Tag: court case
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Who Defends the Undefended? Part Two: Conflict of Interest.
*Images may require viewing via desktop for clarity* In Part One, which can be found HERE, I examined how unqualified the defence counsel was, how ill-prepared and unorganised they were and how they virtually abandoned Ramirez to his fate. Welcome to Part Two, where we will continue to examine the failings and shortcomings of Daniel…
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Serial Delusions
“A series of crimes involves distinctive features, offences or signature mark to indicate that particular individual likely committed all of the crimes. Distinctive features of a modus operandi include cause of death, type of weapon used, or victim. By definition, a series of crimes requires similarity among the criminal acts; crimes linked together because of…
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Justice, Steve De Prima Style
At the preliminary hearing, Richard was beaten up by court bailiffs. It is unclear what happened, but as an elderly female witness was brought into the courtroom behind him, three bailiffs jumped on Richard and dragged him, still in his chair into the holding cell. Richard was completely defenceless, as he was forced (unconstitutionally) to…
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There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis..
“The publicity in Petitioner’s case contained multiple stories and accounts of facts that Petitioner’s jury was never entitled to hear in the courtroom”
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Anatomy of a Manhunt.
This trial is a joke.. So said an infuriated and frustrated Richard Ramirez during the ridiculous charade that passed for a trial and it’s not hard to see why. This went to print July 30th, 1989. As the jury began it’s deliberation, casting was underway for a TV film called “Trackdown: The Anatomy of a…
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But Whose Cat Was It?
What on earth.. It’s something I briefly mentioned in, this post about eyewitness identification, and this one is particularly odd, to say the least. A 32 year old Arcadia housewife testified at the Municipal Court preliminaries that she had, in fact, seen the accused on 27th June, 1985. “He looked strange to me..” Indeed, very…
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Who Defends The Undefended? Part One.
*Images may require viewing via a desktop for clarity* Unqualified to defend a case of such magnitude. “It is nothing you would understand, but I do have something to say. In fact, I have a lot to say, but now is not the time or the place. I don’t even know why I am wasting…
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The Shoe Prints: Avia, a Cinderella Story
*Some images are better viewed on a desktop due to size and for clarity* “I need not look beyond this room to see all the liars, the haters, the killers, the crooks, the paranoid cowards. Truly the trematodes of the earth, each of one his own legal profession.” Richard Ramirez, taken from transcripts during his…
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Identity Charade
Arrest On the 30th of August 1985, the final police sketch of the man suspected of being the “Night Stalker” was created with the help of Carol Kyle, who had been brutally raped and robbed at gunpoint on the 30th of May. It was the second composite Kyle had assisted with, the first being produced…
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The Monster Under The Bed
“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against.” Malcom X In the summer of 1985, Los Angeles was in the grip of fear from a spate of seemingly random and brutal killings, all committed by one man, the infamous “Night Stalker”. America in the 70s…
Expendable For A Cause. 