I desperately need legal help. A reduction in sentence, clemency
pardon, or DNA testing to prove I wasn't in the room when the crime
occurred.  Texas has a law that requires the state to pay the person who
is proven innocent $85,000.00 a year for each year they were wrongfully
incarcerated.  I've been here 18 years.  They also pay $25,000.00 a
year benefits, plus health insurance for life.

 

The following information will be helpful to attorneys wanting to help me:

 

Cause No. 10,846

County:  Marion County, Jefferson, TX

Sherriff:  McCay now, but Sheriff Thomas at the time of arrest.

Date of Arrest:  November 20, 1992

Date of Conviction:  October 8, 1993

District Clerk:  Janie McCay

District Attorney:  Bill Gleason now, but at the time of case/conviction, James Finstrom

Judge:  Garrison, stepped down from case

Judge Khoury visiting Judge from Gregg County oversaw trial

 

Texas does not pay inmates for working and there is no way I can earn money to pay for legal help while I am incarcerated.

      
I am certified with the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., as a
literary braille transcriber.  I transcribe school/college textbooks
into braille for blind students.  When I am released, I will be able to
earn a living from home by transcription.  My mother is a widow and
needs me home.  My family misses me as much as I miss them.  We have
waited almost 2 decades for this nightmare to end.  If it were not for
God's grace, I couldn't have survived.

 

 

Louanne's Letter to the Echo regarding the Braille Program
 (click on document below)