Conviction: Free after 25 years of unjust imprisonment
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Conviction: Free after 25 years of unjust imprisonment

Al Jazeera  

After a quarter-century behind bars, Brandon Jackson is fighting back against Louisiana’s last Jim Crow law. In 48 states, it would have been a mistrial, and he may have walked free, but Louisiana’s Jim Crow-era laws, designed to lock up Black defendants, allowed for nonunanimous jury convictions. Over time, he finds community in a support group for formerly imprisoned people, and a sense of purpose advocating to reverse Louisiana’s last Jim Crow law. Conviction is a portrait of one man’s quest to adjust to life on the outside and help the more than 1,500 people he left behind in prison with nonunanimous, Jim Crow convictions.

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Louisiana ‘Jim Crow jury’ prisoner Brandon Jackson granted parole
2 years, 10 months ago

Louisiana ‘Jim Crow jury’ prisoner Brandon Jackson granted parole

Al Jazeera  

Jackson was convicted in a 10-2 vote in 1997. His lawyer, Claude-Michael Comeau, attributed Jackson’s statements to the “unfair rules” of the parole board that “assumes all convictions are correct” and requires people to admit guilt if they want to be granted parole. And he’s my beacon of hope.” Non-unanimous jury verdicts Jackson remains a convicted felon, and his petition …

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