DJT- Criminal Justice Reform issue
Minnesota man seeks to toss his murder conviction Sen. Amy Klobuchar stood behind for 17 years
A report revealed that the case was littered with inconsistencies.
By
Christina Carrega
February 24, 2020, 4:01 PM
Man blames Amy Klobuchar in part for murder conviction he wants tossed
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A Minneapolis inmate who spent more than half his life so far behind bars says he was wrongfully convicted for murder and blames presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, in part, for standing by what he calls an injustice.
Myon Burrell, now 33, was convicted for the 2002 first-degree murder of 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards, who was shot by a stray bullet as she was doing homework inside her house. Burrell, who was 16 when he was arrested, as well as Hans Williams and Ike Tyson, two men in their early 20s at the time and not previously known to Burrell, were convicted and sentenced the following year.
At the time, Klobuchar was the chief prosecutor of Hennepin County, where the case took place….
For his part, Burrell cites what he describes as questionable police tactics and a rush to judgement by prosecutors in both of his trials (the then-16-year-old's first conviction was tossed for Miranda violations, including denying him access to speak to his mother, who later died in a car crash soon after his arrest)….
“Even after my conviction was overturned, she recharged me,” Burrell says today of Klobuchar. “She recharged me with first degree murder, never looked into the facts of the case. Never looked into the misconduct that had taken place. Never even addressed the misconduct that had taken place and still put the same detective, the same police on my case to go and get more bogus evidence.”
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https://abcnews.go.com/US/minnesota-man-seeks-toss-murder-conviction-sen-amy/story?id=69123101