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Innocent Brothers in prison, another case where a real killer went free

2015-06-01T07:07:00.000-07:00

Cecil Cameron Simmons and his brother James Grover Simmons were convicted of the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Kristi Hedden. Hedden, 19, disappeared from her disabled car just inside the Florida State Line on Interstate 75. Her body was dumped into the Waccasassa River outside Bronson. The convictions were based on the testimony of a local mentally retarded man named James Leonard Burney who claimed to have participated, but was never arrested or charged. No physical evidence linked the brothers to the crime, and over 25 alibi witnesses attest that the brothers were in Georgia at the time of the crime.
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2015-06-01T06:13:00.000-07:00

Free Jamie Snow | The Wrongful Conviction of Jamie Snow – TIPLINE: 888-815-9299
On Easter Sunday, 1991, 18 year old gas station attendant William Little was shot and killed during a robbery that yeield $30.
8 years later Jamie Snow was convicted despite eye witness contradictions, no DNA, no murder weapon and a seasoned police officer
testifying that Snow was not seen fleeing from the gas stations.

Why are we always so quick to blame the husband?

2015-06-01T06:12:00.000-07:00

On a warm Saturday morning in July of 2008, Nancy Cooper was reported missing by concerned friends. Three days later on July 14th 2008, Nancy's naked body was found face down in a creek miles from her home. Nancy's husband told investigators and friends Nancy left their home for a morning jog around 7 am. Despite any physical evidence, several reports by witnesses who claimed to have seen Nancy jogging that morning, reports of a strange van in the neighborhood days prior and the day Nancy went missing and a lover from years prior who told police he knew Nancy's run route and had confronted Nancy for "saying bs lies" about him, Brad Cooper was convicted in Nancy's death. Is Brad Cooper the victim of a faulty police investigation? Was Brad Cooper the assumed suspect from the very start after a 911 call to Cary police on the day Nancy went missing? Did detectives erase important information from Nancy's phone?
The Brad Cooper Case 05/30 by The Other Side of Justice | Blog Talk Radio

Detectives were wrong about the Harris Teeter route read more here

Prosecution experts’ testimony about the Google search and tampering read here

More about the cursor files, national security and the defense motion for mistrial read more here

Justice for Brad Cooper Group He

The Champion of Justice for Brad Cooper here

Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependent upon popular opinion?

2015-06-01T06:09:00.000-07:00

Leading his second patrol through a minefield in Afghanistan in late July 2012, twenty eight year old Clint Lorance ordered fire upon three men speeding toward his soldiers on a motorcycle, killing two and wounding a third. He is now serving twenty years for murder in Leavenworth prison for trying to protect his men.
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Home - Jay Biggs He is Innocent

2015-06-01T06:08:00.000-07:00

Jay and is serving life for a murder he did not commit, a murder that never happened. 5 years ago his infant daughter passed away and police claimed her death was suspicious. However there was no practical proof. Two years later he was arrested and charged. Lawyers told him the prosecution was taking a 50/50 gamble that by using such a heinous story jurors would be blind to fact. Dr. Spitz, the foremost pathologist and author of the "Bible" of pathologists clearly stated at trial "This child died of Sids, namely she asphyxiated on vomit ". Police found no DNA or other physical evidence and said they could not even identify vomit. Mainly because they lacked the techology or professionals of a big city, they felt that their suspicions were good enough. I am incarerated because police had no evidence, they had no evidence because no murder occurred and one poor man cannot take on police and state prosecutors alone. They are right, alone I will not succeed in righting this wrong. Read transcripts at the links provided :

Home - Jay Biggs He is Innocent

Just how unjust is this system? Reality check

2015-06-01T06:03:00.000-07:00

On Law & Order, everything makes sense: the police chase after violent bad guys, the accused get a fair trial, and justice is blind. But is that the reality in the United States? Watch this video to have your mind blown about how unjust our system truly is.

This happens when good cops expose corruption

2015-06-01T06:01:00.000-07:00

Mark P. Lipton, who was indicted on questionable criminal charges only months after pursuing federal investigation of his former boss, a popular Tennessee Sheriff, for allegedly obstructing a DUI arrest. F.B.I CALLS IT RETALLIATION FOR TURNING IN A DIRTY EAST TN SHERIFF, FORMER BOSS SHERIFF RON SEALS.He was charged with aggravated assault after a 10 year career. He passed 2 polygraphs that can be seen on his facebook page along with other details on his case. Learn more here.

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Another wrongful conviction at the hands of discredited M.E. Steven Hayne's

2015-06-01T05:56:00.000-07:00

Jeffrey Havard was convicted in 2002 of murder by shaken baby syndrome and sexual molestation of six-month old Chloe Britt. He was sentenced to death by the State of Mississippi. Jeffrey Havard has always said that he accidentally let Chloe slip out of his hands and hit her head on the toilet after her bath. He thought Chloe was fine after she stopped crying and he put her to bed. When checked on later Chloe was found turning blue and later died that night at the hospital. Havard is devastated that Chloe received a fatal injury while in his care, but it was an accident and not an intentional act.
Petition | United States District Judge Keith Starrett: Grant Jeffrey Havard a New Trial to prove he was wrongfully convicted! | Change.org

Free Jeffery Havard Group here

Action of the Week: Jeffrey Havard

-->Steven Hayne conducted the autopsy on Chloe Britt that would later be used to wrongfully convict Jeffrey Havard In Mississippi. In August 2008, Mississippi finally barred Hayne from doing any more autopsies in the state. read more here

The Charles Smith Blog here

Listen to Jeffery Havards Case here

VICTIM OF A BROKEN LEGAL SYSTEM" SAYS THE INNOCENCE PROJECT OF TEXAS.

2015-05-29T07:25:00.000-07:00

Lincoln Keith was arrested in 1984 and convicted of murder-for-hire based on coerced testimony from the killer and another defendant in exchange for leniency.
The State claimed the victim’s granddaughter offered him $400 , but she was acquitted.
The State claimed he “blurted out” a confession with many people present, that only one detective heard, Snow Robertson.
The bullet and casing recovered did not match Keith’s gun.
One juror was a family friend of detective Robertson.
He had an alibi, but the witness was not called at trial.
Learn more about Lincoln here

No evidence ever linked to Windsor

2015-05-28T13:08:00.001-07:00

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In Franklin County Mrs Eathel Joy Richeson

Armed Robbery took place at her residence on 25th February 1988
She got a good look at the two who robbed her,
One subject was about 5'8" had a Beard and was wearing a cap,
Youngest one of the two held a gun on the victim until starting to tie her up, Then the older one of the two held the gun while the younger one tied her with a coat hanger.
On 02/27/88 Mrs Richeson was shown a photo line up at her residence

NO POSITIVE I.D.WAS MADE.

In Franklin County Marjorie Pickett

Armed Robbery at her place of work on 25th February 1988
The Description she gave of the two suspects are - two white males mid 20's Dirty looking, One was Approx 6'00" 135 to 150 lbs
And one being Approx 5'10" 135 to 160 lbs long hair to top of Shoulder, Beard and Dark skin.

THIS DESCRIPTION DOES NOT FIT HARVEY WINDSOR

PETITION HERE

Petition · Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles: Grant Brian Davis a new trial to prove his innocence! · Change.org

2015-05-28T10:54:00.001-07:00

When Brian was arrested in 1991, one of the things used against him was hair analysis. Detective Smith was telling Tina McDonald, Brian's wife that she was directly connected to the murder by hair found at the crime scene and by matching her handwriting sample to writing left at the scene. Deputy Robert Strickland started arranging phone conversations in the jail between Brian and Tina. Detective Smith was telling her all of the evidence pointed only to her. With these phone calls Tina was able to give Brian rudimentary knowledge of the murder. Brian volunteered to confess to save her life. Back then hair analysis didn't give the best results. The only definitive testing was DNA.

When Brian went to trial the DNA results were not back. It wasn't untill 2011 that the real results came back. There was no DNA linking Brian at all. The "hair evidence" didn't belong to Tina either but to 2 unidentified males.

Petition · Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles: Grant Brian Davis a new trial to prove his innocence! · Change.org

A man good enough to shed his blood for his country, is good enough to receive a square deal afterwards . -- Theodore Roosevelt

2015-05-28T06:28:00.001-07:00

Michael was looking for his friends, he was attacked from behind and punched to the ground.

Fearing for his life, he fired two shots from his firearm in an attempt to defend himself. His attacker was struck in the leg, but not seriously injured.
The gunshots broke up the fight, and Michael says he went across the street from the club to get away from the people that harmed him. He was arrested shortly after the incident and charged in Florida state court. There was little dispute over the facts of the case—the prosecutor and defense attorneys agreed that Michael had been attacked. Even the testimony of Michael’s attacker supported that fact. However, prosecutors argued that he did not need to fire a gun to defend himself, and charged him with attempted murder.

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Robert Denney speaks...

2015-05-28T05:58:00.000-07:00

Alibi: No one really bothered to ask, because the states attorneys and the cops were desperate:

"The state was surprised when they learned of my alibi because they rushed my arrest and never contemplated the possibility I could be innocent. Not wanting to backtrack and admit their mistake, the state was able to get the medical examiner to testify that Corey Parkers time of death could not be determined and that the murder could have happened before my alibi began."

From Robert Denney's Blog

FreeBart

2015-05-28T05:32:00.000-07:00

On June 15th, 1998, a divorced father, Barton Monroe McNeil, also known as Bart, had custody of his daughter Christina for the night, per child care arrangements with this ex-wife, Tita McNeil. Tita worked the third shift at the local hospital. Proud to be such a large part of raising three-year old Christina McNeil, Bart routinely had custody of his daughter, sometimes four or five days a week.

Around 10:30 on this particular night, Bart put Christina to bed after her supper. Inexplicably, a few hours later, Bart found Christina awake in the bedroom smiling and talking. Not overly concerned with this behavior, Bart told Christina she needed to get some sleep and tucked her back into bed.

Bart awoke at 7:30 the next morning and followed his regular routine. After calling to Christina to get up and get dressed and receiving no response, Bart went into her room to check on her. Bart found his daughter lifeless in her bed. He immediately called 911 and attempted to perform CPR, but to no avail. Paramedics arrived and confirmed the worst: three-year old Christina was dead. It was later indicated by the coroner that she had been smothered to death.

Initially, Bart had no idea what could have caused his daughter’s death. But as he observed the state of Christina’s room, Bart began to notice something wasn’t right. The window fan that had been in the first floor bedroom’s window had fallen to the floor. There were two holes cut in the window screen right above the latches, which were unlatched. Bart started to believe that someone had intentionally removed the screen to gain access to his daughter’s room.

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Who is Denny Petitt?

2015-05-28T05:12:00.001-07:00

Who is Denny Petitt?

Free Byron Case ~ News and Campaign History

2015-05-28T04:38:00.002-07:00

Evelyn Case appears on blogtalkradio's "Injustice Anywhere" to discuss the details of Byron's case, along with John Bennett Allen, author of The Skeptical Juror and the Trial of Byron Case.

Free Byron Case ~ News and Campaign History

We all know jailhouse informants are notorious liars

2015-05-27T18:22:00.001-07:00

The case against Michael Clark was purely circumstantial and based on informant testimony from a jailhouse snitch,
cocaine addict, probation violator, and six-time felon on temporary release from California state prison named Leon Walter
Stackhouse led to Michael Clark's wrongful conviction
This web site outlines the facts of this case and details how Michael Clark was falsely arrested and wrongfully convicted of a crime he NEVER committed.

Five different baby daddy's and they convict the one with an airtight alibi

2015-05-27T13:27:00.002-07:00

The Alliance Police had no DNA, no eyewitness, no motive; and despite a valid lead by a neighbour on a potential suspect and an airtight alibi by Thorne, the Alliance Police Department immediately set their sights on David. Police decided that Thorne murdered Layne because he didn’t want to pay child support. However, by all accounts, they had a good relationship, and not only did have a good job and money in the bank, but was thrilled to discover his son.

Learn more about David's case here

What is the states fear in allowing DNA testing for these falsley incarcerated?

2015-05-27T10:20:00.000-07:00

The use of post-conviction DNA analysis has already resulted in the release of many people who were incorrectly convicted of crimes.
The Innocence Project, a group dedicated to the use of post-conviction DNA analysis to free the wrongfully convicted,
has counted 266 instances in the United States where post-conviction DNA analysis has resulted in the release of prisoners. Read more here

Learn about David Thorne's Case Here
Learn about Kirsten Laboto's case here
Learn about Jamie Snow's case here

Why was Raye Dawn Smith Convicted Of Her Husband’s Crime?

2015-05-27T10:14:00.001-07:00

Free Kelsey's Mom

A judge ordered Raye Dawn Smith to serve 27 years in prison for enabling or allowing her then-second husband to abuse Kelsey her 2 year old daughter. But by all accounts the truth remains why if she was abusing her daughter or allowing abuse would she keep returning to the hospitals and Dr's. She was railroaded, into prison because the hospitals could not would not inform her as to what was wrong with her daughter, It was not Raye Dawn that should be behind bars but a doctor or two who neglected to do their jobs.

Articles Here
Raye Dawn Smith Trial Notes here
WOMEN BEHIND THE WALL Discussing the incredibly strange case of Raye Dawn Smith here
Free Innocent Raye Dawn Smith From The LIES Face Book Page
Bullied into Prison - The story of Kelsey Smith Briggs mom, Raye Dawn Smith Below

Crime scene re - constructionist (Noel Martin) Conclusion: murder/suicide so why is Payne in prison?

2015-05-27T10:10:00.001-07:00

As the old saying goes, Don't Mess With Texas. Littering in alone can cost you up to $1000 fine. A faulty invetigation can cost you life without the possibility of parole. On December 11, 2007, just two weeks before Christmas, Nichole Payne was shot in the head with a 30/30 rifle inside her bedroom. In the garage converted bedroom her son Taylor was laying partially on the bed with a gunshot wound to the head with the same 30/30 rifle which lay between his legs. Jason Payne, Nichole's husband and Taylor stepfather returned from dropping his child off to school to find his wife and stepson shot. He immediately called 911. The initial analysis determined that a murder-suicide occured and Taylor was the shooter. However, were investigators determined to make Jason Payne the suspect of a double murder? Did they clearly manipulate evidence and fail to request or purposely exclude DNA testing on the murder weapon? Did the state make claims that Jason Payne attempted to wipe clean the murder weapon when it was clearly not the case? Tune in this Wednesday as our guest will be Jason's mother Faye, his sister Melisa and Dick Blanchard of Advocates for the Wrongfully Convicted
Don't Mess With Texas, The Jason Payne Case 07/25 by The Other Side of Justice | Blog Talk Radio

Frequently Asked Questions about the Jason Payne case read more here
The Wrongful Conviction of Jason Payne Website here
Jason Payne on Face Book here

2015-05-26T18:59:00.002-07:00