Melody Warnick wrote this article for Daily Yonder. Melody is a freelance journalist who lives in Blacksburg, Virginia. She is author of This Is Where You Belong, a book described as “a practical guide to loving the place you live.”
The Justice Department told the court a retrial would harass eight men whose sentences Trump had already commuted. Two Oath Keepers who pleaded guilty and cooperated keep their convictions.
Elvis Brooks’ case was an egregious example of a wrongful conviction, civil rights attorneys said. But Louisiana’s attorney general maintains that Brooks and other exonerees are guilty — and therefore don’t qualify for any money from the state.