Seven years ago, Ajay Dev was wrongfully convicted in Yolo County and sentenced to 378 years for a crime that many know he did not commit. There have been hundreds of people that have marched to proclaim his innocence. All those that have looked at all the evidence thoroughly realize what a tragedy this wrongful conviction is. For seven long years, Ajay has been awaiting the appellate court to review his wrongful conviction and fix this horrible injustice.
We hear that our justice system is the best in the world, and I honestly believed that before I witnessed how the Yolo County Justice System failed Ajay Dev. We witnessed the prosecutor act shamefully. He did not care about justice—he just wanted to win the case. He spent much of his energy keeping evidence away from the jury that would show Ajay’s innocence and made up a stories to bolster his weak case.
This letter was originally published in The Davis Vanguard Court Watch.
by Patty Pursell