Wrong man was executed in Texas

originally by: Yahoo! News UK
published: 15 May 2012

He was the spitting image of the killer, had the same first name and was near the scene of the crime at the fateful hour.

Carlos DeLuna paid the ultimate price and was executed in place of someone else in Texas in 1989, a report out Tuesday found. Even “all the relatives of both Carloses mistook them,” and DeLuna was sentenced to death and executed based only on eyewitness accounts despite a range of signs he was not a guilty man, said law professor James Liebman.

Liebman and five of his students at Columbia School of Law spent almost five years poring over details of a case that he says is “emblematic” of legal system failure.

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Family of Trayvon meet Stephen Lawrence’s mother

all credits: London – ITV News
published: 9 May 2012

The family of Trayvon Martin, the young black teenager killed by a neighbourhood watch guard in Florida in February, have come to London to thank the British public for their support.

Trayvon’s death sparked an outcry across America,and shocked millions of people, including President Obama. His family received messages of sympathy from around the world.

One of those who wrote to pass on her condolences was Doreen Lawrence, whose son Stephen was murdered by a racist gang in Eltham 19 years ago.

7 May 201217 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Police handcuff 12-year-old girl

originally by: The Voice
published: 6 May 2012

Police could be sued by a mother who says officers handcuffed her 12-year-old daughter during a raid in her home.

“We are in the process of taking legal action,” said Tina Ayres.

Ayres said her daughter was left traumatised on Monday (April 30) after officers barged into her home in Tottenham, north London and handcuffed her daughter.

Ayres said she was on her way to work in Haringey, north London when she got a distressing call from her daughter, Pasha Ayres- Solomon.