Judge Sherry Stephens and Prosecutor Juan Martinez  Phoenix, AZ —Let me begin by saying I’m not now nor have I ever been retained as the defense investigator for  Jodi Arias .   I’m not her friend or one of her supporters.   I have however been greatly alarmed by the conduct involved with her journey through the Arizona criminal justice system. How the Arias case became such a high profile circus defies all logic. This was a no more than passionate event of one lover killing another.   This is not really unusual as homicides go.    How this became a Capital First Degree Murder Case makes no sense to me at all.   Had there been financial gain involved I may have supported a murder charge. Arias has already been behind bars for over six years and has served adequate time for a more realistic crime such as Manslaughter.   She’s been convicted of Capital Murder and now a second jury is going to be wangling with her punis...

Ruben "Hurricane" Carter dead at 76 Toronto, Canada — He was one of seven siblings raised in poverty.    Ruben “Hurricane” Carter had a troubled youth filled with police, jail, courts and prison.  He somehow found salvation and money as a champion boxer until his new life came crashing down. Carter’s troubled past kept him on the police radar as a “usual suspect” and he was arrested and twice convicted for a New Jersey triple murder.  Finally in 1985 after some 20 years in prison Carter finally won his freedom from the wrongful conviction. Carter left the nation that failed him in seeking justice for Canada.  He spent the rest of his life speaking, advocating and investigating on behalf of Death Row inmates.  Carter created and chaired a foundation for the wrongly convicted.  Carter and Willoughby courtesy New Times I met and chatted extensively with Carter in Phoenix when he came there on behalf of former Death Row inmate...

Phoenix, AZ —A jury convicted Jodi Arias of Capital Murder.   She now faces sentencing and her lawyers are frantically trying to save her life.  I have gotten several requests from sincere readers to reinvestigate the Arias case.  None of them have come with the necessary retainer to allow me to help out.   The case is somewhat problematic since Arias had changed her story to police and juries rarely will forgive what they believe to be lies, especially by the accused.   I can tell you that many innocent defendants fib to police all the time out of absolute desperation.  It is more about fear and the instinct for survival that anything else.   I know that the trial was beyond troubling because the jury was bombarded with outrageous outside influences from the massive media circus.  Her trial was a lot of things but fair was not one of them.  Members of the Mormon community pulled out all the stops in effort...