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By Robert Marshall
Tunnel imaginative and prescient is written from dying row through Robert Marshall, a brand new Jersey inmate whose case was once chronicled within the e-book Blind religion, and within the mini-series starring Robert Ulrich and Joanna Kerns. again in 1989, Blind religion was once a bestseller yet no one heard from Robert Marshall; this ebook is his facet of the tale. Marshall contends that that account is very faulty and so do many of us who ship him letters of help. Algora Publishing isn't capable of make a judgment at the judicial facets of his case yet is worked up to be able to let a guy to convey a message.Here is the interior tale of a headline-making murder-for-hire case that has been on the center of the talk over the demise penalty and necessary sentencing legislation in New jersey for over 25 years.Convicted in New Jersey in 1986 in what got here to be referred to as the limited-access highway homicide, Robert Marshall says he was once subjected to a heavily improper trial. In Tunnel imaginative and prescient, he refutes the allegations made by way of Joe McGinnis, writer of Blind religion, and seeks to set the checklist immediately. it is a tale that increases critical questions on his case specifically and the dying penalty regularly. It makes one ask yourself in regards to the justice process while one co-conspirator in a homicide, who admits his guilt, can stroll away nearly scot loose, and one other, who has denied guilt from the start, gets a dying sentence. Readers will come to their very own conclusions.According to New Jersey coverage stories ("moneyfornothing"), "In April 2004, a federal courtroom put aside Robert Marshall's 1986 dying sentence and ordered a brand new penalty section trial on grounds that sufficient questions have been raised incidentally Marshall's deepest legal professional dealt with the penalty part of his trial that the reduce court docket should still overview it. Marshall has on the grounds that been represented in his appeals technique through public defenders. the choice to opposite Marshall's demise sentence was once upheld by means of the 3rd Circuit court docket of Appeals on November 2, 2005." "In the stark language of the court," writes Seamus McGraw in JUSTICE behind schedule: THE ROBERT MARSHALL tale (Crime Library), [Judge] Irenas declared that Marshall's legal professional had did not meet the criteria anticipated of 'competent counsel.'NJN (NJ public tv) bought the Philadelphia Press Association's tv function Award on June 25, 2004, for its documentary "Due strategy: The unusual Case of Bobby Cumber", produced through Sandra King, which explores Bobby Cumber's conviction for his function for this reason and the judge's assertion that 'he could have utilized a enormously shorter sentence have been it now not for the calls for of the necessary minimal sentence for conspiracy to murder.'
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2500 should cover it. Why don’t you send it by Western Union, to Shreveport, in my name: Jerry Davies. I can be up there on Thursday, the 18th. ” “Well, Harrah’s would be the most convenient, that’s where we play. ” “OK,” he said. ” (As I reflect on this now, it was foolish to send money to a stranger. ) I had checked with a Philadelphia detective agency and been told that the going rate was around $500 for a day’s work. I cringed at the thought of wasting that kind of money, but I sent the money order a few days later, and called Billy on the morning of the 18th to confirm that Davies would be here.
They give me a 30-day float, which means I get to use the money for thirty days before they send a draft to my account. The idea is to give the impression that I’m giving the casino a lot of action. ” “Yes, but I move around a lot. There are too many tables for them to follow every bet I make. ” He watched me play for over an hour, following each hand on the 46 Part One strategy card I had given him. I won just under $200, took out another marker, and asked for a dinner comp — which I gave to him as we walked out together.
I looked around the room as I walked to a chair by the window. It looked as though both beds had been used. He interpreted my look and said, “I’m here with a friend; he’s downstairs in the casino. ” he asked impatiently. “Because it would be better for our kids. ” “I want you to find out if she’s hired an investigator. ” “OK. Another thing, I want to find out where over $15,000 of casino winnings has gone. This is money I’ve given her over the past two years. I always share my winnings with her.