From the ballot box to the classroom, the dedicated workers, organizers, and leaders who forged this great organization and maintain its status as a champion of social justice, fought long and hard to ensure that the voices of African Americans would be heard. For nearly one hundred years, it has been the talent and tenacity of NAACP members that has saved lives and changed many negative aspects of American society.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Special Investigator to Examine Reggie Clemons Case
The Missouri Supreme Court has appointed a special investigator in the case of Reggie Clemons, an African-American man wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death. A petition filed with the Missouri Supreme Court on June suggests that police brutalized Clemons into giving a statement. The petition is based on new evidence, and also argues that Clemons' death sentence was excessive compared to those of other co-defendants. His execution was set for June 17, but was delayed by a federal appeals court. The NAACP has requested that Governor Jay Nixon appoint a Board of Inquiry and grant clemency to Clemons.
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