Well I for one am convinced.
Oh well, in that case, he should obviously be released.
multiple witness accounts seem less than credible and the other person convicted with him claims that Burrell wasn't even present during the shooting.
Those claims have been refuted by the Hennepin County DA.
The murder of 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards by Myon Burrell
Hennepin County said:
The judge in the second trial called Mr. Oliver’s testimony consistent and credible. As for Myon Burrell’s accomplices, they also said a lot of things. Initially, their statements put Mr. Burrell in the car with them and one said Burrell was the shooter. Both accomplices recanted their original statements at Burrell’s second trial and the judge found them "not credible" because their stories were inconsistent and contradicted by other evidence.
His accomplices have every reason to try to help their comrade. They are in the same gang after all. Oliver, the intended target of the hit, has no reason to finger the wrong gang banger for the attempt on his life.
The loss of the child's life is tragic.
More than tragic, it is murder.
Burrell was 16 at the time, too young to vote or join the military, have a credit card or even a job without parent's permission.
No, but old enough to join a gang and try to kill rival gang members. These gang killers get their start pretty young, and often their end too, as in
the case of Gakirah Barnes, 17. Even as it is unfashionable, I don't think
Hillary was all that wrong in calling them superpredators.
His age difference compared with the victim's is irrelevant since there was never any intention to harm the child who was killed.
That was in response to Politesse, who compared their ages, suggesting that 11 was pretty much like 16, which is ridiculous.
And sure, he didn't mean to harm the girl. He merely meant to murder another teenager. Obviously, he is a boy scout who was unjustly imprisoned.
Two things are relevant: His age at the time the crime was committed was 16--a minor in every respect. Brain science tells us that he was not an adult, not capable of reasoning or behaving like an adult.
He should be eligible for parole after 20 years on account of his age. But the life sentence should not have been commuted - he should be on parole forever. Actions have consequences, and while the frontal lobe of a teenager is still not fully mature, they are perfectly capable of knowing what murder is and how deadly guns are.
Moreover, there is significant doubt that he was even present when this crime was committed. The other man convicted claims he was not and Burrell was identified as a participant by a jailed rival who was looking to help himself by identifying someone in this high profile case.
If he really was at the corner store, as he now claims, why did he initially lie and say that he was in Bemidji at the time of murder?
Again, from the DA
DA said:
Myon Burrell has said a lot of things. He initially told police he was in Bemidji with his mother at the time of the shooting. Then, during his trial, the second alibi was, he was at a friend’s house playing video games. Now, a news report claims Mr. Burrell has a third alibi, that two people are claiming they were with him at a nearby grocery store at the time of the shooting. These two people never came forward and no plausible explanation has been offered why these two people waited 18 years to say anything.
Took him long enough to come up with the present alibi. Note that now it's impossible to check the store video - how very convenient. The AP piece pretends that the corner store alibi existed from the beginning, which is a lie according to the DA.
https://apnews.com/article/115076e2bd194cfa7560cb4642ab8038
“There was only one weapon, one set of shells,” said Tyson. “I’m the one that did this. I did this.”
Back to the DA
DA said:
The evidence is quite strong which is why he was convicted twice. Timothy Oliver was the intended victim of the gun fire and he saw Burrell across the street shooting at him and identified Burrell by his nickname and in a photo lineup. In pleading guilty, one of Mr. Burrell’s gang accomplices testified that Myon Burrell fired the shots. Mr. Burrell also confessed to a cousin that he was involved in the murder of Tyesha Edwards. Burrell also confessed to a jail inmate who knew details of the murder that had never been made public. The judge found the testimony of Oliver, Burrell’s cousin, and the jail inmate credible.
Soon after the shooting, he was telling friends, his attorney, fellow inmates and even a prison guard that Burrell was not at the scene, court records show. But he said his lawyer told him he’d never see the outside of a prison unless he implicated the youth. Eventually he buckled, but only after being promised his plea would not be used against Burrell.
What "court records" show that? He testified against Burrell at the trial. The intended victim also identified Burell. Furthermore, Burell lied about where he was, insisting that he was in Bemidji.
Tyson doesn’t want to name the other man who was with him, saying he doesn’t want to pull in a person who was only peripherally involved.
Because it was Burrell.
The getaway driver, Hans Williams, did identify a third man -- by his full name and in a photo lineup.
And that name is? Doesn't matter anyway if the guy Burrell was shooting at identified him.
The gun was never recovered and officers said prints on the magazine and the car were not sufficient for identification. Ballistic tests on Tyson’s jacket were not carried out to verify claims that he was the triggerman.
So if you get rid of the gun you should be guaranteed no murder conviction. Where is the source for the testing claim? Maybe it was an oversight or testing the jacket would have been moot.
I think that there's good reason to question his conviction.
I don't. Sticking points to me are his ever changing alibi and also the positive id by the target of the hit.
I found
this detailed account and while I do not have to read it all (maybe you'll find something more there) I found this evidence of his prior gang activity.
Casetext said:
During Leake's testimony, he claimed that in 2002, Burrell shot at him and three other men as they stood on the corner of Portland and Franklin in south Minneapolis. Leake stated that Burrell yelled "Rolling 30s Bloods gang" while shooting. No one was hurt in the incident.
Arrington testified that at some point before the Edwards shooting, Burrell shot from a car at Arrington, Oliver, and two other men as the men sat in Peavey Park in south Minneapolis. Arrington testified that Burrell wore a red rag on his hand and said "What up; Blood." as he fired.
Deleon Walker, who was friends with Oliver and other members of the Family Mob and Gangster Disciples, testified that Burrell shot at him on November 25, 2002. Walker said that Burrell and another man walked past him and others in front of a Lake Street coffeehouse in south Minneapolis. According to Walker, Burrell shot at him, missed, and hit a Somali man.
Brady Bell is Burrell's ex-girlfriend. She testified that at some point in 2000, Burrell shot at a car. According to Bell, she, Burrell, and two others were walking on a sidewalk. When a suspicious car approached the group, Bell became nervous that the occupants of the car would open fire on the group. Bell stated that she did not know who was in the car, but testified that the occupants of the car fired shots at the group and that Burrell shot at the car.
Obviously a young man who would never have done this, right. A proper [self-censored]
But even if he were guilty, a 45-life sentence is far too long for a juvenile offender.
It should have been commuted to 20-life. A reasonable compromise that acknowledges both the severity of the crime and the relative youth of the perpetrator. Not 18 and you're out with only 2 years supervised release.
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