Author: Richard Blanco File Type: pdf Boston Strong is a commemorative chapbook that beautifully reproduces Richard Blancos poignant poem presented May 30, 2013 at the benefit concert to help the people most affected by the tragic events that occured on April 15, 2013 during the Boston Marathon. The net proceeds from the sale of this book benefit The One Fund Boston. The One Fund Boston was established through the generosity of businesses, foundations, and individual donors. The Victim Relief Fund of The One Fund Boston will be used to assist those families of the victims who were killed and the victims who were most seriously affected as a result of the tragic events during the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, and related events on April 18 and April 19.**

Author: Lori St John File Type: epub How did the wife of a prominent surgeon find herself at the death chamber battling the American justice system with the Pope and Mother Teresa in her corner? Lori St Johns firebrand, fearless personality is behind this true story of a womans unwavering determination to expose the truth in a dangerous game of judicial power. In a volunteer position reviewing cases of wrongful conviction, Loris world is turned upside down when she is assigned the death row case of Joseph ODell. Joe is scheduled to die for the brutal rape and murder of a Virginia Beach secretary. But Loris investigation uncovers lies, the intimidation of witnesses and a trial by ambush in a system so corrupt she begins to fear for her own life. Her story of turmoil and dangerous choices brings her face-to-face with the jailhouse snitch and Joes alibi witness. Shes determined to find the real killer. Undeterred by the government, Lori brings the world to stand witness to the injustice shes unearthed, and drives her mission to become a cause celebre when she recruits the Italian and European Parliaments, Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa, who champion her cause to prevent an egregious miscarriage of justice. A rare chance to see the criminal justice system behind closed doors and learn the untold backstory of a real murder conviction.**ReviewThe Corruption of Innocence is an incredible story. I eagerly turned the pages unable to stop reading until I read the very last word. The authors fight to save Joseph Roger O Dell III, a death row inmate convicted of killing a secretary from Virginia Beach, went all the way to Italy where the Parliament gave the inmate a standing ovation. Lori St. John is a talented author. She drew me into her story. I felt as if I were standing behind her assisting in her battle. This is an incredible read dont miss it.-Anne Boling for Readers FavoriteThis amazing story of a womans valiant attempts to save an innocent man from execution might seem like a hyped-up, overwrought suspense novel. But everything told in these pages actually happened. Fasten your seat belt. Its going to take you for quite a ride. --Sister Helen Prejean, Author of Dead Man Walking There can t be many people left in Italy who have never heard of Joseph Roger O Dell III, an inmate in Virginia s death row who, but for an eleventh-hour stay of execution issued by the Supreme Court, would have been put to death...by lethal injection. --New York Times, World Section I really cant remember another story like this. I mean Joe ODell got a standing ovation in the Italian Parliament...the last time that happened was when we won the World Cup in 1980. --Vittorio Zucconi, la Republica, Italys Largest Newspaper About the AuthorBorn the daughter of an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Connecticut and being raised in an environment of accountability, legality and justice, Lori St. John went on to first study accounting at the University of Connecticut. For over a decade she practiced as a Certified Public Accountant. A chance volunteer opportunity then led her to confirm the importance of, and seek further education in, the field of law. She first studied at the New England School of Law and continued at, and graduated from, the Rutgers School of Law in Newark, New Jersey. As a law review journal member of the New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement, she published Commonwealth of Virginia v. O.Dell Truth and Justice or Confuse the Courts, the DNA Controversy, 25 NEW ENG. J. ON CRIM. & CIV. CONFINEMENT 311 (1999), which earned her the distinguished Scholar s Paper Award at the Annual Academic Convocation at the Suffolk University Law School Lawyers Guild. While a student at the Rutgers School of Law she founded and directed the Innocence Project for Justice. At graduation she received the Eli Jarmel Memorial Prize, a Public Interest Award for the student demonstrating the greatest interest and proficiency in public interest law. After graduation she continued to teach at the law school while practicing as an Associate Deputy Public Defender for the Adult Felony Division of the Essex County Public Defenders Office in Newark, New Jersey. She furthered her practice in Colorado where she litigated criminal cases in the adult felony court while also engaging in post-conviction appellate work for the Alternate Defense Counsel for the State of Colorado. While a resident in Colorado she served as a committee member of the Colorado Innocence Project. Her entrepreneurial spirit led her to successfully engage in a mountain community real estate development project, creating a planned urban development outside of Denver. Admitted to the bar in New York, New Jersey and Colorado, she currently resides in Florida and is an international speaker and educator. Loris volunteer work, just prior to law school, catapulted her into an almost four-year David and Goliath fight against the government to save an innocent man from execution. Her force and determination drew Sister Helen Prejean (author of Dead Man Walking) as she galvanized unprecedented international support, including the Italian and European Parliaments, Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa. Recognized as an expert in her field she commenced the 50th Anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights in Florence, Italy where, as the lead speaker, she represented the United States. Lori has worked and consulted with many of the most noted legal and scientific experts in the United States. Loris journey has been documented in a narrative non-fiction book entitled The Corruption of Innocence, a Journey for Justice. The Corruption of Innocence offers a rare inside look at the detailed manner in which a wrongful conviction can and does occur, by describing, in harrowing terms, what happens when the wrong people (and those with a political agenda) stand behind a conviction. It depicts just how this effects the outcome of a case in the courts, and in the media. Lori St John demonstrates how one inspired woman with a mission can make a difference.