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Patricia Wright
W79941 Hi! I'm Patty, but I prefer to be call Brezzy! I'm wanting to hear from smart, good looking guys; professional men with a great sense of humor because I sure do have one! Hi good looking! I'm sitting behind these prison walls, only temporarily, waiting to hear from a nice guy to get acquainted with. I'm 56 years old. I've traveled to many states in the U.S. as well as to Europe and the Middle East frequently. I was caught up in a tangle, but justice will prevail soon, very soon. I am acting in pro per status at the moment but am in desperate need of an attorney to untangle this wrongful conviction that has been imposed upon me. (se full story below). But , in the meantime, I need to "SMILE". Please help me to regain that million-dollar 'Rembrandt' - smile that I've always been so famous for! I would love to share poems, photos, and so much more with you. I'm a great gal, just a little lonely. So please write to me~you won't regret it. Race: Black In September 1981, a terrible crime occurred, my ex-husband was brutally stabbed to death in his motor home. He was parked somewhere downtown, in a bad part of town when lie was killed, but he had previously had his motor home parked in front of my house. Seventeen years later a second crime occurred, I was arrested, charged, and convicted of his murder. The second crime was not any more legal than the first, however, the law sanctioned it. Such is the state of our criminal justice system. V/hen Jerome, my ex-husband, was killed, we were no longer married but were still good friends. He and I both felt very strongly that communication between us was important in the raising of our children. He would often come and park his motor home at my place, and he would visit. Jerome’s homosexual lifestyle led to the dissolution of our marriage. It also led to some pretty unsavory partners, and placed him in some dangerous situations. I strongly believe his lifestyle led to his murder. These are just some of those pertinent facts: • There were 3 different blood types found in Jerome motor home (none of which matched mine). • There were 13 sets of fingerprints found in the motor home (again, none matched mine). • There were 3 previous suspects in this case, one who died in 1995, and Jerome gay- lover whom they were unable to locate. • There was Jerome’s nephew (his fingerprints were some of the 13 found), he was a known gang-banger and drug-dealer who had many run-ins with the law at the time of Jerome’s murder. 1-Jowever, when he was investigated again in 1997, he was already in prison for another crime, so not much investigate effort was expended. • The last person seen with Jerome was a male prostitute, but detectives were never able to find him. • No physical of forensic evidence connected-me to the victim body or to the location the body was found. • False evidence presented to jury to obtain conviction, and denial of 6 Amendment right to confront witnesses against me. • Notice of Appeal 2002, reversing and remanding where evidence lost, withheld, destroyed. unavailable, and undisclosed by the state, was found to be “ matter IA meaning that it was favorable to the defendant, and the absence of this evidence at trial undermined confidence in the outcome of the trial. The lost or destroyed knife, unavailable witnesses, lack of memory from key witness of events taken p some 17 years earlier, other suspects, forensic evidence of blood, fingerprints, all require findings that the above established a complete defense of actual and factual innocence. The court stated that the ‘great break’ in this case of an alleged confession from Larry Slaughter, of which was never presented at either trial, simply because one never existed, and the trial court claims “overwhelming evidence of Patricia Wright’s guilt”. To the extent this finding is entitled to AEDPA deference, it is also an unreasonable determination i light of the evidence presented at my trial. I was questioned in 1981 about Jerome’s death and about his friends, partners, and his lifestyle. I was questioned again in 1983, as no suspects had been identified, then again in 1995, as new ‘cold case’ task forces were developed Then in August of 1997 1 was arrested and charged, only to be released two weeks later due to Jack of evidence. A few weeks later in September 1997, I was re-arrested, The DA. ‘s Office of Los Angeles County claimed they had a tape. In this tape, Larry (a friend of the family and I were allegedly to have confessed to the murder of Jerome. However, this tape was conveniently ‘lost’, and so the claim (but not the confirmation) was what stood. My conviction rested solely on the word of a disenfranchised relative, my brother Larry. He was incarcerated at the time, in Connecticut. He struck a deal with the LA County District Attorney. He would be given, a lesser sentence on an unrelated crime if he would give the California DA enough information to solve Jerome’s murder. i to convict me He complied, and instead of being sentenced to 12 years in Connecticut’s state prison, he spent S mouths in the state’s county jail, then released. Larry has since recanted his testimony. He now acknowledges that he told the authorities what they wanted to hear, only to save his own skin, and I have a copy of his signed, notarized statement. I was convicted at trial. The DA, in order to attempt to establish motive, dragged an ailing, retired insurance agent out of his sick bed to testify against me. This retired agent was 83-years old, and was confined to a Skilled Nursing Facility for his Alzheimer’s Disease, yet the prosecution wanted the jury to believe the man could remember ‘who’ he sold life insurance policies to some 20 years earlier. My own public defender failed to raise a challenge to the witnesses’ mental competency, so his garbled and wandering testimony stood. In fact, he was so debilitated, that his testimony had to be videotaped, and played to the jury during trial. He died later that same year, thus the theory of murder for financial gain was promoted. There were many facts that the prosecutor ignored or failed to investigate, but that didn’t stop them. There had been no activity to speak of on this case 17 years then suddenly on flimsy and contrived evidence’, I am convicted. I began lengthy legal challenges to this wrongful conviction. I became familiar with the honors of prison life. Finally in November of 2004 I won a Certificate of Appeal ability (COA) for my case, hut the hope that this injustice would finally be rectified was short lived. I was denied on a technicality, untimely filing. Such is the state of our criminal justice system. When a woman such as myself, can be convicted 17 years after the fact, on known, false evidence, evidence that is clearly and unequivocally recanted. Such is the state of our criminal justice system.
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