Owner: Barbara's Journey Toward Justice URL:http://barbarasblogspot.blogspot.com Join Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:08:03 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: After reading "Journey Toward Justice" by Dennis Fritz, I decided to join his Journey. To bring Public awareness of issues. Such as : Wrongful Convictions - Death Penalty - The Exonerated - Faith - The Criminal Justice System and The Innocence Project
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Barbara's Journey Toward Justice Dennis Fritz and Edward Winterhalder Book Expo America NYC 2007 2007-06-09 10:23:00 Jan., 2007, I read DennisFritz
's book "JourneyTowardJustice
" . I was so influenced by this book, I started my first blog, barbarasblogspot.blogspot.com - titled, "Barbara
's Journey Toward Justice". I decided to join Dennis Fritz's Journey to bring public awareness to issues such as:Wrongful Convictions - Death Penalty - The Exonerated - Faith - The Criminal Justice System and The Innocence Project.In the past 6 months I have received hundreds of emails from people all over the world. Last month I received an email from James Riordan - Seven Locks Press the Publisher of Dennis Fritz's Book. Mr. Riordan invited me to the Book Expo 2007 NYC Jacob Javits Center. I answered his email saying, yes, in a few days he sent me tickets. I must say, I was very excited to get to meet and talk with Dennis Fritz. I will post more about the show and my meeting Dennis Fritz at a later date. I had a wonderful time, Dennis Fritz is an amazing gentleman with some great stories. There is just so much Read more:Edward
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Dennis Fritz and Alan Gershwin New York Book Expo 2007-06-05 18:41:00 Author DennisFritz
and Alan Gershwin Book Expo 2007 New York CityJacob Javits Convention Center New YorkAlan Gershwin, son of the late great jazz composer and pianist, George Gershwin and Dennis Fritz Author of "Journey Toward Justice" meet. Alan Gershwin stopped by to visit Dennis Fritz at his booth at the New York Book Expo. June 2, 2007. They sat down together and had a small lunch and I am sure, a great conversation.
Karl Fontenot and Tommy Ward Deserve Attention and Need Help - Contact Their Attorney Here With Information or Tips 2007-05-29 17:10:00 After reading a Statement from John Grisham below, I felt a need to help Karl and Tommy
. Authors of blogs and websites, please pass this information along. "Never doubt that a small group of bloggers, the internet and concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it has." Quote Barbara Owens - Barbara's Journey Toward JusticeStatement of John Grisham"It is an intriguing and horrifying story: the story of the dream that got Tommy Ward and Karl Fontenot convicted.Karl and Tommy deserve attention and help.I encourage anyone with any information about this case to send it to their attorney.It is important to learn from this nightmare. It is also important that this nightmare somehow be unraveled."Contact The Attorney
for Ward and Fontenot End of StatementThis is from Ward and Fontenot website;WHAT CAN BE DONEPersons with information about the Denice Haraway homicide may send e-mail to:barrettlawoffice at gmail.comOr write to:Mark Barrett, AttorneyP.O. Box 896Norman, Oklahoma 73070We are
Dennis Fritz and Ron Williamson were exonerated and released in April 1999 2007-05-27 07:18:00 From The Innocence ProjectDENNIS FRITZIncident Year: 1982Jurisdiction: OKCharge: MurderConviction: 1st Degree MurderSentence: LifeYear of Conviction: 1988Exoneration Year: 1999Sentence Served: 11 YearsReal perpetrator found? YesContributing Causes: Unreliable/Limited Science, False Confessions, Informants/SnitchesCompensation? YesDennisFritz
, along with co-defendant Ron Williamson
, was convicted in 1988, in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, of the murder of Debra Sue Carter. Her body had been found six years earlier. Fritz was sentenced to life in prison. Williamson was sent to death row.The twenty-one year old victim had left her waitressing job and was found raped and murdered in her apartment the following day. Fritz and Williamson were known to frequent the establishment where the victim worked. The prosecution presented evidence that the victim had previously complained to a friend that they "made her nervous." Williamson had been seen at the restaurant the night of the murder without F Read more:April
Margaret Mead and Barbara's Journey Toward Justice Quote 2007-05-26 17:52:00 "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret
MeadMy Related Quote
;"Never doubt that a small group of bloggers, the internet and concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it has." Barbara
Owens - Barbara's JourneyTowardJustice
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Truth In Justice Radio Show Hosts Sheila Berry and Ira Robins 2007-05-21 19:36:00 Truth In JusticeRadio
Show is Up and ComingAs part of its educational outreach, Truth in Justice offers a series of radio programs aimed at alerting listeners to problems in the legal system that lead to the conviction of innocent people for crimes they did not commit. Your hosts, SheilaBerry
and Ira Robins, discuss issues that play significant roles in making, reversing and avoiding wrongful convictions. Use the mailto link at the website to contact them with questions and concerns you would like them to address in future broadcasts.Here's the link for the radio show: http://truthinjustice.org/tjradio/radio.htm
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John Grisham and Dennis Fritz Unite On A Journey Toward Justice 2007-05-12 10:05:00 John Grisham
, author of "The Innocent Man", published by "Doubleday Random House" and DennisFritz
author of "JourneyTowardJustice
", published by "Seven Locks Press" Santa Ana, CA have a long term commitment to making appearances related to "the innocence movement" nationwide.Grisham's first nonfiction book, "The Innocent Man" is a bestseller on Amazon worldwide. Dennis Fritz has his first book "Journey Toward Justice" on Amazon and is a bestseller worldwide.The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town, is a chronicle of the Oklahoma case that resulted in the wrongful conviction of former minor-league baseball player Ron Williamson and his friend Dennis Fritz. Once asked whether his book is a kind of social activism, he says: "When I researched and wrote the book, it was impossible not to become indignant and infuriated. And that becomes an activism in itself."Journey Toward Justice: Dennis Fritz tells his side of the story of his unwarranted prosecution and wrongful convi
They Falsely Accused E-Book By Matt Thompson 2007-05-04 16:53:00 Today I receive an email from Matt Thompson
telling me his story, his website and and his E-Book. I told him I would Add and Share it in a post.This is from his website.THEY FALSELY ACCUSED is a book about yet another man wrongly convicted in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. It's more of the same involving the legal system in Ada, as it reflects small-town America. Matt Thompson was convicted at trial of rape (yet acquitted of a second charge) and sent to prison with a fifteen-year sentence.New evidence brought hope for a successful appeal, but that hope died more than five years later with the exhaustion of his appeals. The lack of evidence, police trickery, and shifty stories are disturbingly similar to what happened to the men in THE INNOCENT MAN and THE DREAMS OF ADA. Ninety-five percent of the book was written in the summer of 2000, before anyone knew where Ada was, but finding a publisher has been difficult because there has been no legal exoneration.My goal this year is to self-publ
Book Excerpt From Journey Toward Justice Author Dennis Fritz 2007-04-22 17:09:00 Book Excerpt From JourneyTowardJusticeAuthorDennisFritz
Book Foreword Barry Scheck The Innocence ProjectWhen Dennis Fritz testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of the Innocence Protection Act - legislation that ultimately passed that supports efforts to get post-conviction DNA testing for those claiming innocence - I actually saw tears in the eyes of worldly politicians who for decades had heard an endless stream of moving stories from multitude of witnesses. Among them were Senator Patrick Leahy, Democrat from Vermont and the legislation's sponsor and great champion, and Senator Orrin Hatch, Republican from Utah. Indeed, Senator Hatch said with unmistakable sincerity that he was humbled by what Dennis had to say. I thought that phrase deftly captured what everyone was feeling - a sense of awe that this man could survive and recount his incredible, hair-raising life story passionately, modestly, and thoughtfully all at once. And what a life story it is - the l
Abolish the Death Penalty: Ronald Williamson: dead at 51 2007-03-26 20:11:00 Abolish the Death Penalty
: RonaldWilliamson
: dead at 51The other Innocent Man In John Grisham's The Innocent man writes book. Journey Toward Justice. A Heartfelt Story now Best Seller on Amazon.comJourney Toward Justice Author Dennis Fritz click here On Amazon HereInternational Orders Order Here Journey Toward Justice by Dennis Fritz From Around The World click on here Amazon International Just type in Journey Toward Justice Author Dennis Fritz
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Dennis Fritz The Other Innocent Man in John Grisham's The Innocent Man Writes Book Journey Toward Justice 2007-03-07 09:56:00 Dennis Fritz
The Other Innocent
Man in John Grisham
's Book The Innocent Man.Dennis Fritz writes his own story. Endorsed on Jacket by John Grisham and States on Jacket Compelling and Fascinating.A Companion book to The Innocent Man, JourneyTowardJustice
by Dennis Fritz. True Crime, Murder and Injustice in a Small Town. Journey Toward Justice is a testimony to the Triumph of the human Spirit and is a Memoir. Dennis Fritz was wrongfully convicted of rape and murder after a swift trail. The only thing that saved him from the Death Penalty was a lone vote from a juror. Dennis Fritz was the other Innocent man mentioned in John Grisham's Book. which mainly is about Ronnie Williamson, Dennis Fritz's co-defendant. Both were exonerated after spending 12 years in prison. The real killer was one of the Prosecution's Key Witness. Read about why he went on a special diet of his while in prison, amazing and shocking. Dennis Fritz's Story of unwarranted prosecution and wrongful conviction needs Read more:Dennis
Capital Punishment Survey 2007-03-02 15:59:00 This is a Great Surveyclick hereTake part in our anonymous on line death penalty survey. From Capital Punishment
USABook Recommendation - Journey Toward Justice Author Dennis Fritz click here On Amazon HereInternational Orders Order Here Journey Toward Justice by Dennis Fritz From Around The World click on here Amazon International Just type in Journey Toward Justice Author Dennis Fritz
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The Religious Organizing Against the Death Penalty 2007-02-27 21:04:00 This is a great website to click onto hereThe Religious Organizing Against the Death Penalty
Project was created to galvanize and empower the religious community in the United States to work against capital punishment. Coordinated by the American Friends Service Committee's criminal justice program, the Project provides people of faith with the tools and resources they need to become effective advocates for abolition.Has a place to Sign the I Dream a World Petition to End the Death Penalty!
From Library Journal November 01, 2006 Dennis Fritz's Journey Toward Justice 2007-02-09 15:31:00 Library Journal
(Wednesday, November
01, 2006)In April 1999, Fritz
walked out of court a free man after spending 11 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. He maintained his innocence from day one against the pressure of detectives, prosecutors, the judge, and the jury. The tide began to turn after Barry Scheck's Innocence Project took on his case. While the blow-by-blow descriptions of Fritz's arrest, hearing, trial, and prison life can be tedious, this book is hard to put down. Readers will keep wondering when someone is going to listen to Fritz and do the right thing, but in the meantime it's almost like watching a train wreck in slow motion. In the process of sharing his story, Fritz comes across as truly remarkable and resilient. The only thing missing from the book is the story of his life since his release. Did the prosecutor and detectives express any remorse? What of the details of the real murderer's conviction? And how has the victim's family fared? There should Read more:Journey
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John Grisham The Innocent Man The Story 2007-02-09 15:01:00 About The Innocent
ManIn the major league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. When he signed with the Oakland A's, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to pursue his dreams of big league glory.Six years later he was back, his dreams broken by a bad arm and bad habits - drinking, drugs and women. He began to show signs of mental illness. Unable to keep a job, he moved in with his mother and slept 20 hours a day on her sofa.In 1982, a 21 year-old cocktail waitress in Ada named Debra Sue Carter was raped and murdered, and for five years the police could not solve the crime. For reasons that were never clear, they suspected Ron Williamson and his friend Dennis Fritz. The two were finally arrested in 1987 and charged with capital murder.With no physical evidence, the prosecution's case was built on junk science and the testimony of jailhouse snitches and convicts. Dennis Fritz was found guilty and given a life sentence. Ron Will Read more:Grisham
The Innocence Project Contact List 2007-02-02 14:51:00 Innocence Project
s provide representation and/or investigative assistance to prison inmates who claim to be innocent of the crimes for which they were convicted. There is now at least one innocence project serving each state except Hawaii, North Dakota and South Dakota. Most of these innocence projects are new and overwhelmed with applications, so waiting time between application and acceptance is long. Wrongfully convicted persons should not be dissuaded from applying to Innocence Projects because of this, but should have realistic expectations regarding acceptance and time lags.Innocence Projects Contact List USA - Canada - AustraliaA Book Recommendation : The Companion Book To John Grisham's, The Innocent Man is Dennis Fritz's Book Called "Journey Toward Justice" now on Amazon Here.
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The Innocent Man and Journey Toward Justice Companion Books Buy Together on Amazon 2007-02-02 13:36:00 The Innocent
Man John Grisham's first non-fiction, tells about the struggle of Fritz's co-defendant, Ron Williamson., who spent 11 years on death-roe and even came within five days of execution, before DNA evidence proved he was innocent. The Innocent Man Tells the tragic story of the murder of Debbie Sue Carter in the small town of Ada, Oklahoma.JourneyTowardJustice
, author Dennis Fritz was sentenced to life in prison and spent 11 horrific years behind bars before being exonerated by DNA evidence. Tells his tragic story in Journey Toward Justice of the murder of Debbie Sue Carter in the small town of Ada, Oklahoma, and his unwarranted prosecution and wrongful conviction.John Grisham calls Dennis Fritz's Story Compelling and Fascinating.
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TRUE CRIME AUTHOR DON LASSETER REVIEWS JOURNEY TOWARD JUSTICE BY DENNIS FRITZ 2007-01-27 09:48:00 FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS! Dennis Fritz's " Journey" exposes serious potholes and detours in the convoluted road toward justice. It's an emotionally breathtaking ride you'll never forget.- Don Lasseter True Crime Author"Journey Toward Justice" Memoir by Dennis Fritz - Seven Locks Press, Santa Ana, CaOn Amazon Here
Take The Death Penalty Quiz 2007-01-26 12:15:00 This Quiz is from The Death Penalty
Information Center .Feel like reading, here is a great book that changed my mind about the Death Penalty
"Journey Toward Justice" Memoir by Dennis Fritz - Seven Locks Press, Santa Ana, CaOn Amazon Here
Dennis Fritz Featured on The Law Business Insider Radio Show 2007-05-02 21:08:00 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH DENNIS FRITZThis is from Lawyers and Business
Executives in the News™ Website Steve Murphy Executive ProducerExclusive interviews with some of America's preeminent lawyers and business executives. -The Law Business Insider
" Radio
Show is privileged to present a conversion with DennisFritz
who was freed for a murder he did not commit.Tune in or listen to Dennis at "The Law Business Insider," HereCounty, Oklahoma, of the murder of Debra Sue Carter. Her body had been found six years earlier. Fritz was sentenced to life in prison. Williamson was sent to death row. DNA testing revealed that neither Fritz nor Williamson was guilty. Further testing proved that none of the many hairs that were labeled "matches" belonged to them. The profile obtained from the DNA evidence matched Glenn Gore, one of the state's witnesses at trial. Gore escaped from work release shortly after testing was concluded and was later apprehended.With the help of Barry Scheck, a Co-founder Read more:Featured
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700 Club and Dennis Fritz Author of Journey Toward Justice at Book Expo 2007-06-17 22:15:00 With the attendees of 36,000, almost 2,000 publishers, 1,262 authors and 3,400 librarians the convention floor of the Javits Center was extremely crowed! Who would believe you would bump into old friends.On Sat. June 2, while DennisFritz
and I were walking down the isles to get some lunch, we heard "Dennis Fritz is that you?". He heard that called a dozen of times since his appearance on Dateline last May 22, while at the book expo. Many people started a conversation with Dennis which ended with him giving them a signed copy of his book. This time was different. He heard the voice and did not know where it was coming from. This one isle we were walking down had over 100 people going in both directions, carrying loads of books. The crowd was very friendly, and there were people from all over the world. I heard the word excuse me in many languages, (at least to my limited , basic knowledge of languages) I believe, were excuse me. The mystery ended when 2 arms reached out from the crowd Read more:Author
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Justice Denied Prosecutors Are Master Framers Cases of Wrongful Conviction 2007-06-22 18:35:00 I just read an interesting story from Justice
Denied,The magazine for the Wrongful Convicted and thought it was a story worth sharing with my readers.Justice:Denied magazine publicizes cases of wrongful conviction, and exposes how and why they occur. Justice:Denied is produced by a team of volunteer writers, editors and other staff persons located throughout the United States.See below for contact information. Here is the story:Prosecutors Are Master
Framers By Hans SherrerWatching movies and television shows for decades has conditioned us to have the Pavlovian response of thinking that police are the culprits when people are framed.So it was that instead of presenting us with a new idea, the internationally televised O. J. Simpson trial was a real-life affirmation that police plant evidence, falsify reports and commit perjury in court.The opinion of many people that in O. J.'s case the police worked hard to frame a guilty man doesn't change what they did. It just emphasizes that fam Read more:Conviction
Jim Brown Justice Denied 2007-06-25 17:55:00 My post on Justice
Denied June 22th: What I learned since June 22th, is there is a Justice Denied Magazine and Justice Denied Book. You sure learn things fast with a blog. On June 22th I posted a story from Justice Denied Magazine. Readers were asking me if they were affiliated. I never heard of the book Justice Denied, so I did research on it. I did remember I read a story about Kathleen Norman from a Jim Brown
website. I left a comment and left the site. Little did I know who Jim Brown was. I was really just interested in Kathleen Norman's amazing story. This is what I read on Jim Brown's radio website about Kathleen:The Innocence Project of New Orleans was discussed on Wednesday’s show, and my guest was the Chairman of the Board, Kathleen Norman. Kathleen was actually the foreperson of a jury that convicted and sentenced an innocent man to death. Later, when confronted with evidence of his innocence that had been in possession of the FBI and withheld form the defense, she became
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