Comments for The Innocence Institute of Point Park University

Comment on Jordan Brown held responsible for killings by Diana Smith-Loweranitis

Diana Smith-Loweranitis — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:31:31 +0000

This is the grossest miscarriage of justice I have ever seen Judge John Hodge and the Lawrence Counties system of justice is all about trying to get people to confess to thing they do not do and then when they won’t they find a way to railroad them just like they did with this boy.Anyone with a brain knows this boy is innocent and that Judge Hodge did what he did for political reasons to be popular with the victim’s family,he did not do this to get justice for anyone.This man oversees cases for Lawrence County Children and Youth and always rules against innocent parents on behalf of that agency again even when the allegations are unfounded.This type of stuff has to stop at the cost of innocent lives and families being destroyed.

Comment on Deskovic opens office to fight wrongful convictions by Christine Gagne

Christine Gagne — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:11:29 +0000

Hi! I am a friend of Raymond Santana, one of the Central Park 5. I was wondering if you could help with the wrongful conviction of Chad Evans in NH. I became a Chad Evans Wrongly Convicted Committee member in Feb. last year. Chad was given a 43-life sentence for the death of his girlfriends 21 month old daughter in 2000. I saw his story on the news and his pleas of innocence and decided to get on the website mentioned. I have since spent some 3000 hours learning the case and researching. Chad IS innocent! We are making progress as we have met with the NH Attorney General to try to persuade him to re-open this case. We just recently found out that the AG asked the NH Medical Examiner to review the case! This is expected to take months. I was hoping if we put enough pressure on NH that they will see the truth in this case.
Chad’s book was just published in November and is available at Amazon. Here is the direct link: http://www.amazon.com/Eye-Contact-Mysterious-Wrongful-Convictions/dp/0983798524/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332068939&sr=8-1
The website has the original documents of statements, 911 call, police reports, autopsy, etc. Is there anything you can do to help a fellow wrongly convicted man???
Thanks for your time,
Christine Gagne

Comment on Denied: Judge says police didn’t know ‘reckless investigation’ was unconstitutional by Melissa S. Carl

Melissa S. Carl — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:08:31 +0000

This case about Whitley is ridiculous! My sincere thoughts and prayers go out to him. I pray that he receives the monetary restitution he deserves! There is no way to give him back all of the happiness, laughter, freedom or life that he missed out on but he should NOT have to “pay” the rest of life for the wrongful conviction he was handed.

To put an innocent man away for nearly two decades SHOULD have consequences for ALL parties involved! Those who wrongfully convicted him, wrongfully testified against him, and those who did NOT abide by the law when they wrongfully led the jury to sentence an innocent man SHOULD have to pay. Witnesses, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and judges NEED to be held responsible for robbing the innocent of their freedom! It is not them who have their lives sabotaged and how are they not held accountable for the lives they waste of the wrongfully accused?!?!? Who calls our system just and fair???? Not I!!!!

It is NOT constitutional and NOT right! If any of the men or women who were a part of wrongfully convicting Whitley had to ACTUALLY do time in prison for ANY of their wrongful actions that led to Whitley’s conviction then they perhaps would have sincerely thought two or even three times before they had done so! Pennsylvania needs to wake up and revise their laws! Whitley’s attorney (Fisher) should NEVER have been denied the right to seek justice for his client. Whitley had to pay dearly and those in court need to be held at a higher level of accountability. Innocent lives are held in their hands. How do they sleep at night? It sickens me to think about. They sicken me. I pray our judicial systems begins to convict the real lawbreakers and that the innocent are set free every time!

Comment on Rickey Wyatt Released after 31 Years by Patricia Young

Patricia Young — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:35:24 +0000

The prosecutors did not notify the defense that Rickey Wyatt did not match the description of the attacker. I think the prosecutors involved in this cover-up should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Shame on you, prosecutors. Thank God for Barry Scheck and the Innocence Project. Wyatt deserves so much more than any amount of money could ever compensate him for…he lost 31 years of his life. How can anyone move forward after this tragedy?

Comment on Key witness recants testimony by Leigh Hill

Leigh Hill — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:40:12 +0000

This story is extremely similiar to my friend’s story. He wrote to the Innocence Project in Philadelphia but they advised him since he was convicted in Allegheny County to write to Point Park. You will receive his letter shortly. My friend was convicted in 1998 of a murder he did not commit. The “eye witness” says he seen my friend do it but my friend didn’t. He changed his story 3 seperate times on the stand, failed a lie detector test and the coroner’s findings were not what the “eye witness” said had happened. There are no fingerprints, no weapon, no hair..no nothing. My friend has been down for 13.5yrs with absolutely no evidence pinning him to this crime. We desperately need your help. My friend is paying for a crime committed by someone else, a faulty witness who couldn’t keep his story straight!

Comment on Kid in a Crime Spree: How A 16-Year-Old Murder Accomplice Got Out Of A Life Sentence by terry

terry — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:39:18 +0000

i think it is bull how people go to jail for stuff they never did the law needs to do there job anymore it is all about the money it seems some people that dose stuff don’t get anything but the people that really don’t do anything ends up in jail someone has to put a stop to this people going to jail for stuff they never did it is getting crazy

Comment on Judge to be questioned in wrongful conviction case by Mark Hough

Mark Hough — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:07:35 +0000

Its about time..

To many times prosecutors, now turned judges continue to convict innocent people to bolster there positions. They should be held responsible and criminally charged.

Comment on Munchinski is Free by Chris Rolinson

Chris Rolinson — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 01:12:40 +0000

Great work guys. I am proud to be in your company.

Comment on Munchinski’s Release Ordered By Federal Judge by Jon Miller

Jon Miller — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:50:34 +0000

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Comment on Convicted Killer To Get Third Trial by LeeAnn Collins

LeeAnn Collins — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:09:10 +0000

I live Fayette county, Pa where this trial took place. I am appalled and outraged by this act of injustice!!! How do you get a life sentence conviction with no evidence except for a the testimony of an unreliable criminal who was paid to testify???? Why is this guy still sitting in jail??? I have heard stories of the corruption of the criminal justice system here but I can not understand why these prosecuters are not themselves being prosecuted. The 2 names mentioned in this article(Soloman & Warman) are both now judges-very scary!!!!