Jodi News Update #103 – April 2021

Here’s the latest Jodi News Update (#103) for April 2021:

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NEW MATCHING FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN FOR JODI’S LEGAL FIGHT!

We are pleased to announce that an anonymous donor has pledged to match all donations made to the JAA Appellate Fund at Justice4Jodi.com, dollar for dollar, up to $35,000! Any amount you donate between now and the end of the year will be DOUBLED. The goal is to raise $70,000 by year’s end. Doing so will place Jodi within reach of being able to obtain legal counsel after the standard petitions funded by the state are concluded.

Jodi’s case has now entered a new phase in the fight to overturn her wrongful conviction: Post-Conviction Relief (PCR). She was recently appointed new counsel who will need to spend untold hours familiarizing themselves with this complex case, which is riddled with corruption by the state, gaps in due process, and unprecedented occurrences such as the disbarment of both the prosecutor and the lead defense attorney.

The Arizona Court of Appeals found pervasive misconduct by the prosecution and issued a scathing review of its handling of Jodi’s case. Despite this court’s abject disgust of the prosecutor, it failed to throw out her conviction. Jodi’s public defenders petitioned the Arizona Supreme Court to review the Court of Appeals’s decision, but this higher court declined to do so.

[Of note is the fact that one of the seats on the AZ Supreme Court is held by Bill Montgomery, the same guy who:

1. Was in charge of the prosecutor’s office during both times Jodi went to trial

2. Refused to give up the pursuit of having Jodi killed via the death penalty

3. Has publicly commented about Jodi’s case

4. Allowed his pet prosecutor to violate ethical rules by publishing a book about the case

5. Was the subject of a now-dismissed bar complaint filed by Jodi’s lawyers for reasons in the above number four.

Yes, this guy sits on the AZ Supreme Court. As you can see, prosecutorial misconduct isn’t the only thing pervasive and persistent in Arizona. The “Ol’ Boys’ Club” protecting such corruption has its tentacles in the state’s highest court.]

Jodi’s PCR lawyers will be asking the same judge who sat through both trials to make an impartial determination that Jodi didn’t get a fair trial. Although this is obvious to everyone, including the Court of Appeals, what Superior Court judge — an elected official employed because voters said so — is going to admit that a miscarriage of justice occurred in her own courtroom on her watch?

It’s ridiculous and almost unfair to ask her to admit such. But not as ridiculous as the trials Jodi was forced to endure, and not as unfair as how Jodi was chewed up and spit out by the so-called justice system. After the PCR petition is filed, even if the trial judge agrees to hear argument, this doesn’t mean she will agree to do the right thing by overturning the draconian sentence she dealt Jodi in the first place.

So we press on in our fight to get her conviction overturned and thrown out! Now is the time to donate because your dollar will be doubled. PCR is the last stage of taxpayer-funded recourse that Jodi has. Afterwards, she must pay for her own lawyers to guide her case through the labyrinthine federal circuit. And that’s the main reason the JAA Appellate Fund exists: to raise money to retain a lawyer so that when the time comes, Jodi can afford the justice she has long been denied.

Please go to Justice4Jodi.com to make a donation today.

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FUND UPDATE: The JAA Appellate Fund total currently stands at $101,375.94 — so let’s be sure to keep the momentum rolling so the fund total can push on towards the ultimate target of $250,000. That in turn will help towards covering all the legal fees associated with appealing Jodi’s wrongful conviction.

All donations via Justice4Jodi.com go directly to the fund. It is also the ONLY website authorized to collect donations.

In addition, please DO NOT, under any circumstances, donate through any other website or Facebook page/group claiming to be “official” and/or acting with Jodi’s approval or authorization. The same applies to any “Jodi Membership Clubs”, groups or fake Trust funds that have been set up. These sites are bogus – they continue to steal money from Jodi’s future – and they should be actively avoided. If you are aware of any such sites, please help Jodi by clicking here and reporting them.

Remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

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As always, be sure to leave your thoughts & comments below.

SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

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