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Man Wrongly Convicted For Murder To Be Release After 39years by cassyrooy(m): 11:14pm On Nov 21, 2014 |
A man who has spent nearly forty years in prison after being convicted of murder is expected to be freed on Friday after a witness confessed that he lied as a boy when he told jurors that he saw the deadly attack. Ricky Jackson had been seeking a new trial and sobbed loudly with his face in his hands as prosecutors dismissed his case Tuesday, The Plain Dealer reported. “I can’t believe this is over,” Jackson, 57, said, thanking his supporters and his attorneys from the Ohio Innocence Project. Jackson has been imprisoned for 39 years, serving a life sentence for aggravated murder and other charges, according to state prison records. He is expected to be released as soon as the paperwork is finished. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty said the case fell apart after witness Eddie Vernon recanted. Vernon said he had been fed details of the crime by police and kept quiet about his lies because investigators had threatened to imprison his parents. Vernon was 12 when he accused Jackson and two brothers in the May 1975 killing of a money- order collector who authorities said was beaten, shot and attacked with acid as he walked near a grocery store. No evidence connected the defendants to the crime, but all three were convicted by juries. This week, Vernon told a judge he was trying to please others when he provided a false story based on information from a friend and police who fed him details, creating a web of lies that helped convict Jackson and the other men. He said he gave authorities the names of the three men because he thought he was doing the right thing. www.fadoflow.com/man-wrongly-convicted-of-murder-to-be-freed-after-serving-39-years/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter Whats your take or reactions on this if you were or knows the victim? |
Re: Man Wrongly Convicted For Murder To Be Release After 39years by cassyrooy(m): 11:17pm On Nov 21, 2014 |
Lawsuit one way except in Nigeria, i'll just walk away. Drop yours. Merci |
Re: Man Wrongly Convicted For Murder To Be Release After 39years by Nobody: 11:26pm On Nov 21, 2014 |
Do the needful |
Re: Man Wrongly Convicted For Murder To Be Release After 39years by cassyrooy(m): 11:28pm On Nov 21, 2014 |
Bridgetown:And that's? |
Re: Man Wrongly Convicted For Murder To Be Release After 39years by Akerekoroabijawara(m): 11:32pm On Nov 21, 2014 |
Too bad |
Re: Man Wrongly Convicted For Murder To Be Release After 39years by Nobody: 11:33pm On Nov 21, 2014 |
Injustice that man should be giving a job a house two cars 50million and a wife O make that 2 wifes 2 Likes |
Re: Man Wrongly Convicted For Murder To Be Release After 39years by Vicaboy(m): 11:34pm On Nov 21, 2014 |
I pity him |
Re: Man Wrongly Convicted For Murder To Be Release After 39years by otalenu(m): 11:38pm On Nov 21, 2014 |
This dude just turned to a multi-millionaire |
Re: Man Wrongly Convicted For Murder To Be Release After 39years by Horus(m): 11:39pm On Nov 21, 2014 |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yV_HLDjMlw [size=15pt]Ricky Jackson freed from prison after 39 years for wrongful murder conviction[/size] Ricky Jackson became a free man after 39 years in prison when Judge Richard McMonagle threw out his conviction on a 1975 murder at a Cleveland grocery store based on a lie by then 12-year-old Eddie Vernon. Vernon recanted his story this week to set |
Re: Man Wrongly Convicted For Murder To Be Release After 39years by Nobody: 11:50pm On Nov 21, 2014 |
Shouldn't they then jail the liar? 1 Like |
Re: Man Wrongly Convicted For Murder To Be Release After 39years by cassyrooy(m): 11:52pm On Nov 21, 2014 |
samflexxy:You forgot to add Tax-free living till death. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Man Wrongly Convicted For Murder To Be Release After 39years by Nobody: 11:53pm On Nov 21, 2014 |
Darn! He might as well return back in there, to spend the rest of his life. He won't be able to connect with the world again, to be honest. |
Re: Man Wrongly Convicted For Murder To Be Release After 39years by cassyrooy(m): 11:58pm On Nov 21, 2014 |
shymexx:I don't think that would be neccessary, he has history to create by becoming the most wealthy freed prisoner. Just that Nigeria... *shuts mouth* |
Re: Man Wrongly Convicted For Murder To Be Release After 39years by rawpadgin(m): 12:03am On Nov 22, 2014 |
the bloody liar took 39 years from an innocent man! 1 Like |
Re: Man Wrongly Convicted For Murder To Be Release After 39years by Nobody: 12:04am On Nov 22, 2014 |
cassyrooy: Lol, I hear that. Someone please pass him Marcus Garvey's "back to Africa" speech. |
Re: Man Wrongly Convicted For Murder To Be Release After 39years by ggrin(f): 12:37am On Nov 22, 2014 |
Akoba,adaba oloun maje nri amin Oma se o 1 Like |
Re: Man Wrongly Convicted For Murder To Be Release After 39years by gtrust: 1:33am On Nov 22, 2014 |
"When you find yourself in prison you don't have to be a prison. Got to be a man and keep fighting!!!" |
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