Patty Prewitt was wrongly convicted of the 1984 murder of her husband and is currently serving life with no parole. This
    page is dedicated to the  Executive Clemency for Patricia Prewitt #82667, WERDCC, Vandalia, MO.  

    Please forward this link to everyone you know.  It is a new petition for the Governor...we will be sending it in very soon.  
    Please tell everyone to sign as soon as possible...even if they have signed the previous petition.
    http://www.PetitionOnline.com/prewitt/petition.html



    During the middle of a stormy night in February of 1984, Patty Prewitt’s husband was murdered while they slept, and she
    was torn from their bed and attacked.  
    That was only the beginning of this most horrible nightmare, because she was then wrongfully charged with the crime by
    the prosecution organization of Johnson County, Missouri.  A year later with no actual evidence, only hearsay, she was
    convicted of capital murder after a swift four-day jury trial.

    Since she is innocent, she turned down every early-morning plea agreement offer made by the prosecutor during the trial.  
    Regrettably so, since Patty would have returned home many years ago if she had accepted an Alfred plea.

    Only a few days after the guilty verdict came in, while Patty was free on appeal bond, they discovered that a neighbor in
    their rural area had witnessed a lone man in a strange sedan parked where he could watch the Prewitt house the very
    night her husband was killed.  This report had been given to the sheriff within hours of the attack but was kept from them.

    Amazingly, the trial judge quickly discounted this important new evidence when it was immediately brought back to his
    court.  Judge Barnes decided that testimony of a stranger stalking their home the night of Bill Prewitt’s death would not
    have made any difference in the outcome of the trial.

    Free on appeal bond, Patty remained home with her five young children, living and working in the community, for another
    year until April of 1986 when her appeal was denied.  Since that time, she has existed as a state prisoner with absolutely
    no chance of parole until 2036 when she will have her first hearing with the state parole board.
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