J.B. (Pike) Johnson: St. Louis victim of unequal justice de Tinker, Lorena Jeanne - 1973

St. Louis, MO: Committee to Defend J.B. Johnson, 1973. Four-page packet, 8.5x11 inches, with old circular paperclip rust mark at upper left corner; a handwritten card from Sheryl Effron of the defense committee is also included, as are three loose unused petitions calling for a new trial. Johnson was a 23-year-old Black man sentenced as an accomplice in the killing of a policeman. The packet cites numerous problems with the trial, including mishandling of evidence in police custody and an affidavit signed by the killer asserting that Johnson had nothing to do with the incident; calls for a new trial.