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Perry Anthony Cribbs: A case of inadequate defense and faulty eyewitness testimony

By Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

In November 1994, Perry Anthony Cribbs was wrongfully convicted of killing Linda Harris in Memphis, Tennessee with no physical evidence linking him to the crime. Cribbs' conviction was based on the questionable eyewitness identification of Harris' husband and the unreliable testimony of Cribbs' then mentally ill, drug addicted girlfriend. Because Cribbs' attorneys failed to investigate his case, the jury never heard testimony from an alibi witness or a witness who had information that others, including Mrs. Harris' husband committed the crime. The jury never heard from Linda Harris' family and friends who knew that Harris' husband had motives to have her killed.Linda Harris was shot and killed between 1:30-2:00 a.m. on January 2, 1994 after returning home from a party with her husband...continue to full post

Full post as published by tcask:: on the road (to abolition) on June 01, 2009 (boomark / email).