Cory Maye

Everyone's been talking about Tookie Williams lately-about how he should have been pardoned, how he was writing children's books, whatever.

The real story of a justice system gone wrong lies not with Tookie, but with a lesser-known Death Row inmate named Cory Maye.

Basically what happened is that a young black man, Cory Maye, had the misfortune to live next to a drug dealer. Overzealous Drug Warriors busted into both apartments in the middle of the night without announcing that they were police. Maye, thinking a burglar had come in, grabbed his gun and shot the lead cop, Officer Jones, dead to protect the life of his daughter. After the police announced their identity, he dropped his gun and submitted peaceably to the search. Nonetheless, a majority-white jury decreed him guilty of murder and sentenced him to death by lethal injection.

You can check out the facts at MayeIsInnocent.com, the Wikipedia article about him, and Hammer of Truth. Please pray for him, and tell all your friends about this zit on the face of justice. There's still time to save Cory Maye.