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:
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 .
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 Court Ruling Could Yield New Murder Trial For Lapointe by Alaine Griffin
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.