Free Rodney Stanberry!!!

So it seems to come down to one of two things, if they can't kill us, they imprison us. If they can't walk up to us in the street and shoot us dead, they will ignore all the evidence that screams "INNOCENT!", and lock us up. If they can't take our lives, they will be hell bent on trying to ruin them.

Case in point, Rodney K. Stanberry! In the great state of Alabama, in the year 1992 Valerie Finley was shot in the head during a robbery of her house. Thankfully Valerie survived the shooting, unfortunately though, when she emerged from her three week coma, she informed the authorities that it was Rodney Stanberry who shot her, her husbands best friend. Rodney was arrested and in 1997 was sentenced to a 20 year prison term.

Now comes the interesting part. Firstly, there was NO physical evidence linking Rodney to the crime scene at all. Secondly, he was at work during the robbery, a claim confirmed by his time sheet at his place of employment, BFI, a waste management company. And lastly, and most incredibly, another man went to the prosecutor of the case and admitted that HE was in the house at the time of the shooting, NOT Rodney. The prosecutor ignored the man and the jury never got to hear that man testify under oath on the stand.

Rodney K. Stanberry has been denied two paroles, even though he has a family, a job waiting for him upon release back with BFI, letters from co-workers and superiors stating what an upstanding man Rodney is. One of his former supervisors even testified at one of Rodney's parole hearings. Rodney never had a criminal record before this case. None of this was taken into consideration it appears and Rodney is now into his 17th year behind bars for a crime he did NOT commit.

There is only one explanation for this, Rodney K. Stanberry was RAILROADED! A man, who had never been in trouble with the law all of a sudden turns around and shoots someone in the head to rob her husband of his gun collection? That sounds like something out of a movie, not real life. Apparently the prosecutor thought it sounded more like Rodney than a plot hook, and got him convicted of a violent crime.

For more information about the case, go to freerodneystanberry.com or call the Mobile District Attorney, Ashley Rich and demand the case be re-opened at 251-574-8400 or 251-574-5000.