#lakeith smith

Vice's Documentary About LaKeith:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFjFze39Dcc

(would not let me embed because it is age restricted)

Link to LaKeith Smith's Gofundme:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-bring-my-son-lakeith-home?utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer&utm_term=undefined In 2015, LaKeith Smith was charged for the murder of his friend A'Donte Washington, who was shot by a police officer. LaKeith was 15, and charged as an adult. He was sentenced to 55 years, for a crime he did not commit. For 8 years his family has been fighting to free him while he has grown from child, to adult in prison. During the 2020 George Floyd protests, they were able to hire a new attorney with the money raised from LaKeith's Change.org page.

On December 2nd, 2022, LaKeith will be attending a post conviction hearing. This may be the only chance he has to escape imprisonment for the rest of his life.

Please, watch Vice's documentary about LaKeith and A'Donte.

If you live in Alabama, please contact your DA, there is a pre-written email and link to the DA's email in the above link.

If you live anywhere else, please sign LaKeith's Change.org. That is in the above link as well.

LaKeith should be living his life right now, he should be spending time with his family and loved ones, he should not be behind bars. Please, help him.

UPDATE (2/12/2024)

On March 21 2023, Judge Sibley Reynolds re-sentenced LaKeith Smith to a total sentence of 30 years. Since then, his family and friends have been working relentlessly to free him.

Recently the Alabama attorney general's office agreed that judge Reynolds' order was confusing, misleading and hard to understand,

SO, WITHIN 30 DAYS OF JANUARY 23 2024 LAKEITH IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE A COURT DATE FROM THE ALABAMA COURT OF APPEALS.

Please spread the word, LaKeith is so close to being able to live his life. Here is the official Free LaKeith Smith Instagram page which is run by his Mother and updated frequently:

https://www.instagram.com/justice4lakeithsmith/ Here is the linktree with ways you can help:

i wouldn't call my blog popular, but i very recently reblogged the popular post about him on here, actually, and i've been aware of his situation for quite some time. lakeith smith has been in prison since 2015, because he was held criminally liable for the fact that a COP murdered his friend. there are a few more options here on this linktree that i don't believe were in that original post, including a click-to-send email that allows you to contact alabama state officials with a pre-written email, urging them to free lakeith.

the above post was taken from this instagram account where you can get direct updates on how lakeith is doing, as well as the status of his case. i think it's pretty important in this case to be able to read lakeith's actual words, and a lot of them can be found on that instagram.

"LaKeith Smith could spend the rest of his life in an Alabama prison  for murder, despite not killing anyone.  

The case of LaKeith Smith urgently deserves our attention because there  is a chance his conviction could be overturned or his sentence reduced. 

Background 

In February of 2015, LaKeith–who was 15 years old at the time–and  a group of friends were involved in the break-ins of two unoccupied  homes in Millbrook, Alabama. The teens were still present in one of the  homes when local police officers arrived at the scene. During that en counter, LaKeith’s 16-year-old friend A’Donte Washington was shot and  killed by one of the officers. 

Although he was the youngest in the group, LaKeith was denied  being tried as a juvenile and was charged as an adult. He was convict ed of theft, burglary, and felony murder–a charge that held him legally  responsible for the death of A’Donte. Alabama’s felony murder rule states: 

A person commits the crime of murder if he/she commits or attempts to commit [a felony] and, in the course of and in furtherance of the crime that he/she is committing or attempting to commit, or in immediate flight therefrom, he/she, or another participant if there be any, causes the death of any person.

Despite A’Donte not being killed by a participant in the crime, LaKeith  lost his friend and now faces losing the next 50 years of his life to prison. 

Take Action 

Unless court officials allow him a new hearing, LaKeith will remain  in prison until he is 70 years old.  

LaKeith’s punishment does not fit the crime he committed or his legal  responsibility. It also doesn’t reflect his young age or his unique capacity for change. He was sentenced to 15 years for the burglary charge and 10 years for each of the two theft of property charges, but it was the 30-year sentence for the felony murder charge that ensured LaKeith–a non-violent 15-year-old with no prior record–would essentially spend  the rest of his life in prison.  

Condemning a 15-year-old child who hasn’t killed anyone to a life  behind bars is not justice. His story deserves to be heard. Help us  spread the word about LaKeith’s case."

Sign the petition at:

Justice for Lakeith Smith's social handles (follow for more information, updates as well as d0nate to the campaign!)

Website:

Instagram: @Justice4LaKeithSmith

Twitter: @Justice4LaKeith

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