The court granted Evaristo's motion for a new trial and he will be released pending the next legal proceedings. Our legal team is currently finalizing the arrangements for his transition back home. Thank you for maintaining the focus on these specific evidentiary failures until the judge issued this ruling.
November 3, 2020
Final supporters
In signing this petition, I am stating that I believe that Evaristo Salas is innocent and was wrongfully convicted of the crime that he is currently incarcerated for, and would like for the courts to grant him relief in the form of immediate release, or a new trial
A Letter From Jr. Salas
I would like to tell you a little about the injustices me and my family face daily.
22 years ago, at the age of 15 I was charged, tried and convicted of a murder I did not commit. I was sentenced to 32 years and sent to adult prison at the age of 16 where I have remained for the past 22 years unlawfully and unjustly. During those 22 years I have written countless letters to different organizations around the country and internationally proclaiming my innocence and asking for help.
In 2002 the Innocence Project Northwest out of the University of Washington took my case but soon found that they did not have the resources to investigate every lead to the full extent necessary. and decided to keep my case inactive until either they were in a better position to help, or I could find a way to dig up some exonerating evidence. In the years that followed I continued to write letters with little to no progress.
In 2016 I received a response from a letter that I had written to Radical Media, a documentary film production company based in New York. I wrote the letter after watching one of their documentary called The West Memphis Three in 2011. I was so moved by this documentary, that I felt if anybody could help, it would be them. 5 years later they responded to my letter, saying that they had just found it and that they were really interested in hearing more about my case. As we corresponded over the following months they decided to do a documentary on my case, in the process of investigating my case they were able to uncover some exonerating evidence, which they revealed on the documentary that aired on the Starz network called The Wrong Man.
What happen to me in 1996 was a great injustice and what has allowed these injustices to continue was the fact that nobody knew about it. It was easily swept under the rug. but the lies that have kept me in prison for the past 22 years are beginning to crumble as more light is being shed on it.
What I asked in the humblest way possible, is what I have asked in every letter I have written. For help. Help to reveal the truth, to bring attention to my case so that the lie that has kept me in prison for so long could crumble a little more.
I will close this with the words of Martin Luther King Jr.
" Our life begins to end when we become silent about the things that matter"
If you would like to learn more please visit my website FreeJuniorSalas.com
If you feel you want to help in any way in my case or just want to show your
support please take a look at my T-shirts
Thank you for your time. and I hope to hear from you.
Sincerely,
Evaristo Salas
Updates
Reached 5,000 supporters
October 11, 2020
Reached 1,000 supporters
June 22, 2018
Reached 100 supporters
June 19, 2018
June 17, 2018
We are approaching the one hundred signature milestone. Reaching this threshold will provide the necessary leverage to finalize the formal petition package for the legal review board. Please circulate this link to your contacts to ensure we cross this target before the briefing session.
3,003 Comments
This is a travesty of justice and there are far too many like this young man losing their lives along with those poor victims who also don't have justice deserved. Please tell me how I can help this young man be set free. I can see this being my own son.
You have an eyewitness that couldn't pick out anyone in 12 different lineups and then is hypnotized and is now 100% certain not to mention she tampered with evidence. And the only other informant has recanted his statement. Set this man free!
The judicial system was initiated to protect the people and provide a sense of security. It is only when those who are in positions of power abuse their authority that the system fails. No one should lose their freedom for a crime he did not commit!
The evidence points at the wife and Ricardo. The man who said thank you to the detective for letting him off. The informant came clean the police lied. People are wrongfully convicted just for the empowerment of others careers. Let Him Go FREE!!!
I watched the documentary and was left without words with how we could just allow for something like this to happen. The system has alllowed to Robb this him 20 years that he will never get back. My heart and prayers are with you and your family.
He deserves freedom!!!
Free evaristo i believe he's an innocent man.
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The court granted Evaristo's motion for a new trial and he will be released pending the next legal proceedings. Our legal team is currently finalizing the arrangements for his transition back home. Thank you for maintaining the focus on these specific evidentiary failures until the judge issued this ruling.
November 3, 2020
Final supporters
In signing this petition, I am stating that I believe that Evaristo Salas is innocent and was wrongfully convicted of the crime that he is currently incarcerated for, and would like for the courts to grant him relief in the form of immediate release, or a new trial
A Letter From Jr. Salas
I would like to tell you a little about the injustices me and my family face daily.
22 years ago, at the age of 15 I was charged, tried and convicted of a murder I did not commit. I was sentenced to 32 years and sent to adult prison at the age of 16 where I have remained for the past 22 years unlawfully and unjustly. During those 22 years I have written countless letters to different organizations around the country and internationally proclaiming my innocence and asking for help.
In 2002 the Innocence Project Northwest out of the University of Washington took my case but soon found that they did not have the resources to investigate every lead to the full extent necessary. and decided to keep my case inactive until either they were in a better position to help, or I could find a way to dig up some exonerating evidence. In the years that followed I continued to write letters with little to no progress.
In 2016 I received a response from a letter that I had written to Radical Media, a documentary film production company based in New York. I wrote the letter after watching one of their documentary called The West Memphis Three in 2011. I was so moved by this documentary, that I felt if anybody could help, it would be them. 5 years later they responded to my letter, saying that they had just found it and that they were really interested in hearing more about my case. As we corresponded over the following months they decided to do a documentary on my case, in the process of investigating my case they were able to uncover some exonerating evidence, which they revealed on the documentary that aired on the Starz network called The Wrong Man.
What happen to me in 1996 was a great injustice and what has allowed these injustices to continue was the fact that nobody knew about it. It was easily swept under the rug. but the lies that have kept me in prison for the past 22 years are beginning to crumble as more light is being shed on it.
What I asked in the humblest way possible, is what I have asked in every letter I have written. For help. Help to reveal the truth, to bring attention to my case so that the lie that has kept me in prison for so long could crumble a little more.
I will close this with the words of Martin Luther King Jr.
" Our life begins to end when we become silent about the things that matter"
If you would like to learn more please visit my website FreeJuniorSalas.com
If you feel you want to help in any way in my case or just want to show your
support please take a look at my T-shirts
Thank you for your time. and I hope to hear from you.
Sincerely,
Evaristo Salas
Updates
Reached 5,000 supporters
October 11, 2020
Reached 1,000 supporters
June 22, 2018
Reached 100 supporters
June 19, 2018
June 17, 2018
We are approaching the one hundred signature milestone. Reaching this threshold will provide the necessary leverage to finalize the formal petition package for the legal review board. Please circulate this link to your contacts to ensure we cross this target before the briefing session.
3,003 Comments
My father spent 16 years in prison for something he didn’t do. Conviction was quashed at the Old Bailey in London. I have campaigned on Miscarriages of Justice and am convinced of Evaristo’s innocence! Justice for Evaristo and the victim’s family!
This is a travesty of justice and there are far too many like this young man losing their lives along with those poor victims who also don't have justice deserved. Please tell me how I can help this young man be set free. I can see this being my own son.
You have an eyewitness that couldn't pick out anyone in 12 different lineups and then is hypnotized and is now 100% certain not to mention she tampered with evidence. And the only other informant has recanted his statement. Set this man free!
The judicial system was initiated to protect the people and provide a sense of security. It is only when those who are in positions of power abuse their authority that the system fails. No one should lose their freedom for a crime he did not commit!
The evidence points at the wife and Ricardo. The man who said thank you to the detective for letting him off. The informant came clean the police lied. People are wrongfully convicted just for the empowerment of others careers. Let Him Go FREE!!!
I watched the documentary and was left without words with how we could just allow for something like this to happen. The system has alllowed to Robb this him 20 years that he will never get back. My heart and prayers are with you and your family.
He deserves freedom!!!
Free evaristo i believe he's an innocent man.
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My father spent 16 years in prison for something he didn’t do. Conviction was quashed at the Old Bailey in London. I have campaigned on Miscarriages of Justice and am convinced of Evaristo’s innocence! Justice for Evaristo and the victim’s family!