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Desiree Ann Shaw was convicted of murdering her husband Eddie Royce Shaw, Sr. at their home on August 11, 1996. Analytical Synopsis of the Case Desiree Ann Shaw’s story deserves a serious look at her claims of actual innocence. Desiree presents clear and convincing evidence that was either not disclosed or not presented to the jury for various reasons beyond her control. New evidence discovered post-conviction and favorable evidence that was not presented at trial demonstrates that Desiree probably did not engage in the conduct for which she was convicted. In this situation, there was no conduct engaged in by Desiree that violated criminal laws.Read More →

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Introduction This criminal case is an example of potential mistaken eyewitness identification. It was the only evidence produced at trial. Around 19:15 P.M. on November 23, 1993, two (black) men in ski masks, jumpsuit, and gloves entered the Helzberg Diamonds store in the Irving Mall, Irving, Texas, smashed a jewelry glass case with a sledgehammer, took the jewelry (several tennis bracelets) and ran out. A bystander, Michael Selheim, chased the thieves to the getaway car in the darker mall parking lot. Selheim is the only eyewitness who picked Toriano Pitre’s photo from a photo line-up, but his statements made to police and later during trialRead More →

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Introduction On August 13, 1995, a 12-year-old girl by the name of Jessica Arenas was shot to death at the “Horseman Park”  in Reno, Nevada, when two rival gangs clashed. I (nick name “Little Boy”) left my house to go to the Neil Road Park (this was the park where most members from MS (Mara Salvatrucha) – a street gang – hung around with me being one of the members). I took bus number 7 (from Stead to Downtown Reno, Nevada) at approximately 3:00 pm. Once in Downtown I was going to get on bus number 9, which passed by the Neil Road Park. As I wasRead More →

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Introduction Cornelia Elizabeth Young is the victim in this case. She goes by Connie. Kevin Fitzpatrick stated the following below on August 1st, 2005. Connie’s Statement #1: Connie testified that we met at the bar on July 3rd, 1992. She gave me a ride to my hotel room. We talked in the car for about 20 to 30 minutes about going swimming. She said that she was deathly afraid of the water but decided to go anyway. She said we went into the room, she had a “broken zipper and was not wearing a bra”, so she went into the bathroom to put on oneRead More →