On this edition of
In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. presents his second, and final, discussion with Joyce Ann Brown, founder, president and CEO of
Mothers (Father) For The Advancement of Social Systems, Inc.. In May of 1980, Brown was accused of committing a robbery and murder at a furrier store in Dallas, Texas, picked out of a mug book by a single eyewitness, the wife of the storeowner. In spite of an alibi that she was working at another fur store in another part of the metroplex, combined with false testimony from a jailhouse informant, an all-white jury convicted Brown and her subsequent appeals were denied.
Brown sent out several letters about declaring her innocence and was eventually answered by Centurion Ministries. In conjunction with Kerry Fitzpatrick and a private detective, they reinvestigated the case and found serious discrepancies. Media exposure on Sixty Minutes also helped in getting her a new trial. Eventually the District Attorney’s office dropped the charges, and on Valentines Day, 1990, after nine years, five months and 24 days, Joyce Ann Brown was free.
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Posted By: John L. Hanson Jr.
Saturday, April 10th 2010 at 2:27PM
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