Imojean Braseel-Davis, left, embraces her son, Adam Braseel, during a recent visit at the Bledsoe County Correctional Complex, west of Pikeville, Tenn.
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From left, Christina Braseel, Adam Braseel and Imojean Braseel-Davis embrace during a recent visit at the Bledsoe County Correctional Complex, west of Pikeville, Tenn.
Adam Braseel’s mother, Imojean Braseel-Davis, looks at gift from her son sent to her for Mother’s Day.Adam Braseel’s family is bracing for the steepest uphill challenge yet in the 33-year-old’s campaign for freedom after a 2007 first-degree murder conviction in Grundy County, Tenn., that he and his family say landed on the wrong man.
“Honestly, we just want a fair trial,” the convicted man’s sister, Christina Braseel, said this week. “I would not have spent 10 years of my life and over $100,000 on anybody if I didn’t know he was innocent.”
Adam Braseel was convicted by a jury on Nov. 7, 2007, of first-degree murder, felony murder, especially aggravated robbery, attempt to commit first-degree murder, aggravated assault and assault in the shooting death of Malcolm Burrows and assault on his sister, Rebecca Hill, court records show. Hill since has died.
Braseel’s new lawyer, Nashville attorney Alex Little, did not return calls Wednesday seeking comment, but Christina Braseel said the family is working with Little to file a habeas corpus petition in an effort to get the federal government to step in.
“We’re looking to file before May 26,” she said.