Thursday, September 28, 2023

Barry Morphew: Colorado: Major Development: His missing wife Suzanne's remains have been found, more than three years after she was last seen, CBS Colorado (Digital Media Producer) Jennifer McRae) reports…"Morphew was last seen on Mother's Day three years ago, May 10, 2020. Her disappearance made national headlines and the investigation was featured on the CBS News show "48 Hours." Suzanne Morphew left behind two teenage daughters and a husband, Barry Morphew, who was not only the prime suspect in her disappearance, he was also charged with her murder. According to the CBI, the remains were located during the course of a search on Sept. 22 and those remains were positively identified as that of Morphew of Chaffee County by the El Paso County Coroner on Wednesday. Investigators were searching in the area of Moffat in Saguache County on an investigation not related to the Morphew disappearance when the remains were discovered. "While this case has garnered attention from around the world, it has touched our community and the sheriff's office deeply," said Chaffee County Sheriff John Spezze in a statement. "We have never stopped our investigation and will continue to follow all leads in pursuit of justice for Suzanne."

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PASSAGE OF THE DAY: " Earlier this year Barry Morphew filed a lawsuit, asking for $15 million saying he was wrongfully charged in his w...

Criminalizing Reproduction: (Attacks on science, medicine, and the right to choose.) A new distinction for Alabama: AL.com. Amy Yurkanin reports in Alabama.com that 'as arrests of pregnant women rise, Alabama leads the way.'…"The number of arrests of women for allegedly harming their fetuses has increased sharply since 2006, and almost half those cases happened in Alabama, according to a new report by the advocacy group Pregnancy Justice. The report followed up on prior research that found 413 criminal cases against pregnant women from 1973 to 2005. The study released today found more than four times that number, 1,396 cases, from 2006 until last year, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Alabama accounted for 649 of those cases, followed by South Carolina with 180, Tennessee with 131 and Oklahoma with 113. Authorities most often use chemical endangerment charges in Alabama, where the state supreme court ruled that a law meant to protect children from meth labs could also apply to fetuses in the womb. “This is the most robust accounting of the criminalization of pregnant people, but it’s by no means comprehensive,” said Lourdes Rivera, president of Pregnancy Justice. “We actually think it’s an undercount, but it’s the most comprehensive baseline that we have.”

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PUBLISHER'S NOTE:   In recent years, I have taken on the    theme of criminalizing reproduction - a natural theme for a Blog concerned w...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Richard Glossip: Death Row: Oklahoma: (Intentional destruction of evidence by the state, inadequate investigation, and much more); Bulletin: His fate may well rest on a 'long conference' meeting of U.S. Supreme Court Justices to be held today (Tuesday, September 26, 2023): As Senior Reporter Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson reports on Bloomberg Law: "Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip is again asking the Supreme Court to take a look at his appeal. A divided court ruled in 2015 against Glossip in his challenge to the method in which the state intended to carry out his execution. This time, he’s saying the state withheld evidence in order to secure his conviction in an alleged murder-for-hire." I will be following: HL;

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The entire story can be read at:  https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/5-cases-to-watch-as-justices-meet-social-media-to-death-penalty ...
Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Marcellus Williams: Death Row: Missouri is set to execute him despite DNA evidence proving innocence—again, writes Political Commentator Jeanine Molloff, on 'Nation of Change' as she sends a chilling message: "Unless we reform this corrupt system, racist politicians will be rewarded with higher political offices–for–”frying a black man.”…"New DNA evidence evaluated in 2017, once again, excludes Marcellus as a suspect. The new analysis techniques, not available at the time of his conviction, are far more accurate than earlier DNA tests, which also excluded Marcellus from the suspect pool. And yet, none of the direct physical evidence backed up by scientific analysis mattered, since to date, the appeals courts have consistently refused to view the evidence in this death row case. Remember, Marcellus Williams was sent to Death Row on zero physical evidence and the suspected suborned perjured testimony of two jailhouse snitches. The story of Marcellus Williams unjust conviction is all about prosecutorial ‘misconduct’, judicial indifference to direct evidence, political ambition of former attorney generals, and the largest elephant in the room–rabid systemic racism."

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PASSAGE OF THE DAY: " St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Felicia Gayle was brutally murdered in 1998, when she interrupted a robbery of h...