Greetings: My name is Charles ‘Chucky’ Mamou, Jr. and I have been on Texas Death Row since November, 1999.  I am innocent, and no - I’m not repeating a delusional cliché.  I actually encourage you to see that for yourself.  A lot of the details of my case are in one place, but not all – There is so much that has been found out about my case in the last year, it’s hard for me to even put it all into words.  A lot of the documents are in that link though.  They speak for themselves.

If I could ask you to do one thing – it would be to read that.  I hope you see it for yourself.  I want you to see what they did.   These documents were discovered serendipitously by my pro bono investigator.  All of the articles written on my case are here.   To be honest, I had no clue the degree of corruption that played a major role in my wrongful conviction until these things were discovered.

One could easily conclude I will be released or offered a new trial after learning about my case.  It’s not that simple.  The American judicial laws prevent immediate release or any acknowledgement of wrong doing by the prosecution.   I have no more appeals, which makes it more difficult to raise my claims in front of a fair judge.   My only chance of judicial salvation rests on the mercy of Harris County’s current District Attorney who has often said during her weekly press conferences that she is focused on doing the right thing when wrongful convictions are brought to her attention.  We have contacted her, and have heard nothing from her office.

The reality is, funds are needed to hire the necessary legal help I will need before my time runs out.  Thank you for allowing your individual humanity to aid the incarcerated innocent men and women.   Thank you for caring.  I’m writing you from a Texas Death Row cell because those who prosecuted me in a Harris County courtroom back in 1999 didn’t care, not about me, my innocence or the facts.

Please share my story.   Join me in my fight for the justice that will set me free.   There is a facebook page that has been set up to share my story.   Charles Mamou – How Wrongful Convictions Are Made.  I can’t do this by myself.  You can send me messages there and they will be forwarded to me.  

Thank you for your time.  LOVE ALWAYS CHUCKY FOREVER.

To find out more about Charles Mamou, check the page SAVE Charles Mamou and the Charles Mamou website here.

BASED ON A 4-PARTS DOCUMENTARY SERIES BY FRENCH DOCUMENTARY MAKER A. BUTHION, THE FOLLOWING TRAILER PRESENTS AN OVERVIEW OF THE FLAWS IN THE CASE. 

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As we are coming to the end of the sixth year of our Save Innocents campaign*, in the context of which we have been monitoring just over 100 innocence claims (out of over 2600 cases of prisoners on death row in the USA), we have observed the following:

. Four (4) prisoners have been exonerated (compared to 20 nationally).
There was no new exoneration of prisoners that are part of our list in 2019.

. Three (3) prisoners received clemency:
This is a relatively high number compared to the national average (15 clemency granted nationally).
​There was no new case in 2019 being granted on our list.

. Twelve (12) prisoners have had their conviction quashed or their sentence commuted, for example because they have had an unfair trial, or other such factors. 

. Three (3) prisoners are currently awaiting a new trial or sentencing hearing

. Six (6) have had execution stays. In 2019, this has included the case of Rodney Reed. 

. Nine (9) prisoners were executed (compared to 151 nationally). In 2019, this has included the case of Larry Swearingen, who was executed despite serious doubts on the safety of his conviction. Many others received execution stays.

. Two (2) died of natural causes. They maintained their innocence until the end.

Many other prisoners are still in the process of fighting their case to prove their innocence. They all need your help to prove their innocence.

* The Save Innocents  campaign started in January 2014.

Read a new article from Amber Hunt in the Cincinnati Enquirer, relating to the fatally flaws in the case of Elwood Jones.