Justice
WHY THE SAVORY INNOCENCE TOUR?
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innocent, yet incarcerated, people like these..
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Lacresha Murray
Extracted Confession • Inadequate Legal Defense • False Forensic Evidence • Official Misconduct
At just 11 years old, Lacresha Murray was convicted of killing two-year-old Jayla Belton.
She “confessed” after 39 denials and hours of police questioning—while being threatened with jail and separation from her family.
Her conviction was based almost entirely on that extracted confession.
After years in prison, an appellate court ruled that her rights had been violated during interrogation. She was later exonerated.
It is now widely believed that Jayla’s death was the result of chronic abuse—not an act committed by Lacresha.
A civil suit seeking damages was dismissed by a federal judge, a decision later upheld by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in June 2009.
Thaddeus Jimenez
Mistaken Witness Identification • Perjury / False Accusation • Lack of Support for Reintegration
At just 13 years old, Thaddeus Jimenez was identified by multiple eyewitnesses as the shooter in a 1993 Chicago homicide.
Despite conflicting witness statements and no physical evidence linking him to the crime, he was convicted and sentenced to 50 years in prison.
Years later, several eyewitnesses recanted their testimony.
In 2009, his conviction was vacated.
Thaddeus filed a lawsuit against the City of Chicago for wrongful conviction and was awarded $25 million.
However, his story did not end there.
After his release, he faced additional legal challenges, including a conviction related to narcotics possession and a later case involving a shooting incident.
In March 2017, he was sentenced to 9 years in prison.
George Junius Stinney Jr.
False Confession • Lack of Legal Defense • Racial Injustice • Official Misconduct
At just 14 years old, George Stinney Jr. became the youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th century.
He was convicted of murdering two young girls in South Carolina in 1944.
George was interrogated alone, without his parents or legal counsel present.
His conviction was based almost entirely on a confession that was never formally documented.
His trial lasted less than a day.
The jury deliberated for just minutes before returning a guilty verdict.
George Stinney Jr. was executed by electric chair.
70 years later…
On December 17, 2014, his conviction was posthumously vacated.
A circuit court judge ruled that he had not received a fair trial, had no effective defense, and that his constitutional rights had been violated.
