A Story of Grave Injustice

On August 28th, 2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada a woman named Kirstin Lobato was sentenced to life in prison. She was the victim of an attempted rape in May 2001, and had defended herself against her rapist.

The twist is that the crime she was convicted of was not even connected with what occured at the scene of the attempted rape.  The murder she was framed for took place in July, while Kirstin was at her parents' house in Panaca.  There was no forensic evidence connecting her to the crime, and she had a solid alibi.  The entirety of the State's evidence was a story concocted by the Prosecutor, testimony of a jailhouse snitch with a past history of perjury, and a "confession" of her acting in self-defense in May against her rapist (extracted by the police in a misleading way) which was presented to the court as a confession of the murder that occured in July.

How did a victim of attempted rape who defended herself only enough to flee her rapist find herself with a 1st degree murder charge for someone else's crime?  Better yet, what judge would limit the testimony of an expert witness who was to testify to the fact that due to blood spatter evidence there was no possible way she had committed the crime?  Answers to these questions and others like them remain.

Pamphlet your local progressive organizations.

Read and sign the petition: Justice for Kirstin Lobato.

Victimizing the Victim, an article about Kirstin, is being featured in Expository Magazine.

For more information about the case, read this weblog:
Injustice Central

Donate $25 or more to Kirstin's Legal Defense Fund and we'll send you a t-shirt and a bumper sticker as a token of our gratitude.

Send donations, legal and media inquiries, and requests for
further information to:
Justice4Kirstin Campaign
PO Box 36442
Las Vegas, NV 89133
Justice4kirstin@cox.net