Getting It Right

The Innocence Project has created an important video "about the central causes of wrongful convictions and suggested reforms to prevent future injustice."

View it here: Getting It Right

Jurors Support A New Trial For Kirstin Blaise Lobato

Two jurors from Kirstin Blaise Lobato's trial in 2006 who voted to convict her have come forward in light of the new evidence.

I-Team: Judge Bans Lawyers From Court After Bad Press

Judge Valorie Vega has recused herself from all cases involving attorneys Norm Reed and Adrian Lobo, who spoke to the press after the all-night deliberations Vega forced jurors to endure to accomodate her vacation schedule. Vega appears on video stating "I told counsel this case had to be done by Thursday because I am packing up and leaving town and going on vacation for two weeks." (See the I-Team Report.)

From 8 News Now on March 2nd:
"Citing 'post-Fakoya trial media matters,' Judge Vega disqualified herself from all of Reed and Lobo's 17 criminal cases, including two that involve the death penalty."

Judge Vega has also faced recent speculation about her trial schedule after the Las Vegas community was made aware that she was leaving court early to attend her daughter's soccer games.

Judge Valorie Vega Denies Kirstin Blaise Lobato's Habeas Corpus Petition

Watch the video and read the article:
I-Team: Judge Denies Another Petition Claiming Innocence by the I-Team at 8 News Now, Investigative Reporter Colleen McCarty and Photojournalist Kyle Zuelke.

The entire habeas corpus petition is available for viewing online or for purchase in book format. This petition alone proves Blaise's innocent beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Read about all the new evidence in this Case Summary prepared by Justice Denied's Hans Sherrer, an in depth report complete with alibi witness testimony, extensive expert testimony, pictures, maps and diagrams:
A Summary Of The New Evidence Kirstin Blaise Lobato Is Innocent Of Any Involvement In The Death Of Duran Bailey On July 8, 2001

Vega story not 'gotcha journalism by George Knapp, Las Vegas City Life

Is Valorie Vega The Most Corrupt Judge In The United States? by Hans Sherrer, Justice Denied Magazine

Kirstin Blaise Lobato Files Petition For DNA Testing

From the Justice: Denied article by Hans Sherrer:
"Kirstin Blaise Lobato filed a petition on Friday, February 25 in the Clark County, Nevada District Court seeking an order for post-conviction DNA testing of evidence recovered from the scene of Duran Bailey’s murder in Las Vegas on July 8, 2001."

Read the entire article, more about the DNA petition, and its importance to her case at the link below:
Kirstin Blaise Lobato Files Petition For DNA Testing

Listen: Gloria Killian Interviews Justice: Denied Founder Hans Sherrer

The cohosts are "2 women who share the mutually horrifying experience of being sent to prison for crimes that they did not commit." No other broadcast could have conveyed more important and crucial information about Blaise's case at this time. Gloria Killian was wrongly imprisoned for murder in California for 16 years from 1986 until her release in 2002. Please listen and share this link with others:

Listen to the archive of this important broadcast - Women Behind the Wall with special guest Hans Sherrer - First Aired Tuesday, January 18th, 2011 at 3pm PST.

Judge Valorie Vega's Courtroom Behavior Lambasted by Inside Edition in National Broadcast

Read as shocked jurors recall their unsettling experience - being forced by Judge Vega to begin deliberations for a murder trial at 2:50am:
Judge Tells Jury To Deliberate All Night

The I-Team at 8 News Now Covers Blaise's Case

Blaise's motion to have evidence tested by the Innocence Project has been denied by Judge Valorie Vega. A hearing is scheduled later in the year. The testing of this evidence would almost guarantee her freedom.

Watch Attorney Travis Barrick discuss the urgency of the need for this testing in an interview on the program I-Team at 8 News Now featuring Investigative Reporter Colleen McCarty:

I-Team: Motions Denied for Woman Who Claims Wrongful Conviction

Judge Valorie Vega's Courtroom Behavior Lambasted by Inside Edition in National Broadcast

Read as shocked jurors recall their unsettling experience - being forced by Judge Vega to begin deliberations for a murder trial at 2:50am:
Judge Tells Jury To Deliberate All Night

Hans Sherrer, editor and publisher of Justice Denied, has made available a comprehensive case summary that includes new evidence. It is available for download and viewing on the Justice Denied Website.

The Second Edition of "Kirstin Blaise Lobato's Unreasonable Conviction" is now available and includes 70 new pages! Justice Denied Magazine has more information and Justice Denied's Facebook page has just posted a notice describing the details and changes to the updated version.

“She placed her belief in the justice system, and she ended up being convicted of a crime that she did not commit.”

- United States District Court Judge Gloria Navarro
(Stated when she was Ms. Lobato’s attorney and a Clark County Deputy Special Public Defender in May 2002.)

"Kirstin Blaise Lobato's Unreasonable Conviction" is a book by Hans Sherrer from Justice: Denied that includes:

* Complete 770-page Nevada state habeas corpus petition filed with the Clark County District Court in Las Vegas on May 5, 2010. The petition has 79 grounds and 101 exhibits.

* Introduction by Hans Sherrer and Michelle Ravell

* Press Release about the filing of the petition.

* Index of the petition to easily find each page referring to a particular topic.

You can order the book on Amazon.com or via the Justice: Denied website.

Press Release - May 2010 Kirstin Blaise Lobato Files 758 Page Habeas Corpus Petition to Overturn 2006 Convictions

On March 24, 2010, Blaise's case was unanimously endorsed by the review board of the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC).

The Innocence Project in New York has accepted Blaise's case to pursue DNA testing of evidence that could identify Duran Bailey's murderer and prove her innocence.

We remain confident that the American justice system will prove Blaise's innocence. Your support and encouragement at this difficult time is appreciated. To send cards and letters of support, please contact her using the address below:

To contact the Justice for Kirstin Team, email justice4kirstin@cox.net.