The petition
This petition is to bring awareness to the wrongful conviction of Reginald Blanton, Texas death row inmate. Reginald was railroaded to Texas death row for a crime he did not commit.
The trial was shoddy, and false testimony was used to get a conviction. Other factors in the trial include, prosecutorial misconduct, perjured testimony, ineffective assistance of counsel, mitigating evidence, insufficient investigation and actual innocence.
Reginald's court appointed lawyer did not try his best to help Reginald. He did not have a jury of his peers, there was no eyewitness and no murder weapon was found. Because of his street gang affiliation, Reginald was "guilty" before he ever went to trial. There was reasonable doubt, and this alone should have thrown out his guilty verdict.
Reginalds case is one riddled with injustices. The Initial suspect could not be found. The only two witnesses were forced to sign statements against Reginald, under threats of being charged with the crime. These witnesses were Reginald’s brother, Robert, and Roberts’s then pregnant girlfriend. Prosecutors racially excluded African Americans from serving on his jury. The shoe print on the victims kicked in apartment door DID NOT MATCH the shoes Reginald wore the day of the crime. Reginald was wrongly convicted of murdering his friend and robbing him of jewelry that already belonged to Reginald! His appellant Attorney refused to represent his legal interest, ignored all of his letters pleading this attorney to file what amounted to innocence claims and because of this failure, all Reginald’s innocence claims were procedurally barred from ever being heard.
We the undersigned are asking that this case be looked over, and a new trial be presented to assure that he receives justice.
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