Falsely convicted individuals in the US = roughly 20,000
Incarcerated inmate in the state of North Carolina = $29,965/yr
282 years (Wilmington 10’s collective sentences) = $8,450,130
Pardon the Wilmington 10 = PRICELESS
Sign the petition: https://www.change.org/petitions/nc-governor-bev-perdue-pardon-the-wilmington-ten
Innocence Project (video) - The Wilmington, the Stroud File
Adding to the long list of
injustices in the United States of America - February 6, 1971 forever changed the lives of ten
individuals:
The Wilmington 10
Connie Tindall* - sentenced to 31
years
Jerry Jacobs* - sentenced to 29
years
William ‘Joe’ Wright, Jr.* -
sentenced to 29 years
Ann Shepard* - sentenced to 15
years
Rev. Benjamin Chavis - sentenced
to 34 years
Marvin Patrick - sentenced to 29
years
Wayne Moore - sentenced to 29
years
Reginald Epps - sentenced to 28
years
James McKoy - sentenced to 29
years
Willie ‘Earl’ Vereen - sentenced
to 29 years
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals
overturned the convictions of the Wilmington 10 in 1980 but full pardons have
yet to be granted.
Articles worth reading…
The Wilmington Journal - The Wilmington Ten: 40 years of loss and struggle
NAACP says jury was selected to convict Wilmington 10
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