Jury Foreperson Advocates for Clemency in High-Profile Indiana Murder Case
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — After serving more than three decades behind bars for a crime he claims he didn’t commit, Kofi Modibo Ajabu’s chances at freedom seemed bleak. The former college student was handed a staggering 240-year sentence for his involvement in the 1994 deaths of two Indiana teenagers and their friend during an alleged robbery gone wrong. Recently, however, a surprising advocate emerged: the jury foreperson who played a role in convicting him. Orvan Mabie Jr., now 76, penned a letter to Ajabu expressing a change of heart nearly three decades after the trial. This … Read more