Justice Denied, Issue 27

Case Based On A “foundation of sand” Enough To Send Man To Death Row - The John Spirko Story. ..........3
Harold Hall Freed! - After 19 Years of Wrongful Imprisonment .............................................................................4
Murder Conviction Based on Impossible Prosecution Theory - The Timothy Thompson Story ..........................4
$1 Million Awarded Milton Lantigua 9 Years After His Exoneration ................................................................... 5
The Exonerated Debuts On Court TV ............................................................................................................................5
Mistaken Identity Leads To False Murder Conviction - The Thomas R. James Story ........................................6
Terrorism Conviction Of 2 Men Tossed - Prosecutor Criminally Investigated For Frame-up .............................7
Juries: Conscience of the Community - Book Review ................................................................................................8
Abuse Victim Swears She Lied to Convict Her Cousin, Jay Van Story ....................................................................8
Prosecutor Indicted For Bribery After Two Men Exonerated of Kidnapping and Rape .........................................10
Captain James Yee Update ............................................................................................................................................11
2005 Innocence Conference ...........................................................................................................................................11
Snitch System Exposed.... ..............................................................................................................................................11
Federal Convictions of Non-Existent Crime Tossed ..................................................................................................12
Two Victims From One Bullet - The Timothy Fonseca Story ..................................................................................12
Tulia Undercover Deputy Tom Coleman Convicted of Perjury ................................................................................13
Lawrence Marshall Leaving Northwestern For Stanford ..........................................................................................13
Murder Conviction Based On A “Buddy” Argument - The Robert Dana Story .....................................................14
Conviction Without Evidence - The Gary Lee Morris Story .....................................................................................15
Steven Manning Awarded $6.6 Million For FBI Agent’s Frame-up .........................................................................15
False Confessions Are Alive and Well in the U.S. .....................................................................................................16
David Allen Jones Cleared 12 Years After Falsely Confessing As Serial Killer ...................................................16
False Confessions Are Wrung From The Mentally Impaired ...................................................................................17
Miranda’s Failure To Protect The Innocent Exposed in False Confession Study .................................................17
69% of Innocent People in Experiment Signed False Confession ...........................................................................18
Wrongful Conviction Lawyer In Hot Water For Criticizing Judges Who “don’t know what they are doing” ... 23
FBI’s Legacy of Shame - The FBI’s Complicity In Framing 4 Innocent Men For 1965 Murder ..........................24
The Complicity of Judges In The Generation of Wrongful Convictions .................................................................25
Kirstin Lobato Update.....................................................................................................................................................25
Article Submission Guidelines and Prisoner Mail Team ......................................................................................26

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Greetings, JD readers,

Welcome to a new edition of Justice:Denied magazine. It marks the beginning of our seventh year of publication. In 1998 a small group of people who mainly knew each other by email brainstormed the idea of a magazine about wrongful convictions. That idea came to fruition when the the first issue was published in January 1999. However it was only possible due to the efforts of many volunteers. JD continues to rely on volunteers since it has no paid staff. On the back page (p. 28) is a list of the almost 150 people who have donated their time as a Justice:Denied staff member, writer or editor from the first issue through this current issue. We thank all of you.

Many thanks to everyone who generously responded to JD’s request for year-end donations. JD does not have a deep-pocketed sponsor bankrolling our efforts. So we depend on our readers for the financial support that enables us to continue to get the word out about wrongful convictions.

We plan some positive changes for the coming year. One is that we intend to make all back issues available on our website in PDF format. That will enable a website visitor to read, download or print a JD back issue in its entirety. All stories from JD’s back issues are currently available for viewing on our website in HTM format.

Blessings to all, on behalf of the entire JD Staff,