Justice for Timothy McKinney
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We the undersigned call for justice for Tennessee death row prisoner Timothy McKinney! Timothy's trial was rife with bias, misconduct and error from start to finish. He deserves a new trial now.
Here are the facts:
* Timothy McKinney sits on Tennessee's Death Row, convicted of a crime that he did not commit, largely due to pervasive government misconduct. An African-American man accused of killing an off-duty police officer during a fight on Christmas Day, 1997, Timothys two-day trial was infected with false and misleading evidence. The prosecution presented no physical evidence that could connect Timothy to the crime.
* Timothy received inadequate representation by his court appointed attorney, presenting no evidence, calling no witnesses, or interviewing any of the people who could testify to Timothy's alibi and version of the events.
* In his appeal, Timothy produced over FIFTY witnesses to testify in his defense, including: based on the Memphis polices own documents, Timothy would not have had time to return to the scene and shoot the police officer; the one piece of physical evidence that prosecution used to link Timothy to the shooting was, at best, untrustworthy.
Memphis Trial Judge A. Bennett allowed the testimony of these witnesses into the permanent record, but Timothy has yet to win a new trial. He is now in the process of appealing to the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, a court notorious for denying all petitions.
For all these reasons and more, Timothy deserves a new trial. Gov. Bredesen, take a stand for justice for a innocent man.
Here are the facts:
* Timothy McKinney sits on Tennessee's Death Row, convicted of a crime that he did not commit, largely due to pervasive government misconduct. An African-American man accused of killing an off-duty police officer during a fight on Christmas Day, 1997, Timothys two-day trial was infected with false and misleading evidence. The prosecution presented no physical evidence that could connect Timothy to the crime.
* Timothy received inadequate representation by his court appointed attorney, presenting no evidence, calling no witnesses, or interviewing any of the people who could testify to Timothy's alibi and version of the events.
* In his appeal, Timothy produced over FIFTY witnesses to testify in his defense, including: based on the Memphis polices own documents, Timothy would not have had time to return to the scene and shoot the police officer; the one piece of physical evidence that prosecution used to link Timothy to the shooting was, at best, untrustworthy.
Memphis Trial Judge A. Bennett allowed the testimony of these witnesses into the permanent record, but Timothy has yet to win a new trial. He is now in the process of appealing to the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, a court notorious for denying all petitions.
For all these reasons and more, Timothy deserves a new trial. Gov. Bredesen, take a stand for justice for a innocent man.
536 Signatures
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Dylan Stillwood
- City, State, Country
- New York, NY
- Comments
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Colleen Eren
- City, State, Country
- New Hyde Park, NY 11040
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Tyryss Skyes
- City, State, Country
- New York, New York, USA
- Comments
- Please be honest and fair in upholding the law!
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Lee Wengraf
- City, State, Country
- New Yorl, NY
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Petrino DiLeo
- City, State, Country
- Queens, NY
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Akua Gyamerah
- City, State, Country
- Ithaca, NY, USA
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Diane Van Cort
- City, State, Country
- Jersey City, NJ, USA
- Comments
- Give him a fair trial or release him.
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Navid Farnia
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J.B. Manin
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Carolyn Stanford
- City, State, Country
- Bronx, New York
- Comments
- Stop the Injustices againist us
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Troy Pasulka
- City, State, Country
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
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christine perez
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Trezoro Halton
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- A new trial offers the opportunity for justice to be done in Mr. McKinneys's case.
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Maria E. D'Amelio
- City, State, Country
- New York City
- Comments
- Timothy McKinney is innocent! End the racist death penalty!
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Frank Couget
- City, State, Country
- Astoria, NY
- Comments
- "As one whose husband and mother-in-law have died the victims of murder assassination, I stand firmly and unequivocally opposed to the death penalty for those convicted of capital offenses. An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed of retaliation. Justice is never advanced in the taking of a human life. Morality is never upheld by a legalized murder." --Coretta Scott King
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Cindy Klumb
- City, State, Country
- Brooklyn NY
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- Everyone deserves a fair trial.
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Theresa Lee
- City, State, Country
- NY, NY
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Irene Ziglina
- City, State, Country
- New York City
- Comments
- What if it was you on the death row? And you were innocent? Wouldn't you wish people were to give your case a second chance?
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Dawn Peterson
- City, State, Country
- New York, NY
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Michele Hehn
- City, State, Country
- United States
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Danny Katch
- City, State, Country
- В
- Comments
- В
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Hannah Fleury
- City, State, Country
- Queens, NYC
- Comments
- Abolish the Death Penalty
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John Y
- City, State, Country
- Brooklyn, NY
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Leia
- City, State, Country
- В
- Comments
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Katherine Gorell Yung
- City, State, Country
- Brooklyn, NY
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Graham Rengert
- City, State, Country
- Ithaca, NY
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mark harris
- City, State, Country
- new york, NY
- Comments
- seek the truth not just a conviction
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Alan Stolzer
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Antonia Daniels
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- FREE 'EM ALL
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margaret rapp
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Laura Hernandez
- City, State, Country
- Houston, TX, USA
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Ozzie Farnia
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Rebecca Kurti
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Jessie Kindig
- City, State, Country
- Brooklyn, NY USA
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Ali Khalili
- City, State, Country
- Edmond, OK, USA
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Amy Muldoon
- City, State, Country
- Queens
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Roberto Rosario
- City, State, Country
- Bronx, New York, USA
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- Free Timothy McKinney!
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Noah Brick
- City, State, Country
- В
- Comments
- В
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Andrew Jagunich
- City, State, Country
- New York
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Julien Ball
- City, State, Country
- Chicago, IL
- Comments
- Gov. Bredesen, It's time to do the right thing. Justice for Timothy McKinney!
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David Judd
- City, State, Country
- New York, NY
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Alvaro Lopez
- City, State, Country
- New York City, U.S.
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- Free Timothy McKinney
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Philip Gasper
- City, State, Country
- Belmont, CA
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David Davis
- City, State, Country
- Overland Park, Kansas, USA
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Sean Petty
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- stop the barbaric death penalty!
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Mary Linda Foxhall
- City, State, Country
- В
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Carlos Miranda-Garcнa-Tejedor
- City, State, Country
- Madrid (Spain)
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Comunidad de Cristianas y Cristianos de Madrid Homosexuales
- City, State, Country
- Madrid (Spain)
- Comments
- Stop death penalty!
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Zach Zill
- City, State, Country
- Brooklyn, NY
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Mary T. Rogers
- City, State, Country
- Boston, MA
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