United african movement
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Alton h. Maddox, jr. Tel.: (718) 834-9034
Chairman Fax : (718) 834-1275
16 Court Street
Suite 1901
Brooklyn, NY 11241
April 14, 2009
Gov. David A. Paterson
State Capitol
Albany, NY12224
Re: “Central Park Boys”
Dear Gov. Paterson:
This letter is intended to invite you to a press conference on the steps of City Hall on April 20, 2009 at noontime to acknowledge the twentieth anniversary of an historic injustice against innocent, Black and Latino youth. A white woman was raped in Central Park on April 19, 1989. Dragnet arrests ensnared scores of innocent young men because of skin color. This was “Scottsboro Boys” revisited but it happened in New York City.
All freedom-loving people should join Councilman Charles Barron who, afterwards, will introduce a resolution in the City Council to immediately and justly compensate these young men all of whom spent considerable time in prison. They also had to register as sexual predators.
This injustice should be at the top of your political agenda. We must be just before we are generous. In addition to compensation for them, New York must enact legislation to streamline the access of wrongfully-convicted defendants to the state’s deep pockets. Requiring an aggrieved person to seek justice through the Court of Claims is barbaric. A wrongfully-convicted defendant should be given an opportunity to present his or her claim to a jury of one’s peers.
I similarly hope that you will join former Cong. Newt Gingrich, Mort Zuckerman, publisher of the Daily News and Judge Gregg Mathis of “Judge Mathis” expressing your outrage over this historic and longstanding injustice. When the roll is called, I hope that you will say “present.” A governor should
lead by example. Eventually, Gov. George Wallace corrected, in part, the injustice in the “Scottsboro Boys” case.
Very truly yours,
AHM:sr
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____________________________________________________________________________________________
Alton h. Maddox, jr. Tel.: (718) 834-9034
Chairman Fax : (718) 834-1275
16 Court Street
Suite 1901
Brooklyn, NY 11241
April 14, 2009
Gov. David A. Paterson
State Capitol
Albany, NY12224
Re: “Central Park Boys”
Dear Gov. Paterson:
This letter is intended to invite you to a press conference on the steps of City Hall on April 20, 2009 at noontime to acknowledge the twentieth anniversary of an historic injustice against innocent, Black and Latino youth. A white woman was raped in Central Park on April 19, 1989. Dragnet arrests ensnared scores of innocent young men because of skin color. This was “Scottsboro Boys” revisited but it happened in New York City.
All freedom-loving people should join Councilman Charles Barron who, afterwards, will introduce a resolution in the City Council to immediately and justly compensate these young men all of whom spent considerable time in prison. They also had to register as sexual predators.
This injustice should be at the top of your political agenda. We must be just before we are generous. In addition to compensation for them, New York must enact legislation to streamline the access of wrongfully-convicted defendants to the state’s deep pockets. Requiring an aggrieved person to seek justice through the Court of Claims is barbaric. A wrongfully-convicted defendant should be given an opportunity to present his or her claim to a jury of one’s peers.
I similarly hope that you will join former Cong. Newt Gingrich, Mort Zuckerman, publisher of the Daily News and Judge Gregg Mathis of “Judge Mathis” expressing your outrage over this historic and longstanding injustice. When the roll is called, I hope that you will say “present.” A governor should
lead by example. Eventually, Gov. George Wallace corrected, in part, the injustice in the “Scottsboro Boys” case.
Very truly yours,
AHM:sr
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