tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211838191847298709.post2973349380752328595..comments2024-01-29T12:43:41.867+05:30Comments on Experiences: Innocent Ones Arrested?Gowthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003583120194731166noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211838191847298709.post-41869955938452850712008-02-29T09:40:00.000+05:302008-02-29T09:40:00.000+05:30First of all the pain of missing dearly mother, on...First of all the pain of missing dearly mother, on top of it these charges!!! Take Care annaGowthamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06003583120194731166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211838191847298709.post-6362189318718383172008-01-15T06:38:00.000+05:302008-01-15T06:38:00.000+05:30thank you gowtham for your insight into the rural ...thank you gowtham for your insight into the rural american police. i recently read an innocent man also and heard the epilogue about tommy ward and karl fontenot... my mother was murdered in 2005 and my ex-boyfriend wrote a statement saying i did it and i sat in jail for almost 8 months... thank god the district attorney did not agree with the local sherriffs and i was never indicted and i was released.... truly a horrifying experience and i miss my mother everyday so much... and the killer is still walking free and they have never officially dropped charges on me yet or apologized... which i won't hold my breath waiting for but at least i am free and not behind bars like tommy and karl... well thank you for your article... take care, annaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211838191847298709.post-35538662844316562762007-07-16T22:04:00.000+05:302007-07-16T22:04:00.000+05:30It is unfortunately true that many innocent people...It is unfortunately true that many innocent people are convicted, sometimes by prosecutors who bend the law (often by hiding evidence) to gain those convictions. <BR/><BR/>There is significant documentation of such improper convictions, in a series by the Chicago Tribune, in a study by Columbia Law School, in the book "In Spite of Innocence," and in the marvelous work of Barry Scheck and his colleagues in the Innocence Project.<BR/><BR/>It is a serious blemish on the American criminal justice system that too many prosecutors abuse their power, and get away with it.<BR/> <BR/>My second novel, “A Good Conviction,” tells the story of a young man wrongfully convicted in a high profile Central Park murder, brought about by a prosecutor who knew the defendant was actually innocent and hid the exculpatory evidence that would have led to a not guilty verdict. <BR/><BR/>Several prosecutors and appeals attorneys helped me with the legal aspects of a Brady appeal in New York State, and all of them agreed that what I portrayed was both realistic and all too possible. <BR/><BR/>Readers have found it to be fast paced, exciting, and heartbreaking.<BR/><BR/>You can find "A Good Conviction" at amazon.com page ... <BR/> <BR/>http://www.amazon.com/Good-Conviction-Lewis-M-Weinstein/dp/1595941622/ref=sr_1_1/103-7341421-1865416?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180587686&sr=8-1 <BR/> <BR/>I'd be curious as to your opinion of whether a novel based on truth can be even more effective in drawing attention to the terrible wrongs done to so many people by prosecutors who abuse their power.<BR/> <BR/>LEW WEINSTEINUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13695938897616281366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211838191847298709.post-25032365351394805112007-07-13T06:32:00.000+05:302007-07-13T06:32:00.000+05:30Great Post. May I recommend reading Journey Toward...Great Post. May I recommend reading Journey Toward Justice Author Dennis Fritz. I started my blog after I read his book. Barbara's Journey Toward Justice Blog. Please stop by. Here is something from my blog. <BR/><BR/>Dennis Fritz The Other Innocent Man in John Grisham's Book The Innocent Man.<BR/><BR/>Dennis Fritz writes his own story. Endorsed on Jacket by John Grisham and States on Jacket Compelling and Fascinating.<BR/><BR/>A Companion book to The Innocent Man, Journey Toward Justice by Dennis Fritz. True Crime, Murder and Injustice in a Small Town. Journey Toward Justice is a testimony to the Triumph of the human Spirit and is a Memoir. Dennis Fritz was wrongfully convicted of rape and murder after a swift trail. <BR/>The only thing that saved him from the Death Penalty was a lone vote from a juror. Dennis Fritz was the other Innocent man mentioned in John Grisham's Book. which mainly is about Ronnie Williamson, Dennis Fritz's co-defendant. Both were exonerated after spending 12 years in prison. <BR/>The real killer was one of the Prosecution's Key Witness. Read about why he went on a special diet of his while in prison, amazing and shocking. Dennis Fritz's Story of unwarranted prosecution and wrongful conviction needs to be <BR/>heard. <BR/>Read about how he wrote hundreds of letters and appellate briefs in his own defense and immersed himself in an intense study of law. He was a school teacher and a ordinary man whose wife was brutally murdered in 1975 by a deranged 17 year old neighbor.<BR/> <BR/>On May 8th 1987, Five years after Debbie Sue Carter's rape and murder he was home with his young daughter and put under arrest, handcuffed and on his way to jail on charges of rape and murder.<BR/><BR/>After 10 years in prison he discovered The Innocence Project, a non-profit legal organization. With the aid of Barry Scheck and DNA evidence Dennis Fritz was exonerated on April 15,1999 Since then, it has been a long hard road filled with twist and turns and now on his Journey Toward Justice. <BR/><BR/>He never blamed the Lord and solely relied on his faith in God to make it through. He waited for God's time and never gave upBarbara's Journey Toward Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09888004395206383450noreply@blogger.com