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August 17, 2008
A new entry — "An
O-Scale Meditation" — has been posted to
The Pariah's Syntax: The Personal Writings and Abstract
Notions of an Innocent Man.
July 23, 2008
New
button designs are available for purchase in the Free
Byron Case CafePress Shop!
July 23, 2008
Article by David Martin posted on the Pitch's
website. Click
here to read it.
July 19, 2008
A new entry — "Saturday
Night, Riding The Red-Eye"— has been posted
to The Pariah's Syntax: The Personal Writings and Abstract
Notions of Byron Case.
July 12, 2008
Byron's mother, Evelyn Case, speaks by invitation
at Professor Gary Kowaluk's UMKC Wrongful Conviction class.
July 6, 2008
A new entry — "Those
Were The Days... Or Not"— has been posted
to The Pariah's Syntax: The Personal Writings and Abstract
Notions of Byron Case.
June 11, 2008
Free Byron Case will endure a temporary
outage for a few days next month for maintenance. At this
time, we are unsure of the exact dates. Please be advised
that if you receive an error message when attempting to
load the site in the month of July that we should be up
and running within a a couple of days. Thank you for your
patience!
June, 2008
A new entry — "A
Penitentiary Glossary"— has been posted to
The Pariah's Syntax: The Personal Writings and Abstract
Notions of Byron Case.
May 25, 2008
A new entry — "A
Life Amphibious" — has been posted to The
Pariah's Syntax: The Personal Writings and Abstract Notions
of Byron Case.
May 18, 2008
A promotional
advertisement for FreeByronCase.com created and run
by Byron Case's friends at FOUND magazine in 2007 has been
added to the Pictures section.
A description of the conditions at Crossroads
Correctional Center, where Byron Case has spent the last
six years of his life, has also been added to the Pictures
section.
May 14, 2008
The statement
of George LePage and his wife, who saw Anastasia WitbolsFeugen
in Mt. Washington Cemetery just before 6 p.m. on the night
of 10-22-97 appearing "disoriented" has been posted
to the Case Documents. The statement
of Abraham Kneisley, friend of Byron Case and Justin
Bruton, has also been uploaded.
A link
to Google Maps has been provided in the Case Documents
section (filed under Don Rand) to illustrate precisely where
the Amoco (BP) Station at 8231 E. Truman Road in Kansas
City sits in relation to where Anastasia WitbolsFeugen exited
Justin Bruton's vehicle on the night of 10-22-97, and the
distance to her home at 427 N Delware in Independence, Missouri.
Google's Street View feature will provide you with an actual
image of the intersection.
May 11, 2008
A new entry — "My
Mother, Dynamo" — has been posted to The
Pariah's Syntax: The Personal Writings and Abstract Notions
of Byron Case.
May 10, 2008
The trial
testimony of Don Rand, a service station mechanic who
observed Anastasia WitbolsFeugen exit a vehicle at the intersection
of I-435 and Truman Road and walk east, in the direction
of her home, 3.5 miles away, has been added to the Case
Documents section. The original police report in which Rand
was identified as a possible witness and a photograph
taken from the service station (formerly Amoco, now
a BP station) have also been provided.
April 26, 2008
A new
t-shirt design has been made available for purchase
in the Free Byron Case CafePress Shop. Visit the apparel
section to view all of the designs and styles currently
available for purchase.
April 12, 2008
Additional photographs have been added to
the Pictures section.
April 7, 2008
A new entry — "Like
Oxygen" — has been posted to The Pariah's
Syntax: The Personal Writings and Abstract Notions of Byron
Case.
March 26, 2008
New documents have been added to the Case
Documents section of Free Byron Case.
March 25, 2008
A new entry — "Joe"
— has been posted to The Pariah's Syntax: The Personal
Writings and Abstract Notions of Byron Case.
March 9, 2008
A new entry — "The
List" — has been posted to The Pariah's Syntax:
The Personal Writings and Abstract Notions of Byron Case.
February 26, 2008
A new entry — "With
Apologies To Hasbro" — has been posted to
The Pariah's Syntax: The Personal Writings and Abstract
Notions of Byron Case.
February 15, 2008
Byron's mother, Evelyn Case, attended the
2008 MIP
(Midwestern Innocence Project) KICK-OFF & volunteer
training at Stinson Morrison Hecker Law Firm. The exonerated
Dennis Fritz, author of Journey Toward Justice
and subject of John Grisham's book The Innocent Man,
was the guest speaker.
February 6, 2008
Written permission has been obtained from
the State of Missouri Department of Corrections' headquarters
in Jefferson City for Byron's personal writings to be publicly
posted to a blog, with the understanding that the site will
not be used to solicit pen pals. Therefore, the previously
maintained personal blog located at byroncase.blogspot.com
has been resurrected. Please visit The
Pariah's Syntax: The Personal Writings and Abstract Notions
of Byron Case.
February 4, 2008
Byron's case summary has been posted to
the Injustice Served Wrongful Conviction Blog. Click
here to read about the wrongful conviction of Byron
Case.
December 30, 2007
Donations of any denomination may now be
made to Byron Case's Wrongful Conviction Defense Fund online
using PayPal. A PayPal account is not required to use this
service, and you will not be assessed any transaction fees.
Click
here to make a donation to Byron Case's Wrongful Conviction
Defense Fund.
A flier has been made available for download
in PDF format to spread the word about freebyroncase.com!
The flier may be viewed and downloaded here.
December 8, 2007
The Free
Byron Case CafePress Shop is now open for business. It
has been established as a companion site to www.freebyroncase.com,
and features a variety of support merchandise. Proceeds from
the sale of all products are donated by the shopkeeper to
the Byron Case Wrongful Conviction Defense Fund.
November 19, 2007
FOUND Magazine / Post Secret show held at
Screenland in Kansas City, MO. A collection was taken up by
the FOUND crew for Byron's legal fund. To everyone who gave,
and especially to Davy, we send our deepest gratitude.
November 10, 2007
Byron's mother, Evelyn Case, speaks by invitation at Professor
Gary Kowaluk's UMKC Wrongful Conviction class.
September 2007
FOUND magazine issue #5 is released featuring an
ad for freebyroncase.com. Thanks to Byron's supporters
at FOUND for this generous donation!
August 22, 2007
Evelyn Case and Michael Myers, a friend of Byron's, were
featured on Michael Badnarik's call in radio program, Lighting
the Fires of Liberty, on Austin, Texas radio station WTPRN
to discuss Byron's case.
August 19, 2007
Evelyn Case appears on "Sunset Reggae" with Sista
G to talk about Byron's case at the behest of KKFI's Gabi
Otto.
August 6, 2007
Included timeline and maps to illustrate the events outlined
on the Case Documents page.
June 10, 2007
Byron's 29.15 Brief has now been uploaded to the Appeals
section. A friend of Byron's has now created the Free
Byron Case MySpace group that you may join to discuss
and debate the case and others like it.
April 15, 2007
Byron's mother, Evelyn Case, speaks by invitation at Professor
Gary Kowaluk's UMKC Wrongful Conviction class.
July 29, 2006
Evelyn Case joins Susan Lockhart on-air to discuss Byron's
case and wrongful convictions in general, on KKFI's "Every
Woman" call in show.
June 19, 2006
Guestbook updated and closed
due to spamming.
June 9, 2006
Davy Rothbart of FOUND magazine dedicated the Kansas City
FOUND show at the Record Bar to Byron.
November 7, 2005
The Pitch article:
State
Lines
Beating the System
Robert WitbolsFeugen has been biting Jackson County's hand
for years; now it's feeding him.
31 October 2005
Donations of any denomination may be made to the contributory
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Bank of America, 115 W 63rd St., Kansas City, MO, 64113
by mailing a check or money order payable to 'Byron Case Wrongful
Conviction.'
All proceeds benefit Byron's legal fees.
27 October 2005
Since all parties involved are aware, the following information
can be posted:
On Tuesday, April 5, 2005, Byron's lawyer filed a 29.15 motion
for ineffective assistance of trial counsel.
On Friday, October 7, 2005, an evidentiary hearing was held
in regards to the motion. Byron's lawyer stated that supporters
who showed up for his hearing comprised the largest group
of people he'd ever seen at an evidentiary hearing for either
side of a case. Both Byron's lawyer and the prosecutor have
until December 9, 2005, to submit their post-hearing paperwork,
after which time the judge could rule as soon as the next
business day or as late as the Hanukkah after next. Of keen
interest is the Fifth Amendment issue raised in the 29.15,
among many, which states Byron's Fifth Amendment rights were
violated by the introduction of the phone conversation between
he and Kelly. Since he'd retained an attorney to act as mediator
with the Sheriff's Department and they blatantly circumvented
his involvement, federal precedent favors Byron.
April 29 - May 22, 2005
In conjunction with their production of "The
Exonerated," Kansas City's Unicorn Theater opens a month-long
exhibit of Byron's artwork, "Afterimages: The Digital
Catharsis of Byron Case." Thank you "Web" of
the Frame Gallery for providing matting and framing, and Cynthia
Levin of the Unicorn for generously providing space. Congratulations,
also, to the fine cast for a brilliant series of performances.
Their warmth is very much appreciated.
Postcards featuring Byron's artwork from
this exhibit may be purchased through the Freebyroncase.com
CafePress Companion Shop
11 June 2004
Byron was taken from us and thrown into the bowels of HELL.
Thank you for all the support you have given. We could not
have done it without you. But this fight for TRUTH & JUSTICE
has to continue. Please stay with us. Forever greatful, Evelyn.
04 June 2004
The story of Juan Catalan,
entitled 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Clears Murder Suspect, has
been posted in the Press section.
In brief, here is his story: "Juan Catalan spent 5 1/2 months
in jail on murder charges before his attorney found video
footage taken by the show at Dodger Stadium that backs up
his client's claims of innocence."
10 May 2004
Link to the Denial of the Direct Appeal has been added in
the Appeals Progress section.
My commentary on the Denial
of the Direct Appeal can be found in the Appeals
Progress section. Byron is in the process of filing a
29.15 motion (Form 40), which claims ineffective assistance
of counsel.
Articles on people who have had their wrongful convictions
overturned have been added to the Press
section.
26 February 2004
Behind iron bars, one day is indistinguishable from another.
The appeal is still in motion and every new day brings anticipation
that we will finally be contacted with news to rejoice over.
Until then, we do our best is remain strong. Thank you to
everyone who has e-mailed their support. You are in our prayers.
6 November 2003
STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent,
v. BYRON C. CASE, Appellant uploaded and available
to view.
17 September 2003
Oral arguments scheduled/held for the appeal.
10 July 2003
Appellant's (Byron's) reply brief submitted.
04 July 2003
We let balloons go with Byron's flyer on it. It looked magical.
Some ballons were let go from our house, others from other
friends' homes, or on the way there. I have no idea where
they went. You just never know. It was in place of fireworks.
Byron said they might get us for littering. Ha, I guess anything
is possible.
30 June 2003
Respondent's (state's) brief submitted.
7 May 2003
Appellant's (Byron's) brief submitted.
28 June 2002
Sentencing hearing held.
2 May 2002
Fourth and last day of trial.
1 May 2002
Third day of trial.
30 April 2002
Second day of trial.
29 April 2002
First day of trial.
26 April 2002
Voir dire proceedings (jury selection) held.
25 April 2002
Second pretrial hearing to discuss evidence.
19 April 2002
Pretrial hearing to discuss evidence.
19 July 2001
Arraignment held.
20 June 2001
Indictment handed down.
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