Hello to all my on line visitors,
To briefly introduce myself, my name is Derrick Leon Jackson. I am an innocent man on Texas Death Row. On this web page I will attempt to enlighten and inform as best I can for those who may question what exactly is going on here in “Texas, the Execution state”. I will also try to share a bit of myself, with you, by way of expressive words of poetry and writings from other inmates here who are associates of mine. I ask that you be patient with me as I am not use to writing in this capacity.
If you are for or against the death penalty, you must understand, you must know, you must realize that killing innocent people is wrong. Here in Texas it is being done with direction and under protection of the law. Can you imagine those who are truly guilty being protected by laws to commit the crimes they have? My optimism leads me to find the best in all things, so I do try to make the most of each day of my reality, but I am also a realist and this is truly a sick situation that plagues our society. IT MUST NOT BE IGNORED!
If you do indeed take a stand for the death penalty, I am sure that there exists a good possibility that if I would ask you five questions, you would realize that you too have been victimized by “the system”. The facts of many cases here in Texas will frighten you, and not due to any details of the crimes committed by the guilty, but by the fact that so many of us have been set up, and crossed out (condemned to die) by “a nearly perfect justice system”, as George W Bush described it. The Texas Killing Machine.
I will stop now with this, as it seems I have went well past a brief introduction. I have hope with in that each and every visitor will do something to help me as well as others in my situation. Innocent or guilty, let God judge and punish!
Justice For Jackson
Justice for Jackson is a non-profit International Campaign to raise support for the legal defense of Derrick Leon Jackson, a young man who was wrongly accused and convicted of a double homicide that took place nearly 10 years prior to his indictment/conviction. Derrick Jackson now sits on Texas Death Row and awaits the appeal process and possibly an execution date.
How did Mr. Jackson end up in this position? According to the states prosecution team “Old Science and New Science”. Not facts but the Texas Judicial Systems version of Science. The truth is that only scientific possibilities and a biased Texas Justice System gone totally out of control is the reason Mr. Jackson has been put in this position.
Here are some facts that may interest you:
- Mr. Jackson is a convicted felon/victim of the Texas war on crime, which has paid his debt to society, but not a murderer.
- Mr. Jackson was charged with this crime 9 years after it was committed due to a computer-automated fingerprint.
- This system revealed that Mr. Jackson’s fingerprint as well as 7 other individuals was possible matches to the one that was left at the scene of the crime.
- That the individual who did this matching testified in open court that Mr. Jackson’s fingerprint was not a positive match to the one left at the scene of the crime.
- That Mr. Johnny Holmes, former District Attorney, Harris County, for the state of Texas, is responsible for 42% of the Texas Death Row population and also responsible for the tragic injustice done to Mr. Jackson and his family.
- Mr. Holmes and those in his jurisdiction (city officials) have been under fire for being guilty of and known for manufacturing evidence such as: evidence tampering, delivery of false reports and testimonies in capital murder trials and death penalty cases. He makes these requests through the states powerful, influential, and aggressive bloodthirsty attorneys appointed to prosecute these cases.
- Such was the case during Mr. Jackson’s trial. An example of this is that an expert witness for the prosecution who testified to Mr. Jackson’s guilt due to the results of her DNA lab work. Minutes later, while being questioned by the defense counsel, she, Mrs. Childs, admitted to falsifying the DNA test results in her reports, and just prior lying to the jurors. When questioned as to why, she answered that it was at the request of her superiors in the attempt to convict Mr. Jackson. She said and I quote “I was just doing my job”
Old Science (fingerprinting), and New Science (DNA). No facts, no witnesses, no concrete evidence, only at best the possibility of circumstantial evidence.
Here are some facts, as well as other issues brought forth in Mr. Jackson’s appeal:
The presiding Judge Burdette, over stepped his boundaries when he expressed his personal opinion to the jury and further more by repeatedly refusing to accept notes from the jury that they were dead-locked and could not agree on a verdict that would eventually send Mr. Jackson to death row. Here is a direct quote from Judge Burdette, “ you are here to do a job. You will do it so come back with a verdict.” He also refused several times, motions from Mr. Jackson’s lawyers requesting a mistrial as the injustices of the trial developed which are as follows”
- The lack of sufficient evidence to prove Mr. Jackson’s guilt. Hard core basic evidence required putting a man on death row.
- The legal constitutionality of the death penalty as it is applied in this case.
- Mr. Jackson’s Constitutional Civil Rights being violated.
Currently Derrick Leon Jackson sits on death row and as of May 26/00 has lost his first appeal. In addition to Mr. Jackson’s legal problems he suffers from a well-known condition called diabetes and is financially unable to provide for himself to maintain his health.
Many who read this will find all of this information hard to believe because we as a society have a tendency to brush off distasteful issues such as this. Please I ask that you take the time to read further and consider this:
- Texas has executed more people in the last 4 years than all other states combined in the same amount of time. Are we to believe that their Judicial System is superior to that of everywhere else? So superior that it has no flaws?
- The same judge who has made sure that Mr. Jackson’s place of residence is death row has appointed Mr. Jackson’s appeal attorneys.
- That a Motto of the “Good Old Boys” in Texas is: “We would rather kill 10 innocent men than to let one guilty man live”.
We need your help to save the life of this innocent man as he awaits his fate. A non-profit International Campaign, Justice for Jackson, to raise funds and support for Mr. Jackson. Money is needed to secure proper legal representation. Organizational support is needed to insure a proper legal defense as well as proper up keep for his medical condition. Legal Assistance is needed. We are asking for this support through any donations that can be made so Mr. Jackson’s fate is not left in the hands of those who have already condemned him to die. Mr. Jackson and his family are victims of a blood thirsty, barbaric, biased Justice system that is totally out of control.
If you wish to make an donation in support of this mans legal defense, please do so by way of U.S. postal, or International money orders only, made payable to his mother, Rita Everline, Co Chairperson and treasurer as follows:
Rita Everline #4424
11315 Fondren
Houston, Texas
77035 USA
Please do not send any donations directly to Mr. Jackson at the prison. He will not be allowed to have it.
Those interested in offering any organizational, legal, investigative, assistance or advice, or support through way of friendship, contact him as follows
Derrick Jackson #999263
Terrell Unit 12002 South FM 350
Livingston, Texas.
77351 U. S. A.
Mr. Jackson's Writings
Me
I am much more than a person ……. I am an artist…
My life is a piece of work
To many my brilliance is no
doubt obvious as particular details are well defined.
To others my work may seem
to be a waste of time.
To appreciate my work you
have to know see and feel as well, all that is in me and that of which surrounds
me,
The joy, the pain..
The insanity, the madness
The love, the compassion
The warmth the caring
As well as the hate,
violence, the hope and despair;
The security and insecurity
The passion, desire and
determination.
The triumph of success and
the fear of failure
And the confidence with-in
to continue.
Although my work is for all
who would like to see
It is done to satisfy no
one
True others works of art
are much better than mine and so many others are not:
Mine will just get better
with time,
Because I’m definitely
going to give it all I’ve got.
It is my hope that some
will see in my work something others cannot see and truly be inspires by
something that was done by “ME”
Wise Words that get me through my days.
Bible verse;
In everything give Thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Thessalonians 5:18
Serenity Prayer
God please grant me the serenity to accept that which I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Unknown
Quote:
You may suffer many defeats and still not yet be defeated; it may take you to suffer these defeats to come to know yourself.
Mayo Angelo
Admonishment
What ever happens to you in life you have to deal with it and continue to move ahead.
Rita Everline
(my mother, affectionately known to me as my “Mama Dukes”)
My philosophy
Better days bring better ways.
Derrick Jackson
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