The True Story of How a Series of Lies Sent an Innocent Man to Prison
My brother, Steve, was convicted in 2006. Part of my argument in the book has been that prejudice against people accused of sex crimes, especially against children, runs so high that it’s difficult for the innocent defendant to receive a fair trial in Texas. Here’s an interesting blog post from John Floyd, a Houston attorney, …
Over the years I have sent Steve books and subscriptions to magazines (all of which are required to be mailed from a bookstore or the publisher), and have printed and mailed him all sorts of articles (some because they describe legal issues pertinent to his case, and others just because I thought he might find …
We think of facts as being the absolute truth, but are they always? Just look at the political climate we’re in, flooded with “alternative facts,” and cries of “fake news.” This book examines a trial that was based solely on statements made by various parties in the trial (no DNA, no other forensic evidence, and …
I’m fourteen years older than Steve. He was born in 1960, in El Paso, Texas. We had lived there about six years by then, a record for us as a family, we moved a lot. We managed to stay there about two more years before we moved to Deep Springs, also in Texas, to live …