Alabama could execute Rocky Myers any day now – and he could be innocent. Governor Ivey must grant Rocky clemency and save him from wrongful
i know my platform is pretty weak and i usually don’t post shit like this but please sign and promote this. first of all, this man is likely innocent, regardless of what you think of the death penalty. second of all, his preventable state sponsored death is imminent and we have a chance to delay it. this man deserves the best possible legal representation and a right to fight for his life.
rocky is an intellectually disabled 53 year old man. the key witness who helped convict him recanted their testimony. the jury who ended up convicting him did not even want a death penalty. there is a likely racial component as well, 11 of the jurors were white—one of them even referred to mr. myers with a horrible racial slur after the conviction.
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/robin-rocky-myers-death-penalty-alabama/
please give this article a look as well. you don’t have to be a forensic scientist to realize there is something incredibly fishy about this investigation, the multiple other suspects, the political pressure to convict, the biases. this court case is VERY, VERY SUSPECT and he is likely INNOCENT.
The case of an intellectually disabled prisoner on death row is a window into the many flaws in the death penalty in America.
