Marching for Awareness for Wrongful Convictions
Marching in Pennsylvania
Media Coverage of the 2011 Freedom March with guest speaker, Jeffrey Deskovic (click the following links)
http://photos.triblive.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=38098325&event=1332247&CategoryID=0
http://www.essentialpublicradio.org/story/2011-10-03/marchers-wrongfully-accused-hit-pittsburgh-streets-7782
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_760029.html
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/photo_199425.html?TB_iframe=true&height=460&width=720
http://m.post-gazette.com/local/neighborhoods-city/wrongly-convicted-man-speaks-out-here-on-jailed-innocents-1179592
Volunteer for the next Freedom March and to help bring awareness to wrongful convictions by filling out the form below:
Pennsylvania: Contact MaryAnn Lubas at mlubas2@yahoo.com
http://www.justiceformike.net/
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For Further Information:
MaryAnn Lubas
724-695-1964
mlubas2@yahoo.com
Advocate Who Served 16
Years, Beginning At Age Sixteen To Be Keynote Speaker At Third
Annual National Freedom March For The Wrongfully Convicted
Pittsburgh, PA- Jeffrey Deskovic, who was wrongfully convicted of rape
and murder at age 16 will be the keynote speaker on Monday, October
3rd at the third annual National Freedom March For The
Wrongfully Convicted. Exonerated five years ago; Deskovic will
detail the outrageous ordeal he was put through in New York’s
Westchester County. His eye-opening account about the unlawful
activities of police, prosecutors and medical examiners who teamed
up to send him away for life despite knowing that his DNA did not
match the perpetrator will give listeners pause for thought. It
would be sixteen years before the same DNA would ultimately
exonerate him by pointing a finger at the actual perpetrator, who in
fact, was able to be identified only after taking another life.
Also speaking at the March will be Dave O’Hara, who was falsely accused
of a crime that cost him dearly financially and emotionally. He is
now dedicated to helping others that were wrongfully accused and
convicted through F.A.S.T. (False Allegations Solutions Team).
MaryAnn Lubas, Director of the Freedom March became a strong advocate
for the wrongfully convicted when the courts failed her son Michael
DeLoe, who has been imprisoned for nearly 3 years for a crime that
never occurred. Lubas
declared, “Having exculpatory DNA evidence should have convinced the
jury of his innocence. Instead, they were persuaded by the
inconsistent testimony of so-called witnesses. Perhaps the jury
having been allowed to eat with the victims and sleep during
testimony, and go unsupervised during the proceedings, played a
role.” This year Lubas
is holding the 3rd Annual Freedom March for the
Wrongfully Convicted in our state to begin at noon and to conclude
on the steps of the City County Building.
Representatives from Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death
Penalty, The Innocence Institute, The Innocence Project/PA Chapter
and the ACLU have all been invited to attend.
Please join us at this worthwhile event.
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