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“It’s not about the conviction or the sentence.”

October 30, 2010 By Alice

Sundeep Bhatia’s observation is one I agree with: “But the request to test the DNA evidence is not really about the conviction or sentence. It’s about the evidence and the possibility that it may shed some light on who the real killer is. Skinner hopes it is exculpatory. But it may be inculpatory. Skinner doesn’t know. And that’s […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Miscarriages of Justice Tagged With: Capital Punishment, Crime Scene, Death Row, DNA, Evidence, Faulty Evidence, Forensics, Henry Skinner, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Rape kits, Wrongful Convictions

Indictment in 1974 Anita Andrews murder

October 30, 2010 By Alice

Anita Elizabeth Fagiani Andrews

Roy Allen Melanson has been indicted for the 1974 murder of Anita Elizabeth Fagiani Andrews: during a two-day hearing earlier this month, the grand jury found there was enough evidence to hold Melanson in connection with the crime. UPDATE: Melanson was found guilty of first degree murder. The hearing, which was held in secret, without […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Solved Tagged With: Anita Elizabeth Fagiani Andrews, California, Roy Allen Melanson

My interview with Natasha Phillips

October 27, 2010 By Alice

The tables were turned today, and Natasha sat down with me for some serious questions. See here, or scroll down! 1: Where did your passion for unsolved/ wrongfully solved crimes stem from? The curiosity started in law school where we focused a lot on police interrogations. During classes my mind would wonder around the question […]

Filed Under: Vidocq presents Tagged With: Cold Cases

BabyBarista “Law and DisOrder”

October 26, 2010 By Alice

Tim Kevan

BabyBarista “Law and DisOrder” a.k.a. BabyBarista and the Art of War is one of the books I grab when the spirits need to be lifted by being transported to a different time. The book is about a pupil barrister who will have to work hard to outshine his fellow pupil barristers in the race for tenancy in chambers. […]

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Book Reviews, Tim Kevan

Latest on the Blakelock Murder

October 25, 2010 By Alice

Keith Blakelock grid AdS

Following in his father’s footsteps, Lee Blakelock is now also a police officer, serving with Durham Constabulary, UK. He was eight years old when his father was killed. Pc Blakelock and his colleague Pc Richard Coombes were attacked during the Broadwater Farm riots in Tottenham in 1985. Coombes  was seriously injured but survived. They were trying […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, Broadwater Farm Riots, Keith Blakelock, UK, Unsolved Homicide

Vidocq presents… Scott Dickson

October 20, 2010 By Alice

Scott Dickson is a crime analyst in central Texas and a former police detective. He publishes The Crime Analyst’s Blog and one day hopes to escape the normal workday world by becoming a hack writer. Scott tweets under the account name @scott_dickson. For DCC, he answered the following questions: 1: What is your most favourite part […]

Filed Under: Vidocq presents Tagged With: Scott Dickson, Vidocq presents ...!

Night Stalker’s DNA confirmed

October 19, 2010 By Alice

Lady Justice: Petition for a Writ of Certiorari denied for Zeigler on May 19, 2014.

The Night Stalker a.k.a. Richard Ramirez terrorized California in the early 80s with a string of rape-murders. His DNA has now finally been retested allowing San Francisco Police to close the case of the 1984 murder of a 9-year-old girl in the Tenderloin. Though the retesting of the serial killer’s DNA was largely a formality — meant simply […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Solved Tagged With: Autopsy, California, Capital Punishment, DNA, Expert Testimony, Forensics, Night Stalker. Richard Ramirez, Rape kits

NYT Editorial on Skinner and DNA

October 18, 2010 By Alice

hank skinner

In my post “DNA: a civil right” of March 26, 2010, I described why I firmly believe that (post-conviction) access to DNA testing for the condemned (in this case Henry Skinner) should not hinge on how formalistic the question to the courts is phrased. It should be implied. Today, the New York Times published an editorial that […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Miscarriages of Justice Tagged With: Actual Innocence, Autopsy, Capital Punishment, DNA, Evidence, Hank Skinner, Henry Skinner, Miscarriage of Justice, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Rape kits, Texas

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William Thomas Zeigler

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On March 31, 2016, an evidentiary hearing was held to request touch DNA testing. On July 18, 2016, Judge Whitehead denied that request.

On November 23, 2016, an appeal was filed with the Florida Supreme Court. On April 21, 2017, the Florida Supreme Court denied the request for touch DNA analysis.

On May 8, 2017 a motion for a rehearing with the US Supreme Court was filed. It was denied November 13, 2017.

In the summer of 2019, the appeal for DNA testing to the Florida Conviction Integrity Unit was denied.

Richard Lapointe

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In March 2015, the Connecticut State Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Richard lapointe. On Oct 2, 2015, International Wrongful Conviction Day, Richard was set free. The judge ruled that he cannot be retried for the 1987 rape-murder of Mrs. Bernice Martin. Richard Lapointe died on Aug 4, 2020 of Covid19 complications.

In 1987, someone killed Bernice Martin. I hope that she will not become a forgotten file.
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