Testimonials

Harriet Tubman Safe House supporting cases that fall under

President Bush's Second Chance Act

Since the time of Martin Luther King Jr. up to President Obama's election there has been efforts to give inmates a second chance at having a life without the stigma of being in prison.

Martin Luther King, Jr. : http://www.thekingcenter.org

President Obama: http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president-obama

Joe Biden: 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/vice-president-biden

Second Chance Act

Below are Inmates who will benefit from President Bush's 2nd Chance Act whom we are supporting and their story.

Below is a Video made by Earl W. Woodlen, Jr. of Abdul Akbar, the Brother of the man that Mel McAllister killed back when he committed his crime.  Mr. Akbar fully supports Mr. McAllister’s early release and prays for the Governor’s signature on the Pardon decree.

Mr. Akbar has spoken to and visited Mr. McAllister on numerous occasions and fully supports his request of a Pardon.

It is also Mr. Akbar’s family’s opinion of the situation and they are praying that the Governor will sign the Petition for Mr. McAllister's Pardon as well to help Mr. McAllister one day be a free man.

I (Earl W. Woodlen, Jr.) serve my country and now one of my Brothers needs help and I think Mel would be a good Candidate for the Harriet Crossfire TC 21 Program in a position of Security or Labor there.  We know he will hold his Ground that's a given.  He will not back down and if he is working for you he will do whatever it takes to protect your company its workers.

Governor Carey needs to check in at the Pardon Board because a man who committed two robberies and killed a person was sentenced to only fourteen (14) years.  He went up right before Mel McAllister.  Mel McAllister received life without parole for killing a man.  What is wrong with this picture?

One man gets only fourteen (14) years and yet another man gets life without the possibility of Parole, you decide if it is fair to the man who has no chance to ever see and hold his wife and perhaps children (that he may have, I do not know) ever again while the other man with good behavior could be released in half that time and be able to go home to his family and friends.

If you are so inclined you can contact the Governor of Delaware

John C. Carney Jr.

Carvel State Office Building

820 N. French Street, 2nd Floor, Wilmington, DE  19801

http://governor.delaware.gov/about-governor-john-carney/

I know of some individuals who have offered to hire Mel McAllister left, when he is available to work, for them.  We are not asking for the Governor to let him go now. We are asking the Governor to take the mandatory life part of Mel's sentence out and just give him a sentence where he one day can be able to go up for release.

Below are two Petitions that I circulated for signatures of people who support Mel and what he is trying to do.  Also, is a copy of the support letter the Harriet Tubman Safe House created and sent off to the Pardon and Parole boards as well as to the Attorney General.

Likewise if you are so inclined you can write Mel at

Mel S. McAllister

180852

Sussex Correctional Institution

Po Box 500

Georgetown, DE 19947

Below is the Bunk in the room that Mel would occupy when the time comes at Harriet Tubman Safe House.

Read more about the Harriet Tubman Safe House at
www.safehouseva.org
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Wilmington.

 Preston and Paul Tucker 

The James T. Vaughn Correctional Center and the Parole board have been doing a good job paroling inmates as late and I want to thank them for that.  I must say most of the guys paroled have stayed clean and out of trouble.

James T. Vaughn is doing a good job also, keeping the inmates in a safe environment while they are incarcerated there.

Paula Tucker their sister asked if I would bring her down to visit her brothers on Labor Day.  While I was there her brothers said to me, Brother Earl, Do you have any power down here and I told them no.  If God sees fit for you to be paroled after serving twenty eight (28) to thirty (30) years, and the Parole Board thinks you are ready it will happen.

They both admit they committed the crime they were sentenced for and if the system sees fit to parole them we will support them in any way we can.

We support them both for Parole after doing the Crest and Work Release programs downstate.  Then hopefully they can obtain employment at one of the poultry factories down state and start their lives over there.

I must admit after interviewing these guys I found them to be in good health and able to work.

Christine Word came from Lynchburg Virginia to pray for Paul & Preston Tucker who are doing life.
At J.T. Vaughn Correctional Center.
They are family.
http://www.doc.delaware.gov/BOP/PrisonDCC.shtml

Paula Tucker 

James T. Vaughn Correctional Center

Warden: David Pierce

Deputy Warden: Phil Parker

Deputy Warden: James Scarborough

http://www.doc.delaware.gov/BOP/PrisonDCC.shtml

David Henderson - Parole Board Chairman

Carvel State Building

820 North French Street

4^th Floor

Wilmington, Delaware 19801

 Poultry Processing Plants in Lower Delaware

L. C. Weeks - Mississippi

 L C. Weeks, Jr. (# 29909) 

Marshall county Correctional Facility

P.O. Box 5188 - 833 West Street - Hollysprings, MS 38634

      The Story of an Innocent Man -- The L. C. Weeks Story

            The Judicial System in the State of Mississippi has denied Justice for an Innocent man that is fighting for his freedom. Mr. L. C. Weeks is an innocent man charged with the offense of Capital Murder.  He was framed by a state informant, Juantray Bradford.  Mr. Bradford testified that he was told by Mr. Weeks the events that led to the murder.  Also, a convicted sheriff was employed to assist in the framing of Mr. Weeks as well.  A Sheriff of Humphreys County, Mississippi stated that Mr. Weeks told him about the crime in the county jail when they both were there.  Since Mr. Weeks’s conviction witnesses now began to recant their testimony.  No physical evidence has been presented that links Mr. Weeks to the murder.  He has a conviction based on no physical evidence and no eye witnesses.  The Mississippi Judicial system has failed to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.  L. C. Weeks, Jr. was arrested in 1997 for murder that roiled the tiny Mississippi town of Belzoni.  He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the alleged crime.  Since his conviction evidence has been presented that shows that Mr. Weeks was actual innocent of the crime.  There is no physical evidence that has been presented that links Mr. Weeks to the murder.  Mr. Weeks contends that it is clear now that the doubt plaguing his case can never be adequately addressed.  The lace of scientific or relevant physical evidence has made it impossible to resolve with any degree of certainty.  The inability of the courts to resolve these uncertainties has shaken public confidence in the Judicial System and under such a cloud of doubt would do nothing but further undermine that confidence.  Public faith in the integrity of Justice in Mississippi is at stake and it is for this reason that a retrial be granted to Mr. Weeks. There’s a conviction based on no DNA evidence, no physical evidence and no eye witnesses.  The Mississippi Judicial system has failed to establish Mr. Week’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.  Under the Circumstances has been an appalling miscarriage of justice.  Mr. Weeks has become a symbol for every one of us.  He is a symbol of struggle and hope.  Mr. Weeks has spent too many years in those dark chambers of death.  Without the voices of any civil right leadership and the masses across the nation pointing out the injustice that has occurred this incident has been swept under the rug.  This is getting more and more outrageous because we the people have not stood up like we should, uncompromisingly, and refused to accept it.  Someone is being snatched up right now, just like that.  You or someone else could be charged for something that you do not know anything about and with no opportunity to gain access to information.  Supporters around the community maintain Mr. Weeks innocence insisting that he was framed by an informant that wanted a lighter sentence and law enforcement that worked with the sheriff that was convicted for fraud to help convict Mr. Weeks.  On top of that attorneys have maintained that Mr. Weeks was victimized by a rigged racist legal system which unfairly manipulated evidence, excluded blacks from the jury and coerced witnesses to testify falsely against Mr. Weeks.         Following a number of court appeals which went all the way to the Supreme Court.  Mr. Weeks now remains imprisoned for life without the possibility of parole.  Mr. Weeks is asking for a full measure of justice, that he has in common with all mankind and is entitled to receive, comes before this nation that so rightly and justly weights in the balance of justice the merits of every man's case and asks that the same rule, law and yardstick used in all other cases be applied to all the facts, circumstances and conditions surrounding this case that now wraps him in the mantle of life without the possibility of parole. Mr. Weeks wishes for nothing more than what he should receive and nothing less, the right to a review of his case and the horrible tragedy perpetrated on him in the name of the justice.   Law is fundamental, sacred and holy, false testimony, confessed false testimony; knowingly giving false testimony has consigned Mr. Weeks to his untimely doom.  We as a community can reach no other conclusion and for this judgment to be permitted to stand would constitute one of the most outstanding judicial mistakes of all times.  It seems that what has now been developed Mr. Weeks is being ordered to the gallows out of respect to technical rules and that the merits have been subverted instead of being held aloft and that such a result is not only an injustice but is hurtful to the law and detrimental to that high regard in which it should be held.

Curtis Davis, Jr. -- Mississippi 

Now with my case being on appeal the Court States that they did have the lab reports but trial counsel overlooked them after they were made available to him.

The lab reports stated and proved Mr. Davis was excluded as a contributor to the DNA found atthe crime scene and therefore innocent.  The fingerprints on the barrel and trigger area of the murder weapon did not match his either just another factor proving innocence.

A Brady violation occurred by the trial court, now the lab reports are newly discovered exculpatory evidence that cannot be argued in court.   Mr. Davis is in prison, and has been stabbed twice all because the trial court withheld the truth that he did nothing and was innocent. Mr. Davis needs to be moved to the county jail until an evidentiary hearing is given or he is outright exonerated and released for his own welfare.

His lawyer filed the first post-conviction to the court then quit.

Now I've continued my case pro se and in Mississippi especially the circuit court district in which I was falsely convicted racism is still a factor along with the injustice there.

Now the only evidence against his is his forced confession. But that should have no merit nothing once lab reports surfaced stating It was not my DNA.

The court is given according to legal standards of due process nine (9) months from the time the last brief is filed to render a decision.  The last brief was filed in September 2014. Now due to the lab reports being key, if an evidentiary hearing is granted it must take place within this nine (9) month period by the trial court.  

Now he needs help by any means in making sure that within the next 4 months the Mississippi court of appeals decides according to law and concrete exculpatory evidence. Mr. Davis is in prison for nothing other than the fact that he was forced to confess to something he did not do in order to keep his family safe from harm.

Mr. Davis is asking for all the help that can be given to him immediately because his case is up for a decision and does not want to continue getting treated unfairly especially since he is innocent.

 To summarize, his case is now in the court of appeal on docket.  He has argued ineffective counsel, a Brady violation, newly discovered evidence being both sets of lab reports, and actual innocence. The withholding of exculpatory evidence automatically overturns a case but now the trial court states his trial counsel knew of and lab reports and they were available to him before he plead guilty.

Mr. Davis’ case and what's been filed can be looked at on the Mississippi Court of Appeals and the Mississippi Supreme Court Website.

Case Number: 2014-CP-00088-COA

Gibson Hall - Delaware

A Comparison of Justice of Gibson Hall and Walter Scott's death by Police Officer, Michael T. Slager

Here is a man (Gibson Hall) who had a gun coming down the steps because he was being harassed by his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend.  

When he came down the steps with the gun as he was trying to make it outside the gun accidentally went off  and the bullet struck and killed his Mother.  There was no evidence of Mr. Hall and his mother having any animosity between each other at all.  In fact they had a very good relationship. How can a jury find him guilty for murder when the gun accidentally goes off.

I can't understand how when a Police Officer, Michael T. Slager shoots a man eight (8) times shown in the video and in the back no less and then the video shows him throw something down by the man as to lead you to believe he had some kind of weapon.  We can not get a guilty verdict from the jurors... something ain't right with this picture.

With all this evidence showing what really happened how can the jury, jury, jury, not find the police officer guilty of murder when the evidence shows in fact he was guilty, even the commentators reporting on this situation said it was murder in their opinion.

In Gibson Hall's case there was no evidence showing that he intended to shoot his mother but the officer, a video showing all the evidence you needed to convict, that he murdered that man, the jury let him go even though it showed the officer planted something down by the body of the man, but the jury convicted Mr. Hall with no evidence at all to prove intent or anything close to it.  This was an accident plain and simple.

This is what we think should have been done in the case of Gibson Hall.  Talk to people and really looking into the facts and not just glance over them and say yeah that is what happen.  Dig for the details.  The jury needs to take into account all the facts.  How could they have found Mr. Hall guilty of murder when a lot of facts were either ignored or not taking into account.  The jury just focused on what they were told and not really looked at the evidence the jury, jury, jury did not do their job in his case.

I am Earl Wallace Woodlen, Jr, and I think Gibson Hall's case should be reopened and looked at in more detail.  William Mann concurs and would like to see it reexamined as well.  This is not justice at all.

Below is the video of Police Officer, Michael T. Slager shooting Walter Scott.

There were eleven (11) whites and one (1) black individual on the jury.  The one on the end is the one who hung it up and did not get justice for Walter Scott.
I do not understand this picture at all, it does not look good, I do not know what when down here.

Herbert Spence - Delaware

Robert Saunders - Delaware 

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