lagonegirl:

NY justice system continues to chew people up and spit them out every single day, ruining families and futures in the process.

Pedro Hernandez was arrested in connection with a 2015 shooting outside a Bronx grocery story in which another teenager was shot in the leg. 

• At least eight eyewitnesses have come forward to say Pedro did not commit this crime. 
• The shooting victim has said it was not Pedro who shot him. 

In fact, the victim and at least one other witness have all gone on the record to state that NYPD officers — specifically David Terrell — threatened them to name Pedro Hernandez as the shooter.

So, in spite of the suspension of the arresting officer and numerous eyewitnesses including the victim each saying Pedro Hernandez didn’t commit this crime, he remains behind bars. This is criminal. It violates his constitutional right to a speedy trial. And it forces a child to grow up in incarceration, which should be avoided at all costs.

So here we are. When this young man should be preparing for college, he’s stuck behind bars. His next court date isn’t until mid-September — meaning that even if he is acquitted, he’ll still lose his scholarship, his relatives say. All of New York should be ashamed. The damage done to this young man’s life is immeasurable and the system that should protect him from harm has failed him at every turn.

Appalling…

https://www.youcaring.com/pedrohernandez-876354

#FreePedro #Justice

This young man must be released. And our Justice system must be rebuild…