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Charle Flores on Texas Death Row
Ccadp.org
My name is
Charles Flores. I am a twenty nine year old Hispanic male. I am
6ft 1in tall, heavily built, with black hair and eyes and I'm from
Dallas, Texas. I am also an innocent man who has been maliciously
charged, prosecuted, found guilty; and sentenced to die for a
capital murder I did not commit. The only thnig I am guilty of is
being a poor Hispanic male. I have been prosecuted by the Dallas
County District Attorney, who was willing to go to any lengths to
convict me of this crime, regardless of my innocence. The
presiding District Court Judge did not care about justice, he was
only concerned about appearing to be "TUFF ON CRIME" and so he
allowed this 'Travesty of Justice' to go in his courtroom.
The following is a summary
of the lack of evidence, the miscarriage of justice, and the
blatant errors committed in my jury trial by the Prosecutors in
the Dallas County District Attorney's office.
Lack of Evidence:
There is no
physical evidence that links me with the crime, period. No finger
prints, no foot prints, no DNA evidence (I gave blood to have DNA
tests done) no hair samples, no clothing fibres, NOTHING AT ALL.
There is no eye
witness to the murder period. The murder weapon was never found.
Miscarriage of Justice:
On the day this crime was
committed, a witness who lived next door to the deceased, told the
homicide investigators she had seen some one at the residence of
the deceased before the crime took place. The witness gave the
investigators the following description: white male, 6ft tall,
medium build, long dark hair and dark eyes.
Three days after the crime,
this witness was shown a six photo line up which included my photo
and she did not select my photo.
She was then hypnotised by
the Homicide Investigators 'to refresh her memory' and shown the
photos once more. Again she did not select my photo as the person
she had seen. IT'S SIMPLE, I WAS NOT THERE !
Regardless of this
overwhelming evidence that showed I was not guilty of this
crime, I was arrested and charged with capital murder and
incarcerated until I went to my jury trial.
Whilst I was in prison
awaiting a jury trial the Prosecutor was busy building a case
against me, using 'Gestapo' like tactics. The Dallas County
Prosecutor, his investigators and the homicide investigators 'interviewed'
every person who knew me, both friend and foe, using intimidation
and threats of 'send that person to prison', if they didn't tell
the 'truth' about me.
Using these scare tactics,
the prosecution eventually found several people who were willing
to speak against me. They were facing criminal charges and in
exchange for lying about me, they received a 'slap on the wrist',
receiving probation for their crimes, as the 'all mighty'
prosecutor bought and paid for their testimony. As a result I was
charged with several other crimes. I thought these 'extra charges'
were to make sure I stayed in jail. Little did I realise that the
prosecutor was intending to use these extraneous crimes against me
at a later date.
The Dallas County
Prosecution interrogators then targetted my loved ones. My Wife,
and my 60 year old Mother and Father, were questioned, intimidated
and threatened with ten years in prison.
My family refused to lie
and testify against me and as a result my wife was arrested twice;
my mother and Father were also arrested. The Chief Prosecutor
told them... "And if you testify in Charles' behalf I will send
you to prison for ten years." And I believed him!
Blatant Errors:
In March 1999, I went to
trial for Capital Murder.
I have a solid defence. I
was an hour's drive away from the crime scene and have four
witnesses to my where-abouts at the time of the murder. I was
scared for myself scared for my family and friends. I knew the
prosecutor would send them all to prison if they testified and
told the truth in my behalf. How could I be set free, and watch
my loved one's go to prison? In the end, I refused to call my
witnesses in my defence, knowing full well what would happen if I
did. So I was forced to face a Capital Murder charge, where the
State of Texas was seeking the Death Penalty, and for these
reasons, unable to show any defence.
During the trial, no
evidence was presented that, 'beyond reasonable doubt' proved my
guilt. The witness who lived next door to the deceased, who did
not pick my photo out of the photo line up, before or after being
hypnotised, was called to testify. And like fine wine, this
witnesses' testimony matured and aligned itself with the
prosecution. The witness, a full year and a half after this crime
was committed, was now able to place me at the crime scene two
hours before the murder took place. This is the only evidence
that the prosecution offered to link me to this crime.
The Prosecutor was then
allowed by the District Court Judge to introduce the other
criminal charges into the guilt and innocence phase of my Capital
Murder trial and, in doing so, influence and prejudice the jury
into thinking, 'this man did all these crimes, so he did the
killing too!'
The Judge is aware that
this is a direct violation of my rights, guaranteed to me by the
constitution of the United States, and a direct violation of Texas
Code of Criminal Procedure. However, instead of being concerned
with justice being served, the Judge w as thinking of his re-election
and his appearance of not tolerating crime.
In the end, the jury found
me guilty of capital murder. They thought I would pose a
continuing threat to society, and sentenced me to Death.
Since I've been on Death
Row, I have been studying my Capital Conviction appeal and so far
I've found over thirty reversible errors and still have much more
research to do. I am diligently working to vindicate myself,
thereby proving my innocence. BUT I CANNOT DO THIS ALONE!. I need
your support to prove to the State of Texas that, I am innocent.
That I'm still human and that you care what happens to me.
I currently am trying to
gain worldwide recognition for my case, as well as raise funds for
competent defence appeal counsel, when my case is reviewed by the
Appeal Courts in Texas.
I ask, if you are able,
please contribute to my defence fund. Any and all help is greatly
appreciated, from monetary support to moral support. Please pass
this summary on to someone else who cares, thus helping me spread
the word about my cause. I ask you to please contact me at the
address listed for updates on my case and to also let me know that
you care, that I matter to you...
Sincerely
Charles Don Flores |
