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<h2><font size=2><b>Monday, December 7, 2009<br>
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<a href="http://angola3news.blogspot.com/2009/12/herman-wallace-files-habeas-corpus.html">
Herman Wallace Files Habeas Corpus Petition</a> </b></h3><font size=3>On
Friday, December 4, Herman Wallace filed his Habeas Corpus petition with
the federal courts. You can read/download the filed petition
<a href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/12/07/18631725.php">
here</a>.<br><br>
The petition asserts: "...129. Mr. Wallace has been convicted of
murder and sentenced to life in violation of the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and
Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution."<br><br>
One excerpt states: “…93. The factual scenario presented to Mr. Wallace’s
jury in 1974 was entirely different than it would have been if the State
had honored its constitutional obligation to disclose materially
favorable evidence to the defense. Post-conviction proceedings have
revealed thatin a case where the prosecution relied exclusively on
inmate testimony to secure a convictionthe State purposefully withheld
evidence of deals, perjured testimony, and prior inconsistent statements.
This evidence would have discredited each and every one of the State’s
witnesses.”<br><br>
One more excerpt states: “…123. In addition to the State’s suppression of
deals, false testimony and prior inconsistent statements with respect to
the inmate witnesses who testified against Mr. Wallace, the State also
failed to disclose statements by other witnesses that would have
undermined the State’s case.”<br><br>
Background<br><br>
On September 19, 2006, State Judicial Commissioner Rachel Morgan
recommended overturning Herman's conviction, on grounds that prison
officials had withheld evidence from the jury that prison officials had
bribed the prosecution's key eyewitness, Hezekiah Brown, in return for
his testimony.<br><br>
However, in May 2008, in a 2-1 vote, the State Appeals Court rejected
Morgan's recommendation and refused to overturn the conviction. Herman
appealed this to the State Supreme Court, but on October 9, 2009 the
Court ruled against Herman and affirmed the conviction.<br>
Posted by angola3news at
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