By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on March 20, 2023 Army Private LaVena Johnson was only 19-years-old at the time of her...

Next to securing a full and complete pardon in 1976 for Clarence Norris (the last known surviving “Scottsboro Boy”), my work in solving Private Johnson’s murder has been the second most satisfying accomplishment in my 45-year legal career. When I read an article three years ago about Private Johnson’s tragic death, I immediately knew something was not right about the circumstances surrounding her death. To this day, no one has challenged the factual findings in my Private J

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published (via Facebook) on February 14, 2016, Updated and Republished on February 26, 2018...