Corey Maye, corrections and clarifications

Radley Balko published some corrections to earlier reports on the Corey Maye case and while it's not a straight forward as it initially appeared it remains obvious that Mr Maye should not be on death row. I'm not going to repeat the details here, head over to The Agitator for Radley's corrections, but I will say this; Officer Ron Jones is dead because of shoddy police work and procedures.

Police executed the warrant on Maye's home sometime after 11pm. They first attempted to enter through his front door, then went around to the back. Maye was in his bedroom with his 18-month old daughter when the door was forced open by a cop other than Officer Jones. Officer Ron Jones was the first one to enter Maye's apartment. Maye fired three times. One bullet struck Jones, and killed him.

The officers did not announce they were police until after Maye fired. When they did make the announcement Maye surrendered immediately.

Maye fired three times in rapid succession. After the third shot, the remaining members of the task force shouted "police!" and entered the apartment. At this point, Maye dropped his gun, put up his hands, and surrendered.

If you think it's OK for an individual to use deadly force to defend themselves then you can't think there was anything wrong with Corey Maye's actions.
Radely also goes into problems both with the pre-raid investigation and Maye's incompetent defense.

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