Kiongozi R. Jones Sr. was born in Long Beach, California. At the age of (He was falsely accused and convicted of a crime involving unrelated gang shootings. These false charges that has him incarcerated within the wall of San Quentin State Prison (Death Row) has devastated him,and has begun to subsequently destroy his family structure.
Kiongozi has maintain his innocence throughout his trial and had received a hung jury during the beginning state of his trial case proceedings but like many who are from poor, urban communities in the face of America state judicial system. Kiongozis confinement is unlawful. In that his conviction and death sentence were unlawfully and unconstitutionally imposed in violation of his rights to confront the tainted witnesses against him, to effective assistance of counsel and to due process of law.
Before ending up incarcerated on Death Row and since the age of 25 Kiongozi was actively involved in community work., productively helping youth avoid becoming ensnared in the cycle of street gang violence, he is a man of deep concern for youth and is a father of four beautiful children whom he lived and cared for before falling victim under strange circumstances.
July 15, 1995 Kiongozi R Jones Sr was awarded a community certificate by a member of congress, Walter R Tucker III, for his positive community work endeavors throughout the community of Long Beach. He remains motivated in his optimistic ways as a role model actively involved in studies of sociology, psychology, and religion. (Is a firm believer in Christ.)
His outcry is for help.
PLEASE WRITE !!!
I am an innocent man on death row, he cries out, being a victim of social injustice and for which I am in chains is that I pray someone will hear my cry for help and come forth as an angel. In my quest for justice and freedom. After all no innocence soul should be incarcerated under any circumstances.
CONTACT KIONGOZI JONES BY MAIL:
Mr Kiongozi R. Jones
Sr
PO Box P21100
San Quentin State Prison
San Quentin CA
94974 USA
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July 15, 1995 Kiongozi R Jones Sr was awarded
a community certificate
by a member of congress, Walter R Tucker III, for his positive community work endeavors throughout the community of Long Beach, California. |
LEGAL HELP NEEDED ! ! !
Below is a letter Mr Jones wrote on July 28, 2000.
The letter includes detailed case information,
and is a PLEA FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE
July 28, 2000
To: Attorney At Law
Subject: Appointment of counsel
Dear Counselor,
My name is Kiongozi Rann Jones Sr. I'm
a condemned prisoner at San Quentin's Death Row.
I have been confined on Death Row since
December 2, 1998 and soon after contacted by C.A.P (California Appellate
Project), informing me that my automatic appeal was being processed for
representation. However, it takes a minimum of' four years to obtain counsel,
which brings me to the reason why I am indicting this letter to you. I
am eager to reach the "Merits" of my appeal because I am confident that
the court will find that there are numerous reversible and prejudicial
constitutional errors in my case. But I need counsel who is fully competent
to educe the gross injustice I have been dealt. I am asking your help and
are seeking your assistance in representing me. If you would be willing
to do this we can work out the formalities with the California Supreme
Court.
Due to the serious nature of my situation I am going to move forward with my appeal because I am confident I will receive a new trial or immediate release. I do not wish to live out my life on "Death Row" while deficient lawyers engage in procedural wrangling. I discern that in lengthy delays problems can arise regarding loss of evidence, dismissal of witnesses, and destruction of crucial files. 1 want to avoid this at all cost.
To assure you that I am not wasting your valuable time I ask that you bare with me as I explicate a brief Synopsis of my case. But first I want to resolutely state my innocence. "I am Not Guilty!" I Did Not Commit The Crimes For Which I have Been Wrongly Found Guilty Of." The court transcripts; police reports and other related documents will clearly show there has been a grave miscarriage of justice in my case.
A Brief Summary,
In December of 1996 I was charged with. two counts o' first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder and one count of assault with a deadly weapon.
The evidence for all counts were as follows:
No physical or forensic evidence linking
me to the homicides
Hearsay
Not sure of identification
The facts supporting my innocence in all counts are included, but not limited to the following:
A Prosecutorial misconduct
The District Attorney knowingly put on
perjured testimony
Wayward detective
All witnesses recanted their original
statements, as well as police officer's
Now to get into some important issue's about my case that will prove my innocence without a Doubt. In one count I was falsely accused of shooting a man in an apartment. My Co-Defendant supposedly had entered into the apartment, looked into the resident of the victim in count one. The victim was shot in the chest. An eyewitness in this count said she had seen only a hand covered by a glove that reached into the door and started shooting. She did not get a good look at the person's face. A month after the crimes this witness testified at the preliminary hearing that she was sitting on the couch that does not face the door and was talking on the phone. This witness also admitted under oath that she was sure that she had never seen me before.
Another witness in count one, the victims sister. The sister was interviewed by a police officer on the night of the shooting. It was documented in the police report that she was in her bedroom with a male when she heard several loud shots. She also never left the bedroom and therefore had no suspect information and could not identify anyone. This was on December 6,1996. On December 9,1997, a year later, one week before I was to start trial this witness recanted her statement by saying she saw me and my codefendant in the alley while she was doing her laundry, and prior to the shooting she saw my co-defendant and I walking down the walkway of the apartments, this witness was contacted by her sister, after the sister talked to the D.A which at this time the D.A told the witness that defendant Jones will walk if we don't get additional witnesses cause this case is weak , This clearly shows why this witness changed her statements from the truth to a lie. This "Egregious Misconduct" by the D.A this witness also claims that she has seen me several times. I had never seen his person before until court. The judge would not let this witness testify at my first trial, which ended up in a hung jury. On the second trial the judge let this witness testify. Her creditability was no good. Two different real statements, and she did not come forward until one year later.
Another witness in this case was a female
whose statement was also inconsistent. This witness supposedly witnessed
counts Three and Four. When she was showed a six pack line up of me, her
statement was it looks like him without hair on his chin. A month later
after I was arrested at my preliminary she was to make an in court identification
which she "Did Not Identify Me" This Witness goes on to admit that she
did not get a clear look at the person's face who did the shooting. This
witness later admits that she saw the alleged assailant's face in a "Profile
View" only and could not see his face. She also admits she is sure what
she saw that night but is "Not Sure Who Did The
Shooting". In trial this witness
also changed her statement's, saying I was the one and she got a good look
at the shooters face. You can clearly see that these witnesses were coerced
by the D.A and detectives.
Now this witness was a victim who was shot while he was in his car. He admits that when he picked me out of the six pack line up he was in the hospital heavily medicated. This witness admitted to telling the police that he kind of looks like him, but wasn't sure, because it was dark outside, it happened very quickly and he didn't get a good look at the shooters face, and not sure if I am the man who shot him. This witness also admits that he did not have the Opportunity to look that close at the assailants face, he could not exactly see the face but he can tell it was a black man. In trial this witness also changed his statement by saying, I am the person who shot him. He had been having dreams. Just something brief this witness's neighbor came to court and gave a description of someone else, and he "Did Not Identity me." There are many more issues dealing with how I was falsely accused of these crimes and how the D.A and detectives coerced the witnesses into saying I committed these crimes. I have documents to prove all of the issues above. Counselor the courts dropped my case "Three Times" and I received a "Hung Jury." In the hung jury, there were "Eleven Jurors" who found me "Not Guilty" and "One Jury that found Me Guilty". the other two cases were in my favor EIGHT Four.
I should have been acquitted. Certain jurors looked beyond the evidence to find me guilty. The jury foreman wrote a declaration about how the jurors voted guilty and it was prejudicial. As you can see there are many malicious acts of misconduct that marred justice in my case. There is a clear and undeniable question of creditability of all the witnesses that testified against me. (The D.A.'s main Source of incriminating evidence). I have not even scratched the surface to pique your legal interest and stir your own sense of justice. lf you can arrange a visit with me, hear me out and then judge for yourself the weight of my argument. I promise the trip will not be a waste of your valuable time. I am aware that you may be unable to take my case or arrange a visit. therefore I ask that you turn my concerns over to your colleagues, associates, or anyone truly Competent and wants to see justice prevail. I would profoundly appreciate any help that you are able to provide. I apologize for rambling and consuming too much of your attention on. if I have exigent. Thank you for baring with me and again any advice you can give is highly welcomed. I look forward to hearing from you.
Respectfully,
Mr Kiongozi R. Jones Sr
PO Box P21100
San Quentin State Prison
San Quentin CA
94974 USA
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July 15, 1995 Kiongozi R Jones Sr was awarded
a community certificate
by a member of congress, Walter R Tucker III, for his positive community work endeavors throughout the community of Long Beach, California. |
