with more wealth often receive more federal aid after a natural disaster than minorities and those with less wealth.
https://t.co/jxOa30cY50 https://twitter.com/nprpolitics/status/1102960711460765696?s=17
Game Over: McConnell Concedes Pelosi Has Outmaneuvered Trump on Border Wall
You have to CALL OUT these mofos on their hypocrisy.
https://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/1102689416664018944
YOU need to do better. And remove the log from your own eye. Criticizing Israel’s policies is not anti-Semitic. Where are your tweets condemning @SteveKingIA @GOPLeader & @Jim_Jordan?
Lastly, where is your tweet denouncing Richard Spencer’s racist hate? Too busy coddling. STFU
Fugg Jeff Ballabon 40 ways to Sunday! How’s that?
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1102658732645892097
https://twitter.com/dorianwarren/status/1102729739586994178
https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1102917513980137473
Word of the Day : March 5, 2019
Leviathan: noun luh-VYE-uh-thun
Definition
1 a often capitalized Leviathan : a sea monster defeated by Yahweh in various scriptural accounts
b : a large sea animal
2 capitalized Leviathan : the political state; especially : a totalitarian state having a vast bureaucracy
3 : something large or formidable
https://twitter.com/LeftOfBlack/status/1102713638736068610
https://twitter.com/peterdaou/status/1102901102297731072
https://twitter.com/itgurl_29/status/1102662133651832832
THIS
I long for Wakanda.
https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1102692961333272576
https://twitter.com/MrDane1982/status/1102761147848110082
STFU 😠
https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/1102633398911332353
https://twitter.com/mmpadellan/status/1102793863104774145
😂😂😂
https://twitter.com/middleageriot/status/1102717584271704065
Awe 😍
https://twitter.com/dodo/status/1101557717469220864
https://twitter.com/BrookingsInst/status/1102859302300254208
The rest of the world is going to move on without us.
Wow
https://twitter.com/HawaiiDelilah/status/1102848175973457920
https://twitter.com/jricole/status/1102832249773338624
Uh huh 😒
https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1102707222222684163
I love her😍😍
https://twitter.com/blackenterprise/status/1101963852449632257
Yeah, baby! You’d better know it!!
https://twitter.com/pkcapitol/status/1102288932568530944
Regina chained herself to herself. (@ReginaA1981) Tweeted:
I’m buying a 5 year subscription to the first news organization that asks Bernie the name of the woman he was chained to. #VettingBernie https://twitter.com/ReginaA1981/status/1102614276865490950?s=17
Trevor Supports Actual Democrats (@TPVTrevor) Tweeted:
Friendly reminder that while @BernieSanders is in Selma today, he has ignored black allies and activists in Vermont for 30 years. #VettingBernie
https://t.co/au0AFAFKNL https://twitter.com/TPVTrevor/status/1102246826080636928?s=17
https://twitter.com/eclecticbrotha/status/1102375963122454529
https://twitter.com/vetthebern/status/1102422080555966464
Carol Silver (@Teach3ca) Tweeted:
Deadbeat Dad: How Bernie’s Craven Political Ambition Kept Him from Supporting His Young Child https://t.co/1cREawsfyH https://twitter.com/Teach3ca/status/1102397823599984641?s=17
https://twitter.com/thepeoplesview/status/1102652039148892160
Well well well😒😒
https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1102692103086399488
(((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) Tweeted:
STILL waiting to talk about Palestinians. Can we now talk about Netanyahu’s settlement construction or that my Palestinian family lives under occupation? Or that my Palestinian grandmother’s land was taken and turned into a settlement?
https://t.co/gRcEu1wjVf #IStandWithIlhan https://twitter.com/DeanObeidallah/status/1102761728343969792?s=17
https://twitter.com/lyn_cade/status/1102577372568698881
https://twitter.com/Stop_Trump20/status/1102634199792660482
Teeeeeee heeeeee!!!!!!
https://twitter.com/sahluwal/status/1102616854944595968
https://twitter.com/JasmineLWatkins/status/1102633319500578817
https://twitter.com/ColmanUpdates/status/1102189477089460224
https://twitter.com/DFAaction/status/1102719239696322561
Da phuq?😡
Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) Tweeted:
Republicans just advanced the judicial nomination of 36 year-old Allison Jones Rushing for the 4th Circuit (NC). She has practiced law for just 9 years, only tried 4 cases to verdict or judgment in her career (none as lead counsel), and isn’t even a member of the NC bar. https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1102712202711236610?s=17
https://twitter.com/ZerlinaMaxwell/status/1102615174769508352
😒😒😒
https://twitter.com/GaryLegum/status/1102750881047633920
https://twitter.com/AngryBlackLady/status/1102712353919918080
Uh huh 😒
https://twitter.com/jyribe/status/1102753923981467650
https://twitter.com/freddie_1V/status/1101989117573898245
https://twitter.com/NBC12/status/1102730453818187778
https://twitter.com/WillAndGrace/status/1102709025886547968
https://twitter.com/NCRMuseum/status/1101610650516815873
Good Morning, Everyone 😄 😄😄
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1102731207710777345
Good Morning, Rikyrah & 3 Chics Family.
Speaking of which, where is Eliihaas?