Thomas D. Arthur, Petition

Please help save Tommy Arthur.

http://www.petitiononline.com/arthur1/petitio...

Yes, we really need to try and save this killer. He is so sweet, he only killed two people and wounded another --all at different times. Escaped from jail and robbed a bank threatened to kill the workers.

Thank you but I'd rather try to save used kleenex.

To All It May Concern,
My father was on work release when this crime was committed. He had killed 1 person and injured another in a drunken rage because his son had been taken. He admitted to the crime and did his time and was released on a work release program. He was also speaking to high schoold kids around the State in an attempt to help them not drink, and not go down the same path as him, He had quit drinking and truly had changed and was helping others. While on the work release, the murder of Troy Wicker happened. He was immediately the prime suspect and was arrested. He was and is innocent of the murder of Troy Wicker. After a trial in which he was not allowed evidence to be presented and was found guilty, he actually received another trial based on all the errors in the first trial. The second trial is when the wife of Troy Wicker decided to change her testimony and say my father raped her and killed her husband. By the way she was in prison for her husbands murder and had been there 10 years. In exchange for her testimony, she was given freedom. There is a rape kit that was done when Troy Wicker was killed. The results have never been given to the defense to this day. When my father escaped from jail, it was during this 2nd trial. He was innocent and knew the State was framing him for the murder. So in order for one to make comments, you must know the entire story. I am pasting some facts of this crime that are documented for anyone who wants to know the truth. My father does not deserve to die for a crme he did not commit. He had paid his dues to society for the first crime that he pleaded guilty to and has served an additional 25 years on death row for a crime he did not committ. Please read the following facts before making a judgement.(Posted on seperate post).

Facts surrounding my father's case:
1. NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE TO LINK HIM TO CRIME. HIS CONVICTION WAS BASED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON THE TESTIMONY OF A CONVICTED MURDERER AND ADMITTED PERJURER.
2. DNA EVIDENCE AVAILABLE THAT THE STATE OF ALABAMA REFUSES TO RELEASE TO MY FATHER FOR TESTING AT HIS OWN EXPENSE !!!!!
3. TWO EYEWITNESSES GAVE STATEMENTS THAT SAID HE WAS SOMEWHERE ELSE WHEN CRIME COMIITTED
4. 3 PREVIOUS TRIALS WHERE JURY WAS NEVER ALLOWED TO VIEW ALL EVIDENCE
5. SWORN STATEMENTS FROM JURY MEMBERS STATING IF THEY HAD SEEN ALL AVAILABLE EVIDENCE , THEY WOULD HAVE VOTED DIFFERENTLY
6. THREE OTHER PEOPLE ADMITTED TO TAKING PART IN THE CRIME, TWO OF WHICH WERE FOUND AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME WITH BLOOD ON THEIR CLOTHES. THEY WERE NEVER TESTED FOR GUN POWDER RESIDUE TO SEE IF THEY FIRED THE WEAPON THAT KILLED THE VICTIM. THE BLOODY SHIRTS HAVE NEVER BEEN RELEASED TO THE DEFENSE FOR DNA TESTING. ONE OF THEM WENT TO PRISON FOR THE MURDER AND WAS RELEASED 10 YEARS LATER AFTER CHANGING HER TESTIMONY FROM SAYING MY FATHER HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MURDER TO THAT SAYING HE WAS RESPONSIBLE. NOT TO MENTION HER DEFENSE ATTORNEY THAT REPRESENTED HER WHEN SHE WAS FOUND GUILTY WAS NOW THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND WAS THE ONE THAT OFFERED HER A RELEASE FROM PRISON FOR HER TESTIMONY AGAINST MY FATHER.
7. MY FATHER IS BEING EXECUTED WITHOUT EVER RECEIVING ANY STATE OR FEDERAL REVIEW OF HIS TRIAL AND DEATH SENTENCE. THIS IS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT EVERY UNITED STATES CITIZEN IS ENTITLED TO.
8. ONLY ALABAMA REFUSES TO PROVIDE DEATH ROW INMATES THE RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY TO ASSIST THEM IN POST-CONVICTION PETITIONS. YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY IN ALABAMA IF YOU ARE ON DEATH ROW DURING THE APPEAL PROCESS. YOU ALSO DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO AN UPDATED LAW LIBRARY TO ANY RESEARCH. SO BECAUSE OF A PETITION HE WAS FORCED TO FILE ON HIS OWN WAS FILED LATE, HE HAS BEEN TURNED DOWN FOR THE RIGHT TO THE REVIEWS THAT WILL PROVE HIS INNOCENCE.

Bill wrote:

Yes, we really need to try and save this killer. He is so sweet, he only killed two people and wounded another --all at different times. Escaped from jail and robbed a bank threatened to kill the workers.
Thank you but I'd rather try to save used kleenex.

Bill your statement is inaccurate. Sherrie Stone-Daughter of Thomas Arthur Please read my post with the correst facts.

I have replied but it seems to missing in cyberspace -- if it does not show up in an hour I'll try again

This is about what I said before.
I am sorry that you father is on death row but I stand by my statement, it is based on newspaper accounts, interviews, and court records that you said in #7 that did not happen. His case has been reviewed and reviewed by state and federal courts and he has been tried 3 times for the same case:
SUBSEQUENT HISTORY: Modified and rehearing denied by Arthur v. Allen, 459 F.3d 1310, 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 20739 (11th Cir. Ala., 2006)
US Supreme Court certiorari denied by Arthur v. Allen, 2007 U.S. LEXIS 3958 (U.S., Apr. 16, 2007)
What part is not correct? The 1977 murder of Eloise Bray West and the wounding of her cousin, Charlotte Harbin. The murder of Troy Wicker in 1982 . The wounding of the jailer in 1986 when he escaped. The robbery on the bank a few weeks later in Knoxville.
He is and was a control freak, especially while he was drinking, based on what I read and was told in Jefferson County in 1994 when I was there working on a book. I was glad to hear that you were not guilty of slipping him a gun in the escape. I believe that they used “intimidation” as the factor. I totally believe it.
My thoughts are with you and the others what came “in harms way”.
Once again PLEASE feel free to correct any factual errors I may have made.

Bill,
Thank you for your reply. You are correct with the last reply and all of that did happen. I am correct in #7. He has never had his 1st review by State or Federal Courts due to his motion for rule #32 being filed late.(1 year time limit) He has never had the 1st Habeas Corpus review. He has had three trials and at all three trials, there was evidence that none of the three jury's were allowed to hear, such as the rape kit results, eye witnesses that put him somewhere else at the time of the murder of Troy Wicker and much more. Sworn statements from several of those jury members state if they had heard all of
the evidence, they would of voted differently. He is guilty of all the things you stated in your reply. However, do you think he should die for a crime he is most likely innocent of? I was very upset with him for many years. He was not the best father in the world and I had to grow up basically on the streets. I like most, assumed he was probably guilty when Troy Wicker was murdered. I hated him for what he had done to our stepmother's sister and cousin, and I have a half brother I have never seen since then. Only in the past few years have I actually read the transcripts and looked into the facts surrounding this case of Troy Wicker. He is being executed for this crime, not the previous crimes. He had paid his debt to society and had done the time for those crimes and was actually trying to help others and was not drinking anymore. I know it does not make it better for those he harmed and it does not make it right. This is something I have struggled with. I truly believe if you could see the evidence surrounding the murder of Troy Wicker, and you just look at the facts, not the past crimes, you would see he is most likely innocent. Three trials do not matter if all three jury's never saw all the evidence. There is DNA evidence that the State has that could prove beyond a shadow of a doubt guilt or innocence. If it showed guilt, at least I could have closure. If it shows innocence, should he be executed for a crime he did not committ? Don't you agree that the State of Alabama should guarantee the right to an attorney to people on death row during post conviction appeals? Do you think there should be a time limit on proving innocence? As you mentioned I was aquitted of providng him with a gun for an escape. I saw the way Alabama handles their judicial system. I do believe in my heart, some laws must change there and other places to prevent executing innocent people. I realize that most people will say I am his daughter and I am blind to the fact he is probably guilty. I have probably been the harshest critic. When I looked at this case, I had to look at the facts surrounding the murder of Troy Wicker and not the past. When I looked at the facts, I find to many unanswered questions to prove guilt beyond a shadow of a doubt. The victim's family and I want the same thing. Closure. The family of the convicted suffer the same traumatic emotions as the family of the victim. I do not think either of us will have closure if the State of Alabama executes an innocent person.
Bill, I do appreciate your input and your knowledge of the past crimes and facts. However, the murder of Troy Wicker has to many facts that are just hard to ignore. If the State of Alabama would just allow the DNA evidnece to be tested at our expense, it would bring closure for both the family of Troy Wicker, and for the family of Thomas Arthur. It could be done before the execution date of September 27, 2007..
Thank you for your replies.
Sincerely,
sherrie Stone

Sherrie;
It is strange what a small world we live in at times. I am related to the Wickers, the NC bunch. "No one" in that part of the family "knows" or will talk about the case.(They know of my background in law enforcement <G>.) It is a strange case indeed and I will continue to watch for it.
Try to be good. KW "Bill"

Bill,
Thank you for your reply. I am truly sorry for the loss of Troy Wicker. Perhaps one day we will meet.
Sincerly,
Sherrie

We have a new website for thomas Arthur with updated facts and links and a new petition.
Link for Thomas Arthur Website http://www.thomasarthurfightforlife.com

Link for Thomas Arthur New Petition:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/save-thomas-...

Thank You,

Sherrie Arthur Stone