The True Story of How a Series of Lies Sent an Innocent Man to Prison
In my previous post, It’s Even Harder for Innocent Defendants Now, I pointed to an article from a Houston defense attorney about how difficult the situation has become for innocent individuals who have been accused of sex crimes, especially those against children, now that Texas has adopted two Federal rules of evidence (413 and 414). …
A Conversation About Steve’s Appeals Steve usually calls me every Saturday, and we talk for a half hour or so. Recently, we spent much of our conversation talking about the two posts before this one (read Part 1 here and Part 2 here). Here is an abridged version of part of our conversation. I’ll pepper …
There’s legal stuff in this post, so bear with me. I’ll try to make it clear; but, there’s a caveat: I am not a lawyer, so any thoughts I offer in this post, no matter how strongly I may believe it, should not be taken as legal advice. After Steve had been convicted, Emma Barrens, …
Parts of this post were used in Aggravated. Texas v. Munsen – The Social Media Attack On Tuesday, January 29, 2013, the second day of the Munsen trial (the first day Dixon appeared in court), Janice Deal, the Executive Assistant to the Superintendent of the Deep Springs School District, sent an email to about 140 …