Word: johnson
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About 60% of the samples the Innocence Project sends out for testing come back in their clients' favor. At that point, many prosecutors quickly concede and free the inmate. Earlier this year, the Innocence Project produced DNA showing that Calvin Johnson Jr. was innocent of a Clayton County, Ga., rape he had been convicted of in 1983. In June, the same district attorney who originally sent Johnson away persuaded a judge to free...
Even many prosecutors concede the Innocence Project is performing an important function. Robert Keller, the Clayton County district attorney who agreed that Calvin Johnson Jr. should be freed, says he applauds its work in that case and in others. "My only concern is that we not create the image that there are just tremendous numbers of inmates who have been wrongly convicted," he says. "That isn't the case...
...also hear something else from young African Americans: they are no longer afraid of the disease. After all, they'll tell you, if a celebrity with AIDS like former pro-basketball star Magic Johnson, who has done so much to bring attention to the epidemic, can continue his glitzy lifestyle without any obvious ill effects, why should they worry about the virus? You'll also hear some sophisticated advice. Many youngsters will tell you that showing pictures of the devastation caused by the disease could provide effective shock therapy...
...first day of kindergarten was so awful that 40 years later, Stephanie Johnson remembers every miserable detail. Raised by a stay-at-home mother, she had never spent much time with kids her age before. Arriving at school late, she endured the cold, silent stares of 30 other children as the teacher found her a seat. When her mother abruptly vanished, she felt abandoned, and her sniffling escalated into wails. "I felt like a garbage can deposited at the curb on trash day," she recalls...
...dates with Jeremy's future classmates. In late summer, knowing that teachers often fix up their classrooms in the weeks before school starts, she dropped by the school so she and her son could meet his teacher, who invited them to look around the room. "I think we succeeded," Johnson says. "Jeremy is a happy, social child who, I am happy to say, occasionally gets into trouble for talking in class...