They never even came to speak to me. I begged my attorney to tell them I want to talk to them because they are going after an innocent person and the prosecutor said he was not interested if I was not going to plead guilty. I never got to tell what actually happened so they could investigate and see I was not the person they should be prosecuting. The prosecutor also gave documentation that certain evidence was present and it was not.

This whole issued stemmed from me leaving an abusive ex-husband who is a police officer. He just keeps harrasing me and no one will help me. He got custody of our children and now he won’t let me see them even though I have visitation rights and I have to pay child support but every job I get he gets me fired.

I was sentenced to 5 years in a fedeal prison and I am very disheartened. My appeal was filed but my attorney resigned as my appeal attorney and the judge has not assigned me a new attorney and I should be receiving my reporting papers.

This has not been fair to my current husband, my four children, or myself. But no one seems to care. All because my ex-husband is an abuser and still will not leave me alone and is jealous and does not want to pay child support. There is tons of evidence in the courts where I live but my ex always finds people where he works to aid him in what he does to me.

Is their any hope? What do I do?

One of the most important things each individual citizen can do is to actively presume innocence. When others start to talk or post about someone’s presumed guilt, remind them that the presumption of innocence is at the foundation of our criminal justice system, and of our democracy.

Research by Seton Hall law professor D. Michael Risinger indicates that 3.3%-5% of those convicted of crimes are factually innocent. With over 2.3 million Americans incarcerated (in prison or jail — that’s 1 out of every 100 adults) — if it is 5%, that’s over 100,000 innocent in prison.

Those who value justice demand that the criminal justice system apply the lessons to be learned from the many cases of wrongful conviction, and support policy initiatives that:

1. Raise the accuracy rate in judgments of guilt and innocence.
2. Resolve credible post-conviction claims of innocence.
3. Remedy the tragic impact of wrongful convictions.

For those who are guilty of crimes, we support enlightened approaches to incarceration that nurture genuine rehabilitation and reintegration of productive citizens whenever possible.

We are forming a national coaltion, having just staged a march in 18 states on June 27. Join us at http://www.freedommarchusa.org .