Re: More Virginia "justice"

by "pete-moss" <papajim7@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Feb 8, 2008 at 03:06 AM

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That man, Arthur Whitfield, needs to speak to Barry Scheck at the =
Innocence Project and/or view PBS/ Frontline's "The Burden of Innocence" =
:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/burden/

-Moss

  "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message =
news:fogbv1$ht3$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  I just read about Arthur Whitfield.  DNA evidence proved he was
  innocent of the two rapes he had spent 23 years in a Virginia prison
  for.  Fortunately, since the crimes were before 1995, that meant he
  could be paroled.  (People convicted of more recent crimes in Virginia
  cannot be.)  So he was.

  But he's still a convicted felon and a registered *** offender.
  Governor Kaine refuses to given him a pardon.  And he has no legal
  recourse due to Virginia's infamous 21 day rule.

  This was covered, not in a Virginia newspaper, but in an Ohio one.
  See http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories
  /2008/01/30/DNA_4.ART_ART_01-30-08_A1_U895I10.html?sid=3D101
  Or just Google on his name.

  Does anyone still think government is on our side?
  --=20
  Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
  Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html
before emailing me.
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