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Justice on Trial Bloghttp://www.justiceontrial.org/blog/The Latest Blog Entries from Justice on Trial BlogHOPE FOR WRONGFULLY CONVICTEDJustice On Trial a nationally known non-profit advocacy for the wrongfully accused has been approved by American Express’ Members Project for possible funding to assit ...http://www.justiceontrial.org/blog/details.aspx?entry=70Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMTADVOCACY FOR WRONGFULLY ACCUSSED MAY GET FUNDINGOrganizations such as Justice On Trial are frequently the only hope for those wrongfully accused. That the problem has reached critical proportions in the U.S. is evidenced by the ...http://www.justiceontrial.org/blog/details.aspx?entry=69Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Plumas County, California Judges Olney, Kaufman and Pangman conspired with county Prosecutors Cunan and McGowan to wrongfully convict and imprison Joseph Robinson through knowing, willing and malicious violation of his right to counsel and his right to pr...http://www.justiceontrial.org/blog/details.aspx?entry=68Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT JUDGE AND PROSECUTORS KEEP KEY EVIDENCE FROM JURY IN THOMPSON MURDER TRIAL5 YEARS, TO THE DAY, DEFENSE IN MICKEY THOMPSON MURDER TRIAL RESTS: The defense rested yesterday, December 13th, 5 years to the day Michael Goodwin, creator of Supercross racing, was arrested and charged with orchestrating the mur...http://www.justiceontrial.org/blog/details.aspx?entry=67Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMTJUSTICE ON TRIAL TELEVISION INTERVIEWTelevised Interview of John Bradley, Director of Justice On Trial, by John Grover, host of With Liberty And Justice For All. July 27, 2005, Reno, Nevada.<a href=...http://www.justiceontrial.org/blog/details.aspx?entry=66Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMTMichael Goodwin, Wrongfully Convicted of Double MurderIn the Pasadena courthouse, on March 1st, 2007, Michael Goodwin was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences, for the murders of Mickey and Trudy Thompson, by Judge Teri Schwartz. Schwartz denied a motion by the defense for a re-trial, in spite of the...http://www.justiceontrial.org/blog/details.aspx?entry=65Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMTAre Bad Cops Accountable?Apparently, no.Current events provide a graphic reminder of society’s obligation and need to treat our citizens, all of them, fairly and equally under the law. A recent incident, drawn from the pages of the Los Angeles Times begs an answer to ...http://www.justiceontrial.org/blog/details.aspx?entry=64Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMTNo Accountability For Wrongful ConvictionWHO PAYS WHEN A WRONGFUL CONVICTION TAKES PLACE?In light of the current controversy on medical marijuana, here is a classic case of law enforcement/prosecutor overreaching just to get a conviction, then claiming immun...http://www.justiceontrial.org/blog/details.aspx?entry=62Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMTANATOMY OF A WRONGFUL CONVICTIONTHOMPSON MURDER TRIAL ENDS - GOODWIN FOUND GUILTYGOODWIN FOUND GUILTY: At about 11:30 AM on January 4th in the Pasadena courtroom where the Thompson murder trial had played out...http://www.justiceontrial.org/blog/details.aspx?entry=61Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMTTHE ENORMOUS IMPACT OF THE $1 MILLION MEGA-REWARD IN THE THOMPSON MURDER CASE2 WRONGLY CONVICTED FOR $1,000 REWARD: In a Brooklyn, New York, murder case, two men, Anthony Faison, 35, and Charles Shepherd, 38, were convicted in 1987 in the murder of Jean Ulysses, a Haitian livery driver. Their conviction ...http://www.justiceontrial.org/blog/details.aspx?entry=60Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMTTHOMPSON MURDER TRIAL DEFENSE CLAIMS EYE-WITNESSES UNRELIABLE - MURDERS WERE A BOTCHED ROBBERYWednesday, December 13, 2006DEFENSE RESTS: The defense in the Mickey Thompson murder trial, rested this afternoon. Defense attorney Elena Saris presented witnesses who attacked the credibility of the prosecution’s cas...http://www.justiceontrial.org/blog/details.aspx?entry=57Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMTTHOMPSON MURDER TRIAL - A COG IN L.A.’S CONVICTION MACHINEPROSECUTION BIAS: The public believes that in the forum designed to reveal the truth and see that “justice is done,” a trial, that the playing field is level or, if tilted at all, it is tilted toward the defendant ...that the perso...http://www.justiceontrial.org/blog/details.aspx?entry=56Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMTMURDER ON THE LAST TURN From L.A. Weekly MagazineMurder On the Last TurnWritten by PAUL CIOTTI for L.A. Weekly MagazineMickey Thompson was a renowned race-car driver and promoter. Mike Goodwin was the brash, egocentric creator of motocross. T...http://www.justiceontrial.org/blog/details.aspx?entry=50Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMTBOTCHED INVESTIGATION DELAYS THOMPSON MURDER TRIALNEARLY FIVE YEARS TO TRIAL: Michael Goodwin, former business associate of Mickey Thompson, was arrested in 2001 and charged with Thompson’s brutal gangland style murder 18 years ago. The case was dismissed in 2004 on jurisdictional...http://www.justiceontrial.org/blog/details.aspx?entry=45Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT “ACTUAL INNOCENCE” --- IRRELEVANT TO THE COURTS?If a convicted person can show evidence of his claim of innocence, will the courts listen?Probably not. Former Live Oak, Florida resident, <a href=http://www.iippi.org/inmates/florida/roywilfordminton.html? target=...http://www.justiceontrial.org/blog/details.aspx?entry=40Tue, 23 May 2006 00:00:00 GMTBUNK JUSTICEWITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALLTelevised Interview with John Bradley from <a href=http://www.justiceontrial.org targ...http://www.justiceontrial.org/blog/details.aspx?entry=37Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMTTHE REALITY “SPEEDY TRIAL” = QUICK CONVICTIONBy John J. Bradley, Director, Justice On TrialIS A “SPEEDY TRIAL” CONSTITUTIONALLY GUARANTEED?The Sixth...http://www.justiceontrial.org/blog/details.aspx?entry=34Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMTDana Parsons’ January 4, 2004 ColumnDA Can’t Afford to Lose More CredibilityDana ParsonsJanuary 4, 2004If ever a district attorney needed a credibility transfusion, it’s Orange County’s Tony Rackauckas. I’d start him off with ...http://www.justiceontrial.org/blog/details.aspx?entry=9Mon, 21 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT