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Witness Recants, Freeing Ohio Man After 39 Years
ABC News ^
| Nov 19, 2014
| AP
Posted on 11/19/2014 1:57:32 PM PST by Bettyprob
A man who spent nearly four decades in prison after being convicted of murder is expected to be freed Friday after a witness confessed he lied as a boy when he told jurors 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.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: badcopnodonut; donutwatch; justussystem; misconduct; murder; ohio; prosecutorial; rickyjackson; witness
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posted on
11/19/2014 1:57:32 PM PST
by
Bettyprob
To: Bettyprob
39 years in prison on a lie.
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posted on
11/19/2014 2:02:06 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good liberals, are terrible human beings.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
“39 years in prison on a lie.”
Just when I think I’ve got real problems.
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posted on
11/19/2014 2:04:30 PM PST
by
PLMerite
(Why did my tagline disappear? I didn't delete it.)
To: Bettyprob
What was that about kids always should be believed? In court?
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posted on
11/19/2014 2:05:09 PM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: the OlLine Rebel
He said he saw the real killer on TV. Some guy named Cosby.
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posted on
11/19/2014 2:11:01 PM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: Bettyprob
The lie basically killed a man. Whomever told it should be subject to the death penalty. Pathetic.
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posted on
11/19/2014 2:11:18 PM PST
by
RatRipper
(No need to rob others; democRATS will steal and share a tiny bit with you.)
To: Bettyprob
What’s holding up the release of the other two men?
7
posted on
11/19/2014 2:14:22 PM PST
by
MeganC
(It took Democrats four hours to deport Elian Gonzalez)
To: PLMerite
I think he can sue the state for wrongful imprisonment. He deserves it for all the years of his life wasted.
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posted on
11/19/2014 2:14:36 PM PST
by
Catsrus
(al)
To: Bettyprob
The man who lied on the stand should get 39 years in prison, unless he was coerced to lie.
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posted on
11/19/2014 2:15:09 PM PST
by
Repeal 16-17
(Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
To: Catsrus
I think he can sue the state for wrongful imprisonment.He shouldn't need to do so. Anyone imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit should be given a million dollars for each year imprisoned.
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posted on
11/19/2014 2:18:27 PM PST
by
Repeal 16-17
(Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
To: Repeal 16-17
... 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.
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posted on
11/19/2014 2:19:24 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(Science wants to kill us.)
To: Repeal 16-17
Read the article.
This is more than a lying kid. It is corruption of the authorities coercing him into giving a story.
THEY should be jailed, those that are living.
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posted on
11/19/2014 2:21:02 PM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: Repeal 16-17
How many years for a grubering POTUS?
How many for Jonathan Gruber for grubering?
How many for Nancy Pelosi for grubering?
How many for Harry Reid for grubering?
Etc,etc,etc, ad nauseam................
13
posted on
11/19/2014 2:22:45 PM PST
by
GOYAKLA
(Waiting for the Golden Screw to be removed from Obama's navel and his a$$ falls off!)
To: Blood of Tyrants
39 years in prison on a lie.
I don't know if there will ever be any compensation for his false imprisonment but if not, at the age of 57 and having spent my entire adult life in prison, I'd kill the SOB and go back to the only life I've ever known....prison.
Once released, what kind of a life does this guy have left for him???????
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posted on
11/19/2014 2:29:21 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Don't harsh my buzz homie......)
To: Tax-chick
States set limits, by statute and it’s a whole lot less than $1,000,000 per year.
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posted on
11/19/2014 2:30:41 PM PST
by
Graybeard58
( O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. Ps 34:3)
To: Bettyprob
why are we to believe this guy now?....if he lied before,so he says, he could be lying now....
besides, I never thought eye witness alone could convict somebody, especially a 12 yro....
was there any physical evidence?....blood splatter?...fingerprints?....
did not the defense team quiz this boy up and down and sideways?.....
not guilty does not always mean innocent...
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posted on
11/19/2014 2:42:33 PM PST
by
cherry
To: Bettyprob
"Never mind."
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posted on
11/19/2014 3:20:09 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Doctrine doesn't change. The trick is to find a way around it.)
To: Tax-chick
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.Then those who threatened the kid should be imprisoned for 39 years.
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posted on
11/19/2014 3:20:32 PM PST
by
Repeal 16-17
(Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Can’t trust cops or prosecutors. This kind of corruption is why I would insist on DNA evidence before I’d send anyone to death row.
To: SeaHawkFan
This kind of corruption is why I would insist on DNA evidence before Id send anyone to death row. in the vast majority of cases, there would be no DNA evidence from the perp.
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posted on
11/19/2014 3:35:23 PM PST
by
terycarl
(common sense prevails over all)
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