Freedom March

Freedom March

Marching for Awareness for Wrongful Convictions

Marching in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Freedom March wrongfully convicted 

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/

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                                     

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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Join us on

October 3, 2011

at noon at the City County Building

in Pittsburgh 


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