1st Case Lamar Johnson
2005
In 2005, Lamar Johnson pleaded not guilty to killing Carlos Sawyer, who
was shot and killed outside an elementary school in East Baltimore. Based
on eyewitness testimony that Lamar Johnson resembled the killer. Lamar
Johnson was sentenced to life in prison.
Lawyers from the Innocence Project discovered three other witnesses
who independently confirmed that Johnson was not the gunman. One
man said he saw the shooter and it was not Johnson. Another told inves-
tigators that he heard a different
person confess to the killing. The
third witness, a woman, said that
the gunman ran past her after the
shooting and it was not Lamar
Johnson. Asked why they did not
come forward earlier, they said
they were afraid to testify,
The attorneys presented their
evidence to Baltimore prosecu.
tors. Together, both offices asked
the court to free Lamar Johnson
After more than 13 years, Johnson
was a free man. Police have
reopened the investigation to find
Lamar Johnson exonerated by the
Sawyer's killer.
Innocence Project after 13 years in prison

Explain how faulty evidence had impacted on this case?

Select the correct answer. read this excerpt from incidents in the life of a slave girl by harriet ann jacobs: among the ladies who were acquainted with my grandmother, was one who had known her from childhood, and always been very friendly to her. she had also known my mother and her children, and felt interested for them. at this crisis of affairs she called to see my grandmother, as she not unfrequently did. she observed the sad and troubled expression of her face, and asked if she knew where linda was, and whether she was safe. my grandmother shook her head, without answering. "come, aunt martha," said the kind lady, "tell me all about it. perhaps i can do something to you." which of these important concepts uncommon to abolitionist literature does jacobs depict in the excerpt? 1. some kind white characters were included in slave narratives so that northerners would not be offended. 2. southern society was complex and diverse with both good and bad people unlike northern stereotypes showed. 3. many kind slave owners and their slaves developed deep friendships. 4. most whites and blacks lived in harmony in the south and made efforts to each other. a. 1 and 4 b. 1 and 3 c. 1 and 2 d. 2 and 3

Which type of story uses animals as characters in order to illustrate a general truth about human nature?

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