JUSTICE FOR JARVIS - an Innocent Man on Death Row ⚖️
Jarvis Jay Masters is an innocent man who has spent the last 32 years on California’s death row, sentenced to die for a crime he did not commit.
While serving time for armed robberies (crimes committed as a teenager for which he has admitted guilt and long since served his full sentence), Jarvis was accused of fashioning the weapon that another San Quentin inmate used to kill a prison guard in 1985.
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A PRISON GUARD'S MURDER, AN INMATE'S DEATH SENTENCE AND A DECADES LONG BATTLE FOR FREEDOM
The murder of Sgt. Hal Burchfield in 1985 reshaped the lives of #JarvisJayMasters, an inmate at #SanQuentinStatePrison, and Burchfield’s five children, including then-14-year-old Marjorie. (Jon Stich / For #TheTimes)
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Please sign the petition to demand #JusticeForJarvis and learn more and join the movement at freejarvis.org.
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Through #writing, #interviews, and actions (including several #HungerStrikes), Jarvis also works to bring direct attention to the systemic problems with the penal and #CriminalJusticeSystems.
This is the story of one man, but it is not just one man’s story. Jarvis’ plight is at once an indictment of our #LegalSystem and a sobering plea for #SystemicReform. Helping to free Jarvis Masters isn’t merely an act of compassion – it’s an ethical imperative.
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Atlanta Justice Alliance