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Kia Johnson - Execution date set for June 11, 2003
My name is Kia Lavoy Johnson. I am 35 years of age, an African American
male on the notorious Texas death row. I am here for a crime I did not
commit. I am from San Antonio in the USA.
The story I am about to tell you is true and my case is pending in the
federal courts awaiting to be ruled on.
On October 29, 1993 I was arrested for "failure to identify" but I
never made it to jail, instead I was taken to an undercover police
operation office, where I was interviewed by the police on a murder that I
know nothing about! I was told that the crime was on video, so I figured
how could it be me? I knew it was not me in the video, my picture was
taken, fingerprints were taken, all to try to connect me with the crime. I
had finally seen the video after I was booked in the county jail and later
saw it on television. After I seen it, I said to myself, now how could
these people say this is me? The assailant in the video had come in the
store touching the counter and committed the crime and left. There were
fingerprints taken from the scene. After they checked to see if my prints
matched, they did not match! My picture was taken by the police, the FBI
made a check to see if the picture matched to the assailant, their was no
match period. I found out that my common law wife's uncle filed a
statement saying that it was me in the video, which he described what I
wore the last time he saw me, in the video the assailant isn't wearing
what he described. He mentioned his dislike for me several times at trial.
Also there was a drug addict, that testified at my trial against me. One
guy said he hasn't seen me in 15 to 16 years and that I look the same and
he has diabetes and he stated his vision is bad because of the diabetes. A
woman I never met before said she knew me and that she was with me before
the murder, in which brings me to a jacked that I was wearing. The jacket
I wore matched the assailant in the video, that was why I was arrested,
because of a jacket that matched or similar to the one I was wearing. This
woman makes her living by testifying for the prosecutors, which she has
been to prison three times.
My court appointed lawyer did nothing to prevent this from happening.
He came to talk to me once, stating "I will get you a life sentence".
Neither did he ask was I innocent of the crime that was committed. He came
and stayed about three minutes and the next time I saw him, we were going
to trial. Yes, Mr. William Reece, court appointed lawyer. During my trial
he did not wear a suit, he wore jeans and a jacket, no briefcase, just a
folder in hand to fight a capital murder case. After I was found guilty,
he also filed my direct appeal, he and his paralegal secretary worked on
my direct appeal in which she (Joann Pedrotti) stated to him, that there
were so many errors, that he should let another attorney file it. So they
could raise "ineffective counsel". But he refused to hear her. She (Joann
Pedrotti) filed an affidavit in my behalf, saying that she had quit
working for Mr. Reece, because of his lack of ability on my case. Now she
works as a stenographer for the county courthouse.
I am letting people know about the injustice in the judicial system in
Texas. The system does not work! Any questions I would gladly answer to
the best of my knowledge.
Please write to:
Kia Johnson # 999139
Polunsky Unit
3872 F.M. 350 South
Livingston, Texas 77351 USA |