Freedom Denied: She didn't kill the DA's brother, but the victim's family still opposed her parole

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#Alabama's broken parole system is keeping Menyana Hardy behind bars serving a 25 yr murder sentence –– Despite prosecutors saying there is no evidence linking her to the killing.

She could & should be home today.

Read Menyana's story:
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Freedom Denied: She didn’t kill the DA’s brother, but the victim’s
splcenter.org
9:14 AM · May 1, 2021

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2021/04/30/freedom-denied-she-didnt-kill-das-brother-victims-family-still-opposed-her-parole

Menyana Hardy played the clarinet in her middle school band in Birmingham, Alabama. She loved basketball, too, but for a time she aspired to go to the Alabama School of Fine Arts to keep playing music.

Then came her “middle years,” Menyana said, which “really kind of messed me up.”

She was a young teenager and wanted to fit in. “Everybody had these big boyfriends, with cars, and would hang out every night. I’m trying to fit in and that’s not even me. ... I wanted to be with my friends. Everybody’s going to Ensley High School. What do I look like if I go to Alabama School of Fine Arts?”

So, she went to Ensley, too. She started a relationship with an older teenager in the summer of 2001. He would change the direction of her life. The connection would soon lead to her incarceration for a high-profile murder, though she never killed anyone.

It felt early on like something bad would happen, Menyana said. Her new boyfriend soon revealed a possessive side.

“It was fun for about a week,” she said of the relationship. “Once I realized how he was, and he saw me talking to other people and how he acted, I was in shock because I didn’t know what the hell I had gotten myself into.”

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[ProfessorGAC]

1. There Does Seem More Than Justice Going On

Without having transcripts, I wonder how they proved, beyond reasonable doubt, that she was involved as "bait".
With the surface information in the article, it seems a pretty weak pinch.