[Imc-newsroom] a story idea

[Sascha Meinrath]

This is a serious issue, and one that Meg is interested in following up 
on.  She needs someone to help a little, give support, etc.  This could be 
a big story -- is anyone interested in at least talking with Meg?

--Sascha

At 07:31 AM 08/22/01 Wednesday, megminer wrote:
>Hi Newsroom List!
>I have a story idea but can't tackle it myself.  I know of a man who has been
>sitting in local jails for almost a year for a sexual assault he did not
>commit.  He was implicated by a juvenile female and arrested the day 
>following
>the attack.  Shortly after that day, she either withdrew her accusation or 
>the
>cops figured it out themselves.  The reasons he has been left in jail are
>unclear to me.  I think it's got a lot to do with his being a young African
>American male with a prior record.  But to me the important things are that
>they did a DNA test on him which proved he did not attack the girl and the
>State's Attorney even said there was no case against him.  And yet he is 
>still
>in jail.
>
>Is anyone interested in this story?  If so, please send your phone number
>directly to me as I am not on this list.
>
>Thanks for considering the idea!
>Meg Miner
>(217) 489-5905
>megminer at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
>
>O we are all racist  we are all sexist  some of us only some of us
>are the targets of sexism of homophobia of class denigration but we all
>all breathe in racism with the dust in the streets  with the words we read
>and we struggle those of us who struggle  we struggle endlessly endlessly
>to think and be and act differently from all that
>-- unattributed; Isis International Bulletin, no. 21, p. 39 (1981)
>
>"What if the Hokey Pokey really _is_ what it's all about?"
>--Noovo/Retro greeting cards
>
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