Justice Derailed: The Case of Cory Maye

Update: Here is the contact information for Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour. You can send an email from this link, but it may be more effective to call his office or send a fax. Tell him to set Cory Maye free!

I emailed the Governor this evening and will either call or fax his offices tomorrow--maybe both!

 

Contact Information

Web Site: www.governorbarbour.com PO Box 139 Jackson, MS 39205 Phone: (601) 359-3150 Fax: (601) 359-3741

For all those who were ringing their hands over Tookie Williams, perhaps you could spare some time for Cory Maye, who is on death row in Mississippi.

Here is the gist of his story:

It was late at night and Cory Maye was asleep; his 18-month-old daughter asleep in another room.

Suddenly, someone breaks his door in and bursts into his bedroom. Cory Maye shoots the intruder.  Another person starts shouting "police!" Cory Maye drops his gun. Cory, who is black, had just shot the (white) police chief's son. The policeman later died from the gunshot wound.

Now, the police did have warrants for the drug bust they were engaged in that night, but Cory Maye was not named on the warrant. Mr. Maye, in fact, had a clean record and only one joint was found in his house (even that is suspicious, as the police originally reported that no drugs were found in Mayes' home.)

While it is a tragedy that the officer was killed, justice will not be served by executing Cory. His only "crime" is that he defended his daughter and home from unknown intruders in the middle of the night. Cory should immediately be set free.

H/T swmo libertarian

For more on the Mayes case, try these links: Battlepanda: Outrage; CBS News, Hammer of Truth, Hugh Hewitt, Instapundit, The Agitator

Comments

[Brattus]

This is a real travesty of justice no doubt. I would suggest that Cory start writing childrens books and of course get Jamie Fox to play him in a TV movie. Because if that doesn't happen this poor guy is gonna get ended over this police mistake and no one will even notice.

[Keith Rodgers]

What Maye needs is good, honest news coverage, and no sensationalizing -

Oh, hell, what am I saying? It'll be just as ugly as watching the Tookie stuff on CNN. But if it helps, I'll even be glad for that.

[Keith Rodgers]

Things are rolling... this story's starting to get noticed. Still nada over at the NAACP, ACLU, and CourtTV sites, though... deafening silence. Must be the post-Tookie trauma.