Wrongful Convictions

The Italian judge who acquitted Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito in 2011 is speaking out in their defense. On October 3, 2011, appeals court Judge Claudio Pratillo Hellmann, presiding over a crowded courtroom, confidently declared that Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were innocent, stating the two had absolutely nothing to do with the murder of Meredith Kercher. Hellmann’s decision gave …

This week, Injustice Anywhere highlighted our featured cases , giving an up to date review of each case. In recent months we have had one featured case end in success, and we have added two new featured cases.  Michelle Ravell from Justice4Kirstin  joined us to give the update on Kirstin Lobato’s case and Tam Alex from the Committee to Free Jamie Snow joined us to discuss …

RULING BASED ON THE STATEMENTS OF CURATOLO AND OF RUDY GUEDE!!!! THE BLADE BECOMES “31 CENTIMETERS LONG”!!! ON IT NOW: “THE DNA OF MEREDITH KERCHER AND RAFFAELE SOLLECITO”!!!!!! Kercher killed for “personal reasons of instantaneous type”!! BONGIORNO: “AT LEAST TEN ERRORS PER PAGE.THIS RULING WILL BE CERTAINLY ANNULLED IN ROME” Florence, 29 April 2014 “Thinks this court that an alternative …

As it turns out, the US Department of State does have a staff of lawyers after all.   No fewer than 175 of them are busily working their brains to the bone right now in the State Department’s “Office of the Legal Adviser” in Washington, DC.  Not only that, but according to their website, these lawyers are among the very best …

Injustice Anywhere Radio recently discussed the Charles Erickson case with Charles’s attorney Laura O’Sullivan and his mother Marianne Erickson. Charles Erickson and Ryan Ferguson were wrongfully convicted in 2005 for the 2001 murder of Columbia Daily Tribune sports editor Kent Heitholt in Missouri. There are no witnesses, no physical evidence, no DNA, no motive, in fact nothing tying either of them …

Injustice Anywhere Radio recently discussed the death penalty with death row exonerees Sabrina Porter and Derrick Jamison. Sabrina Butler Porter was a Mississippi teenager who was convicted of murder and child abuse in the death of her nine-month-old son, Walter. She was sentenced to death in 1990. She was later exonerated of all wrongdoing and was released in 1995 after spending …