Tag: Night Stalker
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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,…
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San Quentin Part 2: Conditions of Death Row
The Death Penalty in America “The question we need to ask about the death penalty in America is not whether someone deserves to die for a crime. The question is whether we deserve to kill.“ – Bryan Stevenson, founder of Equal Justice Initiative The United States is the only Western industrialized nation that practices capital…
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San Quentin Part 1: Ramirez’s Life on Death Row
“San Quentin, what good do you think you do?Do you think I’ll be different when you’re through?You bent my heart and mind, and you warp my soul. Your stone walls turn my blood a little cold.” – Johnny Cash “San Quentin“ Founded in 1852, San Quentin State Prison is California’s oldest correctional facility. Located on a…
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And Justice for All
*images may need desktop viewing for clarity* “After a recess, in another hearing held in the court’s chambers which was held outside of the presence of Petitioner, the court and the parties discussed courtroom security. Trial counsel was concerned that there had been no screening of the members of the public which were coming to…
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A Cloak of Competence
The Woods Report George Woods was a neuropsychiatrist who evaluated Richard at the San Francisco County Jail and San Quentin State Prison, interviewing him on five separate occasions for approximately 14 hours. Woods also spent extensive time observing Richard’s interviews and interactions with his San Francisco defense attorneys, screening LA trial footage, and reviewing his…
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“Cupcake Cindy”
This is another aspect of the Night Stalker case that descends into the realms of the absurd. It is well-known that Ramirez had many admirers during the trial and beyond. One was a juror, Cynthia “Cindy” Haden. Haden started as an alternate juror. According to Philip Carlo’s book, on Valentine’s Day 1989, the female jurors…
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Ballistics Bollocks?
“In one response to a basic question about what the defendant does during the trial, Mr. Ramirez’s irrationality leaks through: “Sit and watch the whole facade – the stupidness of it. You have lay persons giving legal jargon that they don’t go to school for even and pretend to do scientific stuff.” When I asked to whom he…
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Murder in Lake Merced
Peter Pan and his wife, Barbara, lived on Eucalyptus Drive in the Lake Merced area of San Francisco. Around 10 a.m. on August 18, 1985, their son stopped by their home and found Peter Pan had been shot and killed, and Barbara had been brutally attacked and sexually assaulted. The house had been ransacked. Initial…
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Family Matters – Part Two
Note: Richard’s early years have been covered here, detailing his various head injuries, physical and mental problems, and his time in the custody of the Texas Youth Council, so I need not repeat that. Likewise, the influence of his infamous cousin, Miguel, and the associated trauma and violence. Please see the posts indicated for more…
Expendable For A Cause. 