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| Former Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne |
Phoenix, AZ—When the 9th
Circuit US Court of Appeals orderd a new trial for Debra Milke it set in motion
her being cleared and freed.
Former Attorney General Tom Horne quickly and very publicly vowed to appeal that ruling boasting he’d
personally argue the case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
After Horne's stepping out on a limb
with his promise to appeal the case something amazing happened. Horne acted on a constituent’s (someone I
know really well) request to take a very careful second look at that case. He did and everything suddenly changed. Horne waived appealing the case sending it
immediately to Maricopa County for a retrial.
Had Horne appealed the case
Debra Milke would have languished another two to three years on Death Row. Milke would have rotted there while the
United States Supreme Court wrestled with a Petition for Review.
This Monday morning at 8:30
AM Judge Rosa Mroz will hold court for the last time on the Debra Milke
Case. She will dismiss the case with
prejudice and exonerate the quarter of a million dollar bail bond that kept
Milke free for well over a year. Milke
will be free and have no criminal history record.
Horne risked the wrath of Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery and those whose support he needed during his most difficult political
time. This ended his political
career. Horne let his conscience and
heart decide the direction he’d take with Milke.
Horne quietly dropped the
appeal in the interest of justice. It’s
not often that a politician will simply do the right thing risking it all.
Tom Horne is an unsung hero
here and will always have a special place in my heart for being gallant while
under fire.
Debra Milke has a lot of
people to thank for intervening, advocating on her behalf and ultimately getting not only her
life spared but getting her cleared of this crime.
There are those that
contributed money for Milke’s legal defense or others that kept her comforted
and sane with many letters while she languished in the worst possible place.
Debra Milke lost the very
best part of her life and nobody can return that to her. She did not deserve the real life horror
story she lived.
Horrible people caused
Milke’s troubles and in the end it was the kind and generous people helped her. The whole thing should never have happened.
It was James Styers and Roger
Scott alone that murdered Milke's child who would be turning 30 soon if he was
still alive. We will never know what Christopher
Milke’s contribution to this world might have been. Perhaps that was even a bigger loss to Milke
than her freedom. Now Milke can mourn
that loss.
I don’t know what Milke’s
plans are now but the choice is hers alone.
She needs to make up for lost time and do it all on her terms. She needs to avoid negativity now more than
ever.
Maricopa County should
quickly come to terms with the lawsuit filed by Milke’s lawyers last Friday
afternoon.
Litigating their massive and cruel blunders for
years will be throwing good taxpayer money after bad. Give this woman the many millions she deserves
and deal with those cops and prosecutors that lie, cheat and steal the lives of
innocent people.
Christopher Milke has no grave but this is where he perished. I shot this video from my camera drone last summer:
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