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The Magazine for the Wrongly Convicted The Magazine for the Wrongly Convicted Files $100 million lawsuit based on new evidence prosecutors used fake wit- ness to frame him in Florida. See page 3 Shoji Sakurai and Takao Sugiyama Awarded $630,000 for almost 30 years of wrongful imprisonment Murder conviction in Japan for murder. overturned and ac- See page 6 quitted by Austra- Acquitted on appeal lia’s High Court. of manslaughter in See page 9 death of patient in Canada. See page 8 Stalking Conviction Based On Accusing Neighbor Of Pedophilia Tossed On Appeal! Doctor’s Conviction For Breaching Patient Confidentiality Overturned! m Robert Neulander Granted New Trial Because of Juror Mobil Phone Misconduct! Kirstin Lobato Files Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Based On Police Frameup! NY Judge Sylvia Ash Charged With Obstructing Federal Investigation! US Sup Ct Asked To Review Dismissal of Pro Se Civil Rights Lawsuit! Issue 77 JUSTICE DENIED: THE MAGAZINE FOR THE WRONGLY CONVICTED PAGE 1 ISSUE 77 - FallFALL 2019 2019 Justice:Denied - Issue 77, Fall 2019 ISSN: 1937-2388 Table of Contents George Zimmerman Sues For $100 Million After Plot Exposed Prosecutors Used Fake Witness To Frame Him.........................3 Japanese Exoneree Receives $690,000 in Compensation.................................................................................................................6 Mitra Javanmardi Acquitted Of Manslaughter By Canada’s Supreme Court ........................................................................................8 Steven Fennell’s Murder Conviction Based On Weak Circumstantial Evidence Tossed By Appeals Court...................................9 Stalking Conviction Based On Accusing Neighbor Of Being Pedophile Overturned By Kansas Appeals Court..........................11 Doctor’s Conviction for Breaching Medical Confidentiality Overturned by Appeals Court.........................................................12 Justice Denied’s Mobile Device Homepage Is Online!..................................................................................................................12 M. Robert Neulander Granted New Trial Based On Juror Misconduct Of Texting About Case And Doing Internet Research....13 Kirstin Lobato’s federal lawsuit claims murder frame-up by Las Vegas Detectives Thomas Thowsen and James LaRochelle...15 New York Judge Sylvia Ash Charged With Obstructing Federal Investigation Of Credit Union Fraud.......................................17 US Supreme Court Asked To Review Dismissal Of Pro Se Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit............................................................18 Menace To The Innocent: Insubstantial Expert Evidence Endangers Innocent People Accused Of A Crime...............................19 Phantom Spies, Phantom Justice....................................................................................................................................................20 High Fence Foodie – Cookbook Now Available!..............................................................................................................................20 From The Big House To Your House – Cooking in prison.................................................................................................................21 Edwin M. Borchard – Convicting The Innocent.............................................................................................................................21 3rd Revised and Updated Edition of “Kirstin Blaise Lobato’s Unreasonable Conviction” Online................................................22 Ramentastic: Creative Cooking With Ramen Noodles – Cookbook Now Available!.....................................................................22 Message From The Publisher Information About Justice:Denied Prosecutors and police framing innocent people by fabricating or Justice:Denied promotes awareness of wrongful convictions and gaming evidence is documented in many hundreds of cases in The their causes. It provides information about convicted people Innocents Database. George Zimmerman was acquitted by a jury claiming innocence, exonerated people, and compensation in 2013 of murder in Trayvon Martin’s death. Zimmerman recent- awards, and provides book and movie reviews, and reports about ly filed a federal lawsuit seeking $100 million after discovering court decisions, and law review and journal articles related to the prosecution framed him with the false testimony of its star wrongful convictions. witness who posed as Martin’s girlfriend. See p. 3. DO NOT SEND_JUSTICE:DENIED ANY LEGAL WORK! Thousands of people each year die following a treatment, operation, Justice:Denied does not and cannot give legal advice. or drug prescription by a doctor or other health practitioner. Few are If you have an account of a wrongful conviction that you want to prosecuted because it is difficult to establish criminal responsibility. share, send a first-class stamp or a pre-stamped envelope with a Montreal naturopath Mitra Javanmardi was convicted of manslaugh- request for an information packet to, Justice Denied, PO Box ter in the death of a patient in 2008 following her administering an 66291, Seattle, WA 98166. Cases of wrongful conviction submit- intravenous injection of nutrients. On appeal, Canada’s Supreme ted in accordance with Justice:Denied’s guidelines will be re- Court determined she committed no crime. See pg. 8. viewed for their suitability to be published. Justice:Denied Mobile phones have fueled the increasing presence of social media reserves the right to edit all submitted accounts for any reason. in the courtroom. After his conviction for murder, Dr. M. Robert Justice:Denied is published four times yearly. Justice:Denied is a Neulander discovered evidence one of his jurors didn’t just defy trade name of The Justice Institute, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organiza- the judge’s instruction not to communicate about his trial on social tion. If you want to financially support the important work of publiciz- media, but she was encouraged to find Neulander guilty. See p. 13. ing wrongful convictions, tax deductible contributions can be made to: In 2004 Justice Denied described the case against Kirstin Lobato for The Justice Institute a 2001 Las Vegas murder as as a prosecution and police frame-up. PO Box 66291 Almost 14 years later her convictions were overturned and she was Seattle, WA 98166 released from prison. Lobato has filed a federal lawsuit alleging she Credit card contributions can be made on Justice:Denied’s website, was framed by the Las Vegas police and detectives. See p. 15. www.justicedenied.org/donate.htm Judges are rarely prosecuted, but New York Judge Sylvia Ash was Please note: Justice Denied protects the privacy of its donors. so brazen in obstructing a federal corruption investigation that she Justice Denied will not disclose its donors to any third party all but invited being charged for her role in the scheme. See p. 17. without presentation of a valid legal process. Hans Sherrer, Editor and Publisher logo represents the snake of evil www.justicedenied.org – email: [email protected] and injustice climbing up on the scales of justice. JUSTICE DENIED: THE MAGAZINE FOR THE WRONGLY CONVICTED PAGE 2 ISSUE 77 - FALL 2019 fights at his high An eyewitness who came out of his home George Zimmerman Sues school and sus- when he heard Zimmerman’s calls for help, For $100 Million After pended three times saw Martin repeatedly smashing his fists — the last time for into Zimmerman “MMA style.” The wit- Plot Exposed That Prose- breaking the nose ness, Jonathan Good, yelled at Martin to cutors Used Fake Witness of a fellow student stop or he would call the police. Martin he had punched. At didn’t stop beating Zimmerman, and Good To Frame Him As Mur- the time he was sent went into his home and called the police. derer In Trayvon Mar- to Sanford an ex- George Zimmerman in pulsion hearing was Chocking on blood from his broken nose, tin’s Death courtroom after being ac- scheduled after disoriented from having his head slammed quitted on July 13, 2013 Martin tried to hit a into the concrete and with Martin continu- (WSVN 7, Miami) By Hans Sherrer school bus driver. ing to beat him, Zimmerman was able to Martin described grab his legal pistol and fired a single to eorge Zimmerman has filed a $100 himself as a gangster, his Twitter handle stop Martin’s assault. The entire episode Gmillion lawsuit based on newly discov- indicated his affiliation with a Miami street was recorded by 911, and everything was ered evidence a fake witness was knowingly gang, he was a heavy marijuana user, and he heard by the person Martin was talking to at used by prosecutors to frame him for mur- was reportedly dealing handguns to teens. least up to after he began beating Zimmer- der in Trayvon Martin’s death on February man -- and possibly longer. Martin had only been in Sanford for about 26, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. The lawsuit Police Investigation Clears Zimmerman alleges the prosecutors, and family mem- two weeks when at about 7 p.m. on Febru- bers and friends of Martin were involved in ary 26 Zimmerman saw him standing in the Martin’s death was a major national news the conspiracy to frame Zimmerman with rain between two townhouses in The Re- story. an imposter posing as Martin’s girlfriend. treat at Twin Lakes. Martin didn’t live in the He was charged with murder, but the prose- gated community whose residents were be- After an investigation that included the 911 cution’s case was so weak that even with ing victimized by crimes primarily
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