This is about my boyfriend's uncle and I'm just looking to give them places to turn. The uncle is not a good person, first off, but the family believes he is in prison for a crime he did not commit and that he received faulty representation by his lawyer and that the judge had already decreed him guilty before the case even went to trial. The reason I need help is because uncle's mom (call her grandma), who is 77, is spending all her money trying to get it to go back to trial, including re-mortgaging her home.
This took place in Arkansas. Girl is native to state, uncle is from Illinois. Uncle's girlfriend's almost adult daughter accused him of molesting her. This accusation took place not too long after uncle and girlfriend had fight and he kicked her and her daughter out of the house. Prosecution had evidence that the girl's hymen was not intact (she wasn't a virgin, but then, what 17 year old isn't these days). Girl claims to have been sodomized, but medical evidence did not support. Medical evidence for uncle did support that due to level of diabetes, he had difficulty of obtaining and maintaining erection. Uncle's lawyer did not call anyone to questioning, including the accused. Judge would not admit medical evidence in favor of accused. Basically, from what i've been told, the trial was once sided with no defence for uncle what-so-ever, despite there being a great deal of evidence that indicated what he was being accused of was almost impossible. In addition, the judge supposedly made snide, personal remarks during the trial indicating his 'thoughts and opinions' of uncle, which uncle's lawyer laughed about rather than calling for a mistrial or anything. grandma paid this lawyer over 50k and feels that he did nothing to earn it. In addition, she has paid other lawyers in the state large sums of $ to try to re-open the case and have it re-tried. She's also looking into trying to find a non-Arkansas resident with a license to practice in Arkansas so that she can be sure of representation w/o worrying about bias. She has been unable to locate such a person. I told her that if she feels that the trial was 'legally a bad trial' that she should get someone from federal involved, but i'm not sure where she should start looking. any suggestions?
This took place in Arkansas. Girl is native to state, uncle is from Illinois. Uncle's girlfriend's almost adult daughter accused him of molesting her. This accusation took place not too long after uncle and girlfriend had fight and he kicked her and her daughter out of the house. Prosecution had evidence that the girl's hymen was not intact (she wasn't a virgin, but then, what 17 year old isn't these days). Girl claims to have been sodomized, but medical evidence did not support. Medical evidence for uncle did support that due to level of diabetes, he had difficulty of obtaining and maintaining erection. Uncle's lawyer did not call anyone to questioning, including the accused. Judge would not admit medical evidence in favor of accused. Basically, from what i've been told, the trial was once sided with no defence for uncle what-so-ever, despite there being a great deal of evidence that indicated what he was being accused of was almost impossible. In addition, the judge supposedly made snide, personal remarks during the trial indicating his 'thoughts and opinions' of uncle, which uncle's lawyer laughed about rather than calling for a mistrial or anything. grandma paid this lawyer over 50k and feels that he did nothing to earn it. In addition, she has paid other lawyers in the state large sums of $ to try to re-open the case and have it re-tried. She's also looking into trying to find a non-Arkansas resident with a license to practice in Arkansas so that she can be sure of representation w/o worrying about bias. She has been unable to locate such a person. I told her that if she feels that the trial was 'legally a bad trial' that she should get someone from federal involved, but i'm not sure where she should start looking. any suggestions?
