Posted on behalf of Ronnie –
Most of you know me by Ronnie but my actual legal name is Hung-Linh Hoang. I am your friend, your brother, your cousin, your nephew, your son, and thankfully your grandson.
I’ve made decisions in my life that I find zero pride in but those of you who know my case know the truth. Those who don’t, let me explain. I got charged with Attempted Murder on An unknown victim. There was no gun fired. No one ever injured. Two eyewitnesses testified that I was the actual victim with the gun pointed at me. So how did I get sentenced to a Life term? Well the third eye witness named Sean Scarborough was coerced into testifying in exchange for his gun charges expunged. Officers led him to somehow perjure that he thinks he heard a faint click…like a pen dropping on the floor….as the revolver misfired, from 30 ft. away, behind a sliding glass door, with all windows shut! He then claims he lost sight of the other guy when he went to another room to get a better view.
So I chose not to testify that it was my own “friend” that I had argued with and pointed a gun at me. And that my other friend yanked the gun away and put it into his pocket. Or that I never even touched the gun and that forensics will show just that. Instead my “merited” thief of an attorney threatened my father that if I didn’t admit to guilt of gun possession, that my disobedience will result to life imprisonment. My father PLED with our $20,000 attorney which was our family’s life savings, so I should listen. I did.
Alright so here’s the newfound hope. A few months back, I started writing a radio station director named Pam Benjamin. She introduced me to her fellow comics and station employee friends, and started reading my letters on air and even my poetry. Mutiny Radio has become a huge factor in furthering my life purpose.
Moreover, Pam is opening a fundraising account to legally breaking me out of prison. Her intellect has crossed boundaries beyond these prison walls and gave a new hope to an old wrinkled struggle. This fundraising will help me hire an investigator and lawyer to appeal for a new trial under actual innocence for this wrongful conviction.
The first step is to hire an audio forensics team to test the likelihood of ability to hear any sound decibel from that distance, let alone with all windows shut. Second is to reach five more eyewitnesses to sign affidavits, including the guy that had the gun when police arrived. Lastly, these facts will get admitted and stipulated into new discovery evidence by the legal investigators. Subsequent to these actions, I will be home within a few months. This is the plan so far.
So here I am to ask for your understanding. Times are difficult, I know. As ashamed as I am while pleading for your support, it is absolutely necessary for you all to know my vulnerabilities. Life has dealt me a heavy hand and I no longer fear playing it through. My pride and material attachments lost meaning. If I don’t progress and move forward with my higher purpose, I will inevitably become a product of the system. I am forever grateful for you all reading this far through. I will pay it forward when I stand at your doorstep soon. – Ronnie Hung-Linh Hoang….