walking around greenville. it was a travesty of justice and it took 26 years to make it partially right. the day that dontae got released was in greenville. it was, you know, in his hometown. his whole family was there. theresa newman and spencer parris, who put on that case, did a phenomenaljob presenting the evidence. do you solemnly swear the testimony given to the court in this session shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god? charlenejohnson, she testified again in front ofjudge collins, and she said, i ve been trying to make this right .
the primary witness that the district attorney put forward was a 15 year old girl. her name was charlenejohnson. almost immediately following the trial, charlene came forward and recanted. she told the state that she was nowhere near this murder scene and that she had made up what she said at trial. a young lady came forward and said that her boyfriend had came home and told her that. ..he had shot a white man across town in a truck and that he wasn t going to prison for killing a white man. he said that for 20 something days, and then he killed himself with a gun, i guess. committed suicide. that was never heard by a jury, again, based on a technicality. the court could have allowed that testimony in.
do you solemnly swear the testimony given to the court in this session shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god? charlenejohnson, she testified again in front ofjudge collins, and she said, i ve been trying to make this right. you could hear, in the courtroom, a pin drop. people knew that this was an incredibly important moment.
a black and a white. it wasn t until trial that he knew what the evidence was that was going to be used against him. no physical evidence, no fingerprints, no hairfibre, no nothing. not of me. not mine. nothing. nothing on the scene, period. the primary witness that the district attorney put forward was a 15 year old girl. her name was charlenejohnson. almost immediately following the trial, charlene came forward and recanted. she told the state that she was nowhere near this murder scene and that she had made up what she said at trial. a young lady came forward and said that her boyfriend had came home and told her that. ..he had shot a white man across town in a truck and that he wasn t going to prison for killing a white man.
used against him. no physical evidence, no fingerprints, no hairfibre, no nothing. not of me. not mine. nothing. nothing on the scene, period. the primary witness that the district attorney put forward was a 15 year old girl. her name was charlenejohnson. almost immediately following the trial, charlene came forward and recanted. she told the state that she was nowhere near this murder scene and that she had made up what she said at trial. a young lady came forward and said that her boyfriend had came home and told her that. ..he had shot a white man across town in a truck and that he wasn t going to prison for killing a white man. he said that for 20 something days, and then he killed himself with a gun, i guess.