On November 15, 1984, 5-year-old Jerrod Hessling witnessed the beating, rape, and stabbing death of his babysitter. When asked to describe the killer, he said, without hesitation, that it was a white male. Another child present during the murder saw a white man’s tattooed arm reach inside the house to open a sliding glass door.

Yet somehow, the lawyers in the case determined that Kenneth Clair, a dark-skinned African-American homeless man who had been squatting next door, was the killer. When Jerrod saw him on the witness stand and insisted they had the wrong man, the prosecution chalked it up to youth and trauma and pursued the death penalty for Kenneth Clair. To this day, 45 years later, Mr. Clair sits at Pelican Bay State Prison waiting to die because the OC DA's office strategy. 

[UPDATE:

Instead of exonerating Kenneth Clair knowing that the “DNA” that was found and tested at the Crime Scene didn’t belong to MR. CLAIR……. 

DNA Results not Clair's

The Orange County DA’s office has developed a new strategy….The DA’s office is patiently waiting for Mr. Clair to die at Pelican Bay State Prison in California without ever seeing a new trial.

The DA’s office almost got their wish when Kenneth Clair suffered a mild heart attack on October 3, 2022. 

WE NEED TO GET KENNETH OUT IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE DA’S OFFICE NEW STRATEGY PAYS OFF…. 

We are asking everyone who is reading this petition to donate at least one dollar or more by going to https://givebutter.com/9Xwiwb

Our interns are working for Kenneth Clair and others freedom and exoneration. You can also donate to our Internship Program at:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/internship-criminal-justice-donation?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet

If you are new to the Kenneth Clair case, or need a refresher, look at the video and read the whole entire story of Kenneth Clair at www.cjfordpi.com to the News Story Link.

Please sign my petition: Obviously the Orange County District Attorneys office, with their current district attorney Todd Spitzer will continue withholding exculpatory evidence from the public because they know Clair is innocent and they also know who the DNA actually belongs to.

 So our goal now is to fight this battle both by rallies and at the voting box. If you cannot vote, we still need your donations and also your time if you can volunteer.

OUR MAIN MESSAGE IS THAT THE DNA IS NOT KENNETH CLAIR'S. WE DO NOT CARE IF THE DA'S OFFICE CONTINUES TO WITHHOLD THE RESULTS ANY MORE........  NOW OUR MISSION IS TO EXONERATE KENNETH CLAIR.

"IF THE DNA SAYS NO .........YOU HAVE TO EXONERATE AND LET KENNETH CLAIR GO......."