A tale of two Tyras #FreeTyraPatterson

A tale of two Tyras

Tyra Patterson says she was an innocent teenage bystander who ran away from a murder. Prosecutors say she was party to a killing. In the first chapter of a Guardian special report, explore how a young woman from poverty-stricken Ohio fell victim to America’s addiction to incarceration – and what might still set her free

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2016/jan/14/the-injustice-system-us-prisons-tyra-patterson-michelle-lai-dayton-ohio-montgomery-county

‘This could have cleared her’

A confession. A 911 call the jury never heard. Was Tyra Patterson forced to lie – or has she spent decades in prison because nobody helped her tell the truth? The second chapter of a Guardian special report

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2016/jan/15/the-injustice-system-part-two-tyra-patterson-trial-michelle-lai-dayton-ohio-us-prisons

‘Time to come home’

After 21 years, Tyra Patterson’s freedom rests in the hands of a Republican candidate for the White House. Hers is the kind of incarceration that everyone from Obama to the Koch brothers believes can be made right. But can America ever overcome a system it designed to keep people locked up? The third and final chapter of a Guardian special report

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2016/jan/16/the-injustice-system-part-three-tyra-patterson-michelle-lai-dayton-ohio

Free Tyra Patterson

Nancy Day Please sign this petition and help begin to right this wrong. https://www.change.org/p/ohio-parole-board-free-tyra-patterson