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For Immediate ReleaseProving Innocence Announces Petition to Free Temujin Kensu
Proving Innocence is asking all citizens to sign a petition for clemency to Governor Granholm that would free Temujin Kensu. This Michigan man has been imprisoned for more than 22 years for the shotgun killing of Scott Macklem in Port Huron, Michigan. The conviction was not supported by a shred of evidence.
Signing the petition is free and takes a couple of minutes. The petition can be found by going to http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/FreeKensuNow/. (Note: F, K, and N must be capitalized.)
Kensu has been incarcerated continuously without bond since his arrest on November 13, 1986. He was convicted of first degree murder in St. Clair Circuit Court on May 19, 1987.
“Proving Innocence only takes on cases where the evidence is clear that the convicted party is actually innocent, not just innocent through some legal technicality,” said David Sanders of Proving Innocence. And there is no better example of such actual innocence than Temujin Kensu.”
Kensu was convicted despite the fact that he was more than 450 miles from the crime scene when the murder occurred. There was no physical or forensic evidence connecting Kensu to the crime. Both Kensu and his primary alibi witness passed polygraphs, administered by former Michigan State Police polygraphers, which show he is innocent.
Many highly respected people who have examined the case conclude that Kensu should not have been convicted, including a retired Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, former FBI agents and prosecutors, and a retired Michigan State Police Polygrapher. Even retired detective Herbert Welser, who served for 31 years in the Port Huron Police Department that initially investigated the case says, “There is no doubt in my mind that Temujin Kensu did not commit this murder and in order to gain a conviction against him several inappropriate things occurred. Mr. Kensu’s conviction and continued incarceration is a terrible miscarriage of justice.”
“It only takes a few minutes to review and sign Proving Innocence’s petition and yet it can make an incredible difference,” said Sanders. “It will help bring this appalling case to the Governor’s attention and encourage her to act now to free a man who is wasting what could be a productive life, separated from his loving wife and children.”
More details on the Temujin Kensu case, including a series of video news casts and newspaper articles, can be found on Proving Innocence’s website at www.provinginnocence.net.
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