Former Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne Phoenix, AZ —When the 9 th 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 J...

Phoenix, AZ —The penalty phase of the Jodi Arias ended when jurors could not arrive at a unanimous verdict and any and all hope of putting Arias to death is over.   The Alexander family members present were observed both angry and weeping which does not speak well for their character or humanity.    They only sought revenge, pure and simple.  Even the execution of an accused never brings satisfaction or closure for those close to the decedent.  Had Arias received a death penalty it would be decades before it,  if ever was carried out.   This case at best was an obvious manslaughter case at best and Arias already served the maximum incarceration time prescribed by Arizona law. The emotion and rage involved in the altercation was best displayed in the remains of Travis Alexander. The amount of wounds most of them superficial indicated there was an epic fight between Alexander and his killer. The issue of the actual trial that was by far t...

Phoenix, AZ —Okay I’m jaded.   I have investigated so many high profile cases over the decades and have learned one sad thing about them.   Integrity among witnesses, cops and prosecutors quickly vanishes. Being a criminal defense investigator is not like what most people think or understand.   While investigating these cases  I soon found myself trapped in a world of lies.   If I can e xpose the lies my client often goes free! Because of bizarre dynamics, this is anything but an easy task. Let’s begin with a personal statistic I’ve established about my fellow humans.   A full one-third or more of people routinely lie.   As we know most people in fact can’t seem to tell the truth about something as simple why they’re late for work.   If this percentage of people can achieve the same result by lying as telling the truth they will choose to deceive.   It’s best described as a form of narcissism or self-empowerment.   In high pro...

Phoenix, AZ —The defense in the Jodi Arias case has filed a Poison Pill Motion that will end the prosecution of Arias.  She will be set free without as much as a jaywalking conviction! According to the motion the computer belonging to Travis Alexander , while in police custody was tampered with.   Thousands of pornographic files were deleted in a very serious case of evidence tampering. Arias claimed under oath during her trial that she discovered Alexander masturbating while looking at porn images of little boys.  Prosecutor Juan Martinez had repeatedly ridiculed Arias in arguments as a liar saying she made that up.  This is bad as prosecutorial misconduct can get .  There is no other legal remedy now but to send Arias home. I don’t anticipate Arias being held in custody beyond a week or two under the cataclysmic circumstances. What remains are the federal and local investigations into the evidence tampering, violation ...

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...