The True Story of How a Series of Lies Sent an Innocent Man to Prison
Cleveland Sanford and Wilcox When I interviewed Cleveland Sanford, I asked him what he would have done if he had known about Ronelle Wilcox’s service with CASA. He said, “I wouldn’t leave somebody that was a CASA volunteer on a child case. I mean, I just wouldn’t do it…unless I didn’t have any other options.” …
Ronelle Wilcox and CASA Let’s look at the courtroom floor plan again. When Sanford asked his question about CASA there were seven out of ten potential jurors remaining on the front row. Juror #1 was gone, and so were #3 and #7. Ms. Wilcox had one empty space on her right and another on her …
Take a look at this courtroom floor plan image. It’s a seating chart of where the remaining 64 prospective jurors were sitting after their jury cards were shuffled. In the court transcript, they were referred to mostly by number from that point forward. After the break, Hawes explained the results of the shuffling to …