“If we see the present clearly enough, we shall ask the right questions of the past”. Below are links to a few documentary films I reccomend illustrating the limitations of our justice system. In the case of Recy Taylor I had the priviledge of getting to know her at the Henry County Nursing home before her death.

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Recy Taylor from Abbeville Alabama who was brutally gang raped on her way to church by several prominent men and for 70 years the state and district attorney prevented their prosecution. Watch the film

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Michael Peterson was falsely accused by a district attorney of murdering his wife and his successful life destroyed. watch the film

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The struggle for Steven Avery and his nephew Brandon Massey is a multiple series over two decades story of the US Justice system and how it fails. One of the country's most sucessful attorneys at overturning wrongful convictions,Kathleen Zellner is representing Avery. watch the film

Written on January 28, 2023