Rickie Johnson
Posted By The Editors | January 5th, 2010 | Category: Exoneree of the Week | 1 Comment »
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Two years ago this week, Innocence Project client Rickie Johnson was freed from a Louisiana prison after spending 25 years behind bars for a rape he didn’t commit. Johnson contacted the Innocence Project at the suggestion of Calvin Willis, a fellow prisoner at Louisiana’s State Penitentiary at Angola. Willis was exonerated in 2003 after the Innocence Project secured the DNA testing that proved his innocence.
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This constant focus on the happiness of the formerly incarcerated, freed by the Innocence Project, this is worrisome to me. It seems more intended to congratulate those associated with that non-profit, than on the issue of slavery, which is what these men are, former slaves. I’m veeeerrry glad these men are out of prison. I’m a little concerned however, with what seems a seriously misplaced emphasis.
The important thing is indicting this racist modern day slave system, not congratulating the do-good whites at the Innocence Project.