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In 1970, Barney Brown was a 13-year-old African American child was falsely accused of raping a white woman. He served 38 years in jail. On October 8, he will speak Northwestern University School of Law.
The worst wrongful conviction in US history
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It took them nearly 40 years to acquit this man on the basis of double jeopardy? Was it not obvious enough?
This isn't the only case that I've heard of coming out of Florida. About a year ago I read an article of a man who was accused of rape and spent nearly two decades in prison before being released on DNA. It was a heartbreaking profile. His daughter was a newborn when he was incarcerated, and his wife eventually divorced him and remarried. To lose your family because of something you did not do it gut-wrenching. I wish I could find the article.
I'm also thinking about going to Northwestern to see him speak.
Florida has had a lot of tragic wrongful convictions. You should definitely come to Northwestern on October 8th. It will be an amazing event
Thankfully, Barney Brown speaks for so many others whose voices were silenced by unspeakable violence & lynchings. The Denzel Washingotn movie The Great Debators introduced audiences to Jim Crow era violence & intimidation in the Deep south.
As for myself, I'll never forget my WITY-AM radio news reporting on a cross burning in my hometown the night a white police officer was slain by two African American teenagers whose only crime had been Driving While Black.
That's what I love most about Barney. He uses his story to talk about why we need to reform the system.
It would be interesting to see a profile on him now, a year later.
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