Rickey Jackson: False Testimony and Police Misconduct

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Wrongfully imprisoned for nearly 40 years, Rickey Jackson’s story reveals how false testimony and police misconduct destroyed an innocent man’s life.

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A Story of Injustice, Redemption — and Remarkable Courage

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Rickey Jackson

Reasons for wrongful conviction:

False eyewitness testimony

Police misconduct

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26 mrt 2023

Men Wrongfully Convicted Of Murder Open Up About Exoneration | TODAY

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“I Didn’t Know What the Sky Looked Like Any More”: Ricky Jackson Exonerated After 39 Years in Jail

26 nov. 2014

 
An Ohio man has been freed from prison after spending 39 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. Ricky Jackson, a 59-year old African-American man, had been jailed since 1975 on a murder conviction. The prosecution’s case was based on the testimony of a 13-year-old witness. After a 2011 investigation, the witness recanted his testimony, saying he had implicated Jackson and two others under police coercion. The witness, Eddy Vernon, said police had fed him the story and threatened to arrest his parents if he didn’t cooperate. On Friday, Ricky Jackson was freed after prosecutors dropped the case. With nearly four decades wrongfully behind bars, Jackson is the longest-held U.S. prisoner to be exonerated. He joins us today along with his lawyer, Brian Howe, a staff attorney with the Ohio Innocence Project.
 
IMPORTANT VIDEO: There was something wrong with the trial

I Didnt Know What the Sky Looked Like Any More Ricky Jackson Exonerated After 39 Years in Jail

Educational: This video is essential viewing

Educational: This video is essential viewing

Het verhaal van Rickey Jackson gaat niet alleen over de onterechte opsluiting van één man — het laat zien wat er gebeurt wanneer de waarheid er niet meer toe doet en macht zonder gevolgen wordt misbruikt. Wanneer een systeem gerechtigheid inruilt voor gemak, worden levens verwoest. En achter elke krantenkop schuilt een mens, wiens pijn niet ongedaan kan worden gemaakt.

Rickey Jackson’s story is not just about one man’s wrongful imprisonment — it is about what happens when truth no longer matters, and power is misused without consequence. When a system trades justice for convenience, it destroys lives. And behind every headline is a human being, whose pain cannot be undone.