Davontae is finally coming home. Seeing him walk out of those prison doors proves that our persistence against this injustice was worth every second. Thank you for standing by him when the system tried to bury the truth.
August 1, 2015
How Many More Days Justice 4 Davontae Sanford 2015 Time For Change Bring Me Home Enough Is Enough !
Final supporters
A Detroit hit man in prison for eight murders said he's willing to publicly take responsibility for four more to help clear a young man who claims he's innocent of the slayings and confessed at age 14 only to satisfy police.
Vincent Smothers' testimony would be the most crucial evidence yet to try to persuade a judge to throw out Davontae Sanford's guilty plea and free him from a nearly 40-year prison sentence. In an interview with The Associated Press, Smothers declared: "He's not guilty. He didn't do it."
Smothers said he never used a 14-year-old accomplice — blind in one eye and learning disabled — to carry out his paid hits, mostly victims tied to Detroit's drug trade. Ironically, there's no dispute that Smothers confessed to the so-called Runyon Street slayings when he was captured in 2008, but prosecutors have never charged him and never explained why.
"I understand what prison life is like; it's miserable. To be here and be innocent — I don't know what it's like," Smothers said of Sanford, who is now 19. "He's a kid, and I hate for him to do the kind of time they're giving him."
Given this ground breaking news we seek the immediate release of Davontae Sanford. Help us to end this gross miscarriage of justice, sign, share and be counted...No Justice No Peace!
Davontae Sanford -684070 Ionia Maxmium Correctionac. 1576 W. Bluewater highway Ionia,mi 48846
Related stories:
http://voiceofdetroit.net/2013/08/10/davontae-sanfords-family-hopeful-after-appeals-court-hearing/
http://voiceofdetroit.net/2012/04/28/free-davontae-and-charles-justice-for-aiyana-and-trayvon/
http://voiceofdetroit.net/2011/01/15/free-davontae-sanford/
Updates
June 20, 2015
Davontae has spent too many years trapped in a cell for a crime he did not commit. We need to hit our current goal now to prove to the authorities that we are watching them. Please send this link to your contacts right now so we can keep the momentum moving.
June 25, 2012
Seeing one hundred people look at Davontae and see the truth he has been living for years brings me to tears. I keep reading the comments and realizing that so many of you understand the weight of this injustice.
Reached 100 supporters
June 24, 2012
26 Comments
My late Dad, a proud Michigander born in Mt. Clemens, would be both outraged and heartsick at this rank injustice and mistreatment of a vulnerable person.
ENOUGH! THE actual perpatrator, admitted guilt. WHY IS HE STILL LOCKED UP? HASN'T enough injustice been done?? ENOUGH!
Davontae tested negative for gunshot residue; he misidentified the weapons used. Smothers' confession led to the recovery of one of the weapons used.
I believe children can say things to please authority. This seems to be a case. Please release this young man.
What good is Michigan Attorney General Bill Shuett's "Conviction Integrity Unit" if he can't straighten out such a straightforward matter?
The system is too far corrupted! I'm sick of these Prosecution Teams corrupt Detectives all these to protect & serve employees that us taxpayers pay their salary always trying to score brownie points & raises with our children lives! Let's start holding them accountable ! Ok who's willing to give 9 yrs of their life for the 9 they have taken from this child. He missed his childhood graduation family many of life's opportunities due to the corrupted detectives & prosecution team!
Why on earth are we treating our children like this?
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Davontae is finally coming home. Seeing him walk out of those prison doors proves that our persistence against this injustice was worth every second. Thank you for standing by him when the system tried to bury the truth.
August 1, 2015
How Many More Days Justice 4 Davontae Sanford 2015 Time For Change Bring Me Home Enough Is Enough !
Final supporters
A Detroit hit man in prison for eight murders said he's willing to publicly take responsibility for four more to help clear a young man who claims he's innocent of the slayings and confessed at age 14 only to satisfy police.
Vincent Smothers' testimony would be the most crucial evidence yet to try to persuade a judge to throw out Davontae Sanford's guilty plea and free him from a nearly 40-year prison sentence. In an interview with The Associated Press, Smothers declared: "He's not guilty. He didn't do it."
Smothers said he never used a 14-year-old accomplice — blind in one eye and learning disabled — to carry out his paid hits, mostly victims tied to Detroit's drug trade. Ironically, there's no dispute that Smothers confessed to the so-called Runyon Street slayings when he was captured in 2008, but prosecutors have never charged him and never explained why.
"I understand what prison life is like; it's miserable. To be here and be innocent — I don't know what it's like," Smothers said of Sanford, who is now 19. "He's a kid, and I hate for him to do the kind of time they're giving him."
Given this ground breaking news we seek the immediate release of Davontae Sanford. Help us to end this gross miscarriage of justice, sign, share and be counted...No Justice No Peace!
Davontae Sanford -684070 Ionia Maxmium Correctionac. 1576 W. Bluewater highway Ionia,mi 48846
Related stories:
http://voiceofdetroit.net/2013/08/10/davontae-sanfords-family-hopeful-after-appeals-court-hearing/
http://voiceofdetroit.net/2012/04/28/free-davontae-and-charles-justice-for-aiyana-and-trayvon/
http://voiceofdetroit.net/2011/01/15/free-davontae-sanford/
Updates
June 20, 2015
Davontae has spent too many years trapped in a cell for a crime he did not commit. We need to hit our current goal now to prove to the authorities that we are watching them. Please send this link to your contacts right now so we can keep the momentum moving.
June 25, 2012
Seeing one hundred people look at Davontae and see the truth he has been living for years brings me to tears. I keep reading the comments and realizing that so many of you understand the weight of this injustice.
Reached 100 supporters
June 24, 2012
26 Comments
The injustices done to this boy should be criminal and anyone who perpetuates it should have to spend two days in prison for every day Davontae Sanford has had to. It's disgusting that the legal system can lock up innocent children just to get a win or close a case. It's even more deplorable that they get away with it scott free. Give Davontae the chance at life that you stole from him.
My late Dad, a proud Michigander born in Mt. Clemens, would be both outraged and heartsick at this rank injustice and mistreatment of a vulnerable person.
ENOUGH! THE actual perpatrator, admitted guilt. WHY IS HE STILL LOCKED UP? HASN'T enough injustice been done?? ENOUGH!
Davontae tested negative for gunshot residue; he misidentified the weapons used. Smothers' confession led to the recovery of one of the weapons used.
I believe children can say things to please authority. This seems to be a case. Please release this young man.
What good is Michigan Attorney General Bill Shuett's "Conviction Integrity Unit" if he can't straighten out such a straightforward matter?
The system is too far corrupted! I'm sick of these Prosecution Teams corrupt Detectives all these to protect & serve employees that us taxpayers pay their salary always trying to score brownie points & raises with our children lives! Let's start holding them accountable ! Ok who's willing to give 9 yrs of their life for the 9 they have taken from this child. He missed his childhood graduation family many of life's opportunities due to the corrupted detectives & prosecution team!
Why on earth are we treating our children like this?
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The injustices done to this boy should be criminal and anyone who perpetuates it should have to spend two days in prison for every day Davontae Sanford has had to. It's disgusting that the legal system can lock up innocent children just to get a win or close a case. It's even more deplorable that they get away with it scott free. Give Davontae the chance at life that you stole from him.