Ballistics Testing Proves Alabama Man On Death Row Is Innocent

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Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, said they never questioned Anthony Hinton’s innocence. Photo: AL.com

A man who has spent nearly 30 years on death row in an Alabama prison for two murders in 1985 will walk free Friday thanks, in part, to new ballistics testing, local media reported.

For three decades, Anthony Ray Hinton maintained his innocence in the shooting deaths of John Davidson and Thomas Vason. Davidson was shot twice in the head on Feb. 25, 1985 after being forced into the cooler at the restaurant where he worked. On July 2, 1985, Vason was killed in a similar incident in which he was forced into the freezer of a different restaurant and shot twice in the head. Hinton was convicted of both murders and sentenced to death for Davidson’s case. Continue reading “Ballistics Testing Proves Alabama Man On Death Row Is Innocent”

South Carolina Police Shoots Unarmed Black Man As He Runs Away

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Walter Scott killed while running away from police in South Carolina following a routine traffic stop. Photo: Reuters

Yet another case of cold blooded murder at the hands of the police. This has seemingly, terrifyingly and sadly become the everyday norm as law enforcement are killing young black men at an alarming rate across the US. Continue reading “South Carolina Police Shoots Unarmed Black Man As He Runs Away”

Former Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington Testifies In Dudus Coke Manhunt Enquiry

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The enquiry is looking into the police/military operation in the West Kingston area of Jamaica in May 2010 to apprehend then Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke.

More than 70 people, including a Jamaica Defence Force soldier, died as a result of the operation.


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Via Jamaica Observer:

FORMER Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington will today retake the witness stand when the Tivoli Commission of Enquiry resumes at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.

The enquiry, which started last year December, took a break in February.

The enquiry had previously taken a seven-week break for the Christmas/New Year season before resuming in early February.

Other high-profile witnesses to testify before the commission are former Prime Minister Bruce Golding; Former Security Minister Dwight Nelson; and Dorothy Lightbourne, the former justice minister and attorney general in the Bruce Golding Administration.

A number of West Kingston residents have testified at the enquiry.