Tag: law
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The Ex Parte Order
We found some interesting items when we accessed the case files during our stay in Los Angeles. Because of that, we’ve been able to add more insight into the work already done, whether that is regarding the time Maria Hernandez really saw her attacker (spoiler: it wasn’t eight seconds, it was two) or the statement…
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A Bit More Ballistics Bollocks
“Robinson was the last of three law enforcement firearms examiners to evaluate the general rifling characteristics of the ballistics evidence. Yet the two other examiners, who did not reach entirely the same conclusions, were not called to testify at trial. For example, in the report prepared by Robert Christansen on March 28, 1985, he concluded…
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The Letter
As you know, during our trip to Los Angeles, we gained access to the court files held in the basement at the Hall of Records. There are nine volumes. On going through the first volume, we came across an original letter written by Richard, in 1986, from LA County Jail to Judge Dion Morrow, who…
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Spill-Over
This post will concentrate specifically on Claim 20 of the Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed in 2008: the trial court’s denial of the motion to sever unrelated incidents. Facts: On September 30th, 1987, Richard’s counsel moved to sever counts compromising of fifteen incidents: forty-three charges and nineteen special circumstances. The grounds given were: They wanted…
Expendable For A Cause. 