Category: LOOSE ENDS
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Breaking the Silence
I’m sorry for the lack of communication over the past few weeks. As some of you know, the three of us have been fully dedicated to this project, which led us to take a trip to Los Angeles earlier this month. We’ve just returned and are excited to share our findings with you.During that time,…
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It’s That Time Again
We’re happy to welcome many new subscribers to this blog. You join us at a time when most of the articles have been published, and the flow has slowed up a little as much of what we wished to say we have now published. Our attention has turned to the production of our book, which…
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Richard Ramirez’s Appeals
Direct Appeal – Los Angeles Superior Court People v. Ramirez, No. S012944 (Cal. 2006) 4th October 1999 – This appeal is automatic when a defendant is sentenced to death. Due to many delays and extensions of time, Ramirez’s direct appeal was finally filed, almost ten years to the day that he was sentenced to death.…
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The Night Stalker Case and Wrongful Convictions
Five prisoners have been found innocent and released from San Quentin’s death row, the most recent in April 2018, when Vicente Benavides was released after 25 years. According to The Innocence Project, more than 3,000 people have been wrongly convicted since 1989, highlighting significant flaws in the capital punishment system. Since 1973, 196 individuals have been exonerated…
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You, the Jury
Questioning The word “occult” comes from the Latin “occultus”. Ironically, the trial of an infamous occultist and Satanist is the epitome of the meaning of the word itself: clandestine, secret; hidden. We’ve written many words; a story needed to be told, and we created this place to enable us to do just that.Here, in this space,…
