THE AARON FINLEY STORY

Aaron Finley -- FINALLY FRAMED!
Back in 1994 certain authorities in Meridian Mississippi wanted to convict Aaron Finley of Capital Murder.

They were hampered in their efforts by the simple fact that they had no evidence to connect him to the crime and his alibi was solid.

They had already arrested the actual culprit but thought it would be more impressive if they could get multiple convictions. They issued a warrant for Aaron and – knowing he had nothing to hide – he turned himself in at the police station.

Aaron was charged with Capital Murder for shooting and robbing a man and they held him from November of ’94 to August of ’95. When they could get no indictment from three terms of the Grand Jury he was finally released on a writ of Habeas Corpus.

The actual killer was never released and was convicted of Capital Murder but at his defense presented another man who was willing to testify that he shared a cell with Aaron and that Aaron talked of being involved in the crime.

Aaron says he never met the new witness and there is no record that they ever shared a cell or anything else.

With this new man in the game the killer, Willie Davis, was able to strike a deal with the D.A. to avoid the Death Penalty. (The D.A. really wanted Aaron!)

The deal was to the effect that Willie would now testify against Aaron to corroborate the story from the jailhouse snitch – who had been released from his 15 year drug sentence and shipped off to Florida. Willie agreed to being sentenced by the Judge to life without parole in exchange for his new testimony. He waived his right to appeal but avoided the Death Penalty by swearing to what they wanted to hear.

Thus it was that in April of 1996 Aaron was indicted for Capital Murder for the “Beating and Drowning” of a man he had previously been charged with shooting.

Aaron went back to the police and turned himself in again.

In spite of what the indictment said Willie Davis testified that Aaron “Shot and Beat” the victim.

Corey Pack, The Snitch, was doing 15 years for the sale of Cocaine but was released on probation and sent back to his home in Florida. He never shared a cell with Aaron but claimed he did and said what the D.A. needed him to say to get another notch on his conviction trophy.

Aaron’s witnesses were not called.

Aaron Finley was sentenced to “Life Without Possibility of Parole” and he is still there – still praying for Justice.

But this is Mississippi…

 www.mississippi-justice.com

justice

Today social justice represents one of the most serious challenges to the conscience of the world. The abyss between those who are within the world 'order' and those who are excluded is widening day by day. The use of leading-edge technologies has made it possible to accumulate wealth in a way that is fantastic but perverse because it is unjustly distributed. Twenty-percent of humankind control eighty percent of all means of life. That fact creates a dangerous imbalance in the movement of history.
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United States Failed Justice System

The death penalty not only fails as a solution to the problem of violence in the United States but, because of the excessive costs of implementation, capital punishment interferes with a spectrum of preventive programs that have been demonstrated to work well. Throughout the United States, police are being laid off, prisoners are being released early, the courts are clogged, and crime continues to rise. The economic recession has caused cutbacks in the backbone of the criminal justice system. In Florida, the budget crisis resulted in the early release of 3,000 prisoners. In Texas, prisoners are serving only 20% of their time and rearrests are common. Georgia is laying off 900 correctional personnel and New Jersey has had to dismiss 500 police officers. Yet these same states, and many others like them, are pouring millions of dollars into the death penalty with no resultant reduction in crime. The exorbitant costs of capital punishment are actually making America less safe because badly needed financial and legal resources are being diverted from effective crime fighting strategies. Before the Los Angeles riots, for example, California had little money for innovations like community policing, but was managing to spend an extra $90 million per year on capital punishment. Texas, with over 300 people on death row, is spending an estimated $2.3 million per case, but its murder rate remains one of the highest in the country. The death penalty is escaping the decisive cost-benefit analysis to which every other program is being put in times of austerity. Rather than being posed as a single, but costly, alternative in a spectrum of approaches to crime, the death penalty operates at the extremes of political rhetoric. Candidates use the death penalty as a facile solution to crime which allows them to distinguish themselves by the toughness of their position rather than its effectiveness. The death penalty is much more expensive than its closest alternative --life imprisonment with no parole. Capital trials are longer and more expensive at every step than other murder trials. Pre-trial motions, expert witness investigations, jury selection, and the necessity for two trials --one on guilt and one on sentencing --make capital cases extremely costly, even before the appeals process begins. Guilty pleas are almost unheard of when the punishment is death. In addition, many of these trials result in a life sentence rather than the death penalty, so the state pays the cost of life imprisonment on top of the expensive trial.

Posted by a friend, on Joseph's behalf

I just wanted to take the time and thank you all for the support you have shown me lately in my fight for freedom. It's difficult for me to be as hands on as I would like but... I have full confidence in Michelle Schumde and my attorney James Craig to help me put this case in the public light so that one day it'll help my cause. Everything that has been posted up to this point is done with my full consent as will everything after this stage. We are in the process of putting together the evidence that we believe will help prove my innocence (first in the public eyes) and hope that it will translate into the justices doing their job by giving me a new trial. This is my hope.... As I said. This will take time as I don't have full access to be hands-on. So I ask that my friends and supporters bear with me. This has been a long fight for 19 years now. I know it won't end tomorrow. Soon though. With your help.
Sincerely, Joesph P. Brown

AARON FINLEY IS INNOCENT

I AM WRITING YOU ON BEHALF OF AARON FINLEY WHO WAS WRONGLY CONVICTED IN 1996...HE IS CURRENTLY IN HOLLY SPRINGS ,MS AT MARSHALL COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY INMATE #66987 ..THE BOTTOM LINE IS HE WAS CONVICTED OF CAPITAL MURDER..GIVEN A LIFE SENTENCE WITHOUT EARLY RELEASE OR PAROLE OR ANYTHING..NOW WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THE SYSTEM AND AM CURRENTLY TRYING TO GET HIM RELEASED....HE DID NOT COMMIT THIS CRIME AND THEY HAVE NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THAT HE DID.......EXPLAIN TO ME HOW 2 DIFFERENT MEN CAN BE TRIED AND CONVICTED OF KILLING THE SAME MAN WITH 2 DIFFERENT CAUSES OF DEATH????...NOW HE WAS ARRESTED FOR THE CRIME BEFORE, RELEASED AND ALL CHARGES DROPPED. AND THEN A YEAR LATER THEY ARREST HIM AGAIN....WELL HE ACTUALLY TURNED HIMSELF IN BOTH TIMES WHEN HE HEARD THEY WERE LOOKING FOR HIM.BASED ON NEW EVIDENCE WHICH WAS A "SUPPOSID" JAIL HOUSE CONFFESSION.ALSO THE OTHER SUSPECT WILLIE DAVIS.. CONFESSED TO THE CRIME AND TOOK THE POLICE TO WHERE THE BODY WAS AND IS CURRENTLY SERVING LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE IN EAST MISSISSIPPI CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.AND THERE WASNT EVEN A MEDICAL EXAMINER AT AARONS TRIAL...THE STATES MAIN WITNESS RITA CRANE WAS THE SISTER OF ONE OF THE INVESTIGATING OFFICERS AND CLAIMS SHE SEEN AARON IN THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VICTIMS CAR WITH THE OTHER SUSPECT(WILLIE DAVIS) DRIVING WITH ANOTHER BLACK MALE IN THE BACK SEAT WITH THE VICTIM..BUT IN THE COURT ROOM STATED SHE HAD NEVER SEEN AARON UNTIL THAT DAY IN THE COURT ROOM...THE STATE ARGUES THEY HAVE HIS FINGER PRINTS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE MANS CAR INSIDE AND OUT BUT YET THERE WAS NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THAT FACT...JUST HEAR SAY.....THE LARGEST SHOES PRINT AT THE SCENE WAS A SIZE 10 HE IN FACT WEARS A SIZE 12 1/2...THE STATE ALSO HAD A INMATE THAT STATED HE WAS IN A CELL WITH AARON ON AN OCCASION AND SAID THAT AARON TALKED ABOUT THE CRIME..BUT IN FACT AARON WAS NEVER IN A CELL WITH THIS INMATE THAT WAS LATER RELEASED THE SAME DAY AARON TURNED HIMSELF IN THE SECOND TIME..WITH A 15 YEAR SENTENCE ..14 YEARS SUSPENDED 1 YEAR SERVED AND 5 YEARS PROBATION...FOR DRUG CHARGES..AND ALSO THE STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER MR.HAYNE HAS SENSE BEEN TERMINATED DUE TO FALSE AUTOPSY REPORTS DUE TO TRIAL PURPOSES..AND THE VICTIMS OWN WIFE STATED SHE HAD NEVER SEEN AARON BEFORE THAT HE WAS NOT THE MAN HER HSUBAND LEFT THEIR HOUSE WITH ON THE DAY HE WAS KILLED....I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A LOT OF CASES AND SOMETIMES THINGS ARE NOT AS THEY SEEM BUT I KNOW AARON IS INNOCENT AND JUST NEED SOMEONE TO LISTEN TO THE STORY AND THE FACTS THE FACTS ALONE TELL THE TRUTH..THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO SIGN THIS PETITION.EVERY SIGNATURE IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO MR. FINLEY BEING HOME WHERE HE BELONGS TO LIVE OUT THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PEACE

Petition AARON FINLEY IS INNOCENT
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