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Jimmy Dennis walks free from Pennsylvania death row

5/17/2017

 
Jimmy Dennis has been released from death row after 25 years facing execution and was able to celebrate   mother's day with his mother, at home.

Read more about the case here.
 As part of his parole, Dennis submitted a detailed plan for his reintroduction into society, including where he'd live, work and get counseling. But the reality will be more complicated . Dennis' lawyers have created a donation site for people to help him financially.

Here is the statement released by Jmmy Dennnis through his attorneys:

"I am so full of gratitude for the support I received from friends, family and the lawyers who stuck with me through this long and difficult process," Dennis said. "My focus right now is on reconnecting with my family and getting on with my life and doing some positive things. After more than 25 years in prison for a crime I did not commit, you can imagine that I have a lot of emotions and I really appreciate everyone respecting me, my family, and our privacy at this time. I continue to pray for the truth."

Read more on NBC

innocence and the death penalty in 2015

4/6/2016

 
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According to a new report from Amnesty International, Death Sentences and Executions in 2015,there were 51 exonerations of prisoners worldwide under sentence of death in six countries: China (1), Egypt (1), Nigeria (41), Pakistan (at least 21), Taiwan (1), and the USA (6).

In total, 156 prisoners have been exonerated in the USA. In 2015, the exonerated prisoners were:

. Debra Milke (Arizona)

. Anthony Hinton (Alabama) -  Evidence previously
used against him showed that his weapon was not linked to the bullets used in a murder. He had spent nearly 30 years on death row.

. Willie Manning (Mississippi), after the court ruled that the prosecution did not disclose key evidence that could have invalidated a witness’ testimony and proved his innocence. (Read more about Willie Manning's case here).

. Alfred Brown (Texas) - the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned his conviction after it found that
prosecutors had not disclosed phone records that would have supported Alfred Brown’s evidence that he was not at the crime scene at the time of the crime.

. Lawrence Lee (Georgia)
dismissed charges against Lawrence Lee, on the basis that there was not enough evidence to prosecute him.

. Derral Hodgkins (Florida)
the Supreme Court of Florida remitted the case of Derral Hodgkins to the lower courts for acquittal
of murder on the basis that there was not enough evidence to sustain the conviction. He was released in October after the Court refused to reconsider its decision.

The report concludes:

Claims of innocence and evidence of unsafe convictions continued to characterize the use of the death penalty in several other cases throughout the USA in 2015.


Read the Amnesty International report
Read more about ongoing death penalty cases with innocence claims in the USA

A former death row inmate Alabama who won a new trial 3 years ago will be free within hours, becoming the 2nd condemned Alabama prisoner ordered freed this month.

4/16/2015

 
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STORY OF RICKY JOHNSON, LONGEST SERVING INNOCENT MAN IN US HISTORY

4/16/2015

 
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