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More from the Rev. Barber

By K.C. Johnson

In recent months, the North Carolina NAACP and Rev. William Barber have taken up the cause of James Johnson, an African-American initially accused as an accomplice to murder in Wilson, North Carolina. The two pieces of evidence that the NAACP cited to justify its ?demand? that Johnson ?be exonerated?? (1) No DNA evidence linked Johnson to the crime. (2) Johnson passed a polygraph test. Readers of this blog might recall another high-profile North Carolina case in which no DNA evidence linked the accused to the ?crime,? and in which all three defendants passed a polygraph test. The state NAACP seemed to view the power of such evidence quite differently in that case. As in Durham, some in Wilson have demanded a trial of Johnson, so that the victim (in the Wilson case, of course, there really was a victim) could have her day of court...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on July 19, 2008 (boomark / email).