To Whom this may concern:

       This article is a very small but true FACTS on how I was convicted and set up for a murder and given the death penalty without a single eyewitness during trial.

       Before Chief Justice Nix death; He dissented on ane of my appeals and stated.... Here there was no live eyewitness testimony at the time of Douglas trial and very little circumstantial evidence to support the charges against Douglas. Therfore it  can not be concluded that they jury would had convicted Douglas without: regards to his prior criminal record, [Probation officer and  Det.Litchdor-testimonies] and the admission of his prior criminal activities, [Officers Morrison & McDevitt testimonies of Douglas pulling shotguns & piston out on them and Det.Thomas given the jury the impression that Douglas was a gang member at the time of the alleged murder] can not beconsider demimimus against Douglas..

       How you have a death penalty case and not allowed the defendant to call alibi witnesses and rebuttal witnesses to caallenge their false allegation that was presented? Chief Justice Nix, saw exactly what went on during my trail and how I was convicted, not on evidence, but though hearsay and the slandering my character. The perfect pasty, poor, criminal record and no living parents. 

       They had over fifteen law enforcer officers taking the stand, some two & three times, (with only one testifying to the facts of the case and that was the, crime lab office), the rest just fabricated and slander my character, many telling the jury: when we were about to arrest him, he would pult either a sawed-off shotgun or 25-autornatic piston out and escape. [A poor black man wanted for murder and another ( framed robbery case ) pulls shotguns and piston out on police officers and not a single shot fired?], when we know they been many reports of officers shooting unarmed people.

      Duting a portion of the trial they had to show why the key-witness was unavailable, the prosecutor call ten officers an testifying how they looked for the witness and visit his mothers house and called there over 20 time's in all, but the mother said, she didn't know the whereabouts of her son, but when the defense cross examine and asked the mother; Q. When was the last time you saw your son?....  A. yesterday, "he visit my house every other day and leaves early in the morning". You see, my point, about them not really wanting him at trial?

      Then this other so-called witness ( prisoner) writes a letter to the DA' s office, claim he witness the murder and knew where and who gave me this alleged murder weapon. After getting a un-sign statement from this witness, they constructed a cunning move; 2-days before they was to call this witness to the stand, they purposely arranged for him to be put in the same jail and on the same unit I was being housed on/at, then transferred him out. They knew this witness might recant, (because of not signing the statement),  so to justify the disclim, they had to make it if the witness had been threaten) and that' s why he was put at the same prison and transferred out, and then box him in; Q. Didn't you ask to be transferred because the defendant threaten to kiIl you? A. No.  Q. Wasn't you transferred? A. Yes. (no way out). Then 20 years later, I get a copy of a letter that the prosecutor had send to the head detective 2-months before the trial stating: "very interesting", what was interesting was a police 49-report attached to the letter, concerning the witness Robbery & Burglary cases that happen at my family Bar. The jury never got to k:now/hear that this witness was serving time for crimes that took place at my family bar and the key witness against him was my children Grandmother, who he claim had given me the alleged murder weapon, getting back at me because I didn't have her drop the charged against him, and tried to have her charged as a accomplish to murder.

     The sad part about this ordeal, it took me twenty years to find out and get (documents), that I should have had for the start of trial. And I lost everything, my 9 year relationship with my highschool sweatheart, [bless with two children, son/daughter], my son was 3yrs old and daugther born 2-weeks after my arrest (never having the opporttmity to really play with my children) and especially not being there to help them grow in life, now they are 27 & 21 years of age and really doesn 't know me, their mother moved on and married. I will always love & respect her, (she did a beautiful job raising our children). I'd li ved with a broken heart for years, because life never told me that in the end, I'll still be loving her, but she's gone gne I been all alone ever since.

      I have over 40-documents to show and prove the truth of everything that been mention in this article and show that; my arrest and conviction were contrived through deliberate unlawful acts of, Criminal Conspiracy, Perjury, Fabricated Evidence, Unsigned statements, Favorable Treatment to key-witness and other acts of perjury by Police officers and their prosecuting authorities for their own personal gain. Readers might say "if he had all this evidence to prove his innocence then why is he in jail "because they withheld evidence" and the documents (proof) I have now took me over 18 years to get, that I should have had day one, even when you go through appeals, you can 't raise the right issues, because you don't have the proof but, WHO CARES what they did to me???

Note: Years later, the trial judge was outer from off the bench, the DA that handle the P/H was disbarred and the prosecutor quit, word he was being investigated? 

I will answer any question, I can be contract through this website or by writing to:
Robert Talib Douglas AY3357 - Box 244 Graterford, Pa.19426-0244

Who really cares that I sit on Death Row?