presieve a conviction, which is typical of many prosecutor s offices. no matter what evidence you give them to the contrary, they re going to do everything to protect that conviction. in february 2009 pretrial hearings began, presided over by judge joan synenberg. by the time the case landed in my courtroom, someone had been sitting on death row for over two decades. this is very serious. because of mistakes that were made, a process was flawed. all i wanted to do was make sure that the process was fair. but just days before the trial was to begin, prosecutors disclosed they had found additional evidence in their files. despite having a federal court order, in fact, there was physical evidence that had not been turned over to joe s trial council. not only in 1988, but in this particular proceeding itself. it was a circus. and i m sitting out there watching it in total disbelief, total disbelief. the sudden release of new evidence would delay joe s retrial even more. so joe
in my courtroom, someone had been sitting on death row for over two decades. this is very serious. because of mistakes that were made, a process was flawed. all i wanted to do was make sure that the process was fair. but just days before the trial was to begin, prosecutors disclosed they had found additional evidence in their files. despite having a federal court order, in fact there was physical evidence that had not been turned over to joe s trial council. not only in 1988, but in this particular proceeding itself. it was a circus. and i m sitting out there watching it in total disbelief, total disbelief. the sudden release of new evidence would delay joe s retrial even more. so joe s attorneys petitioned the court for bail. the state of ohio said, it would be unheard of for a judge to let a man off of death row on bond. and i said, i agree.
by the time the case landed in my courtroom, someone had been sitting on death row for over two decades. this is very serious. because of mistakes that were made, a process was flawed. all i wanted to do was make sure that the process was fair. but just days before the trial was to begin, prosecutors disclosed they had found additional evidence in their files. despite having a federal court order, in fact there was physical evidence that had not been turned over to joe s trial council. not only in 1988, but in this particular proceeding itself. it was a circus. and i m sitting out there watching it in total disbelief, total disbelief. the sudden release of new evidence would delay joe s retrial even more. so joe s attorneys petitioned the court for bail. the state of ohio said, it would be unheard of for a judge to let a man off of death row on bond.
no matter what evidence you give them to the contrary, they re going to do everything to protect that conviction. in february 2009 pretrial hearings began, presided over by judge joan synenberg. by the time the case landed in my courtroom, someone had been sitting on death row for over two decades. this is very serious. because of mistakes that were made, a process was flawed. all i wanted to do was make sure that the process was fair. but just days before the trial was to begin, prosecutors disclosed they had found additional evidence in their files. despite having a federal court order, in fact there was physical evidence that had not been turned over to joe s trial council. not only in 1988, but in this particular proceeding itself. it was a circus. and i m sitting out there watching it in total disbelief, total disbelief. the sudden release of new evidence would delay joe s retrial even more. so joe s attorneys petitioned the court for bail. the state of ohio said, it
in february 2009, pretrial hearings began presided over by judge joan synenberg. by the time the case landed in my courtroom, someone had been sitting on death row for over two decades. this is very serious. because of mistakes that were made, a process was flawed. all i wanted to do was make sure that the process was fair. but just days before the trial was to begin, prosecutors disclosed they had found additional evidence in their files. despite having a federal court order, in fact there was physical evidence that had not been turned over to joe s trial council. not only in 1988, but in this particular proceeding itself. it was a circus. and i m sitting out there watching it in total disbelief, total disbelief. the sudden release of new evidence would delay joe s retrial even more. so joe s attorneys petitioned the court for bail. the state of ohio said, it would be unheard of for a judge to let a man off of death row on bond.