Nebraska State Prison could commute sentence of Ernest Jackson after 22 years

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN)- A person accused of homicide might have his sentence commuted after serving greater than 20 years in a Nebraska State Penitentiary.

Ernest Jackson has served 22 years in Nebraska State Jail following the homicide of an Omaha man in 1999. Jackson was 17 on the time.

Neighborhood organizations have continued to unfold Jackson’s story over social media and thru occasions just like the letter-writing drive earlier this month.

“Stand In for Nebraska” and advocate for #SendEarnestHome, Nature Villegas says this Jackson’s case is a “miscarry of justice.”

“Ernest is sitting in jail 22 years later, for a homicide cost, against the law that was later decided to not be against the law,” she stated. “There’s no weapon, the info are there. It’s probably the most unbelievable case I’ve ever had land in my lap.”

A key think about advocacy for Jackson’s case is the sufferer’s 23-year-old son, Mike Hatcher. Villegas says having Hatcher stand on behalf of Jackson might sway the choice on Monday.

“I’m not taken away that hurt was carried out,” she stated. “And quite a lot of lives have been affected by this. However I believe that his son, stepping up with the braveness he has and in info and never emotion, needs to be that energy that fuels folks to additionally discover that braveness to maintain this hearth beneath that and help in bringing this man house.  When the household steps up and says, ‘Hey, that is fallacious. Make it proper.’”

The listening to will happen Monday afternoon, Sept. 19 at 1 pm, on the Nebraska State Capital within the Legislative Listening to Room 1524.

Organizations like “Stand In for Nebraska” and #SendEarnestHome in addition to Jackson’s household will likely be in attendance.

The petition that gained over 62,000 signatures to assist free Jackson continues to be obtainable right here.

Extra data on Jackson’s case may be discovered right here at #SendEarnestJacksonHome.