John Spruce Case Study

There is another man that has been wrongly accused for what he knew he didn’t do but was still considered guilty. Marvin Anderson was a person with good heart and lived with his girlfriend and had a good life till he was mistaken for a criminal. First, Anderson was considered guilty for accusing a woman of another race and attacked her. Anderson was considered an assaulter and put into a testimony of a white-victim (Anonymous). Here his is being considered a criminal of a woman of another race to the trail and being a testimony of the victim that had said that he was he one that had assaulted her. However, when Anderson was in prisoned, his lawyer has been trying to see if they would do a DNA test to prove if it was him or

Anderson’s lawyer at trial and on appeal provided obviously and grossly inadequate representation. The failures of defense counsel are overwhelmingly sins of omission, especially the failure to investigate. This is proven true as over half of the exonerees from the innocence project claim government misconduct throughout their trials. This also ties in with government misconduct. Common forms of misconduct made by prosecutors are : withholding exculpatory evidence from defense, deliberately mishandling, mistreating or destroying evidence, allowing witnesses they know or should know are not truthful to testify, pressuring defense witnesses not to testify, relying on fraudulent forensic experts, making misleading arguments that overstate the probative value of testimony. Government misconduct took on a major role throughout the entire case in prosecuting Anderson. The innocence project mentions this, “In the years after Anderson’s conviction, when DNA testing had become widely available, Anderson sought to prove his innocence of the crime. After his lawyers were told by the police, prosecutor, and court that the rape kit and its contents had been destroyed, Anderson contacted the Innocence Project and his case was accepted in 1994.” All the evidence had been destroyed, wonder how that happened? It is undeniable that foul play is present within

In 1989, a public hospital in Charleston, South Carolina began implementing a policy to randomly test women for drugs who came for prenatal care or delivery without their informed consent. If the women tested positive, they were arrested and not given the opportunity to seek drug treatment. In 1990, the policy was modified to allow the women to avoid being arrested if they entered into a drug treatment program, attended all their counseling appointments, and passed all their subsequent drug tests. Ten women tested positive for cocaine were arrested and responded by suing the hospital and the state. In 2001, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the women because the tests were administered without their consent.

I had a hard time picking my Mercy Moment, but after reading this article on Ronald Cotton and Jennifer Thompson, I knew this would be a good topic. Ronald was charged of an act he never committed. He served eleven years behind bars for no reason at all. One thing that made Cotton seem more suspicious was his previous relations with a white woman. He was in a relationship with a white woman for a couple of months so, to the police he seemed even more guilty. Ronald was then convicted to serve life in prison with fifty-five plus years. He then was convicted of another rape that also happened that night and was punished with two life sentences along with one-hundred and eighty plus years. It was not until eleven years served, 1995, that Cotton was founded not guilty after taking a DNA test that was just newly founded. Thompson grieved for picking Cotton, she felt horrible. She was happy to see him behind bars, the man she believed hurt her. But, after cops showed up to her door to tell her Cotton was not the one who raped her it was Poole, she immediately felt terrible. She then approached Cotton and told her how sorry she was and how terrible she felt. Cotton, with the heart he has, forgave her. They then went out to write a book together titled, Picking Cotton. In this book it talks about the trial, how Thompson felt after

In the fall of 1988, with the concerns to the escalation use of cocaine among pregnant patients whom were receiving prenatal treatment, the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) begun to order drug screenings to be accomplished on the urine samples of the patients. The pregnant patients that tested positive were referred by the MUSC staff to the county substance abuse commission for counseling and treatment. This would lead to a relationship of MUSC staff and the Solicitor of Charleston, which would then lead to a policy outlining the legal actions to be taken

Counselor flagged Pt. on the AMS computer system to meet with this writer before dosing. Pt. met with counselor discussed and completed an AMS Dose evaluation to increase her dosage of methadone because she isn’t feeling well and experiencing side effects. Counselor prompted Pt. to talk about her pregnancy, medical appointment and to schedule her monthly therapy session with this writer. Pt. reported that her pregnancy is going well and she is having a lot of appointments at the Bay health hospital in Dover, DE. Pt. stated that they can’t determine the baby sex because her baby has the legs cross. Counselor told pt. that the Bay Health Hospital has a good nicu care unit and professional doctors. Counselor asked Pt.is

Witnesses play an important role in trials: “A trial without witnesses, when it involves a criminal accusation, a criminal matter, is not a true trail” ( McCollum, 2001). In other words, without witnesses it cannot be a true trail since there was no one there to see that it happened so it’s his word versus hers. While sitting at the defendant's table he felt very isolated seeing as nobody in the courtroom would look at him or talk to him or acknowledge him. Thank goodness for Wanetta Gibson for finally telling the truth about the case.It wasn't until 2012 when Wanetta Gibson recanted her story that he got his life back and was declared an innocent man. He wound up serving five years and two months in prison and five years of high custody

All and all, Susan Nelles was falsely accused, she never killed Janice Estrella, Kevin Pacsai, Allana Miller and Justin Cook. It’s sad that they died at such a young age but Susan Nelles wasn’t to blame, Mercaptobenzothiazole was the blame. She continued to be a nurse and she got an honorary degree. She got married and had kids and finally cleared her

R/s on 06/22/2017, Ashley tested positive for methadone at admission of the birth of baby girl Ashlynn. R/s Ashlynn’s urine was positive for opiates and methadone. R/s Ashlynn’s meconium was positive for two kinds of opiates (hydrocodone and hydromorphone). R/s Ashley didn’t get prenatal care because she didn’t know she was pregnant.

In 1865, Architect John Munroe built the gallows behind the Sidney Street Courthouse in Saint John New Brunswick. Munroe was noted to have said "I wonder who will be the first poor bastard to swing from this?"

PER REPORTER: Agent Austin stated that he is Terre’s probation officer, and he wanted to report her for testing positive for Crystal Meth. He stated that she is five months pregnant, and that she should not be using drugs. He also stated that she was tested for drugs use yesterday and the day before. He mentioned that when she was tested Monday she tried to dip the urine cup in the toilet, but her results came back and stated that water was mixed in the urine. Agent Austin stated that he then asked her to try again, but she told him that she did not have to urine at the time. So, he asked her to come back Tuesday to do it, and she came back and redid the test. He stated that he just received the test results today, and he has not yet spoken

Her boyfriend's claim that the woman had a seizure disorder was slowly beginning to blow up in his face after police found a hidden needle in the bathroom Dischman was found in. The pregnant woman had opioids and alcohol in her system.

The facts of this case are fairly simple. On the 27th of November 1986, the first appellant, CES attended Superclinics where she was looked at by Dr Nafte, the second respondent. CES was a young woman, only 21 years old, who was studying photography full-time. CES did not have vast financial resources as she could only work part-time. When CES began her first consultation with Dr Nafte she claimed that she had missed her period and was worried that she might be pregnant. She claimed that, if it was found that she was pregnant, she would immediately seek to have her pregnancy ended by way of an abortion. According to CES, and disputed by Dr Nafte, Dr Nafte sent CES home and told her to return if she did not get her period within the next week. As she did not get her period, she once again returned to Superclinics and was seen to by Dr Nafte. Again she stated that, if it was found that she was pregnant, she would immediately seek a termination. Dr Nafte took a blood test in order to determine whether or not CES was truly pregnant. The blood was sent to Omniman Pathology Services and a result was returned to Superclinics a day later. CES claimed that she was then told that her blood test came back negative and that, when in fact she was pregnant, that she was not pregnant.

Jan Schlitmann was a lawyer in the upper bracket as far as money was concern. He lived in a luxury condo, worn only hand-tailored Dimitri suits and silk Hermes ties, Bally shoes and drove a Porsche. Schlitmann not only was a well to do lawyer, he also was a lawyer that believed in justice, whether he got paid or not, in regards to this case. He spent nine years of his life, lost all of his assets, gave up his personal possessions and personal life to see this case to the end, and justice would be served.

After I viewed and heard that judge decision on this case, my position is in favor of the defendant.