Timothy Johnson: Innocent Man Released from GA Death Row After 29 Years

Timothy Johnson has been released after having spent 29 years on Georgia's death row. Death Penalty Information Center carried the following information about Johnson:

Timothy Johnson was acquitted of murder charges and released from prison in Georgia on December 5, twenty-nine years after being charged with a murder and robbery at a convenience store. Johnson had originally pled guilty to the crimes in exchange for the prosecution's agreement not to seek the death penalty. The Georgia Supreme Court overturned his conviction in 2006 because he was not properly informed of his constitutional protection against self-incrimination and his right to confront witnesses against him. The jury deliberated for only about an hour before rendering the acquittal. His family greeted him upon his release. “My heart is overwhelmed for him,” said his uncle, Willie Wilson. “I’m just elated.”

(B. Purser, "After 29 years in jail, Timothy Johnson is free," Macon Telegraph, December 6, 2013). See Innocence and Arbitrariness. The case illustrates the danger of using the death penalty as a plea-bargaining incentive. Defendants sometimes plead guilty to a crime they did not commit in order to avoid the possibility of a death sentence.

See the next article in the Davis/MacPhail Truth Committee blog, "Democide: Government Murders" at
http://dmtruth.blogspot.com/2013/12/democide-government-murders.html

Johnson hugs his family and gives thanks to God after winning prison release after 29 years of death row.

The Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) provides valuable information on death row inmates and their cases. It also offers historical information and statistics about capital punishment in the USA. I highly recommend DPIC for persons and corporations making a list or worthy organizations to receive charitable contributions this holiday season. A PayPal depository is on its website at http://deathpenaltyinfo.org/donate-dpic

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The Death Penalty Information Center is a national non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment. Founded in 1990, the Center promotes informed discussion of the death penalty by preparing in-depth reports, conducting briefings for journalists, and serving as a resource to those working on this issue. Please direct media inquiries to Elaine de Leon, Communications Director, at 202-289-4022 or edeleon@deathpenaltyinfo.org.

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Free Darrell Lomax - Innocent on San Quentin's Death Row

My name is Darrell Lomax and I have been wrongly incarcerated on death row at San Quentin State prison for over 18 years. I was convicted even though:
~I passed a gunshot residue test
~I have an alibi
~the eye witness said it wasn't me
~the fingerprints on the gun weren't mine
and it was found in someone else's car
~the footprint wasn't mine
~My witnesses were never called
~and I couldn't afford a lawyer so I had to share a public defender with the man who made a deal to testify against me.
~When the situation with the public defender was discovered he was replaced by a former DA who made no effort to find the witnesses for my defense.
http://www.care2.com/c2c/share/detail/1171245

DEATH TO THE DEATH PENALTY!
~ It targets the poor
~ It is racist
~ It kills the innocent
~ It does not deter crime
~ It is barbaric
~ It is expensive (up to an additional $90,000 per year per condemned inmate)
  

FREE DARRELL LOMAX

http://www.freedarrell.com/

Inmate Number K27402

San Quinton State Prison

San Quinton, CA 94974

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He's not guilty, so is it because he's black? It is shameful that America's justice system is so prejudice. "California Prisons Are Punishing Inmates With Race-Based Lockdowns"
http://www.propublica.org/article/are-california-prisons-punishing-inmates-based-on-race#ixzz2RpqqG7Yb

Release the innocent, and treat the guilty with human respect while they are in custody, and please remember, "God HATES hands that shed innocent blood" (Pv.6:17). 

MaryLovesJustice

WY Death Row: Dale Wayne Eaton

Judge: No mental evaluation needed of Wyoming death row inmate

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A federal judge on Friday denied a request from the state of Wyoming to allow its mental-health expert to examine the state's lone death row inmate.

U.S. District Judge Alan B. Johnson of Cheyenne ruled that lawyers for the state can review a report from a psychiatrist retained by inmate Dale Wayne Eaton's own legal team once it's finished in coming months. While Johnson said he wouldn't let the state's expert examine Eaton, he said it's possible he could review that decision later.

Eaton, 59, is challenging the constitutionality of the death sentence he received for the 1988 rape and murder of Lisa Marie Kimmell, 18, of Billings, Mont. [Read full article at
http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/judge-no-mental-evaluation-needed-of-wyoming-death-row-inmate/article_2086e056-93dc-11e2-8ae6-0019bb2963f4.html ]

"Keep fighting this fight": Troy Davis

Mary Neal, director

Davis/MacPhail Truth Committee

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