conviction without proof - my friend's son was convicted of murder

Butler Co, Ohio. A friend's son was convicted of murder, the son swears he did not commit this crime although he says he is guilty of many other crimes and has a rap sheet longer than your arm, he is adament that he did not do this murder. He claims that people were paid to lie on him and he has proof of this. I am trying to find a law firm who would look at this transcript and give me an opinion about it. So many people on the stand contradicted what they said and others claimed a different chain of events happened, so how this conviction could even stand is beyond me. He did tell me that they have offered him a appeal, so this is good news but they don't trust the lawyers they have. This is a very interesting case, a call came into the police station stating this guy's wife shot him. the night of the shooting. They interviewed her and let her go. This never came into court, this came out after he was convicted. This kid was tried and convicted before the trial began because of his history. They kept referring to his tatoo's of gun's, he feels this is what the jury saw and made them predjudice to the case right from the start. He said he didn't like guns, meaning he was nervous anytime someone had one around him, it had nothing to do with what he had on his arms. It may seem like a contradiction to some but not to him. He was infatucated with them when he was young, like 17 but he is afraid of them. These were just images. I think this may be a case of "judging a book with a familiar cover". Just because the judge had seen him before for things like assult doesn't make him a killer. Last but not least, I think this transcript could be very good practice for incoming attorneys with a senior attorney giving the advice..I really feel for this kid as I have watched him grow up, he's only 25 with two children at home and is not capable of murder in my opinion.

[olive]

I would suggest you email the lawyers on the home page here.

Also contact the appellate defender's office.

Check as well if any area law schools or firms may have clinics or aid projects for the community.

[churchlady]

I'm in Arizona, my best friend's son is doing hard time under a murder conviction for which there was no proof and no witnesses, but he falsely confessed to throw off gang retaliation, then he recanted, but the false confession stayed on the table. Is this a Republican Party conspiracy to convict any and all juvenile offenders regardless of the evidence because they did something that they got away with? How many more cases are there around America just like this? This should be the subject of investigative reporting. America sets up these kids in public schools to become delinquents. They get bulllied in school or ignored when they want to learn from teachers who can't teach. A jury should be of their peers and it never is. Their "peers" should be strangers from their own neighborhood and background, but the lawyers on the other side make sure that will never happen. Some of these young men are highly gifted and this system throws them away like they cannot change for the better. This is why it is wrong to take away their right to vote, there needs to be reform in this case: sentencing, jury and prison reform.

[sandyclaus]

Originally Posted by churchlady I'm in Arizona, my best friend's son is doing hard time under a murder conviction for which there was no proof and no witnesses, but he falsely confessed to throw off gang retaliation, then he recanted, but the false confession stayed on the table. Is this a Republican Party conspiracy to convict any and all juvenile offenders regardless of the evidence because they did something that they got away with? How many more cases are there around America just like this? This should be the subject of investigative reporting. America sets up these kids in public schools to become delinquents. They get bulllied in school or ignored when they want to learn from teachers who can't teach. A jury should be of their peers and it never is. Their "peers" should be strangers from their own neighborhood and background, but the lawyers on the other side make sure that will never happen. Some of these young men are highly gifted and this system throws them away like they cannot change for the better. This is why it is wrong to take away their right to vote, there needs to be reform in this case: sentencing, jury and prison reform.

I always find these kinds of posts amusing.

The person CONFESSES, and then decides to change their mind. Unless the confession, and the circumstantial evidence surrounding it, were compelling enough on their own, recanting that confession would not have resulted in a conviction.

[Disagreeable]

So which time was he really lying?