Right.
I think for a sketch it’s an uncanny how close it is. Then add in the fact he has confessed multiple times and placed himself on that bridge.
Thanks for the info STG. Funny thing is how the Defense claims to have no money for the top 3 items in Defense of their client:Unclear (to me) how they were denied, since there is a standard process. Seems they want additional funding?
Recent filings in Richard Allen murder trial related to evidence, funding for defense
CARROLL COUNTY, Ind. — Before Monday’s Delphi hearing surrounding contempt of court claims were expected to begin at a Fort Wayne court, a series of motions were filed on Sunday by both…fox59.com
Allen’s defense team is requesting that the court “provide parity” in the investigation and presentation in the upcoming trial to “balance the scales of justice.” This includes the exclusion of certain pieces of evidence since the defense claims they have not had the funds to properly investigate them.
The team is requesting that the defense team be approved for necessary expected expenses for the team to defend Allen within the trial. The team is asking for the state’s prosecutors to pay “out of their personal finances” for investigative services, evidence processing and expert fees.
The defense claims that they have not received any help in funding to obtaining expert assistance to investigate three pieces of evidence within the trial: the bullet found at the crime scene, the digital data collected by law enforcement and Allen’s alleged confession.
“This court should reconsider the denial of funds for defense investigative and expert expenses,” the documents said. “…Alternatively, the court should exclude at trial any testimony or evidence related to the bullet, the digital data, Allen’s purported confession and the cause, manner and timing of death.
“Finally, if denial of the defense’s requests remains, and the state is allowed to proffer testimony on the critical evidence discussed above, the only truly equitable relief would be to order the Carroll County Prosecutor to pay for any expert and investigative services, from this point forward, out of his own personal finances.”
These could be or is the same headlines for any jail or prison across America not just Indiana.True, I read the State’s response, and the COs could very well be telling the truth.
According to the ACLU, IDOCwatch.org, IndyStar and Itsgoingdown.org, there are also testimonies, lawsuits and cases centered around former and present inmates who have also alleged to have suffered abuse and neglect at Wabash and Westville prisons that have been denied or rejected, including through legal/court-mandated paperwork in response by the administration and officers at these prisons.
I am not picking a side but I thought it was important to note that.
Torment in Indiana prisons: The abuse, the lawsuit, the death of Phillip Littler
This horror story is unique to Phillip Littler – but not. Kevin ‘Rashid Johnson has told the story again and again, and as a revered artist, he lays bare these atrocities in drawings, exquisite in the pain they reveal, imploring us to listen, feel and act to abolish the existing evil culture...sfbayview.com
Jailers 'brutalized' a dying man in an Indiana jail. A prosecutor says it wasn't a crime.
An Indiana prosecutor did not pursue criminal charges, but experts who reviewed a jail video say they observed sadistic and criminal behavior.www.indystar.com
Horrifying Conditions of Confinement at Westville CF — IDOC Watch
Please listen to the interview below with two people currently incarcerated at Westville CF, in which they describe the horrifying conditions of confinement that they and everyone else incarcerated there are being subjected to. One of the main issues they discuss is the water contamination, which iswww.idocwatch.org
He warned Indiana prison officials he would kill a cellmate. And then he did.
Prison mental health care carries its own challengeswww.southbendtribune.com
Support Wabash Valley Prisoners on Hunger Strike!
Several inmates at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility have announced that they have begun a hunger strike to protest their deteriorating conditions. Their immediate demands include: removal from camera monitored cells, relocation from abusive staff, and the cessation of tampering with food and...itsgoingdown.org
So agreed - I said earlier RA would have stood a better chance with S&L. IMO
To my mind bringing them up in court during testimony was totally appropriate to the contempt case as it showed more than the photos were leaked to RF by MW (via his relationship with AB). The discovery of MANY other things were leaked to RF. I believe and obviously so does the State, that the defense was responsible for that. The defense again tried not to let the proof of it's gross negligent come out in this contempt of court hearing. I can only assume since that didn't work they decided to really make it worth while and leak protected investigative information to the public through an appendix to a filing. There's no misunderstanding of all this. It's really quite clear. The lack of ethics by his attorneys has everything to do with RA and his case. AJMO
To be fair, from the motion it sounds like Rozzi is still unexpectedly owed by the State $51K for services rendered. In addition, the State has denied their requests for funding for expert analysis/testimony and paralegal services, a possibility of which Allen’s team was already aware.
That is also true and prison reform is much needed in this country but I guess I picked these articles because they were located at the same prisons mentioned in the defense’s motion, Westville and Wabash and because some of the inmates mentioned experiences or statements that were similar to those allegedly experienced by RA, according to AB and BR. For example, one interviewee who was also in the segregated maximum security unit in Wabash mentions spending 22-23 hours a day isolated in his cell, feeling like recreational time was too often avoided because it was raining and cold outside and showering every few days or weekly because it felt like too much of a hassle to unlock his cuffs (though this seemed to be more of his own personal choice). Another inmate who was also once imprisoned in that section as a punishment said that while there guards would threaten his family, deprive him of his mail and say racial and discriminatory slurs while they monitored him. Unfortunately, a well-known advocate and inmate was beaten severely in one these cells. Despite the guards and their supervisor trying to cover for each other with their reports of the incident and believing the cameras couldn’t have caught anything but the inmate’s back during the incident, the judge was able to have the tape enhanced and held the COs, their boss and their lawyer accountable, according to the ACLU.
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www.idocwatch.org
This sketch was primarily based on one witness who came forward months later. Source
I've thought the same especially since his arrest and pictures coming out of him wearing a brown skullcap type hat. The pictures in this collage show the similarity of RA's hat and BG's possible "hair" very well I think. There's another recently posted pic on thread of RA with this hat, that I can't seem to find going back. It gave a closer and brighter image of this hat. It could be mistaken as hair from far away. MO
If my son or husband was on trial ,[God Forbid], I assume we would have to pay for the defense attorneys. If we went with a Public Defender, we would have to accept what we were given. The State will pay for the basic expenses of a defense, but anything over that involves the need for the defendant to come up with it.
So does that mean that RA was not singled out by Odinists and framed for this crime? Sounds like he was treated the same as the other prisoners in those locations.That is also true and prison reform is much needed in this country but I guess I picked these articles because they were located at the same prisons mentioned in the defense’s motion, Westville and Wabash and because some of the inmates mentioned experiences or statements that were similar to those allegedly experienced by RA, according to AB and BR. For example, one interviewee who was also in the segregated maximum security unit in Wabash mentions spending 22-23 hours a day isolated in his cell, feeling like recreational time was too often avoided because it was raining and cold outside and showering every few days or weekly because it felt like too much of a hassle to unlock his cuffs (though this seemed to be more of his own personal choice). Another inmate who was also once imprisoned in that section as a punishment said that while there guards would threaten his family, deprive him of his mail and say racial and discriminatory slurs while they monitored him. Unfortunately, a well-known advocate and inmate was beaten severely in one these cells. Despite the guards and their supervisor trying to cover for each other with their reports of the incident and believing the cameras couldn’t have caught anything but the inmate’s back during the incident, the judge was able to have the tape enhanced and held the COs, their boss and their lawyer accountable, according to the ACLU.
The HWR, IDOC and ACLU also reported that inmates in these two prisons slept on mats and mattresses on the floor, like BR has stated in a motion, or the metal slabs left behind on the wall due to overcrowding in these two facilities, much like other prisons and jails across Indiana. Suicide was also notably high within the prison systems of Indiana compared to the rest of the country.
Shaka Shakur charged with attacking guard at Wabash Valley, Indiana: Calls needed now!
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Camera Cells: Tools of Retaliation and Psychological Torture at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility
By Shaka Shakur, Indiana Prison RebelThe Secure Housing Unit (SHU) at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Indiana, which is also called the Secure Confinement Unit (SCU), is a 288 bed superm…
IDOC Commits Massive Constitutional Rights Violations on Solitary Units To Terrorize Prisoners — IDOC Watch
Around 9/16/21, IDOC guards, Indiana State Police and other police forces carried out a major operation with over 100 heavily armed officers and K-9s on the solitary confinement Secure Housing Unit (SHU) at Wabash Valley CF designed to terrorize people incarcerated throughout the Indiana prison syst
Indiana jailers knew she might hurt herself, but she died hours later. She's not alone.
Jail suicides should be preventable, but they’re driving a death crisis in Indiana. Our review of deaths inside jails found that suicides occur with alarming frequency.www.indystar.com
If there was widespread mistreatment at these facilities I wouldn't exactly call that a win for the state.
That is what @Jade has pointed out to me and I could imagine the prosecution using as a good rebuttal if this argument was brought up by the defense
