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May 26th, 2011
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May 23rd, 2011
Another outrageous case from Texas, the Massachusetts of the south: http://www.texasmonthly.com/2011-06-01/webextra2.php
-Bob
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April 19th, 2011
Two of the Ohio Supreme Court Justices actually changed their minds on their earlier Smith-Allen decision.
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/04/ohio_supreme_court_upholds_dec.html
-Bob
Posted in Innocents, Smith/Allen | Comments Off on Two Justices Dissented
Friends of Justice is a personal blog. Here I speak only for myself.
April 19th, 2011
http://morningjournal.com/articles/2011/04/19/news/doc4dad9d4ed862e669890063.txt
This is not a setback — this was the result expected by all parties. No one seriously thought the high court would reverse itself. But the motion for reconsideration bought some time.
Smith’s attorney (with assistance from the Ohio Innocence Project) evidently has a new-trial motion to file at the resentencing hearing. Joseph’s attorney has not indicated his plans.
I suspect that the prosecutors would just like to see the case go away at this point. I think justice will eventually prevail.
-Bob
Posted in Innocents, Smith/Allen | Comments Off on Ohio Supreme Court Refuses to Reconsider Smith-Allen Decision
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April 18th, 2011
Posted in Innocents, Smith/Allen | Comments Off on Cleveland Plain Dealer on the Smith-Allen Case
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April 4th, 2011
Dear Friend of Justice,
Barbara Lenk wrote the terrific unanimous appellate decision in the Bernard Baran case. Another of the Appellate Judges, Fernande Duffly, was recently elevated to the Supreme Judicial Court by Patrick. Lenk just be confirmed by the Governor’s Council. (The Governor’s Council is a holdover from pre-revolutionary Massachusetts, created to appease colonialists who wanted a check on the powers of the Royal Governor.)
Patrick had previously also elevated Francis Fecteau, the judge who threw out Baran’s conviction, to the state Appellate Court.
According to radio station WBUR, Massachusetts Bar Association Chief Counsel, Michael Healy, cited Lenk’s work in the Baran case as particularly distinguished.
-Bob
Posted in Baran, Innocents | Comments Off on Second Baran Judge Nominated to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
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March 17th, 2011
Posted in Innocents, Smith/Allen | Comments Off on Another Bizarre Twist in the Smith/Allen Case
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March 4th, 2011
Cleveland’s Scene magazine has an interesting article about the Lorain, Ohio police department and the ex-cop (Joseph Montelon) who supplied the media with the Joseph Allen lineup video.
-Bob
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February 15th, 2011
Posted in Innocents, Smith/Allen | Comments Off on Reason Magazine on the Smith/Allen Case
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February 13th, 2011
Posted in Innocents, Smith/Allen | Comments Off on An Editorial Today Supporting Justice for Smith and Allen