You can make a difference by simply taking time to teach yourself and others how to stop voting just to be voting. Who knew that it could be that simple? By inoculating yourself and those around you at an early age you prevent uninformed voting.  An under-informed, ill-informed and mis-informed voter is simply guilty of being ignorant. Don't worry, you can't be arrested for abusing your civil right to vote. It's not your fault that you follow blindly either in beliefs or actions without vetting and confirming. Today is the day that you take your Syndrome or Disease by the horns and yell - "I'm not gonna vote just to be voting anymore."       

Research and learn about a candidate’s stance on false arrests, wrongful convictions & plea-bargaining abuse. Inquire if they have any solutions and intentions to implement them once in office. Hold them to their word. Remember, it’s very easy to vote especially when it’s done just to be voting. It's takes courage to confront candidates about what they are going to do about the historically ignored issues. It’s even harder to confront them once in office. The worse that could happen if ignore your responsibilities, is you could end up voting for the very individual that falsely arrested you or your love one. 

Bless those voters that step up, speak up and take a stand.  Bless those candidates that listen, research and implement workable solutions benefiting the public at large.  Shame on those that don’t.      

The Supreme Court 
"Plead ‘em, If You Got ‘em" -

When the Supreme Court gave the green light to Plea-Bargain and let the taxpayers of tomorrow worry about the tab, it essentially gave the policing authorities the thumbs up to arrest at will. The Courts placed the detainees either on Probation or in Jail and/or Prison. This led to a massive prison expansion program and strained the welfare system as rolls grew due to bread winners being locked-up. 

Police Reports and Case Files indicate that the permission to - Plead 'em, if you got 'em that the Police and Courts received from the Supreme Court, knowingly included scores of innocents. In Texas this led to the Profiling of those having: long hair, facial hair, unemployed and homeless. This resulted in a state-wide mass round up and arrest including those found being in possession of just one joint. Resulting in prison sentences just for having seeds or residue in the ashtray. Would you believe that this is going on right now, today? If you don't, then you are living in la la land. It really doesn't matter if you do or don't, your tax dollars are still hard at work and you have no one to blame but yourselves.   
 

A Round-Up Campaign lasting for decades resulted in what we see today: prison and jail overcrowding, as the Courts clear their Dockets via: Plea-Bargaining in 95% - 98% of all criminal cases. Knowing this makes that little thing called Voir Dire and sitting on jury only to be dismissed a running joke. Not to mention the lost man-hours, the $6.00 per day - plus parking checks, the 20 to 30 mile one-way trips downtown, etc, puts the joke squarely on the public at large.

Mean while, Criminal Defense Lawyers / Attorneys / Public Defenders continue to play plea-bargain games with Assistant D. As.  

Something to think about -
95 to 98 percent of all criminal cases are disposed of via: 'tapping out', leaving only 3 to 5 percent being actually defended all the way to verdict? With this it can only be assumed that the majority of the Criminal Defense Attorneys/Lawyers seem to have all agreed to agree to plead vs. fight and otherwise defend to the very end. It appears that only a small fraction are actually Defense Attorneys/Lawyers making the remainder mere Professional Pleaders with law degrees.   

It’s only fair that the guilty and the innocent both be deserving of an opportunity to admit guilt or decline any involvement and/or knowledge of the alleged crime in Open Court. (Not in Judges Chambers). Those being guilty and publicly admitting to it should rightfully receive a reduced punishment. Those being not guilty and recorded as publicly stating so should rightfully receive a date to appear for trial. No one should be allowed to change their plea at any time, doing so makes the entire system wishy-washy and hinky at best. What? What? What?

Why Texas?-

PROJECT: Not Guilty was launched in Texas in 2009, due to the robust criminal justice system reform movement. The universal disinterest in Closed & Cleared NON-DNA related claims of actual innocence by the multitudes of projects and groups that have come before us, has inspired us to focus primarily on these historically ignored cases. The Team prays that its endeavors combined with those across the state, contribute to greatly reducing the amount of false arrests and hopefully prevents wrongful convictions of tomorrow by addressing all claims.   
     
It's very clear that Texas' leaders (Mayors, D.As., Governors, TBPP, etc...) have no intentions to honestly address 'all' past, present & future false arrests and wrongful convictions on its own. Existing 'projects' assist them by ignoring closed/cleared cases having nothing to do with DNA & Death Row.

Texans deserve to have an honest, transparent and streamlined Clemency / Pardon application procedure that doesn't discriminate against applicants based on the type of evidence proving innocence. With this in mind, true criminal justice system reforms should encompass from the very moment of arrest all the way through the entire Clemency / Pardon application process.

The Team will also study certain aspects of the Texas Criminal Justice System and its relationship with the Clemency Section of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. We will learn how this department operates in relation to being charged with handling the Regular Full Pardon & Full Pardon - for innocence application packets, analyzing, researching and preparing the files for consideration by the Board.

Texas Hold 'em and the Stacked Deck -
Currently Full Pardons - for innocence applications are considered only on the unanimous recommendation of the applicant's three trial officials (sentencing or current judge, district attorney, and Sheriff). Thus, ensuring that it is virtually impossible to comply with the requirement due to there being absolutely no incentives for any of the three.

Creating & implementing this requirement/loophole was very successful in reaching its goal. Failure to eliminate this by both political parties shows the public at large that Texas is a criminal orgainization which is funded by it citizens. Shame on us and we will forever remain a world wide laughing stock. 

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In Phase One of PROJECT: Not Guilty, you are invited to follow the Team as we embark on a mission to implement and complete a very unique project. One that will examine all claims of innocence having absolutely nothing to do with DNA, Death Row and/or those Currently in Custody. The Team will also study the many causes of false arrests and the sustained trauma associated with being wrongfully convicted. We will conclude with a study of the Clemency application process, where the Team will research the human cost associated with State(s) that systematically denies all applicants seeking a Full Pardon based on innocence. 

Phase Two will involve targeting and researching specific cases of False Arrest and wrongful convictions for patterns of Police and Prosecutorial Misconduct. Cases/Claims having sufficient evidence proving innocence and subsequently denied consideration for a Full Pardon for or based on innocence will be show-cased. 

Team members will publish false arrests and wrongful conviction related case files, police reports & mug shots, including the names of  'all' parties involved. If you are a bad cop, a rogue ADA, or a lazy judge that allows the bad and enables the rouge while enjoying the many levels of immunity loopholes, now's the time to 'do the right thing for the right reasons'.   


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PROJECT: Not Guilty is a for profit at this time but will never charge a fee for services rendered. Instead we have chosen to operate by surviving on our own merits, advertising revenue and of course the kindness of others.     

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