Ladondrell Montgomery was hauled before Judge Mark Ellis(the same judge that presided over Coy vs. Texas) for a robbery that took place in 2009. I assume it was a normal trial; witnesses were called, evidence must have been produced, lawyers probably argued back and forth.
Mr. Montgomery was given a life sentence and carted away to prison. But his story doesn’t end there. He was exonerated this month when it was discovered that he had actually been in jail at the time of his supposed crime.
Are you shitting me, Harris County
The judge laid the blame on the lawyers. The lawyers each blamed the other side. Mr. Montgomery himself is no angel, and remains in jail under indictment for five other charges; But the fact is that in this case justice came down hard, as hard as possible, on a man who was innocent of the crime he was accused of.
I wonder what led the prosecutors to believe that they had the right man. Was it because he lived near the scene of the crime? Was it because he’d been arrested before and he was a familiar face? It sure as hell couldn’t have been anything substantive, because there is no way he committed the crime. So basically he was convicted because the state said “He’s guilty”.
Some people will say that he deserved what he got because he’s a career criminal, and it doesn’t really matter if his trial was fair, as long as he ends up behind bars. Those people fail to realize that if the standard of proof has slipped so much that a man can be convicted of a crime when the government that is charging him had him in custody at the time…Well, it means that they don’t need any goddamn proof. They don’t need shit to put you or your mother or your granny in jail except for the word of a prosecutor. You might get lucky and have a jury that calls them on their bullshit, but in Harris County
Men are being locked away for anything and everything; robbery, rape, and murder, without any proof at all. Nothing but the word of Texas
4 comments:
Damn all this u posting makes me ashamed to live in this state...everything is bigger in texas...especially the corruption...
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its a lot of unfill questions... i believe there is a lot of innocent people lock up let hope for the best miss lncandesio we have to spread the message fast
A RELATIVE OF MINE WAS SENTENCED TO 30YRS IN PRISON FOR COMMITTING PROPERTY CRIMES AN A WOMAN WAS SENTENCED 15YRS IN PRISON FOR KILLING HER HUSBAND AN BURYING HIM IN THE FRONT DRIVEWAY.BOTH ARE GUILTY OF THERE CRIMES BUT HOW IS THIS IN ANY WAY FAIR?I MEAN THIS WOMAN TOOK SOMEONE'S LIFE AWAY AN WAS SENTENCED TO ONLY HALF OF WHAT MY RELATIVES SENTENCE WAS.,SHOULDN'T IT BE THE OTHER WAY AROUND?THE MAYOR SAID HE WAS USING MY RELATIVE AS AN EXAMPLE TO OTHER PROPERTY CRIME CRIMINALS THAT THIS CRIME IS NOT TOLERATED HERE.
I believe that if you were caught with your hands on the masa, then your guilty. Que no?
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