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On August 1, 2003, mentally ill heart patient, Larry M. Neal, died while incarcerated in Shelby County Jail, Memphis, Tennessee.  During the 18 days of Larry Neal's fatal incarceration, his family and social worker searched for him as a missing person, while the jail repeatedly and falsely denied having Larry Neal under arrest in a facility where he was arrested numerous times over a 20-year span for misdemeanors related to his mental illness.  In 2003, Shelby County Jail was already under the jurisdiction of the United States Justice Department following suit by the U.S.A. for violating inmates' civil rights.  To date, all requests by Larry Neal's family for official reports and an investigation regarding his death have been denied or ignored.  The undersigned petitioners ask that Larry Neal's death be thoroughly investigated by the United States Justice Department and that Larry's family be given full disclosure of the results of the investigation on a regular basis, with a final report upon close of investigation.  We ask that the Justice Department also investigate the possibility of a conspiracy between Larry Neal%u2019s family's attorneys, The (Johnny) Cochran Firm, and Shelby County Government to deny the family's right to due process of law following Larry%u2019s alleged wrongful death.  The undersigned petitioners feel strongly that a mentally ill citizen's death deserves at least the same investigative efforts and call to justice as the abuse and deaths of Michael Vick's dogs.

Thank you for your attention to this request for an investigation into the wrongful death of a disabled American while in government custody under secret arrest.  Let us resolve Larry Neal's death before continuing to use our nation's resources to fight for human rights across seas.

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Larry Neal's family alleges that on August 1, 2003, mentally ill heart patient, Larry M. Neal, died while incarcerated in Shelby County Jail, Memphis, Tennessee.  His family reports that during the 18 days of Larry Neal's fatal incarceration, his family and social worker searched for him as a missing person, while the jail repeatedly and falsely denied having Larry Neal under arrest.  In 2003, Shelby County Jail was under the jurisdiction of the United States Justice Department, following suit by the United States of America due to violations of inmates' civil rights.  To date, all requests by Larry Neal's family for official reports and an investigation regarding his death have been denied or ignored. 

The undersigned petitioners hereby request that Larry Neal's death be thoroughly investigated by the United States Justice Department and that Larry's family be given full disclosure of the results of the investigation on a regular basis, with a final report upon close of investigation.  We ask that the Justice Department also investigate the possibility of a conspiracy between Larry Neal%u2019s family's wrongful death attorneys (The Johnny Cochran Firm) and Shelby County Government to deny this family's right to due process of law following Larry%u2019s jail death.  The undersigned petitioners feel strongly that a mentally ill citizen's death deserves at least the same investigative efforts and call to justice as the abuse and deaths of Michael Vick's dogs.

Thank you for your attention to this request for an investigation into the wrongful death of a disabled American who died in government custody under secret arrest.  Let us resolve Larry Neal's death before continuing to use our nation's resources to fight for human rights across seas.