Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

November 4, 2009

Thirty-two years ago,?Omaha residents Terry Harrington and Curtis McGhee were charged with murdering a retired police officer in Council Bluffs, Iowa. ,

The only evidence against Harrington and McGhee was the account of a 16-year-old with a criminal record. That dubious witness had already changed his story twice, first fingering two other men as the killers, and then equivocating about the kind of firearm used in the murder.

Records discovered in 2003 confirmed that the prosecutor and police conspired to frame Harrington and McGhee by suborning perjury, intimidating defense witnesses, and ignoring a more credible suspect.

Thanks to that discovery, the two men went free after 25 years in prison. They have filed suit against the officials responsible for their unjust imprisonment. An attorney representing the defendants insists that ?there is no ? constitutional right not to be framed.? This would mean that corrupt prosecutors who conspire to send innocent people to prison are a protected criminal class.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.