rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/milesforjustice?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-milesforjustice' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Miles For Justice https://actionnetwork.org/groups/milesforjustice https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/letters/photos/000/222/740/normal/Acquit_Dewitt_(2).jpg Dewitt McDonald, Jr. has been wrongly incarcerated for more than 27 years after being convicted for a murder in which no physical evidence or eyewitness testimony places him at the scene of the crime. Demonstrated corruption on the part of the prosecutor influenced the outcome of Dewitt McDonald’s trial and contributes to his continued incarceration. Two other men were also convicted of this murder. One has confessed to being the shooter, the other has confessed to owning the gun used in the shooting, and both were released from prison years ago. Dewitt McDonald, Jr. has never wavered in maintaining his innocence and remains incarcerated. Despite the lack of evidence, Dewitt McDonald, Jr. was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison, meaning he should have been eligible for parole in 2015. He has never had a parole hearing. His sentence was unilaterally modified to 36 years to life in prison without his knowledge and with no legal basis for the change. In March 2022, a judge granted habeas corpus, ruling that Dewitt McDonald, Jr. should have had a parole hearing in 2015 and as such ordering his immediate release. The Ohio Attorney General stepped in and filed an emergency stay order to halt the release for a 1994 murder in which no physical evidence or reliable testimony connects Dewitt McDonald, Jr. Miles For Justice https://actionnetwork.org/letters/milesforjustice