A Innocent on Death Row
The history of Tony Medina

Almost 387 Men are on Death Row at the Polunsky Unit in Texas. One of these men is Tony Medina. Tony Medina, is the 35 years old father of three children.He has been incarcerated on Death Row for the past 14 years. Tony was sentenced to die by lethal injection for a brutal drive-by shooting which left two children dead at a family party.

• Was Tony Medina really the perpetrator?

• Many facts suggest he was not the murderer.

• There are many indications that the investigations and his actual trial proceedings were handled negligently and improperly by the defense.

• The palmprints found with the murder weapon that can be presumed to be those of the murderer were not Tony Medina’s
 
• A witnesses, who lives near the crime scene, can testify he saw two black men shooting a rifle infront of his house seconds before the drive-by occured. Tony Medina is a light-skinned mexican-American.

• Witness statements confirm that Tony Medina was not at the scene during the crime. Rather he was at a party with friends miles away.

• Many other important witnesses were never called before the court because the District Attorney withheld crucial evidence from the defense.

• The judge who presided over the Trial proceedings was not, at the time, sworn in as a judge. Further more, one of the jury members had previous criminal convictions, which by law should have barred her from jury selection.

On November 21st., 2001 Tony's appeal attorney file his writ of habeas corpus in the State district court.

05/26/2009

On May 26, 2009 State Judge Marc Carter signed the D.A.`s "Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law" and recommended to the CCA that I be denied habeas relief... This is a very disappointing incident, since everyone involved in trying to help me save my life had hoped this Judge would give us a competent review. Instead he has proven to be just like every other Harris Country Judge, totally biased and prejudiced against any person coming from death row asking for relief. Instead of actually reading my appeal and responding to the issues himself, he fell in behind the D.A.`s position, ignoring the fact that this D.A.`s office has been beset with scandal for years...
The fight is still far from over, so please do not give up hope in me yet. My appeal will now go to the Court of Criminal Appeal in Austin, Texas.
There IS NO certain time limit for them to reply, so we do not know when we will once again hear something although the CCA does reduce its review of cases during the summer months. Though the CCA has not been known to give death row inmates much help in the last 10 years, we are hopeful that they will see the merits in our appeal, and will send us back to the state court for a hearing so we can present the many new pieces of evidence that prove I am innocent and that the authorities knew this.
We still need your help, and I hope that you will continue to support us in any way you can.
IN HEART AND STRUGGLE... TONY MEDINA June 2009

09/16/2009

Hello,
„AS you all know, on May 26 the state court judge turned down my Proposed Facts and Findings, and signed off on the State’s. In doing so he recommended to the CCA that they deny me Habeas Relief at the state level. Today (September 16, 2009) the CCA issued a ruling turning down my appeal. Of course, they did not give any solid reasons, instead they did what they have become famous for under Killer-Keller and her Pro-Prosecution attitude, they simply rubber-stamped the findings of the state trial court… Never mind that there were many very obvious mistakes, that doesn’t concern the CCA… so now I move forward to my federal appeals. Morris Moon was able to get Jim Marcus and Robert McGlasson, both VERY good lawyers, to take over my federal Appeals, and we will start working on that very soon.
I wanted to thank ALL of the people who have supported me, and I want to ask all of you again to please keep supporting us in our campaign efforts. My time is getting limited, so I need as much help as all of you can give us…
THANK YOU…
IN HEART AND STRUGGLE --- TONY. M

Interview with the Lawyer Morris Moon at RMN Radio on December 19th 2006

In December 2006 a singer-songwriter represented by the VIL publishing house released the song "Justice for the innocent" in support of Tony Medina. Peter Rupprecht was a well-known singer-songwriter during the 1990s and toured with the bands “Sweet” and “Deep Purple.” On December 31, 2006, this song was aired on a Texas radio station for Tony Medina.

To be successful in obtaining justice for Tony, who needs the support of as many important and influential people as possible, We would be honored if you could see your way to supporting us.

Peter Rupprecht has composed and recorded a song in support of Tony Medina:

"Justice for the innocent"

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