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Archives for April 2012

The Justice Gap on Wrongful Convictions

April 27, 2012 By Alice

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Kim Evans wrote an excellent summary for the Justice Gap about the Criminal Appeal Lawyers Association (CALA) conference on Wrongful Convictions from last week. I quote: “At our Justice Gap debate, Francis FitzGibbon QC, of Doughty Street Chambers, kicked off proceedings by asking why should anyone care about the wrongly convicted.” Do we still care or do we […]

Filed Under: Miscarriages of Justice Tagged With: Hawley Harvey Crippen, the Justice Gap, UK, Wrongful Convictions

Recap #cclivechat April 27, 2012

April 27, 2012 By Alice

Gavin Ward continued his chats on blogging, Google + and SEO. Gavin dove into Pinterest and the changed T&C that worried folks and hindered some from signing up. A lot has changed so you might want to explore it. We talked about DuckDuckGo and if you never tried this search engine, you should! It shows different […]

Filed Under: #CCLiveChat Tagged With: cclivechat, Gavin Ward, UK

The 1985 cold case of Lisa Cay Kroeyr

April 26, 2012 By Alice

Lisa Cay Kroeyr

Lisa Cay Kroeyr (22) from Saginaw, Michigan, was found drowned, partially clothed, and her hands were bound before she died. Two divers from the Saginaw Area Water Rescue and Recovery Team pulled Lisa’s body from the river. She was floating face-down about 100 feet south of the bridge. Lisa was dressed from the waist up in […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, drowning, Forensics, Lisa Cay Kroeyr, Michigan, Saginaw

Zeigler: evil killer or parent-to-be?

April 25, 2012 By Alice

Zeigler: evil killer or parent-to-be? Something has been bothering me immensely in the Zeigler case. I know, many things bother me in this case! But this is something I have not blogged about before. It is about the life term insurance policies and Zeigler’s bank accounts. It has been stated over and over again that […]

Filed Under: Zeigler Tagged With: Capital Punishment, Faulty Evidence, Florida, Prosecutorial Misconduct, William Thomas Zeigler, Wrongful Convictions

Is this the car that killed Karen Caughlin?

April 25, 2012 By Alice

Karen Caughlin

A 1970 Plymouth Road Runner, could this be the car that killed Karen Caughlin? The paper Sarnia This Week wants to know. Several people have wondered about this. They remembered that they used to own a car just like that. So they called Crime Stoppers and waited. When nothing happened they went to the authorities. Nothing […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, Canada, Crime Scene, Evidence, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Karen Caughlin, Police, Sarnia

Recap #cclivechat April 20, 2012

April 20, 2012 By Alice

sum it up #cclivechat

A #cclivechat not to forget! We discussed a difficult topic with a novel way to try and help the authorities catch the bad guys: child molesters. Gary Lee Walters discussed having a database in which the backgrounds of child abuse images are filed and made available to the public in hopes that someone recognizes the […]

Filed Under: #CCLiveChat Tagged With: Crime Scene

Cops in action: Barton & Ivy

April 17, 2012 By Alice

Bad Luck Detective

Cops in action: Barton & Ivy. I finished reading two powerful books by two cop authors: Chad Barton and Suzie Ivy. If you are into law enforcement, you will like them both. Barton’s book “the Goodbye Man” features a gorgeous German Shepard, Sadie, who accompanies her boss Jack Steele wherever he goes. Jack, a retired cop […]

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Book Reviews, Chad Barton, Suzie Ivy

Zeigler, Part XXI: Legal Consequences

April 13, 2012 By Alice

Zeigler, Part XXI: Legal Consequences of the false arrest report and the lies told by Detective Frye under oath? We have to go back to the initial trial when Mr. Zeigler was defended by Mr. Ralph V. Hadley, III. Mr. Hadley started the Zeigler trial from the assumption that the documents he had received were […]

Filed Under: Miscarriages of Justice, Zeigler Tagged With: Capital Punishment, Death Row, Florida, Miscarriage of Justice, Prosecutorial Misconduct

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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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