Tag: Wrongfully Convicted

Rapper’s Mother Creates Art To Raise Awareness About Wrongly Convicted Young Men

Sheila Phipps art
Sheila Phipps with some of her work from the exhibit, “A mother’s art: Every portrait tells a story.”

For those unfamiliar with the back story, former No Limit Records rapper “Mac,” is serving 30 years for manslaughter.

Recently witnesses have recanted their stories which has raised questions of whether Mac is jailed on false testimony by those witnesses.

As of today, it has been 15 years since Mac was convicted but he is hoping for a new trial in wake of the new evidence presented in his favor.

His mother Shelia is a self taught artist based in New Orleans, her art proclaims her son’s innocence.

The article below was originally published back in 2011. It was written as the date approaches for the 10th anniversary of her son’s conviction: Continue reading “Rapper’s Mother Creates Art To Raise Awareness About Wrongly Convicted Young Men”

Deaf Immigrant Jailed For 6 Weeks For A Crime He Didn’t Commit

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Abreham Zemedagegehu

He knew he was in jail, but he didn’t know why.

Eventually, Abreham Zemedagegehu learned that he’d been accused of stealing an iPad – an iPad whose owner later found it. He spent the next six weeks in jail, unable to communicate with his jailers because he is deaf. He described a frightening, isolated experience in which medical procedures were performed without his consent and he feared for his safety. Continue reading “Deaf Immigrant Jailed For 6 Weeks For A Crime He Didn’t Commit”

Man Awarded 9.1 Million for Wrongful Conviction

Here’s a gut wrenching story.

This man was wrongfully convicted of a terrible heinous crime and made to stay in prison for 22 years where he suffered mental, physical and sexual abuse.

The judgment of $9.1 million seems like a good attempt by the courts to right their wrong, but how can this man be re-paid for years and years of being confined and ultimately violated for a crime he didn’t even commit?

Hopefully he can still salvage what’s left of his life and find healing in all of this.

What a sad miscarriage of justice!