Pierre Rushing, Wrongfully Convicted
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SAN FRANCISCO - Californer -- (San Francisco, CA) Pierre is from Oakland, California. Pierre is currently 33 years old and was arrested at age 22. He was living his dream out to be an inspiring artist.

Pierre has been wrongfully convicted for a crime he did not commit. We need your help by bringing awareness to his story and help stop wrongful convictions in the US. Wrongful convictions have been occurring way too often and it needs to be discussed. Imagine if this happen to your love one or relative, you would want to fight to bring them home. Pierre was arrested in his hometown of Oakland, California at the age of 22 and he is now 33 years old. Rushing was your average teen, he was in college taking classes while following his dreams of being an inspiring artist.

Pierre Rushing has spent almost a decade of his life behind bars for a crime he did not commit. Pierre was sentenced to 50 years based off of the unreliable testimony of an eyewitness that picked him out of a lineup despite not fitting the original description of

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the suspect at all. Pierre did not fit the four other descriptions that were provided either. Due to proper research we now know eyewitness misidentification is the single greatest cause for

wrongful convictions. Despite having a strong alibi and being accounted for during the crime, the only shred of evidence linking Pierre was this eyewitness testimony. Since the conviction, the eyewitness has since retracted his statement and two other witnesses have also come forward testifying that not only was Pierre not involved, they named who actually was, and yet Pierre has not received a retrial. fingerprints that did not match Pierre's. Pierre is confident that if the DNA was tested, it would prove his innocence. The prosecutors also had DNA evidence found at the scene of the crime that they never tested and that he would not be exonerated.

Pierre Rushing has been seen on "Wrongful Conviction Podcast with Jason Flom", KTVU Channel 2 News, Unjustly Podcast, Round Table Radio Podcast, Mercury News, and Sway in the Morning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsqtuCZOBHI