PUBLISHER'S NOTE: "I adopt the immortal words of the formidable Ohio criminal defence lawyer/blogger Jeff Gamso..."JUST TEST THE FUCKING DNA."
http://gamso-forthedefense.blogspot.com/2018/05/what-is-truth-said-jesting-pilate.html
Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog;
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PASSAGE ONE OF THE DAY: "Five years later, the Tennessee Supreme Court expressly overruled that decision and clarified that Tennessee’s post-conviction DNA statute was intended to allow a defendant to prove innocence by demonstrating that a third party committed a crime through a hit or match from the CODIS DNA databank. It’s only right for Mr. Alley to be granted DNA testing and for his family to get to the truth."
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PASSAGE TWO OF THE DAY: "Data has shown that there is a high risk of executing an innocent person. To date, 165 people have been exonerated after being sentenced to death. Several other people have been executed despite strong evidence of their innocence. There is no reason DNA testing couldn’t have been done before Mr. Alley’s execution. The Tennessee Board of Parole called on then-Governor Phil Bredesen in 2006 to halt the execution to allow for testing, but he ultimately allowed the execution to proceed. We must do the tests now so that justice is done—and the truth is revealed."
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PETITION: Innocence Project's Barry Scheck seeks signatures on petition calling on Tennessee Governor to order posthumous DNA testing in Sedley Alley's case.
GIST: Today along with April Alley, we announced the filing of a petition in Tennessee requesting DNA testing in the case of her father Sedley Alley, who was executed in 2006 for a rape and murder he maintained he did not commit. -------------------------------PETITION: Innocence Project's Barry Scheck seeks signatures on petition calling on Tennessee Governor to order posthumous DNA testing in Sedley Alley's case. GIST: Today along with April Alley, we announced the filing of a petition in Tennessee requesting DNA testing in the case of her father Sedley Alley, who was executed in 2006 for a rape and murder he maintained he did not commit. We also made an application to Governor Lee asking him to order DNA testing, pursuant to his broad power to issue a posthumous pardon. DNA evidence from the crime scene was not tested in 1985 and has never been tested. Before his execution, the Tennessee courts incorrectly ruled that Mr. Alley was not entitled to DNA testing. Five years later, the Tennessee Supreme Court expressly overruled that decision and clarified that Tennessee’s post-conviction DNA statute was intended to allow a defendant to prove innocence by demonstrating that a third party committed a crime through a hit or match from the CODIS DNA databank. It’s only right for Mr. Alley to be granted DNA testing and for his family to get to the truth. We also made an application to Governor Lee asking him to order DNA testing, pursuant to his broad power to issue a posthumous pardon. DNA evidence from the crime scene was not tested in 1985 and has never been tested. Before his execution, the Tennessee courts incorrectly ruled that Mr. Alley was not entitled to DNA testing. Five years later, the Tennessee Supreme Court expressly overruled that decision and clarified that Tennessee’s post-conviction DNA statute was intended to allow a defendant to prove innocence by demonstrating that a third party committed a crime through a hit or match from the CODIS DNA databank. It’s only right for Mr. Alley to be granted DNA testing and for his family to get to the truth. |
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