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Wrongfully convicted Lapointe cannot be retried

October 3, 2015 By Alice

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Wrongfully convicted Lapointe cannot be retried and was set free on International Wrongful Conviction Day! From the Hartford Courant: “A judge on Friday dismissed the notorious, quarter-century-old capital murder case against Richard Lapointe, a mentally impaired dishwasher who was released from prison when the state Supreme Court said he was wrongly convicted in the brutal death […]

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Filed Under: Miscarriages of Justice, Unsolved Tagged With: Bernice Martin, Connecticut, Dandy Walker Syndrome, Richard Lapointe, Wrongful Convictions

Who really killed Mrs. Bernice Martin?

January 21, 2010 By Alice

Mrs. Bernice Martin

On March 8, 1987, fire fighters were called to the Mayfair Gardens Elderly Housing Complex, Manchester, Connecticut. They found Mrs. Bernice Martin, 88 years old, barely breathing, and badly beaten. She died later that evening in the hospital. To many the case is closed. Convicted for her murder is her granddaughter’s former husband, Richard A. […]

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Filed Under: Forensics, Miscarriages of Justice, Unsolved Tagged With: Bernice Martin, Capital Punishment, Connecticut, Crime Labs, Dandy Walker Syndrome, DNA, Evidence, Expert Testimony, FBI, Finger Printing, Forensics, Ineffective Assistance of Council, Mental Retardation, Miscarriage of Justice, Police, Police Misconduct, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Richard A. Lapointe, Victim, Wiretaps, Witnesses

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