Welcome to the first post of Justice for Savory.  In the coming weeks, I’ll be blogging about Johnnie Lee Savory, a man who spent 30 years in the Illinois penal system for a crime he did not commit.  In future posts, I’ll dissect the facts of his case, interview the many people and groups who have helped him, as well as invite readers to get to know Johnnie the human being.    

But for now, I thought it’d be interesting to begin not with Johnnie’s past, but with where his fight for justice is today.  There is probably no better place to start with than Deborah Douglas’ recent editorial in the Chicago Sun-Times in which she pleads for Governor Blagojevich to order DNA testing on the evidence that was used to put Johnnie in prison.  You can read Douglas’ piece here.

If you want to join Johnnie’s fight for justice, email him at justiceforsavory@gmail.com

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