Henry McCollum and Leon Brown Pardoned - Meet their advocates and attorneys

"Victory! Henry McCollum and Leon Brown Received Official Pardons from North Carolina's Governor after 31 years in prison for a wrongful conviction of rape and murder. They were initially on death row. Their advocates, Pointer & Weeks, Inc., and attorneys, Appeals Law Group, will be our guests on Human Rights Demand channel, where callers are always invited to HAVE YOUR SAY. Call to speak at 347.857.3293, or listen to the broadcast live or on tape using your Internet connection. All our Human Rights Demand shows are archived for your convenience to hear any time, 24/7. 

Several months ago, Kim Weekes contacted her business partner, Deborah Pointer to discuss what they could do to help the brothers, who were living in dire straits. See their release http://youtu.be/_wNSv6cJchY >>  Deborah and Kim decided to put their commitment to advocacy into action. They launched a successful petition on Change.org. and secured attorneys, (Attorneys Patrick Megaro and Scott Brettschneider). They helped to negotiate a cash advance for the brothers and organized a rally in front of NC Governor McCrory’s office to secure a pardon for the two innocent men.

Kim Weekes has been actively involved in advocacy and community outreach projects in Atlanta and Baltimore. She has worked with Operation Rainbow Push, National Action Network, and Hosea Williams' “Feed the Hungry Drive." Kim Weekes developed the Rev. Joseph Lowery “Clean Green and Honor Project” and  volunteers with voter outreach and registration. 

Deborah Pointer is a Peabody Award winner for “Excellence in Television” and has been nominated twice for the NAACP Image Award and received the Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe Award for Def Poetry. She currently teaches a class on being a community organizer at Metropolitan College in NYC.