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Delbert Tibbs was the victim of a wrongly accused, death penalty case in 1974. He was accused of raping a sixteen year old white girl and murdering her boyfriend. The case took place on the side of a Florida highway and the only witness was the rape victim. She described the suspect as dark colored, five-six or seven, and with a large afro. Delbert Tibbs was lightly colored, six-three, and had always had a small afro. When he was arrested, he was 200 miles away from the incident, and he was hitch hiking. Tibbs was put on trial when the girl identified him as a suspect from a single photograph of just him. During the trial, he had an all white jury that found him guilty on December 11, 1974 and sentenced him to death, because he also had a bad attorney. Thankfully, after two years in prison, on January 8, 1977 he was set on a $90,000 bail, and then on July 7, 1982 all charges were dropped and he was released from prison.

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Delbert Tibbs - Eyewitness Misidentification

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Anyone that takes a look at this case should be able to tell that Delbert Tibbs was completely innocent from the start. The first bit of evidence that proves this is the fact that he does not match the witnesses initial description of the suspect. She described the suspect as dark colored, five-six or seven, and with a large afro. Delbert Tibbs was lightly colored, six-three, and had always had a small afro. Considering this, Tibbs should have never even been considered as a suspect.

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Not only did the victim/witnesses initial description of the suspect not match up what so ever, but Tibbs was also falsely accused due to bad cop choices as well. Instead of showing the victim/witness many photos of possible suspects at once and having her choose out of many men, Tibbs' picture was shown individually with no other suspects to choose from. So when she saw his picture, she said that was him even though she had no one to compare him to and did not think of her original description of the suspect.

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In the case of Delbert Tibbs, the trial was swayed. The jury was part of this. This was as all white jury, in the 1970s. A lot of white people in that time period were still not totally accepting of African American people. Most likely the jury for Tibbs' case were already thinking that he was guilty just because of his race. In conclusion, Delbert Tibbs had an unfair trial because the jury was not impartial.

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Living Conditions of Delbert Tibbs in Prison

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Living Conditions of Delbert Tibbs in Prison

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This picture is of a newspaper clipping, explaining the living conditions of Delbert Tibbs while he was in a prison in Florida.

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This is one of the pictures of Delbert Tibbs while he was in court and on trial.

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This is a picture of Kermit Alexander holding up a picture of his Mother. He is doing everything in his power to make sure that justice is done for all of his family members that were murdered.

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This is a picture of Ebora and Dietra Alexander. Ebora was the owner of the house and Dietra was her daughter. Ebora was 57 years old and her daughter was 23. They were the first to be killed in this shooting, but not the only ones. Ebora also had her grandsons, Damon Bonner who was eight years old and Damani Garner who was ten years old.

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Still sitting on death row

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Pro Death Penalty Case - Petitioner Tiequon Aundray Cox

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Pro Death Penalty Case - Petitioner Tiequon Aundray Cox

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Tiequon Cox brought a rifle into Ebora Alexander's home and killed four people. He killed Ebora, her daughter, and two of her grandsons. He killed with no mercy. The reason that people were able to convict him of his crimes was because of witnesses, and the fact that during a struggle with Kermit Alexander, he left a handprint on a chest. Two experts checked to make sure that the handprint was his and they both said that it was definitely him and that so one else could have left that handprint. Now he is on death row on the account of four first degree murders.

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On the morning of August 31, 1984, two men were seen entering Ebora Alexander's house, five shots rang out and the men were seen leaving in a van. In this van were five people: Ida Moore, Lisa Brown, Horace Burns, Darren Williams, and Petitioner Tiequon Aundray Cox. Moore drove her van, Brown sat in the passenger seat, and all three boys sat in the back. Moore, Brown, and Burns stayed in the van. The two men that were seen entering the house were Darren Williams and Tiequon Cox. Two neighbors witnessed the crime. One lived right across the street and her name is Venus Webb. She said that she heard gun shots and when she went to the window to investigate, she saw Cox leaving the Alexander residence quickly and get into a van. The other neighbor lived one or two houses down, and her name is Lashawn Driver. She said that when she got home she saw Cox and Williams entering the house and then she heard five gun shots. When officers arrived they found four bodies and casings of a .30 Caliber rifle inside the residence. All four victims are pictured below.

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Ida Moore was a co-defendant in this case and she told police that she witnessed Cox leave the van that morning with something large hidden in his jacket and later returned to the van with a rifle.  He then told the driver to go because he just blew someone's head off. Ebora Alexander was shot in the head and her brain matter was found all over the room.  Later, a cooperating witness stated that Cox gave him a .30 caliber rifle asked him to destroy it.  A palm print was found at the scene which two experts concluded could only have been left by Tiequon Cox.  All the victims died of a .30 caliber rifle bullet wound to the head or body.  Ballistic testing confirmed that the rifle Cox had given the witness fired the deadly bullets at the scene.

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Lil Fee (Tiequan Cox) from Rollin' 60s Crip convicted of quadruple murder