Archive for May, 2017

Please Send Joseph a Birthday Card

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017

photo: jim d’entremont

May 29th is Joseph Allen’s birthday. Joseph is a dear friend and his is perhaps the most tragic case I have encountered. You can read about it here.

Here is Joseph’s prison address. A card from you would brighten his day!

Joseph Lee Allen #A293-486
Grafton Correctional Institution
2500 South Avon Beldon Road
Grafton, Ohio 44044-9802

Thank you!

-Bob

Please Send a Birthday Card to Joseph Allen

Monday, May 22nd, 2017

photo: jim d’entremont

May 29th is Joseph Allen’s birthday. Joseph is a dear friend and his is perhaps the most tragic case I have encountered. You can read about it here.

Here is Joseph’s prison address. A card from you would brighten his day!

Joseph Lee Allen #A293-486
Grafton Correctional Institution
2500 South Avon Beldon Road
Grafton, Ohio 44044-9802

Thank you!

-Bob

The Accusation

Monday, May 22nd, 2017

MARK MAHANEY FOR ESQUIRE

“Katie didn’t know the full story. She knew only what DeAnne had told her growing up: Ray had touched her “inappropriately.” Katie didn’t remember any of the abuse, but DeAnne explained that Katie had most likely buried the terrible things her father had done to her so deeply that she couldn’t access any recollections of them.

“That never felt right to Katie, though. She had long nursed a suspicion that the memories weren’t there because they didn’t exist, and her father had been innocent all along. If that was the case, it meant she and her older brother, Matt, had played a role in putting their father in prison.”

Read the full article. by Maurice Chammah in collaboration with Esquire, at The Marshall Project.

Massachusetts Supreme Court Unanimously Rules in Favor of Victor Rosario

Friday, May 12th, 2017

The National Center for Reason and Justice has been sponsoring Victor’s case since 2007. Our congratulations to Victor, to his wife Beverly, and to two great attorneys, Andrea Petersen and Lisa Kavanaugh.

“Rosario’s appeals attorneys , Lisa Kavanaugh and Andrea Petersen, took on Rosario’s case and produced compelling evidence that advances in fire science and irregularities in Victor Rosario’s confession while going through alcohol withdrawal showed Rosario was entitled to a new trial in the interest of justice.”

Read the full article in the Tewksbury Patch.

Prisons for Profit and Other Perversions of Justice

Friday, May 5th, 2017

One truth that I have learned is something that I wrote in a recent post: “Beneath every story is another story that brings light to what is on the surface.” This is true in the story of every prisoner I have met. There are evil people in prison. There are some who should never again be entrusted with freedom beyond these stone walls, but they are a small minority. For the vast majority of prisoners I have met, restoring justice to their lives and restoring their freedom is a singular goal. The problem is that there is very little that happens in a one-size-fits-all prison that helps bring that about, and there is a lot in prison that actually works against it.

Read the blog post by Father Gordon MacRae, an innocent man in prison.