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Joe York’s documentary Mississippi Innocence

Here’s the trailer.  The movie will premier February 11th in Oxford.

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January 27, 2011, 10:09 am | Tags: , , | Category: Law: National, Mississippi Legal | 12 comments

12 comments to Joe York’s documentary Mississippi Innocence

  • Metzger
    January 27, 2011 at 10:31 am

    It is also the subject of a Brown Bag lunch at noon Monday in Barnard Observatory.

  • pam
    January 27, 2011 at 10:31 am

    Will tickets be required?

    I’m driving down from Chicago for a visit to the kiddie gulag on Saturday, 12th and will be in Tupelo Fri night, the 11th. I’d love to see this. Oxford is on the way down from Memphis, is that right? On 78? There is a turn off says Oxford?. How far is it from 78? I think I’ll be passing right by right around 6-ish. I can’t even believe it. Thanks for any information on tickets, etc.

  • pam
    January 27, 2011 at 10:34 am

    Wow! I can’t believe the luck of having a visit and this the same weekend. Just WOW! My heart is pounding right now!

  • Ben
    January 27, 2011 at 10:42 am

    PAM: US 78 in Mississippi to Holly Springs, Exit 30 South … puts you on Mississippi 7 South. After getting off the exit and onto 7 South, it’s about 30 miles to Oxford. Can’t miss it. Watch out for deer.

  • NMC
    January 27, 2011 at 10:43 am

    Oxford is 30 miles south of that exit on Highway 78, and about 50 minutes to an hour due east of Tupelo.

    The movie is being shown as a part of the Oxford Film Festival. While I’m pretty sure tickets will be available for individual events, I expect a pretty full room for this movie. You might check on the Oxford Film Festival site for info about tickets for this event only, and I’ll try to post information myself.

  • pam
    January 27, 2011 at 10:56 am

    Yes, this what I thought. I pass the exit for Holly Springs shortly after crossing the state line. I’ll check the Festival site to see if I can get tickets ahead of time. I would imagine it’s going to be standing room only, if there is still such a thing. I won’t be able to stand thought by that point.

    This is awesome. Thanks for the info. I’ll watch for deer, dogs and armadillos which seemed to be dead in abundance the last time I came through.

  • pam
    January 27, 2011 at 12:07 pm

    The website is great. I bought a ticket and printed it out and also printed a map. The map is for the Lyric but I’m sure the Malco isn’t too far away. It said West Jackson.

  • Exterminator
    January 27, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    uhhh, NMC, last time I was there Oxford is WEST of Tupelo. Just sayin….

  • Rebelyell
    January 27, 2011 at 6:50 pm

    I hope I will be able to see this film. There are prosecutors out there who don’t want to let people out of jail even when there is proof positive they didn’t commit the crimes they are accused of. And we all know prosecutoral misconduct is rampant throughout the nation. I hope this film and others like it will help shed some light on this problem.

    (Liberal post count now exceeded for 2011!)

  • Ben
    January 27, 2011 at 8:12 pm

    There are prosecutors out there who don’t want to let people out of jail even when there is proof positive they didn’t commit the crimes they are accused of. And we all know prosecutoral misconduct is rampant throughout the nation.

    Getting re-elected … that’s too many prosecutors’ biggest concern. They don’t bat an eye at the time a man has to pull for something he didn’t do. Just getting re-elected ….

  • Exterminator
    January 28, 2011 at 9:14 am

    I have over thirty years experience in the criminal justice system. I can assure you that there are just a few Forrest Allgoods out there, although those get a lot of publicity. The vast majority of full time prosecutors are hard working, honest folks. Go look at any court’s minutes and see how many cases are voluntarily dismissed by the state. It happens every day in every county in Mississippi; yet it gets very little publicity.

    Far more defendants are damaged by incompetent defense lawyers. As the years have gone by, fewer and fewer attorneys want to deal with criminal defense. I see complete idiots attempting to defend cases with no clue what they are doing. Recently, one I know of submitted interrogatories and deposition notices to the state. Another one demanded a speedy trial for his appointed client, turns out the client had died in the jail nine months earlier and the lawyer had no clue. Same guy demanded a speedy trial for another appointed client that had been placed in pretrial diversion. I’ve seen them plead clients guilty to felonies for which there was no factual basis. Cutting this short, there’s bad apples in both barrels.

  • Trelisha Harrison
    April 15, 2011 at 9:43 pm

    I hope that god really bless those guy’s that did the time for something they didn’t do. I really think it’s a shame that people stay in jail all those years just to be found out they did’nt commit the crime I guess it was just the color that got them in muddy mississppi