NAACP President William J. Barber, left; Rev. Elton Powell and Rev. Darryl Canady, right, leave the Wilson County Courthouse with James A. Johnson, center, after Johnson was released from jail after three years for a murder the preponderance of the evidence indicates he did not commit. Charges against Johnson have yet to be dropped.
The North Carolina NAACP has launched a new interactive web site, www.ncprosecutorialmisconduct.com, focusing on legal cases where citizens have been victimized by either deliberate prosecutorial misconduct or sloppy and unjust treatment, jailed for years without bond or trial, convicted for crimes the preponderance of the evidence indicates they did not commit, or sentenced for years if not decades before they were freed.
Several articles on the site contrast the the international frenzy that erupted after privileged white males at Duke University were accused of rape without the evidence to support the claims, with the continuing and deafening silence of the political and media establishments over injustices committed routinely against minorities.
The site includes video clips from the Rev. William Barber, president of the North Carolina NAACP; and Arthur Johnson, father of James Johnson of Wilson, who was incarcerated for three years without trial on charges of murder. After months of protests were lodged and media scrutiny began, Johnson was finally released in September. A special prosecutor has been appointed in the case, but the NC NAACP and numerous legal experts contend that since another man has been convicted of the murder and that the evidence against Johnson is so slim, charges should be dropped.
www.ncprosecutorialconduct.com also highlights the cases of
