William “Bill” Dillon was wrongfully convicted in Florida for the murder of forty-year-old James Dvorak in 1981. It would take over twenty-seven years for Dillon to clear his name. The prosecution secured the conviction based on a bloody shirt found at the crime scene and testimony provided by John Preston and his “scent-tracking” German Shepherd. Preston testified in over 100 …
Read More »The Committee to Free Jamie Snow hosts third annual Postcards in the Park event
The Committee to Free Jamie Snow is hosting their third annual Postcards in the Park event this weekend in Bloomington, Illinois. The annual event is designed to bring more attention to the wrongful conviction of Jamie Snow. Jamie Snow was wrongfully convicted in 2001 for the 1991 murder of William Little, a gas station attendant in Bloomington, Illinois. Jamie is …
Read More »Judge that acquitted Amanda Knox claims Italian Supreme Court violated the law when ruling on case
Appeals court Judge Claudio Pratillo Hellmann, is speaking out once again about the Italian Supreme Court’s decision to overturn his ruling in 2011 that declared Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito innocent for the murder of Meredith Kercher in 2007. The Italian Supreme Court overturned the acquittals of Knox and Sollecito in March of this year and ordered a new trial. …
Read More »Amanda Knox reporter Andrea Vogt continues to go to bat for prosecutor Giuliano Mignini
In 2011, I wrote an article entitled: “Amanda Knox and the Architects of the Foxy Knoxy Myth,” that discussed a trio of journalists: Nick Pisa, Barbie Nadeau and Andrea Vogt. All three have often reported in favor of Giuliano Mignini, the prosecutor that secured the wrongful convictions of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito in 2009, for the murder of Meredith …
Read More »Overzealous Detectives and Ineffective Counsel to Blame for Wrongful Conviction of Jamie Snow
Jamie Snow was convicted in 2001 for the 1991 murder of William Little. Little was the victim of an apparent robbery while working as a gas station attendant in Bloomington, Illinois. This was a senseless crime that left an 18-year-old man dead, all for the reported theft of approximately sixty dollars. Snow is currently serving a life sentence without the …
Read More »First Meredith Kercher Scholarship To Be Awarded By Perugia's University for Foreigners
Meredith Kercher, a British university exchange student, was murdered by Rudy Guede in Perugia Italy on November 1, 2007. A scholarship fund was set up in Kercher’s memory by the city of Perugia and Perugia’s University for Foreigners where she was studying at the time of her murder. The first scholarship from the fund will be announced in a ceremony …
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