WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED (33 YEARS) INNOCENT CHRISTOPHER DUNN PETITION
WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED (33 YEARS) INNOCENT CHRISTOPHER DUNN PETITION
The Issue
- SIGN THIS PETITION TO FREE CHRISTOPHER DUNN AND JOIN THE MARCH AT CRACKS 2023
- MUSIC VIDEO in Support of Christopher Dunn
Wrongfully convicted of a crime, Christopher Dunn has been proven 100% innocent, but he WILL NEVER BE RELEASED from prison.
Welcome to the reality of the United States judicial system.
In September 2020, a 25th Circuit judge agreed Christopher Dunn is innocent, yet the court ruled and imposed a “slow death sentence” for this innocent man.
Arrested for murder at age 18, convicted at 19, and now nearly 51 years old, Christopher Dunn has always maintained his innocence.
Yes, this innocent man has spent over 33 YEARS of his life in prison for a crime he did not commit and he will die in prison if We The People, his brothers and sisters, don't do anything about it!
It is not enough you sign this petition; you must share it and spread the word of this horrific injustice to as many people as you can.
Imagine being imprisoned for a crime you did not commit. Believe it or not, there are an estimated 46,000 - 230,000 innocent people wrongly incarcerate in the USA; what happened to Christopher Dunn could have happened to anyone of us, and we are all responsible to fight for him and others to be freed.
If you don't know about this you must educate yourself. 33 Startling Wrongful Convictions Statistics [2021 Update] (thehighcourt.co) More links are provided at the bottom.
Did you know that the United States has the highest rate of incarcerations and the biggest number of wrongful convictions in the world?
Some 97 percent of federal felony convictions are the result of plea bargains.
Christopher Dunn was convicted in a 1990 murder of St. Louis teenager Recco Rogers.
He was initially offered 10 to plead out but he said, ‘No way. I didn't do this. I don't want these people to think I did this. I don't want these parents to think I took their child from them. I would never do that.’ Consequently, in 1991, Dunn was sentenced to life without parole plus 90 years.
His public defender spent maybe a total of 20 minutes with him before she represented him at trial. He was convicted in 45 minutes of jury deliberation. “It was a two-day trial with jury selection, so really it was opening, witness statement, witness testimony, closing, one day, really it was a one-day trial,” attorney Justin Bonus told Inside Edition Digital. ”And unfortunately it's an all-too-familiar reality for poor, especially Black, men in this country. It's quite astounding.”
Once at trial, his PD did not call any of his alibi witnesses - neither Uncle Larry, nor his mother, nor his sisters. No evidence was presented in his favor.
No physical evidence linked Dunn to the crime. The key witnesses were 12 and 14 years-old. Both are now adults and admit they lied in their testimony.
Even though the judge in Christopher Dunn's last evidentiary hearing (2018) believes Dunn is innocent, and stated in his ruling that Dunn clearly meets the standard for “freestanding” actual innocence - a claim that seeks relief based on newly discovered evidence-, that’s not enough for him to release Dunn. Missouri is one of the most difficult states for innocent prisoners to win freedom; there is a precedent to free innocent prisoners on death row, but not those serving a life sentence.
The judge refused to free Dunn from prison, believing he was bound by Lincoln v. Cassady. In that ruling, the Western District Court of Appeals decided that Missouri prisoners who prove their freestanding innocence cannot be released—unless they are on death row.
Judge Hickle wrote, “Unless Lincoln is overruled or another division of our appellate court decides differently, controlling precedent would appear to limit freestanding claims of actual innocence to capital punishment cases.”
Yes, you heard it right, Dunn would have been better off if he had been sentenced to death.
The Missouri Supreme Court has refused to review Dunn’s habeas petition, effectively closing the door to any relief in the state courts, and allowing the unconstitutional Lincoln v. Cassady ruling to stand.
There are no words to describe what has been Dunn to Christopher Dunn and his family.
Please stand up for Christopher Dunn and for what is RIGHT and JUST; any human being can agree that to keep an innocent man in prison because of a man made law is WRONG, INSANE and EVIL. Please sign the petition, share the petition, spread the word and join the Midwest Cracks March in 2023 to ask President Biden to pardon and release Christopher Dunn!
LINK:
LINK:
https://justiceforchristopherdunn.org/does-christopher-dunns-life-matter/
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The Issue
- SIGN THIS PETITION TO FREE CHRISTOPHER DUNN AND JOIN THE MARCH AT CRACKS 2023
- MUSIC VIDEO in Support of Christopher Dunn
Wrongfully convicted of a crime, Christopher Dunn has been proven 100% innocent, but he WILL NEVER BE RELEASED from prison.
Welcome to the reality of the United States judicial system.
In September 2020, a 25th Circuit judge agreed Christopher Dunn is innocent, yet the court ruled and imposed a “slow death sentence” for this innocent man.
Arrested for murder at age 18, convicted at 19, and now nearly 51 years old, Christopher Dunn has always maintained his innocence.
Yes, this innocent man has spent over 33 YEARS of his life in prison for a crime he did not commit and he will die in prison if We The People, his brothers and sisters, don't do anything about it!
It is not enough you sign this petition; you must share it and spread the word of this horrific injustice to as many people as you can.
Imagine being imprisoned for a crime you did not commit. Believe it or not, there are an estimated 46,000 - 230,000 innocent people wrongly incarcerate in the USA; what happened to Christopher Dunn could have happened to anyone of us, and we are all responsible to fight for him and others to be freed.
If you don't know about this you must educate yourself. 33 Startling Wrongful Convictions Statistics [2021 Update] (thehighcourt.co) More links are provided at the bottom.
Did you know that the United States has the highest rate of incarcerations and the biggest number of wrongful convictions in the world?
Some 97 percent of federal felony convictions are the result of plea bargains.
Christopher Dunn was convicted in a 1990 murder of St. Louis teenager Recco Rogers.
He was initially offered 10 to plead out but he said, ‘No way. I didn't do this. I don't want these people to think I did this. I don't want these parents to think I took their child from them. I would never do that.’ Consequently, in 1991, Dunn was sentenced to life without parole plus 90 years.
His public defender spent maybe a total of 20 minutes with him before she represented him at trial. He was convicted in 45 minutes of jury deliberation. “It was a two-day trial with jury selection, so really it was opening, witness statement, witness testimony, closing, one day, really it was a one-day trial,” attorney Justin Bonus told Inside Edition Digital. ”And unfortunately it's an all-too-familiar reality for poor, especially Black, men in this country. It's quite astounding.”
Once at trial, his PD did not call any of his alibi witnesses - neither Uncle Larry, nor his mother, nor his sisters. No evidence was presented in his favor.
No physical evidence linked Dunn to the crime. The key witnesses were 12 and 14 years-old. Both are now adults and admit they lied in their testimony.
Even though the judge in Christopher Dunn's last evidentiary hearing (2018) believes Dunn is innocent, and stated in his ruling that Dunn clearly meets the standard for “freestanding” actual innocence - a claim that seeks relief based on newly discovered evidence-, that’s not enough for him to release Dunn. Missouri is one of the most difficult states for innocent prisoners to win freedom; there is a precedent to free innocent prisoners on death row, but not those serving a life sentence.
The judge refused to free Dunn from prison, believing he was bound by Lincoln v. Cassady. In that ruling, the Western District Court of Appeals decided that Missouri prisoners who prove their freestanding innocence cannot be released—unless they are on death row.
Judge Hickle wrote, “Unless Lincoln is overruled or another division of our appellate court decides differently, controlling precedent would appear to limit freestanding claims of actual innocence to capital punishment cases.”
Yes, you heard it right, Dunn would have been better off if he had been sentenced to death.
The Missouri Supreme Court has refused to review Dunn’s habeas petition, effectively closing the door to any relief in the state courts, and allowing the unconstitutional Lincoln v. Cassady ruling to stand.
There are no words to describe what has been Dunn to Christopher Dunn and his family.
Please stand up for Christopher Dunn and for what is RIGHT and JUST; any human being can agree that to keep an innocent man in prison because of a man made law is WRONG, INSANE and EVIL. Please sign the petition, share the petition, spread the word and join the Midwest Cracks March in 2023 to ask President Biden to pardon and release Christopher Dunn!
LINK:
LINK:
https://justiceforchristopherdunn.org/does-christopher-dunns-life-matter/
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Petition created on October 10, 2022