Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Rodricus Crawford: Louisiana; Part 7; 'Clergy Amicus Brief'.' (After excluding from the jury all those who opposed the death penalty based upon their religious views, prosecutor Dale Cox argued to those remaining that the teachings of Jesus Christ required the imposition of the death penalty on Rodriicus Crawford. Over one hundred clergy filed an 'amicus brief' - 'Louisiana Religious Individuals and Organizations in Favour of Rodricus Crawford' - at the Louisiana Supreme Court, explaining that Cox's argument was both wrong as a matter of faith, and improper as a matter of justice." HL);

URGENT PETITION:

A petition, set up on 'Color of Change'  by supporter Marlene Belliveau on behalf of  Rodricus Crawford's family,  implores Caddo Parish District Attorney James Stewart, "to look at the concrete evidence and facts before you. Mr Crawford did not kill his son. You have sworn to justice...it is your duty to exonerate this young man." The petition can be found at the following link. (In view of the rapidly approaching appeal - set for Wednesday September 7 - supporters should get their message to Mr. Stewart as soon as possible. HL); 

 
https://campaigns.organizefor.org/petitions/on-death-row-for-a-murder-that-wasn-t

 

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Rodricus Crawford's appeal is set for  Wednesday, September 7, 2016. It is imperative that public attention be brought to this appeal as there is a ominous danger that Louisiana will be executing an innocent father whose 1-year-old son died of  pneumonia - unless the Louisiana Supreme Court intervenes.  (Contrary to the the testimony of the pathologist testifying for the prosecution who dismissed  the medical factors as the cause of death  without a scientific basis for doing so, also gave his equally unscientific opinion that Rodricus Crawford had smothered Roderius  to death - as is demonstrated  by  forensic evidence (affidavits) filed by his lawyers which will be published later in this series.)  As will be seen over the course of the series, it didn't help that Crawford was prosecuted by the notorious Dale Cox in Caddo Parish,  which, as the Fair Punishment Project reports,  has a disproportionate number of  death sentences. I implore  whoever reads these posts to share them as widely as possible, to make sure that  Louisiana's  Supreme Court  understands the urgency of stopping  this execution in its tracks and put an end to the prosecution. The focus of this post is an 'amicus brief' filed with the Louisiana Supreme Court explaining that the Prosecutor Dale Cox's argument was both wrong as a matter of faith, and improper as a matter of justice.The brief is submitted by 'Louisiana Religious Individuals and Organizations in Favour of Rodricus Crawford.'

 

GIST: "After excluding from the jury all those who opposed the death penalty based upon their religious views, prosecutor Dale Cox argued to those remaining that the teachings of Jesus Christ required the imposition of the death penalty on Rodricus Crawford.   Over one hundred clergy filed an amicus brief  at the Louisiana Supreme Court, explaining that the Cox's  argument was both wrong as a matter of faith, and improper as a matter of justice. "

The entire 'amicus' brief can be found at the following link: amicus brief
 
PUBLISHER'S NOTE:

I am monitoring this case. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments.

The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:

 http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith
 
Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:

http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html
 
Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com
 
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