Wrongful Arrests & Convictions

Arrested... not yet convicted

Foreign student damages 10 planes in fit of rage. BODYCAM​

This guy was a student at a flight school in Florida, he came from India to eventually become a pilot. He became angry after school instructors would not allow him to take a solo flight. He damaged 10+ planes intentionally so that nobody would be able to fly them, was charged with Felony CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.

He was sentenced to 266 days in jail after pleading NOLO-CONTENDERE. I have not been able to find anything out about his visa status and if that's been revoked.
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Innocent Mom Arrested, Mistreated in Jail, Missed Christmas​

Sep 20, 2024

What was supposed to be a joyous Christmas celebration turned into a nightmare for Jennifer Heath Box, when Broward County, Florida, sheriff’s deputies arrested her and threw her in jail for three days—all because they refused to check their paperwork to make sure they had the right person.

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Because of indifference of police and jail personnel, Jennifer missed Christmas with her family and, most importantly, missed seeing her son before he deployed overseas with the United States Marines.

Police did have a warrant for “Jennifer”—but not this Jennifer. This Jennifer had never been the subject of an arrest warrant and had never been charged with a crime. The Jennifer that police wanted was 23 years younger and five inches shorter than the Jennifer they arrested. She also lived in a different county, had a different driver’s license number, had different hair and eye colors, and even had a different last name—all information that police and jail personnel ignored.

While the wrong Jennifer spent her Christmas in jail, terrified and confused as to how something like this could happen, her family worked around the clock to get Jennifer out. But the more they learned, the more it became clear that Jennifer was sitting in jail because of an obvious mistake—one that Broward County officials failed to rectify even after they learned that Jennifer had been wrongfully arrested and incarcerated, and one to this day they’ve never apologized for.

Jennifer’s wrongful arrest and detention violated both the Fourth Amendment’s right to be free from unreasonable seizures, and the constitutional right to due process. Government officials should be held accountable when their mistakes lead to violations of constitutional rights. Jennifer is teaming up with the Institute for Justice (IJ) to hold Broward County and its officials responsible for their mistakes and to ensure that this nightmare does not happen to someone else.

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Prosecutors say evidence clears him. He’s set to be executed today.​

Marcellus Williams has spent more than two decades on Missouri’s death row fighting his execution for a murder he says he did not commit. On Tuesday, Williams, 55, is scheduled for a repeatedly delayed execution that has raised alarms related to DNA evidence and questions of fairness from his 2001 trial.

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John Grisham on the wrongfully convicted: "It's not that difficult to convict an innocent person"​

What happened to Army veterans Mark Jones, Dominic Lucci and Kenny Gardiner on a January night in 1992 is almost impossible to believe. "It just blindsides you like a bolt of lightning," said Lucci.

"You're stunned and in shock," said Jones.

Gardiner said, "One day you're preparing to go before the promotion board, next day you're fighting for your freedom."

A chance encounter with a Savannah, Georgia, police officer investigating a murder cost each of them 26 years in prison for a crime they didn't commit. "Why us? Why then?" said Lucci. "We had nothing in our lives that would even bring anybody to the assumption of that. No logical reason for us to have done any of that."

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Trump sued by Central Park Five for defamation over claims made during Harris debate​

• Five men who were wrongfully convicted in the so-called Central Park Five jogger rape case sued Donald Trump.
• The men alleged in the lawsuit in Philadelphia federal court that the Republican presidential nominee defamed them by falsely claiming they killed someone and pleaded guilty.
• Trump's claim about the men was made at his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, in September.

Five men who were wrongfully convicted as teenagers in the so-called Central Park Five jogger rape case sued Donald Trump on Monday, saying the Republican presidential nominee defamed them by falsely claiming they killed someone and pleaded guilty.

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It looks pretty murky to me. Read it and maybe you will go one way or the other. My feeling is that Trump chose the wrong side on this. But as always, I am willing to change my mind when new evidence appears.

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John Grisham on the wrongfully convicted: "It's not that difficult to convict an innocent person"​

What happened to Army veterans Mark Jones, Dominic Lucci and Kenny Gardiner on a January night in 1992 is almost impossible to believe. "It just blindsides you like a bolt of lightning," said Lucci.

"You're stunned and in shock," said Jones.

Gardiner said, "One day you're preparing to go before the promotion board, next day you're fighting for your freedom."

A chance encounter with a Savannah, Georgia, police officer investigating a murder cost each of them 26 years in prison for a crime they didn't commit. "Why us? Why then?" said Lucci. "We had nothing in our lives that would even bring anybody to the assumption of that. No logical reason for us to have done any of that."

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John Grisham on “Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions” | Amanpour and Company​

Oct 25, 2024 #amanpourpbs

John Grisham is a best-selling author and a household name around the world. He channels his real-life passion for justice through his legal thrillers. For his latest book, Grisham teamed up with Centurion Ministries founder Jim McCloskey. The result is "Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions." Grisham joins the show to talk about the concept of a fair trial, the death penalty, and the flaws inherent in the interrogation process.

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Prosecutors say evidence clears him. He’s set to be executed today.​

Marcellus Williams has spent more than two decades on Missouri’s death row fighting his execution for a murder he says he did not commit. On Tuesday, Williams, 55, is scheduled for a repeatedly delayed execution that has raised alarms related to DNA evidence and questions of fairness from his 2001 trial.

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Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors and the victim’s family asking that he be spared​

Marcellus Williams, whose murder conviction was questioned by a prosecutor, died by lethal injection Tuesday evening in Missouri after the US Supreme Court denied a stay.

The 55-year-old was put to death around 6 p.m. CT at the state prison in Bonne Terre.

Williams’ attorneys had filed a flurry of appeal efforts based on what they described as new evidence – including alleged bias in jury selection and contamination of the murder weapon prior to trial. The victim’s family had asked the inmate be spared death.

The US Supreme Court’s action came a day after Missouri’s supreme court and governor refused to grant a stay of execution.

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ATF agent wins $1.6 million in lawsuit against Columbus police over 2020 arrest​

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A jury ruled in favor of a former agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on Friday, nearly four years after he sued the City of Columbus after an encounter with local police.

James Burk, an ATF agent who was on assignment in central Ohio, filed the lawsuit in December 2020. The case came a few months after Burk accused Columbus police officers Joseph Fihe and Kevin Winchell of “blatant misconduct” when they approached him, on duty and wearing credentials identifying his federal agency.

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Woman Gets $34M From Jury That Found Police Had Framed Her​

Dec 16, 2024

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