Kirstin “Blaise” Lobato Over 100,000 people have signed a Change.org petition in support of a powerful campaign to free Kirstin “Blaise” Lobato. Lobato was wrongfully convicted in 2006 for the murder of Duran Bailey, which occurred in Las Vegas in July 2001. Lobato came to the attention of the police because of statements she made […]
Amanda Knox Case and The Norfolk Four Highlight Irreparable Damage Caused By Wrongful Convictions
The Norfolk Four Michelle Moore-Bosko was raped and murdered in 1997 in Norfolk, Virginia. Michelle was the wife of William Bosko of the United States Navy. Five men were convicted of the crime. Four of these men, Joseph J. Dick Jr., Derek Tice, Danial Williams, and Eric C. Wilson, were wrongly convicted. Dick, Williams, and […]
Kirstin Lobato Case Gives Nevada Supreme Court A Chance To Do The Right Thing – Finally
Americans were rightly concerned when Amanda Knox was convicted in Italy in 2009 based upon questionable evidence and a bizarre and improbable theory of the crime. But the Italian system permits an appeal and a new court took a fresh look at the case in 2011, acquitting Amanda Knox and correcting the mistake made […]
A Far Cry From ‘CSI’
Written by A.C. Thompson ProPublica This story was co-published with the Los Angeles Times. California Gov. Jerry Brown is considering granting clemency to Shirley Ree Smith, a grandmother convicted in 1997 of shaking to death her 7-week-old grandson, Etzel Glass. Sentenced to 15 years to life in prison, Smith insists she’s innocent. Prosecutors built their case against […]
Amanda Knox: Traveler’s Advisory
Note: As this article is going to press, two important developments in the appeal of Amanda Knox’s wrongful conviction in Perugia, Italy, have just taken place. A group of Italian legislators led by Rocco Girlanda has filed a petition with the President of Italy and the Italian justice ministry requesting an investigation of the conduct […]
To sink or swim: a realization in Sison, Pangasinan
There are events and people that – like lightning and thunder cracking through a still and cloudless day – leave us with the realization that we do not own all the troubles in the world. No matter how much we exaggerate and over-amplify all of our sorrows, somebody else’s woes would simply render our anguish […]