Check-In Card At The Timothy Cole's Jail

Timothy Brian Cole, a Texas Tech student, was convicted of a sexual assault he did not commit in 1985. He was later found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. The real rapist was Jerry Johnson, who had a psychological breakdown and kept his mouth shut for nine years. Cole was a victim of the police and the flaws in the criminal justice system. Johnson tried to contact Cole, but had no success. He eventually found out that Cole's address was on his check-in card at Cole's Jail. The family was represented by attorney Blackburn of the Innocence Project in the Timothy Cole case. Johnson's involvement was confirmed by DNA testing, and in February 2009, Cole was exonerated after his death in Austin. The case highlights the need for legal experts

When the pardon and parole boards reviewed his case in 1992, they asked him if he was sorry for what he had done. He replied that he had done nothing wrong, and he was denied parole. He then tried again in 1996, but was denied again. Due to his asthma returning due to the jail environment, Mr. Coles passed out on December 2, 1999, and he never regained consciousness again. In 2005, Mr. Johnson attempted to get help by writing to the Innocence Project, newspapers, legal professors, and even a private investigation business, but he had no luck. Nevertheless, one of Johnson's letters reached Cole's former attorney, Mike Brown, in 2006, but by April 2007, Johnson was still without success. But later, while he was going through some old documents, it dawned on him. Cole's address was on the check-in card at Cole's Jail, where he had his stepmother checked up. Ruby Session had Johnson's letter to her son in her hands shortly afterward. After that, Mrs. Session made the decision to give the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal a copy of Johnson's letter. The Avanlanche Journal had headlines of Timothy Coles as the “Tech rapist,” but shortly changed it to “The family of Timothy Brian Cole, who was convicted of rape