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    "Crime After Crime" Is Documentary About Deborah Peagler's Murder Conviction and The Campaign To Free Her

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    The the Former Orange County D.A. and long time member and Chairman of The Commission on Judicial Performance obstruct justice by hiding information ? Is there a connection to the miserable 1.5% rate of investigation that the public spends $5 million a year for and yields a fail in review and a public perception of the most corrupt court in the United States “Crime After Crime” is Documentary About Deborah Peagler’s Murder Conviction and the Campaign to Free Her » Justice Denied.

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    The the Former Orange County D.A. and long time member and Chairman of The Commission on Judicial Performance obstruct justice by hiding information ? Is there a connection to the miserable 1.5% rate of investigation that the public spends $5 million a year for and yields a fail in review and a public perception of the most corrupt court in the United States “Crime After Crime” is Documentary About Deborah Peagler’s Murder Conviction and the Campaign to Free Her » Justice Denied.

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    The the Former Orange County D.A. and long time member and Chairman of The Commission on Judicial Performance obstruct justice by hiding information ? Is there a connection to the miserable 1.5% rate of investigation that the public spends $5 million a year for and yields a fail in review and a public perception of the most corrupt court in the United States “Crime After Crime” is Documentary About Deborah Peagler’s Murder Conviction and the Campaign to Free Her » Justice Denied.

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    "Crime After Crime" Is Documentary About Deborah Peagler's Murder Conviction and The Campaign To Free Her

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    CrimeAfterCrimeIsDocumentaryAboutDeborahPeaglersMurderConvictionAndTheCampaignToFreeHerJusticeDenied

    CrimeAfterCrimeIsDocumentary
    AboutDeborahPeaglersMurder
    ConvictionAndTheCampaignToFree
    Her
    Categories:HabeasCorpus,Murder,Rape,SexualAssault,Torture,UnitedStates
    byHansSherrer
    July27,2011
    DeborahDebbieDenisePeaglerwas23whensentencedto25yearstolifeinprisonin
    Californiaaftershepledguiltyin1983tofirstdegreemurderinthedeathofOliver
    Wilson,whowaskilledbytwogangmembers.
    Becausetherewasnotrialitwasntpublicly
    disclosedthatWilsonterrorizedPeaglerinto
    prostitutingherselfbyphysicallybeatingher
    andpsychologicalabusethatincluded
    threateningtokillherandforcinghertoplay
    RussianRoullette.Whenshetriedtoescape
    Wilsonwouldtrackherdownandafter
    beatingherandevenusingawhiponher,she
    wouldbeforcedtoresumeprostituting
    DebbiePeaglerwithherlawyersJoshua
    herself.WhenPeaglerfoundoutthatWilson
    SafranandNadiaCostabeforeher
    abusedher6yearolddaughtershefled
    releasefromprison.(LifeSentence
    againandsoughtthehelpoftwogang
    Films)
    memberstomakeWilsonleaveherandher
    daughteralone.Wilsonwaskilledduringa
    violentencounterwiththetwogangmembersinapublicpark.Peaglerwasntpresent
    whenWilsonwaskilled,butshewaschargedwithconspiracyandfirstdegreemurder.
    PeaglerspublicdefenderconvincedhertopledguiltybecausetheLACountyDA
    threatenedtoseekthedeathpenaltyifshewenttotrialandlost.
    In2002Californiaenactedalawthatretroactivelyallowedabatteredwomanto
    challengeherconvictionifevidencerelatedtoherabusehadntbeenconsideredwhen
    shewasconvicted.AftertheCaliforniaHabeasProjectinterviewedPeaglerand
    determinedshemightbeeligibleforreliefunderthelaw,NadiaCostaandJoshua
    Safran,realestatelawyerswithnocriminallawexperience,agreedtotakePeaglers
    caseprobono.Therewerethenabletoconvinceaprivateinvestigatortoworkonher
    caseprobono.CostaandSafranworkedonPeaglerscaseforsevenyearsbeforeshe
    wasreleasedin2009after27yearsofincarcerationfromthetimeofherarrest.
    Sheshouldhavebeenreleasedfouryearsearlier,butin2005LosAngelesCounty
    DistrictAttorneySteveCooleyrenegedonhiswrittenagreementsupportingthevacating
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    ofPeaglersfirstdegreemurderconviction
    basedontheevidenceshewasabusedby
    Wilson,andforittobesubstitutedwithher
    guiltypleatovoluntarymanslaughteranda
    sentenceoftimeserved.DACooleyeven
    wrotethattheagreementservestheinterests
    ofjustice.AfterCooleyrenegedPeaglers
    lawyerssuedforenforcementofthe
    agreement,buttheylost.
    FreeDebbiePeaglerprotestersoutside
    GovernorSchwarzeneggersLos
    AngelesofficeonAugust19,2009.(Life
    SentenceFilms)

    In2007theinvestigatorworkingonPeaglers
    caseobtainedacopyofamemowrittenon
    October26,1983byanassistantdistrict
    attorneythathadbeenkeptsecretfor24
    yearsbytheDAsOffice.Thememodetails
    thattheDAsOfficeknewtheinformantwhowasthekeywitnessagainstPeaglerandthe
    twomalesaccusedofmurderingWilsoncommittedperjuryduringPeaglerspreliminary
    hearingandthatitnotonlyunderminedhiscredibility,buthisperjuredtestimonywas
    theonlyevidencethatsupportedseekingthedeathpenaltyagainsther.Also
    underminingtheinformantscredibilitywasthememosstatementthatHewasalso
    suspectedofdealinginnarcoticsandstolengoods.Althoughthememoincluded
    informationthatcouldpossiblyresultinPeaglersacquittalbyajury,theDAsOffice
    concealeditasitcontinuedtoputpressureonherlawyerthatshecouldgetthedeath
    penaltyifhedidntconvincehertopleadguiltytofirstdegreemurder.Oneofthepeople
    involvedinconcealingthememofromPeaglerwasFrederickP.Horn,aprosecutor
    involvedinhercaseandwhoisnowanOrangeCountySuperiorCourtjudge.
    PeaglerwasdiagnosedwithterminallungcancerinFebruary2009,andonJuly10,
    2009theCaliforniaBoardofParoleHearingsfoundshewassuitablefora
    compassionaterelease.DACooleysentalettertoGovernorArnoldSchwarzenegger
    thatsuggestedPeaglershouldntbereleased.
    OnAugust19,2009Peaglersfamilymembersand
    othersupportersprotestedoutside
    SchwarzeneggersLosAngelesoffice,demanding
    herrelease.ThenextdaySchwarzenegger
    declinedtoreviewtheparoleboardsfinding,which
    allowedtheirdecisiontostand.Peaglerwas
    releasedtwodayslateronAugust22.
    DebbiePeaglerdiedonJune8,2010.Shewas50.
    Beginningin2005filmmakerYoavPotashbegan
    chroniclingtheeffortsofCostaandSafrantofree
    Peagler.TheresultisthedocumentaryCrimeAfter
    CrimewhichpremieredinJanuary2011atthe
    SundanceFilmFestival.CrimeAfterCrimehas
    CrimeAfterCrimeposter
    gottenravereviewsfromLosAngelestoNewYork.
    Onrottentomatoes.com89%oftheprofessional
    reviewsarepositive,anditwaslikedby100%ofthepeoplewhosawitandregistered
    theiropinion.TheNewYorkDailyNewsgavetheCrimeAfterCrime4starsandits
    reviewstatesinpart:

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    Ifyourelookingforamovietoshakeyoutoyourcore,skipTransformers
    andseekoutYoavPotashsgutwrenchingdocumentary,instead.Hegivesus
    extraordinaryheroesandunbelievablevillains,mindbendingtwistsand
    heartbreakingturns.
    HissubjectisDeborahPeaglerwhosservingalifesentenceforkillingapimp
    whoforcedherintoprostitutionandsexuallyabusedtheirtoddler.Her
    devoted,probonoattorneysworkforyearstoexposetheineptitudeand
    corruptionthathasseeminglyledtoanillegalimprisonmentPotash
    chroniclesitallwithcompassion.
    Thisstorydoesntgowellwithpopcorn,andyouwontbeabletoshakeitoff
    likesomanyblockbusters.Thatsaid,itslikelytobethemostunforgettable
    filmyouseeallsummer.
    ClickhereforCrimeAfterCrimeswebsite.Thedocumentaryisbeingshowninalimited
    numberoftheatersaroundtheU.S.ItwillbeshowninSeattlebeginningonAugust26.
    Clickheretoseeifitisscheduledtobeshowninatheaterinyourarea.
    ByHansSherrer
    JusticeDenied
    Tags:abuse,beating,California,CrimeAfterCrime,deathsentence,DebbiePeagler,
    DeborahPeagler,documentary,hanssherrer,innocence,innocencenetwork,innocence
    project,innocent,JoshuaSafran,justicedenied,justicedenied,LosAngeles,miscarriage
    ofjustice,murder,NadiaCosta,rape,sherrer,wrongfullyconvicted,wronglyconvicted,
    YoavPotash
    Permanentlinktothisarticle:http://justicedenied.org/wordpress/archives/1365

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