http://apublicdefender.com/2009/12/21/junk-science-and-missing-evidence/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:29:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://apublicdefender.com/2009/12/21/junk-science-and-missing-evidence/comment-page-1/#comment-52633 Anthony B McClain Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:36:23 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/?p=2606#comment-52633 I am a person that was wrongfully convicted. It seems that no one knows my story, so I am writing a book about it all. (Wrong 1) I was charged and convicted of murder in 1995 and later found a witness that saw the actual shooter and heard him say that he had just shot the victim. She told all this to the police but this was never told to me or my attorney before the first trial. After serving years behind bars I found this witness by hiring a private investigator. It still took years to get back in court. 11 years! The original trial judge turned me down when I presented him with this new evidence. On appeal of his decision the appeals court granted me a new trial stating that the trial judge was unreasonable, etc. The detective that arreste me told me that it did not matter if I had done the ceime or not. I am a black man, the person that the new witness saw and heard is a white man. The detectives spoke to her before they spoke to me. I witnessed someone fire a shot in the dark and went to prison for it. I got out in july 2006. They hide evidence/lose it. I am a person that was wrongfully convicted. It seems that no one knows my story, so I am writing a book about it all. (Wrong 1) I was charged and convicted of murder in 1995 and later found a witness that saw the actual shooter and heard him say that he had just shot the victim. She told all this to the police but this was never told to me or my attorney before the first trial. After serving years behind bars I found this witness by hiring a private investigator. It still took years to get back in court. 11 years! The original trial judge turned me down when I presented him with this new evidence. On appeal of his decision the appeals court granted me a new trial stating that the trial judge was unreasonable, etc. The detective that arreste me told me that it did not matter if I had done the ceime or not. I am a black man, the person that the new witness saw and heard is a white man. The detectives spoke to her before they spoke to me. I witnessed someone fire a shot in the dark and went to prison for it. I got out in july 2006. They hide evidence/lose it.

]]> http://apublicdefender.com/2009/12/21/junk-science-and-missing-evidence/comment-page-1/#comment-52578 Morning Links | The Agitator Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:53:56 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/?p=2606#comment-52578 [...] Oregon man freed after triple homicide conviction thanks to junk science and the state destroying the evidence in his case. As Gideon writes, it’s far from clear the guy is innocent. Which makes the state’s actions troubling for a whole other set of reasons. What’s unfathomable is that the FBI has admitted it’s comparative bullet lead tracing methods aren’t reliable, but refuses to release the list of cases where the methods helped put people in prison. Digg it |  reddit |  del.icio.us |  Fark [...] [...] Oregon man freed after triple homicide conviction thanks to junk science and the state destroying the evidence in his case. As Gideon writes, it’s far from clear the guy is innocent. Which makes the state’s actions troubling for a whole other set of reasons. What’s unfathomable is that the FBI has admitted it’s comparative bullet lead tracing methods aren’t reliable, but refuses to release the list of cases where the methods helped put people in prison. Digg it |  reddit |  del.icio.us |  Fark [...]

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