PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "I could not believe the Prosecutor when she claimed the only reason they weren’t seeking a retrial of Stephen Stone was because they couldn’t access the 4 witnesses was just jaw dropping. Let’s be very clear here. The Police threatened and bullied the 4 witnesses into giving false statements, that’s what the evidence shows! The Cops purposely manipulated evidence with these 4 eyewitnesses to concoct a case against Stephen Stone. As the very righteous Tim McKinnel who has worked on previous miscarriages of justice makes the point clear…Private investigator Tim McKinnel, who worked on the case, said outside the court on Wednesday that the Crown’s statement was “incredibly frustrating”. “There is no acknowledgement of their own role in these miscarriages of justice, and they gave the distinct impression that they believe Stephen has done something — and that’s outrageous in my view.”
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PASSAGE TWO OF THE DAY: "…pretending the Crown can’t access the witnesses rather than acknowledge their cops stitched 4 innocent people up for 2 murders is appalling and really shows the Crown refuses to admit their cops were corrupt! We collectively locked 4 people up for 2 murders using cops who framed them with false evidence and even when we get caught red handed doing that, the Crown uses technicalities to explain away the case, rather than admit what their corrupt cops did."
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McClintock’s statement had caused “significant harm” to his father and family by “perpetuating a myth” the Crown case was dropped because witnesses were unavailable.
Stephen Stone spent more than 26 years wrongfully imprisoned for the 1989 murders of Deane Fuller-Sandys and Leah Stephens.
In July, the Crown admitted he and three others convicted in connection with the crime suffered a miscarriage of justice. The Court of Appeal accepted a police failure to disclose two key documents led to the miscarriage. Stone’s convictions were quashed in October and a retrial ordered.
Known as the “Larnoch Road Four”, their convictions relied heavily on four eyewitnesses who were given immunity from prosecution and name suppression.
On Wednesday, McClintock told the High Court in Auckland one of the key reasons a retrial couldn’t go ahead was because three of the four witnesses were “no longer available, through a combination of the consequences of the appeal decision, death and witnesses no longer being in New Zealand”.
I could not believe the Prosecutor when she claimed the only reason they weren’t seeking a retrial of Stephen Stone was because they couldn’t access the 4 witnesses was just jaw dropping.
Let’s be very clear here.
The Police threatened and bullied the 4 witnesses into giving false statements, that’s what the evidence shows!
The Cops purposely manipulated evidence with these 4 eyewitnesses to concoct a case against Stephen Stone.
As the very righteous Tim McKinnel who has worked on previous miscarriages of justice makes the point clear…
Private investigator Tim McKinnel, who worked on the case, said outside the court on Wednesday that the Crown’s statement was “incredibly frustrating”.
“There is no acknowledgement of their own role in these miscarriages of justice, and they gave the distinct impression that they believe Stephen has done something — and that’s outrageous in my view.”
…pretending the Crown can’t access the witnesses rather than acknowledge their cops stitched 4 innocent people up for 2 murders is appalling and really shows the Crown refuses to admit their cops were corrupt!
We collectively locked 4 people up for 2 murders using cops who framed them with false evidence and even when we get caught red handed doing that, the Crown uses technicalities to explain away the case, rather than admit what their corrupt cops did.
FFS.
The State is the biggest abuser of human rights in NZ."
The entire post can be read at:
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2025/05/06/the-crown-still-wont-admit-they-framed-stephen-stone/PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue/resource. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith. Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at: http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com. Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog.
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https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/120008354894645705/4704913685758792985
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FINAL WORD: (Applicable to all of our wrongful conviction cases): "Whenever there is a wrongful conviction, it exposes errors in our criminal legal system, and we hope that this case — and lessons from it — can prevent future injustices."
Lawyer Radha Natarajan:
Executive Director: New England Innocence Project;
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FINAL, FINAL WORD: "Since its inception, the Innocence Project has pushed the criminal legal system to confront and correct the laws and policies that cause and contribute to wrongful convictions. They never shied away from the hard cases — the ones involving eyewitness identifications, confessions, and bite marks. Instead, in the course of presenting scientific evidence of innocence, they've exposed the unreliability of evidence that was, for centuries, deemed untouchable." So true!
Christina Swarns: Executive Director: The Innocence Project;
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SEE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE ON-GOING INTERNATIONAL CASES (OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINENTAL USA) THAT I AM FOLLOWING ON THIS BLOG, AT THE LINK BELOW: HL:
https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/120008354894645705/4704913685758792985
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FINAL WORD: (Applicable to all of our wrongful conviction cases): "Whenever there is a wrongful conviction, it exposes errors in our criminal legal system, and we hope that this case — and lessons from it — can prevent future injustices."
Lawyer Radha Natarajan:
Executive Director: New England Innocence Project;
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FINAL, FINAL WORD: "Since its inception, the Innocence Project has pushed the criminal legal system to confront and correct the laws and policies that cause and contribute to wrongful convictions. They never shied away from the hard cases — the ones involving eyewitness identifications, confessions, and bite marks. Instead, in the course of presenting scientific evidence of innocence, they've exposed the unreliability of evidence that was, for centuries, deemed untouchable." So true!
Christina Swarns: Executive Director: The Innocence Project;
