Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit Defense Blog : Wrongful Conviction Defense Lawyer & Attorney : Andrew M. Hale Law Firm

Alton Logan - a plaintiff in a civil rights lawsuit against the City of Chicago and several Chicago Police Officers - has been accused of threatening a defense attorney at a deposition in his case. The incident happened at the deposition of Tony Logan, Alton Logan's brother. Mr. Logan is alleged to have stared at defense counsel and used his fingers to simulate slitting his throat, and also pointing his fingers and simulating shooting a gun at defense counsel. Defense counsel have filed a motion for sanctions against Mr. Logan. 

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The Ohio Parole Board has voted 8-0 against pardoning Kevin Keith. Keith was convicted in 1994 of killing Marichell Chatman and her 4 year old daughter, as well as her aunt, Linda Chatman. He was also convicted of shooting Marichell's cousins (4 & 6 years old), and her boyfriend Rick Warren. Damon Chatman recently stated that he had spoken with Warren, the eyewitness in the case, and "Rick has told me exactly what happened. He knows it was Kevin who shot him and we know it too." Damon said he is upset that Keith's attorneys tried to implicate a Chatman family member in the murders, stating "He is our uncle. I see him every day. He absolutely did not kill part of our family." Marichell's uncle, Herb Chatman, stated "Kevin knows he did this, but he just keeps dragging it out. He's been wasting the taxpayers' money for way too long."Keith is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on September 15th. Marichell's cousin, Tacsha Ridgeway, stated "We will all be there. We know he did this horrible crime to our family and he knows it too, yet he keeps hanging on." Apparently, not for much longer. . . 

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The City of Long Beach has apparently reached a settlement with Thomas Goldstein whereby Goldstein will receive nearly $8 million. Goldstein was living in Long Beach in 1979 when a man named John McGinest was shot and killed in an alley near Goldstein's home. Goldstein was jailed for the crime and shared a cell with heroin addict Edward Fink. Fink later told authorities that Goldstein confessed to the crime. Prosecutor's apparently based their case on Fink's testimony, despite his credibility issues, and the prosecutors failed to disclose to the defense that they would reduce Fink's sentence due to his cooperation. Long Beach Deputy Attorney Monte Machit still denies that Goldstein was wrongfully arrested or that his constitutional rights were violated and that the City of Long Beach only agreed to the settlement because it would have been more expensive to fight the case.

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