Our Towns. New Chapters in Summer’s Tales, From Paris to New Jersey. By Peter Applebome. Published: September 9, 2007, New York Times.
Links / Articles
Information on Richard Lapointe
1992:
Richard Lapointe Trial: 1992 - A Disputed Confession
http://www.friendsofrichardlapointe.com/1992.htm
1995:
Journal Inquirer 5 part series “Tainted Justice" By Alex Wood, published from Monday, January 9 through January 13, 1995.
This 5 part series is an extensive analysis of the Richard Lapointe murder case.
1996
Gloves still a mystery in Martin case. By Alex Wood. Published by the Journal Inquirer on 1-1-96.
http://www.friendsofrichardlapointe.com/Gloves.htm
Stain raises numerous possibilities in Martin case. By Alex Wood. Published by the Journal Inquirer on 1-2-96. WARNING: This article contains explicit content that some readers might find disturbing.
http://www.friendsofrichardlapointe.com/Stain.htm
1997:
LookSmart's FindArticles - Unequal justice: preserving the rights of the mentally retarded in the criminal justice system.
Humanist, Nov-Dec, 1997, by Fred Pelka. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1374/is_n6_v57/ai_19989934
2000:
Detective's Notebook Might Help Lapointe's Case
By THOMAS D. WILLIAMS
The Hartford Courant February 24, 2000
http://www.friendsofrichardlapointe.com/Detective's_Notebook_Might_Help_Lapointe's_Case_2-24-00.htm
Judge Rejects Manchester Man's Arguments That New Evidence Proved He
Could Not Have Raped And Killed His Wife's 88-Year-Old Grandmother
By ERIC RICH
The Hartford Courant
September 7, 2000
http://www.friendsofrichardlapointe.com/Judge_Rejects_Manchester_Man's_Arguments_That_New_Evidence_Proved_He_Could_Not_Have_Raped_And_Killed_His_Wife's_88-Year-Old_Grandmother.htm
Fighting For Another's Vindication: Work In Mental Health Field Led Him
To Manchester Man's Controversial Murder Case
By AMY ASH NIXON
The Hartford Courant October 16, 2000
http://www.friendsofrichardlapointe.com/Fighting_For_Another's_Vindication.htm
Deception in the Interrogation Room: Sometimes Tragic for Persons With Mental Retardation and Other Developmental Disabilities" by Robert Perske (Mental Retardation. December 2000).
Copyright 2000 by the American Association on Mental Retardation (now the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; www.aaidd.org). Posted online with permission.
Check out http://aaidd.allenpress.com/pdfserv/10.1352%2F0047-6765(2000)038%3C0532:DITIRS%3E2.0.CO%3B2 or click here to download.
2001:
We Believe That Richard Lapointe Did Not Kill Bernice Martin: Article in the American Journal of Mental Retardation (AJMR), by Bob Perske, October 2001. AJMR is now the American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AJIDD)
http://www.aaidd.org . Click here for the article.
2002:
Lapointe Loses Appeal Of Murder Conviction
Courant.com
Associated Press January 17, 2002
http://www.friendsofrichardlapointe.com/Lapointe_Loses_Appeal_Of_Murder_Conviction_1-17-02.htm
Lawyers Seek New Trial For Lapointe
By DIANE STRUZZI
The Hartford Courant August 6, 2002
http://www.friendsofrichardlapointe.com/Lawyers_Seek_New_Trial_For_Lapointe_8-6-02.htm
2004:
NPR - All Things Considered, June 26, 2004. Defending the Mentally Disabled. Story on Richard Lapointe and radio broadcast.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1978705
Northeast Magazine, Hartford Courant, 2/21/94
http://normemma.com/advocacy/rlapoint.htm
2007:
Supporters See Innocent Man Serving Life. NY Times article by Peter Applebome. Published July 15, 2007: http://truthinjustice.org/lapointe.htm
Testimony begins in Lapointe's second bid for a new trial in 1987 rape-murder of former wife's grandmother in Manchester. By Lee Sawyer, Journal Inquirer. July 17, 2007
Lapointe's Former Public Defenders Admit Overlooking Evidence. By Lee Sawyer, Journal Inquirer. July 18, 2007
EX-WIFE STANDS BY LAPOINTE’S ALIBI. By: Lee Sawyer, Journal Inquirer. July 19, 2007
Exhibit A For Taping. July 20, 2007 Hartford Courant.
A chance to do justice. By: Lee Sawyer, Journal Inquirer. July 24, 2007.
Judge Terms Lapointe's Petition A Waste Of Court's Time. Article by Melissa Bruen, Hartford Courant Staff Writer. August 3, 2007: http://truthinjustice.org/lapointe2.htm
Murderer of Manchester grandmother denied new trial: Judge says Lapointe's lawyers failed to provide evidence to support claims. By: Lee Sawyer, Journal Inquirer. August 3, 2007.
Dismissive Judge Lets Injustice Stand - editorial by The Hartford Courant, by Donald Connery. August 13, 2007
A MERE CONTRIVANCE? A Response to Chris Powell’s Article, “Connecticut’s Weird Priorities; and Goodbye Lapointe” (08/04/07). By Kate Germond, An Investigator With Centurion Ministries. Journal Inquirer. August 13, 2007
Our Towns. New Chapters in Summer’s Tales, From Paris to New Jersey. By Peter Applebome. Published: September 9, 2007, New York Times.
Gisli Gudjonsson’s Penchant for Corroboration. By Bob Perske. Published in The Champion, a periodical of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. December 2007.
Reprinted with Permission. PDF file, requires Adobe Reader.
http://www.friendsofrichardlapointe.com/InformalOpinionDecember5112607JT-547.pdf
A Mentor for Our Movement and Friend for Our Souls.
By Leigh Ann Davis, M.S.S.W., M.P.A. Cover story for INSIGHT, quarterly publication for ARC United States. Tribute to Bob Perske, founder of Friends of Richard Lapointe!
2008:
Winter 2008 An Editorial by Robert W. Veatch
http://www.friendsofrichardlapointe.com/Lapointe.pdf
Reprinted with Permission. PDF file, requires Adobe Reader.
The Puzzling Confession of Richard Lapointe
by Bob Perske
inSIGHT Magazine, Spring 20008, vol 2, Issue 1, pages 14, 15, 19 and 20.
PDF file, requires Adobe Reader.
Killers in MacDougall – Real and Unlikely By Robert Perske
THE JOURNAL INQUIRER
Manchester, Connecticut
Published: Thursday, June 12, 2008
False
Confessions From 53 Persons With Intellectual Disabilities: The List Keeps
Growing
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Vol. 46, No. 6, pp. 468–479.
December 2008
THE JOURNAL INQUIRER
Manchester, Connecticut
Appellate judges send Richard Lapointe case back to court
Appellate Court Ruling Could Yield New Murder Trial For Lapointe by Alaine Griffin
Lapointe's Bid For New Trial Resumes
by Hilda Muñoz
July 6, 2010
courant.com
http://www.friendsofrichardlapointe.com/Lapointe's_Bid_For_New_Trial_Resumes.htm
Courant.com
Ex-Detective Testifies About Convicted Killer's
Confession
July 6, 2010
BY HILDA MUÑOZ
http://www.friendsofrichardlapointe.com/Ex-Detective_Testifies_About_Convicted_Killer's_Confession.htm
Courant.com
Original Lawyer Testifies in Lapointe's Bid For A New Trial
by Rick Green
Lapointe hearing July 7-8-9, 2010
Blog by Rick Green - Defrosting Old Cases
published on July 10, 2010
http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/lapointe-hearing-july-7-8-9-2010
Lapointe hearings to resume August 2010
Blog by Rick Green - Defrosting Old Cases
published July 19, 2010
Organizations
Centurion Ministries: The primary mission of Centurion Ministries is to vindicate and free from prison those who are completely innocent of the crimes for which they have been unjustly convicted and imprisoned for life or death. We also assist our clients, once they are freed, with reintegration into society on a self-reliant basis.
http://www.centurionministries.org
Truth in Justice: Truth in Justice is an educational non-profit organized to educate the public regarding the vulnerabilities in the U. S. criminal justice system that make the criminal conviction of wholly innocent persons possible. http://truthinjustice.org
NINDS Dandy-Walker Syndrome Information Page: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/dandywalker/dandywalker.htm
Other:
Perske Prints:
Stunning pencil portraits by Martha Perske.
Robert Perske - founder of the Friends of Richard Lapointe
Anne Eason - webmaster of www.friendsofrichardlapointe.com