Thread by @ASFleischman

Georgia promised not to try to execute a man if he agreed to plead guilty to a double murder and never challenge his conviction.

When DNA evidence positively cleared him, the State argued he was still bound by his promise.

news4jax.com/news/georgia/2…

What Dennis Perry didn't know when he pleaded guilty in 2003 was that a detective had already established he had an alibi that would have made it virtually impossible for him to have murdered the victims.

He also did not know that the prosecutor had given a witness a substantial cash reward for saying he had told her he planned to kill the victims.

Today, a newly elected District Attorney has agreed to dismiss all charges against Perry. He is exonerated.

news4jax.com/news/georgia/2…

The man who got Perry to make this promise is the same man who tried to enforce it, John Johnson.

Johnson, who will resign to live on his state pension, used his power to hurt dozens of innocent people.

ajc.com/news/crime/sou…

Johnson also provided special treatment to an officer accused of domestic violence who would go on to commit a murder/suicide.

The Georgia Innocence Project does some amazing work on a shoestring budget, and every little bit helps. Donate here:

georgiainnocenceproject.org/act/donate/

He's not kidding either it is easily a 6 hour drive.

Also, finally, just a reminder. Georgia does not have any program in place to compensate wrongfully convicted people.

The General Assembly will have to pass a law in Dennis Perry's name for him to see a dime in compensation. And that money will be parceled out per year.

I wrote about this problem here:

law.com/dailyreportonl…