The Case We Should be Talking About
TheAgitator.com: Cory Maye
Over the course of researching my paper, I came across the case of Cory Maye. Maye today sits on Mississippi’s death row, convicted of capital murder for shooting police officer Ron Jones. It’s probably worth mentioning that Jones is white, and Maye is black. It’s probably also worth mentioning that at the time of his death, Jones’ father was police chief of Prentiss, Mississippi, where the shooting took place. It’s probably also worth mentioning that the jury who convicted Maye was white. (Note added on 12/12: The jury was mostly white, not all-white)
So begins a post on The Agitator that apparently describes one of the sickest concoctions of official ineptness, government Tyranny and just plain bad luck this blogger has read in a good while. If you are to lazy to click here is the short version. A man, Corey Maye, asleep in his home with is 18 month old daughter is awaken by people breaking into his house. When one of them bust through the door. He shoots him and kills him. But the people breaking into the house where cops, serving a search warrant. Maye was not the target of the warrant but the occupants of the connecting home. Maye lived in a duplex. The police initially found no drugs in the house but has since changed their story saying they found a joint. Did I mention the father of the dead cop is also the chief of police? Maye apparently had at least 2 incompetent lawyers. The first insults the jury at trial, the second misses important filing deadlines for appeals.
Needless to say Maye is on death row now.
If there is a case that needs public outcry, celebs making movies, and Tavis Smiley doing interviews, THIS IS THE ONE. For all of the redemption Stanley Williams MAY have experienced, no one can deny that he reaped the fruit of his own choices. Maye defended his home, and the state of Mississippi, is going to kill him for it.
UPDATE:
Stay tuned to The Agitator for the latest on this case. Radley Balko, the blogger behind The Agitator not only broke this story but seems to have posted something about almost every day.
Dap: Bomani Jones
