By @BlackDefendants The History of Braswell’s TriaI Lawyer By the time Braswell made it to his second appeal around 2009, his trial
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“This set of falsehoods is typical of the conduct of the Memphis D.A’s office during this period.”from Owens v. Guida 549 F.3d 399, 425 (6th Cir.2008), Senior Justice Merritt dissenting Vern Braswell was convicted of murder in Memphis, TN in 2005
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How Did We Get Here Vern Braswell, a Black defendant, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Sheila, in 2004 in Shelby County (Memphis), Tennessee. Sheila was discovered
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By @BlackDefendants “This set of falsehoods is typical of the conduct of the Memphis D.A’s office during this period.”– Senior Justice Gilbert S. Merritt from Owens v. Guida 549 F.3d 399, 425
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By @BlackDefendants How smart are you really? Help us figure out what was in the envelope that prosecutors hid and what happened to it? “The two attorneys met, as they’d agreed. They sat
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By @BlackDefendants The History of Braswell’s TriaI Lawyer By the time Braswell made it to his second appeal around 2009, his trial lawyer, Javier Bailey, was well on his way to being
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By @BlackDefendants HARVARD LAW GROUP DEEMS VERN BRASWELL’S PROSECUTOR ONE OF THE WORST IN AMERICA A study from Fair Punishment Project, a Harvard Law School initiative designed to create a fair and
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By @BlackDefendants “It don’t matter if you’re Black or White” – Michael Jackson, 1991 “Only if you have money and lawyers like O. J. Simpson or Michael Jackson, oh okay, you said
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With the death of hero Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the convening of the Supreme Court’s new term, many voters are focused on the Supreme Court. However, each year Americans file more than
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By @BlackDefendants “It don’t matter if you’re Black or White” Michael Jackson, 1991 “If you’re Black, it don’t matter if you did it or not” Vern Braswell, 2020 JURY DELIBERATIONS Jennifer Collins,
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By @BlackDefendants “It don’t matter if you’re Black or White” —Michael Jackson, 1991 “If he had been charged in Memphis, Shelby County, he’d probably be doing a residency at the Tennessee Dept
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