Friday, December 29, 2023

Gail Maney: New Zealand: She has filed an appeal of her murder conviction, having spent 15 years in jail for the killing of West Auckland tyre-fitter Deane Fuller-Sandys, who disappeared without trace in 1989. reports…"On Friday, a recall application was filed, asking the court to retract their 2005 decision to dismiss Gail's appeal against her murder conviction. Investigator Tim McKinnell said there was a range of issue that went wrong in the 2005 appeal. "One of the most obvious is the fact the trial judge from her 1999 trial, who was criticised in her 1999 appeal appeared on the appeal bench in 2005 and we think that is fundamentally wrong," McKinnell said. "There were a range of other issues, we think the court was misled and we think there are some non-disclosure issues as well. So we think that appeal decision is fundamentally flawed and are seeking the court to recall it."

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BACKGROUND: Private investigator Tim McKinnell; A highly regarded, very  experienced, credible  investigator, HL:  " Tim is a leading N...
Thursday, December 28, 2023

Marcellus Williams: Missouri: Petition: Stop the execution of an innocent man: The Innocence Project, in collaboration with the 'Midwest Innocence Project,' notes that his life is at risk for a crime he did not commit - as it pleads for supporters to add their names to a petition to stop the injustice before Missouri makes, "an irreversible mistake."…1. Mr. Williams has been excluded as the source of the DNA found on the murder weapon. On Aug. 11, 1998, Dr. Daniel Picus came home from work around 8 p.m. to find his wife, Ms. Gayle, dead at the bottom of the stairs. She had been stabbed 16 times, and one of their kitchen knives was protruding from her neck. In 2016, post-conviction DNA testing conducted on the handle of that knife detected the presence of male DNA and excluded Mr. Williams as the source. 2. No court has reviewed the exculpatory DNA evidence. In 2017, then Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens stayed Mr. Williams’ execution based on the DNA results from the knife handle. However, no court has been willing to hear this evidence, which has been reviewed and analyzed by three renowned DNA experts who have all concluded that Mr. Williams is not the source of the DNA on the knife handle."

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--------------------------------------------------------------------- PETITION: Stop the Execution of Marcellus Williams, an Innocent Man;  ...

Tammy Bouvette: British Columbia: (Part 2): Victim of a terrible miscarriage of justice she is now seeking an acquittal. Her moving story is beautifully told by Calgary lawyer Clayton Rice. Of particular interest is the role played by Dr. Evan Matshes, controversial former Assistant Chief Medical Examiner in Alberta in the case…"On March 20, 2011, approximately two months before Iyanna was placed in the care of Ms. Bouvette, she was hospitalized at the East Kootenay Regional Hospital for three days for a suspected viral infection of the brain. The clinical records reflected that she presented with “a sudden onset of loss of balance and hypertonia”. She was noted to be “arching and flopping backwards” and diagnosed with post-viral cerebritis. She improved by the time of discharge on March 23, 2011, but still had mild symptoms of ataxia, a lack of muscle coordination and control. The clinical records were never disclosed by the RCMP to the prosecutor or Ms. Bouvette’s lawyer."

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