1. Floyd Brown was charged with what crime(s)?
  shoplifting
  murder and robbery
  burglary
  driving under the influence of alcohol

2. The prosecutor in charge of the case against Floyd Brown was...?
  Anson County District Attorney Michael D. Parker
  Forsyth County District Attorney Tom Keith
  Special Prosecutor W. David McFadyen
  Durham Prosecutor Freda Black

3. Floyd Brown...
  is a gang member
  has a long criminal history
  has severe mental retardation, with an IQ of 50
  is a high school graduate with above average intelligence

4. The core of the case against Floyd Brown was based on...
  an alleged confession
  physical evidence left at the crime scene
  multiple independent eyewitness accounts
  a polygraph test

5. Of the many flaws in Brown's confession presented by prosecutors as evidence, the following were included
  Brown did not know his right from his left
  Brown had no conception of time and could not tell time
  Brown cannot identify the make of a car
  all of the above

6. Floyd Brown was incarcerated for what length of time without a trial?
  six months
  two years
  fourteen years
  a little more than twenty years

7. During Brown's incarceration, the district attorney prosecuting him...
  permitted Brown supervised leave to attend a relative's funeral
  began to have doubts about Brown's guilt
  thwarted an escape attempt by Brown and another inmate
  denied all hospital requests for privileges, such as a trip to the state fair and lunch with his sister

8. After charges were dropped against Floyd Brown, and he was released from custody, ...
  a Rockingham nursing home which had agreed to accept Brown, withdrew its offer, one day after a visit from the District Attorney and an assistant
  the state of North Carolina offered to compensate him at the customary rate of $20,000.00 per each year served
  the North Carolina State Bar launched an investigation into the prosecutor's conduct
  the case was re-opened into the crime(s) for which Brown was charged

9. The Floyd Brown case was marred by...
  witness tampering
  prejudicial pre-trial publicity
  unsympathetic media coverage
  lost evidence, a falsified confession, and officers convicted on unrelated corruption charges

10. Judge Orlando Hudson, Jr., who dismissed charges against Brown, said about the Brown case, ...
  "The prosecutor who brought this case against Mr. Brown should be disbarred."
  "There's some things that go on in Anson County, but I can't do anything about it. I know there's pressure to decide a certain way."
  "Floyd Brown suffered far greater injustice than the Duke Lacrosse players, and I believe that is due to the state's tenet of selective justice based on Class and Color."
  "I believe that the prosecutor in this case was well intentioned, but just made a few honest mistakes."

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