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MS: "The Wrongful Conviction of Jamie and Gladys Scott" Written by Jamie Scott

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Forwarded from the Facebook page dedicated to reversing "The Wrongful Conviction of Jamie and Gladys Scott" Written by Jamie Scott Posted by Nancy R. Lockhart, M.J., CLA email: TheWrongfulConviction@gmail.com Fourteen years ago in a small town, Forest, MS, two young Black women, who are sisters, were given a double life sentence. This sentence was for a crime, in which they did not commit. The alleged crime was Armed Robbery of two Black men. No one was killed or harmed during this alleged robbery. Three young Black men confessed to the robbery. They also implicated that Gladys and me, Jamie Scott, were involved and participated in this crime. On December 24, 1993, Scott county Sheriff's Department arrested Gladys and me for armed robbery...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on November 11, 2008 (boomark / email).