Defrosting Cold Cases

New Hampshire’s Sullivan County Superior Court Judge Marguerite Wageling heard arguments on David McLeod’s bail request last Sept. 7, 2010. She issued a ruling last Friday, writing that the state met the requirements for keeping McLeod in jail, but at the same time, she also ordered a second hearing. The state was required to show that the proof [...]

Paul Cutler is an Australian barrister. He is admitted to practise at the New South Wales Bar. He has a commercial practise with specialties in corporate insolvency and bankruptcy. Paul is a member of the Edmund Barton chambers and is a registered migration agent (0101077). His complete profile on LinkedIn is here. Apart from the challenges of [...]

The inquiry into the Willingham case will be held in his courtroom on Oct. 6-7, but Judge Baird said that it could be extended if necessary.  Supporters of Cameron Todd Willingham hailed the Austin district judge’s decision last Monday to open a two-day court of inquiry next month. He will determine whether Willingham was wrongfully convicted and [...]

Author Ian Wishart has named Detective Sergeant Len Johnston as suspect in the murders of Harvey and Jeanette Crewe. Johnston was a detective who played a pivotal role in the police investigation into their deaths. Johnston passed away in 1978. The accusation has created an uproar amongst those who knew Johnston personally and professionally. It has also sparked a bitter attack [...]

Lawyers for Cameron Todd Willingham, executed for the 1991 arson murder of his three young daughters in Corsicana, today petitioned a judge in Travis County to consider whether Willingham was wrongly convicted. The lawsuit was filed by lawyers for Willingham’s relatives this afternoon with state District Judge Charlie Baird, who last year issued the state’s [...]

PBS Announcement: FRONTLINE INVESTIGATES WHETHER THE STATE OF TEXAS EXECUTED AN INNOCENT MAN   FRONTLINE Season Premiere Death by Fire Tuesday, October 19, 2010, at 9 P.M. ET on PBS www.pbs.org/frontline/death-by-fire www.facebook.com/frontlinepbs Twitter: @frontlinepbs Did Texas execute an innocent man? Several controversial death penalty cases are currently under examination in Texas and in other states, [...]

A St. Louis County jury convicted Gerald Carnahan of first-degree murder and forcible rape on Thursday afternoon for the death of Jackie Johns 25 years ago in Greene County, MO.  Barring a successful appeal, the 52-year-old man will spend the rest of his life in prison. The murder conviction carries a mandatory sentence of the rest [...]

Dutch police have been digging behind the farm where they were hoping to find the remains of Willeke Dost. However, nothing has been found. The police indicated that they have not changed their minds on who the main suspects are. In 1992, the theory was that most likely Willeke had run away but now police think [...]

The fate of accused murderer Gerald Carnahan of Springfield, MO,  is now up to 12 jurors.  Closing arguments in his trial ended about 11:45 a.m. today. Carnahan is charged with killing Jackie Johns, 20, of Nixa in June 1985 in Springfield, MO. Before closing arguments, St. Louis County Circuit Judge Michael Jamison read legal instructions to [...]

On the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of Tamara Chipman, one of many women to go missing along B.C.’s “Highway of Tears, Canada,” police are pleading for help from the public. Tamara Chipman, 22, was last seen on Sept. 21, 2005, five kilometres east of Prince Rupert. She was hitchhiking to Terrace along Highway 16 — on [...]