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Monday, 20 October 2008
Dear Advocates for Justice,
Arthur Tyler has been on Ohio's Death Row for 25 years. Evidence underlines his innocence.
The fundamental unfairness of the death penalty for Arthur Tyler is clear. Evidence was thin, undisclosed, withheld, or unheard and files were closed to the defense. The defense was incompetent and the client was required to rely on attorneys who previously worked for the other side! Justice does not seem to be an issue in Ohio. Only legalities.
A multitude of injustices coupled with a drive for retribution at any price, and a politically motivated need to demonstrate a prosecutor’s office “tough on crime” characterized the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office in the 1980s.
A mountain of so-designated “harmless error” has become an impenetrable legal fortress incarcerating the truth in Tyler’s case. Leroy Head, the actual killer, confessed multiple times but now walks free! Head was offered a deal to avoid the death sentence and without being granted immunity, he is no longer interested in talking. An innocent man, Tyler, has spent 25 years on Ohio’s death row wrongly convicted of Head’s crime with no legal recourse. The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor is not interested in granting immunity.
“The state is being allowed to use the threat of a death sentence ‘to pick and choose the testimony it wants,’ Kerger [Tyler’s appellate attorney] said, first by encouraging a witness to testify and then by “effectively sealing his lips.” (Plain Dealer, 7/10/’06; Does it matter who pulled the trigger?)
Please review the enclosure highlighting injustices in this case. Documents and trial transcripts are available online at http://justiceforarthurtyler.blogspot.com
Please write a letter to the Governor’s Office with a copy to the Ohio Attorney General with a request for a response to your letter, requesting an investigation of Tyler’s case. Notify Advocates at the e-mail addresses below so we can keep track of the number of letters sent.
Governor Ted Strickland
Riffe Center, 3rd Floor
77 High Street
Columbus, OH 43215-3428
CC: Attorney General Nancy H. Rogers
30 E. Broad St. 17th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-3428
Join Sr. Helen Prejean and others in signing the online petition and forward this request and information to others.
Google: Justice for Arthur Tyler and look for the petition on righthand side of the website. Thank you.
Advocates for Arthur Tyler
Ian Heisey: "This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it!" , 216-651-1693
Mary T. Berry, H.M. : "This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it!" , 216-741-7049
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