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Production on the TV series “Justice On Trial” will begin this fall. The half-hour program's premier air date is TBA. Each episode in the series will feature a case of someone who has been wrongly charged or convicted. |
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"Sunshine is the best disinfectant"
Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis |
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A VIRTUOSO OF FALSE EVIDENCE, orchestrated by Los Angeles Homicide Detective, Mark Lillienfeld
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This highly respected L.A. homicide detective, a veteran of over 20 years and more than 100 cases, has falsified, fabricated and tampered with evidence and witnesses with such aplomb and to such an extraordinary extent in the Thompson murder case that he could have only drawn upon past experience to accomplish what Goodwin's defense attorney, in Orange County, filed with Lillienfeld's superiors and L.A. Internal Affairs.
Jeffrey Benice, Goodwin's defense attorney in the Orange County case against Goodwin, now dismissed, filed this letter and report with L.A. Internal Affairs. This report covers only a small percentage of the documented incidences of misconduct by Detective Mark Lillienfeld.
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JUSTICE ON TRIAL HAS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED ACCEPTANCE OF NEW CASES DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF CASES NOW UNDER REVIEW |
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Justice On Trial is a non-profit corporation; tax exempt status has not been finalized.
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 THE CSI EFFECT:
A relatively new problem with justice in America has recently emerged. Most of what the public knows about the legal system comes from media reporting and the pseudo-documentaries that purport to depict law enforcement realistically. Known collectively as the “C SI Effect,” the phenomenon affects not only trials but also the public's perception of what happens in criminal investigations.
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“ACTUAL INNOCENCE” --- IRRELEVANT TO THE COURTS?
Probably not. Former Live Oak, Florida resident, Roy Wilford Minton, in the 14 th year of a life sentence for a crime he claims he did not commit, submitted to an extensive polygraph test in March. Dr. Rovner, one of the top five polygraph examiners in the U.S., confirmed Minton's claim of innocence: " After reviewing, analyzing and evaluating the polygraph test, there is no doubt in my mind that Mr. Minton was telling the truth when he denied sexually molesting his stepdaughter." .
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THE JUSTICE PROJECT CAMPAIGNS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
The primary causes of wrongful convictions can be corrected with simple, practical reforms. The Justice Project's National Agenda advances eight key reforms for increasing fairness and accuracy in the criminal justice system. Visit The Justice Project - The CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMER- 2007 |
A DECLARATION OF GUILT! - The PROSECUTION OF MICHAEL GOODWIN
Case Overview
The prosecution of Michael Goodwin is a vigilante action by Goodwin's enemies who have successfully meted out their own misguided “justice” through law enforcement and government for nefarious motives.
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NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR CRIMINAL ACTS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT /PROSECUTORS
Who pays when a wrongful conviction takes place?
Can prosecutors and/or law enforcement EVER be held accountable for their criminal acts, no matter how outrageous their behavior, when in pursuit of conviction, even it is a WRONGFUL CONVICTION.
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Mickey Thompson’s sister posted a $1 million mega-reward in 1998. Before the announcement of the reward on several national TV programs, no “witnesses” came forward regarding the “death threats” that she had alleged were being made to her brother by Michael F. Goodwin. More than 10 years after the Mickey Thompson murder but just hours after the announcement of the unprecedented reward, dozens of leads poured in. Detective Mark Lillienfeld fielded most of the calls, interviewing potential witnesses. Using false evidence and some of the call-ins. Lillienfeld had Goodwin charged with the Mickey Thompson murders in 2001. The case was dropped when the false evidence was exposed, eliminating Orange County ’s jurisdiction, since the shootings occurred in L.A.
From The New York Times
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In Brooklyn , New York , for only a $1,000 reward, one witness was responsible for two men being wrongly convicted and imprisoned for 14 years.
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ANATOMY OF A WRONGFUL CONVICTION:
Judge Teri Schwartz, the judge who had presided over the Thompson murder trial, seemed detached from the dire verdict, yet, it was her extraordinary, obvious bias and obtuse rulings that fed L.A. ’s conviction machine and secured a surprised Patrick Dixon his umpteenth guilty verdict. At about 11:30 AM on January 4th in the Pasadena courtroom where the Thompson murder trial had played out over 5 weeks, . Judge Teri Schwartz read the verdict, “Guilty,” as though she was describing the daily special to hungry diners, mechanically, cavalierly
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THE CONVICTION OF RONALD RUHL
A case study in wrongful conviction
Convicted of murdering a man he never met nor seen in his life,
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THE REALITY "SPEEDY TRIAL" = QUICK CONVICTION
IS A “SPEEDY TRIAL” CONSTITUTIONALLY GUARANTEED? The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says: “ In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed…” These guarantees ''are the most basic rights preserved by our Constitution;'' fundamental liberties
embodied in the Bill of Rights. The due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment makes them applicable to all States.
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