The National Center for Reason and Justice

Dorothy Rabinbowitz: The Trials of Father MacRae

Robert — Sat, 11 May 2013 23:03:51 +0000

“Here once more, in the MacRae case, was a set of charges built by a determined sex-abuse investigator and an atmosphere in which accusation was, in effect, all the proof required to bring a guilty verdict. But now there was another factor: huge financial payouts for victims’ claims.”

The case of Father Gordon MacRae has long bee sponsored by the National Center for Reason and Justice. Read this article, by Dorothy Rabinowitz, in the Wall Street Journal (May 11, 2013)

Watch this interview with Rabinowitz.

Psych Experts Support Keller Appeal

Robert — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:46:25 +0000

“The continuing imprisonment of Fran and Danny Keller on the grounds that they were supposed Satanic conspirators who forced children to engage in evil sexualized rituals is an historical anomaly and obvious injustice,”

http://www.austinchronicle.com/blogs/news/2013-03-26/psych-experts-support-keller-appeal/

Dr. Harrington and Dr. Wood are Advisors to the NCRJ.

Joseph Allen Desperately Needs Your Help

Robert — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:15:39 +0000

Last June, Robert Chatelle and Dr. Emily Horowitz of the NCRJ published this article about the Smith/Allen case, which we sponsor:

http://ncrj.org/the-wrongful-conviction-of-joseph-allen-and-nancy-smith/

There have been some disturbing recent developments.

Judge Burge has recused himself from the case and a new judge has been appointed.

The new judge is going to hold a resentencing hearing for Joseph on June 5th.

Like Nancy Smith, Joseph has applied for clemency. Joseph’s lawyer hopes to keep him free until a decision is made on the clemency petition.

If the judge grants that, he would be free on bond. Bond would most likely be set for $100,000 as it was when Joseph was first released from prison.

If we pay a bondsman, the fee will be 10% or $10,000.

The National Center for Reason and Justice does have a Prisoner Relief Fund for such contingencies. We cannot, however, spare $10,000.

We could if we could get sufficient additional contributions to the fund.

I hope you will consider making a donation to the NCRJ’s Prisoner Relief Fund. The Smith/Allen case is as bad a miscarriage of justice as I have seen.

You can send a check to:

NCRJ
POB 191101
Roxbury MA 02119-1582

Indicate “Prisoner Releif Fund” on your check.

You can also donate online: http://ncrj.org/donate/

Joseph is in terrible danger. I hope you will be able to help us keep him free.

It’s About Time We Freed the Friedmans!

Robert — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:45:09 +0000

Jesse Friedman, who served 13 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, is now awaiting a decision that could overturn the conviction.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/claudia-ricci/its-about-time-we-freed-t_b_3169746.html

St. Francis professor fights to overturn Friedman’s conviction

Robert — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:22:33 +0000

“Now, Professor [and NCRJ Director Emily] Horowitz brings back [Jesse] Friedman and [Ron] Kuby to answer questions and show new evidence that contradicts the claims made in the original case on Tuesday, April 9 at 4 p.m. in Room 4202 of St. Francis College located at 180 Remsen St. in Brooklyn Heights. The event is free and open to the public.”

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/st-francis-professor-fights-overturn-friedmans-conviction-2013-04-03-142000

Report On ‘Capturing The Friedmans’ Sex Abuse Case Urges DA To Overturn Jesse Friedman’s Conviction

Robert — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:17:02 +0000

The NCRJ report indicates that the Friedman case contains the 10 hallmarks of false sex crime prosecution: “Police Misconduct; Absence of Physical Evidence; Absence of Medical Evidence; Outlandish or Impossible Scenarios; Prosecutorial Misconduct; Judicial Misconduct; Coercive Interviews by Police and Therapists; Improper Relationship Between Police and Therapists; Use of Now-Discredited Memory-Recovery Techniques and Hypnosis; Police & Prosecutors Fuel Community Hysteria.”

http://movieline.com/2013/03/12/capturing-the-friedmans-jesse-friedman-new-evidence-sex-abuse-innocent/#utm_campaign=homepage&utm_source=maincolumn&utm_medium

Uncapturing a Friedman

Robert — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:01:00 +0000

But Jarecki isn’t concerned solely with the welfare of Friedman: “I’m equally concerned about the hundreds of people who were told by the police, falsely, that their children were attacked and falsely molested.”

“That perverts your outlook on life,” he said.

http://www.salon.com/2013/03/13/uncapturing_a_friedman/