Just spotted this passage in a story in the Jackson Free Press:
… At a Millsaps College forum Monday night, Mississippi Innocence Project Director Tucker Carrington pointed to [Dr. Stephen] Hayne as a significant factor in a flawed system that allows men like Noxubee County residents Kennedy Brewer and Levon Brooks, recently exonerated for raping and murdering two toddlers, to go to jail for crimes they did not commit.
"It’s a question of money and where we want to put our resources, and when you don’t do those things, what’s allowed to flourish are people like Dr. Hayne, and he’s caused untold amounts of damage to individuals and this state by his actions, " Carrington said, adding that the Innocence Project is "screen(ing) cases involving Hayne " for evidence of malfeasance.
Exonerated Jacksonian Cedric Willis spoke to the audience about spending 12 years behind bars, nine of them in Parchman, for a murder he did not commit –even as Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter made no move to exonerate him during those years he spent wrongfully serving time, despite the existence of evidence that could clear him.
"He had a motion on my freedom for years, and I never got a response from him. The judge had a right to say, "This is not right,’ " Willis said, earlier questioning how DeLaughter could "sleep at night " knowing he’d sent an innocent man to rot in prison.
DeLaughter was the assistant district attorney at the time, working under District Attorney Ed Peters, who prosecuted Willis. Judge Breland Hilburn was the judge in the Willis case; neither he, DeLaughter or Peters pushed to allow DNA evidence and witness testimony that could have proved Willis innocent. The real killer remains at large. …
Hayne, DeLaughter, Peters, Hilburn — honestly, what will it take to put these goobers (and their pal Houston Patton) behind bars?
Is it true that Judge Barbour, Hayley’s brother, will not allow DNA evidence in since it might exeronate the accused. (I’m talking about defendants trying to reopen cases as the IP has fought for).
Does Hayley Barbour have a brother who is a judge?
I’m not sure if Judge Barbour is Haley’s brother or not, but I can assure you that I have been in his court on numerous occasions and he is one of the most prepared and fair judges to all sides that I have seen. So I don’t think you can find any fault with Judge Barbour.
Oh, and I’m certainly not a fan of Haley’s.
cousins
Judge Barbour is a cousin of Haley, not his brother.
Thanks for clearing that up about Judge Barbour. I thought More Cowbell in # 1 was wrong about that.