On October 7th, 2014 Andre DeMont Thompson was convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. The crime he allegedly commited was a murder that occured on October 5th 2012. Andre was brought in for questioning for this crime on October 17th 2012, he was told he was not under arrest. The police then begin to badger him about his whereabouts and timeframes. He was then taken into custody and sat in county until bail was made.
For two years he did the best he could preparing for trial with court appointed attorneys who wanted nothing to do with him or the case. He was finally given a public defender who basically told him that he should say self defense or take a plea without even trying to fully undertsand that Andre was not the person who committed the crime.
On trial day, so much information was twisted and biased from the prosecutions side nobody did anything to stop what was actually happening. The judge basically allowed opinions on the record as facts. The prosecution did everything in their power to make Andre seem like the bad guy. He was dehumanized and his character was defamed.
I am writing this petition because I beleive he was not given the proper assistance and representation to clear his name and the Justice department did not do its job.
There is a murderer roaming free and an innocent man sits in prison. Andre is a loving, caring and giving son, brother, uncle, father and husband. He has been stripped of his freedom due to the lack of inexperienced and incompetent people that work for the department of justice.
We, his family, friends and the undersigned ask that his case be re opened and re evaluated by veterans that comprehend facts, and the rights of the people.
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Reached 250 supporters
March 18, 2016
Reached 100 supporters
September 21, 2015
September 19, 2015
The people responsible for this injustice are waiting for us to get tired and give up. We are nearly at one hundred signatures so push this link out to everyone you know to force them to see Andre has not been forgotten. Keep the pressure on these corrupt officials until Andre is back home where he belongs.
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Justice needs to be served to all. If we are going to use the public defender option, shouldn't we provide quality counsel and ones who actually represent the individual? Adequate counsel is a constitutional right!
we ask that this man be given a fair trial. That the initial arrest be reviewed by outside, unbiased individuals, that any DNA, forensic evidence be reviewed.
This case should be reopened because if an improper decision is allowed to stand and later found to be the wrong judgement it is a failure to serve justice for the wrongfully convicted individual, For the victim and victim's relatives, and for allowing the true murderer to go unpunished.
You cannot have justice for some, and not have justice for all. This man was railroaded into prison to further the careers of those who are corrupt???
We te people can not allow this to go unchallenged. Another innocent man is locked whilst a murderer roams free. The DA needs to examine the evidence & allow Andre to have proper legal counsel.
You musthave forgot he shot this kid in broad daylight with 10 eyewitness including a neighbor who watch him stand over him and empty his gun and stomp him.
Free the innocent
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On October 7th, 2014 Andre DeMont Thompson was convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. The crime he allegedly commited was a murder that occured on October 5th 2012. Andre was brought in for questioning for this crime on October 17th 2012, he was told he was not under arrest. The police then begin to badger him about his whereabouts and timeframes. He was then taken into custody and sat in county until bail was made.
For two years he did the best he could preparing for trial with court appointed attorneys who wanted nothing to do with him or the case. He was finally given a public defender who basically told him that he should say self defense or take a plea without even trying to fully undertsand that Andre was not the person who committed the crime.
On trial day, so much information was twisted and biased from the prosecutions side nobody did anything to stop what was actually happening. The judge basically allowed opinions on the record as facts. The prosecution did everything in their power to make Andre seem like the bad guy. He was dehumanized and his character was defamed.
I am writing this petition because I beleive he was not given the proper assistance and representation to clear his name and the Justice department did not do its job.
There is a murderer roaming free and an innocent man sits in prison. Andre is a loving, caring and giving son, brother, uncle, father and husband. He has been stripped of his freedom due to the lack of inexperienced and incompetent people that work for the department of justice.
We, his family, friends and the undersigned ask that his case be re opened and re evaluated by veterans that comprehend facts, and the rights of the people.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
March 18, 2016
Reached 100 supporters
September 21, 2015
September 19, 2015
The people responsible for this injustice are waiting for us to get tired and give up. We are nearly at one hundred signatures so push this link out to everyone you know to force them to see Andre has not been forgotten. Keep the pressure on these corrupt officials until Andre is back home where he belongs.
94 Comments
I know these people. There is no way he committed this crime. This is a travesty and needs to be appealed and the case reexamined.
Justice needs to be served to all. If we are going to use the public defender option, shouldn't we provide quality counsel and ones who actually represent the individual? Adequate counsel is a constitutional right!
we ask that this man be given a fair trial. That the initial arrest be reviewed by outside, unbiased individuals, that any DNA, forensic evidence be reviewed.
This case should be reopened because if an improper decision is allowed to stand and later found to be the wrong judgement it is a failure to serve justice for the wrongfully convicted individual, For the victim and victim's relatives, and for allowing the true murderer to go unpunished.
You cannot have justice for some, and not have justice for all. This man was railroaded into prison to further the careers of those who are corrupt???
We te people can not allow this to go unchallenged. Another innocent man is locked whilst a murderer roams free. The DA needs to examine the evidence & allow Andre to have proper legal counsel.
You musthave forgot he shot this kid in broad daylight with 10 eyewitness including a neighbor who watch him stand over him and empty his gun and stomp him.
Free the innocent
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I know these people. There is no way he committed this crime. This is a travesty and needs to be appealed and the case reexamined.