Wrongful Convictions

(This is the third of ten articles about the Kent Heitholt murder in 2001. Much of the information reviewed for this article was obtained from transcripts of the 2005 Ryan Ferguson trial posted on the Justice for Ryan Ferguson website. There has been talk of a bloody palm print that might identify the killer. However nothing has been found in the released trial …

(This is the second of ten articles about the Kent Heitholt murder with a primary focus on interpreting the physical and other evidence at the crime scene.) Columbia Tribune Sports Editor, Kent Heitholt, was found unconscious and unresponsive in a pool of blood outside his car about 2:26 AM on November 1, 2001. It was readily apparent that his head had been severely …

In an interview earlier this month with CNN anchor/correspondent Max Foster, Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz said this: “The evidence against [Amanda Knox] is very, very considerable.  You wouldn’t know that by listening to the American media that has been saying repeatedly that there’s no evidence against her.  She falsely accused somebody of committing the crime, she created a false …

(Note: This is the first in a series of ten articles examining the evidence available over the internet regarding the murder of Kent Heitholt in 2001. The review and analysis has solely been on behalf of the Kent Heitholt family. The examination did not begin with any assumptions or conclusions of innocence or guilt on the part of any person of interest or prior …

The hilltop city of Perugia, in central Italy, is a microcosm of the adversities that exist within the Italian judicial system as a whole.  It has shown, by example, the tentacles that are wound through the system which are strangling the Inviolable Rights of Italians and foreigners alike.  As American I, too, am fully aware of the intricacies of living …

This is a prelude (supporting documentation) to a forthcoming article on the impetus behind the current momentum driving Italy‘s push for the guilty verdicts of two innocent students for the murder of Meredith Kercher.  Whether you are extremely familiar  with the Amanda Knox case or just curious, may I suggest reading this short and comprehensive overview of the case as …