Nearly five years after the murder of 17-year-old Jordan Davis his killer, Michael Dunn, is telling Action News Jax why he deserves to be released.
Dunn killed Jordan at a Southside gas station in 2012. The teen and his friends had stopped for gum, an argument started over loud music and ended in gunfire.
After two trials, Dunn was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for murder. His location was kept secret until we uncovered he's being housed in an Oregon prison.
In a letter to Action News Jax reporter Bridgette Matter, he talks a lot about the evidence, claiming "Math, science, and self defense law" and "simple geometry" should exonerate him.
Dunn has reopened his case, representing himself requesting a new trial and counsel. We showed the letter to Jordan Davis' father Ron Davis.
"I felt like he was very unemotional. It was about the law, it was about his perception of the law," Davis said.
Five years later, Davis said the letter proves Dunn still has no remorse.
Dunn wrote, "The public and therefore the jury were not interested in facts, they were only interested in emotion, blame, anger and fear, not facts. Apparently, in a battle between science and spectacle, spectacle wins."
He goes on to say, "The prosecution's false narrative is that I shot and killed this young man because I was angry with him for playing music loudly."
DUNN'S LETTER, PAGE 1: Click here to read (.PDF)
DUNN'S LETTER, PAGE 2: Click here to read (.PDF)
Action News Jax investigation reveals Michael Dunn is being held in Oregon prison
“I had tunnel vision.” Words from #MichaelDunn from his Oregon Prison cell about why he wants a new trial. @ActionNewsJax at 5 pic.twitter.com/KP22Q0VIZB
— Bridgette Matter (@bridgetteANjax) November 1, 2017
Michael Dunn writes me a letter, why he believes he should be exonerated. " In a battle between science and spectacle, spectacle wins." pic.twitter.com/8JeghyeOrt
— Bridgette Matter (@bridgetteANjax) November 1, 2017
Dunn tells me “math, science, and self defense law.” Should be what exonerates him. @ActionNewsJax
— Bridgette Matter (@bridgetteANjax) November 1, 2017
5:00 Dunn in his own words through a 3 page prison letter. "The prosecutions false narrative is that I shot this young man Bc I was angry." pic.twitter.com/DtfW08VTes
— Bridgette Matter (@bridgetteANjax) November 1, 2017
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