contacted me. with john thompson scheduled to be executed in less than a month, defense investigator elisa abolafia desperately searched for answers. i, of course, was a complete nervous wreck because john was facing an execution date, may 20th. so i began with the carjacking case. first, i read the police report. in 1985 john thomson was convicted of carjacking three teenagers at gunpoint. without that conviction, thompson would have been much less likely to get the death sentence for the murder. elisa found reports from the first officer to respond to the carjacking scene. warren pope. when we got there, two cars were involved in a traffic accident, and i noticed some spots of fresh, wet blood. one of the victim s shoes, there was also blood on one of his pants legs. he was uninjured so was his brother and sister. so we assumed that it was perpetrator s blood. police files confirmed the carjacker s blood had been
there was so much crime in the paper and the news on a regular basis, i actually never paid attention to the murder of ray liuzza jr. until the attorneys contacted me. with john thompson scheduled to be executed in less than a month, defense investigator elisa abolafia desperately searched for answers. i was a nervous wreck, john was facing an execution date may 20th. i began with the carjacking case. first, i read the police report. in 1985, john thomson was convicted of carjacking three teenagers at gun point. without that conviction, thompson would have been much less likely to get the death sentence for the murder. elisa found reports from the first officer to respond to the carjacking scene. i noticed fresh blood, one of the victims shoes had blood on his shoes and pants legs.
the first officer to respond to the carjacking scene, warren pope. when we got there, two trap gaps and i m notices spots. like blood from one of the victim s shoes and blood one of the pants legs and he was uninjured and so was his brother and sister. we assumed it was blood. the carjacker s blood was recovered but wondered why that evidence never introduced at trial. i went to the evidence room and i see that was checked out and not returned. i m like, hello? they were so sure that john thompson was the carjacker, he would have tested his blood and gone, ta-da. that would have been your nail. so i knew something going on that was unscrupulous and deliberate. deliberate. the defense was never told that the blood had been tested,
elisa abolafia desperately searched for answers. i was a nervous wreck, john was facing an execution date may 20th. i began with the carjacking case. first, i read the police report. in 1985, john thompson was convicted of carjacking three teenagers at gun point. without that conviction, thompson would have been much less likely to get the death sentence for the murder. elisa found reports from the first officer to respond to the carjacking scene. warren pope. when we got there, two cars from involved in a traffic accident. and i noticed some spots of wet fresh blood. one of the victims shoes had blood on his shoes and pants legs. he was uninjured so was his brother and sister. we assumed it was the perpetrator s blood. police files confirm that the carjacker s blood had been recovered from the victim s pants.
contacted me. with john thompson scheduled to be executed in less than a month, defense investigator elisa abolafia desperately searched for answers. i was a nervous wreck, john was facing an execution date may 20th. i began with the carjacking case. first, i read the police report. in 1985, john thompson was convicted of carjacking three teenagers at gun point. without that conviction, thompson would have been much less likely to get the death sentence for the murder. elisa found reports from the first officer to respond to the carjacking scene. warren pope. when we got there, i noticed spots of fresh blood. one of the victims shoes had blood on his shoes and pants legs. he was uninjured so was his brother and sister. we assumed it was the perpetrator s blood. police files rerule that the carjacker s blood had been collected from the victim s