Anyone who keeps up with The Innocence Project might notice that the vast majority of the 212 people who have been freed from wrongful convictions are male, most of them black. For those not familiar with the project, they use DNA evidence to help free people falsely convicted of rape and murder. This January 20, 2008 article by Susan Campbell from the Hartford Courant describes how they have their hands full now more than ever.
Where much focus on this site is placed on false accusations invented by liar, not all erroneous convictions stem from those. Sometimes a crime really has been committed and there are victims, but the wrong person is punished.
Ken Wyniemko was sentenced to 40 to 60 years in prison for 15 separate counts of criminal sexual conduct including a rape which he did not commit. He served 8 years before law school students became involved in helping to free him. "I actually thought that I had died and gone to hell" is one quote from this interview with him:
Innocence Project - Wrongfully Convicted Man Ken Wyniemko
Here is another one with him, with more details. An inmate was offered a deal by prosecutors to have his life sentence dropped if he lied and said Wyniemko admitted to him that he committed the rape. This appears to be an alternative technique to the "coerced confession" tactic sometimes used in these cases:
Ken Wyniemko Interview - The Innocence Project
This video features just some of the men released from prison including Jerry Miller, the 200th exoneration. They all held up large cards with their inmate numbers, read them out loud, then tore the cards in half. This is the video that makes it clear that there are deep racial biases in the system:
Innocence Project Event - The Wrongfully Convicted
Jerry Miller was wrongfully convicted of rape, robbery and kidnapping. He served 25 years. In his case, the victim never even identified him as the perpetrator. Chalk this one up to bogus claims from two witnesses. Here is the story from his mouth:
Innocence Project - Jerry Miller
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Sun, 06/21/2009 - 06:29
There are a number of other crimes that people,especially men, can be wrongfully accused of and face serious prison sentences. These,depending on the wording and requirements for evidence, do not require DNA evidence in order for a conviction. Here in Tennessee assaults do not require physical evidence, especially if the person claiming to be the victim is a woman. I know as I am the victim of such a false accusation. I have requested that the FBI investigate my complaint regarding the state of Tennessee's known gender biases in their so called system of justice.
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Fri, 03/13/2009 - 21:13
First they came for the date-rapists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a date-rapist;
Then they came for the wife beaters, and I did not speak out—
because I was not a wife beater;
Then they came for the child molesters, and I did not speak out—because I was not a child molester;
Then they came for those who stood up for men's rights, and I did not speak out—because I never stood up for my brothers' rights;
Then they came for me—
and there was no one left to speak out for me.
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Sun, 08/24/2008 - 22:53
I was als falsely accused of rape 18 years ago. All charges were dropped but the government has been active in making sure my constitutional rights violations are forever hidden from public view. Recent blogging has been the only way to make my situation public.
I have evidence in the form of government documents that show :
Police, prosecutorial, and judicial misconduct in violating constitutional and civil rights are
coordinated between local, state, and federal agencies in criminal as well as civil proceedings.
Arrest and detention without probable cause, unconstitutional and repeated searches. Jailed on
charges procerred by perjured testimony.....testimony collectively known to be false prior to arrest.
Jailed 5 months based on discovery NONE OF WHICH WAS IN AFFIDAVIT FORM. I have proof of
my pro se Federal Appellate and US Supreme Court filings but the clerks' offices did not file those
cases yet mailed bogus decisions to me. In complete isolation, who could I complain to?
Even if those cases were properly adjudicated, there was blatent abuse of discretion by judges.
Years of certified mailings to Presidents and Department of Justice produced no investigations.
Letters signed by Richard Lugar and Dan Coats cannot be trusted as authentic. Steven Hatfills'
experience with the government was a picnic compared to what they are doing to me.
And, as a result of the aforementioned violations, a totality of circumstances show malicious
and vindictive intervention into every aspect of my life. The goverment has relentlessly manipulated
my life socially, physically and mentally in a manner similar to Steven Hatfill ( anthrax investigation )
only worse and over a longer period of time. The government has destroyed my relationships
between family and friends, and has prevented the media from publicizing their wrongs. The
government has even stolen and manipulated my certified mailings. I have been reduced to the
slave status of my African ancesters by this government. This government was even controlling
my criminal defense lawyer! He knew I was being falsely accused but did nothing but quit being my
lawyer when I questioned, among other things, why the Affidavit for Probable Cause was signed
by a prosecutor, Carol Orbison.....why there was no Judicial Officers' signature, and was not in
affidavit form! He KNEW the State was wrong.
In the following cases you will find the very worst official corruption.
State of Indiana v. Edwin L. Jones,Case No. 49 G069001CF007921, Edwin L. Jones v. Indianapolis
Police Department et al, US District Court Southern District of Indiana Cause No. Misc 90-134 IP,
Edwin L. Jones v. Indianapolis Police Dept.et al Cause No. 91-1594, 7th Circuit Federal Appleate Court
of Appeals, Edwin L. Jones v. Indianapolis Police Dept et al, Cause No. 91-7923 , US Supreme Court,
Request for Investigation filed with the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission filed 9-18-92,
against Ali Talib.
I am looking for honest, bold representation to take on the goverment. I want compensation and them
out of my life.
edwinjones@peoplepc.com
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Thu, 01/24/2008 - 23:31
dear god what is this country coming too, feminism is an out of control monster.
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Thu, 01/31/2008 - 19:20
Not exactly a result of feminism. This is more an issue of the system failing. It also shows that it is easy to pin blame on a male, particularly a black one. That type of discrimination based on ignorance can come from a number of different places.
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Sun, 06/21/2009 - 06:16
Feminism has had a hand in causing the system to fail.
http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/Feminist_jurisprudence
There are two standards in the system; one that demands that males be punished more harshly and longer than men and, the standards that treats women as if they are incompetent children who don't deserve to be held as responsible or accountable for their mistakes (crimes).
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Sat, 08/30/2008 - 08:10
I see all the misandry,in our culture & it makes me sick!
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Sun, 06/21/2009 - 06:31
It is rampant and evident in the american society.
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