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[Billylee]

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/A-New-Apology-From-Phillip-Garrido-69964222.html


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33900210/ns/local_news-sacramento_ca/

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Phillip Garrido Apologizes In New Letter
Phillip Garrido Remains Jailed In Jaycee Lee Dugard Kidnapping
POSTED: 5:35 pm PST November 12, 2009
UPDATED: 8:24 am PST November 13, 2009
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"Mr. Garrido is expressing genuine remorse. He would like people to consider the fact that he's a changed man and his story is best told all at one time, instead of in pieces. He presents obvious issues concerning whether or not he is competent to be a defendant, and we are looking into that," said his attorney, Public Defender Susan Gellman, in a telephone interview Thursday evening from St. Petersburg, Fla.

September letter to KCRA 3
http://www.kcra.com/news/21165267/detail.html

Video: Full Interview: Phillip Craig Garrido
http://www.kcra.com/video/20602756/index.html

Video: Garrido's Lawyer: Case 'Glacial Haste'
http://www.kcra.com/video/21468125/index.html

Video: Garrido Sends Jailhouse Letter To Anchor
http://www.kcra.com/video/21166015/index.html

Article:
http://www.kcra.com/mostpopular/21601232/detail.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Jaycee Dugard's alleged kidnapper apologizes
November 13, 2009 9:00 a.m. EST
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In the handwritten letter this week to CNN affiliate KCRA, Garrido seemed to address the kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard.

"First off I want to apologize to every human being for what has taken place," KCRA said the letter states.

The second sentence of the letter appeared to refer to what Garrido has described as a religious transformation that cured him of his sexual deviancy.

It says: "People all over the world are hearing testimony that through the spirit of Christ a mental process took place ending a sexual problem believed to be impossible."

*NOTE: Video Included In Article~ Jaycee Dugard's alleged kidnapper apologizes

Article:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/13/garrido.letter/index.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Nancy Garrido Represented by New Defense Lawyer
November 13, 2009
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According to court documents, Judge Douglas Phimister named defense attorney Stephen A. Tapson as Garrido's court-appointed lawyer. A hearing on Nov. 30 will be held on the matter.

Garrido's previous court-appointed attorney, Gilbert Maines, was removed by the judge last week in a closed hearing, but his removal has yet to be explained by the judge.

Article:
http://www.news10.net/news/story.aspx?storyid=70326&catid=2

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Phillip Garrido Letter the Work of a "Master Manipulator," DA Says
November 13, 2009 17 mins ago
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A statement released Friday by Vern Pierson's office says prosecutors view Garrido's correspondence "as just another example of his attempt to control the situation around him and his prior victims."

The release from the district attorney's office says, "It appears once again that Mr. Garrido seeks leniency due to claims of religious transformation and alleged personal change."

Article:
http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=70326&provider=top

 

[Angel Who Cares]

DA: Garrido Is 'Master Manipulator'
Kidnapping Suspect Apologizes 'To Every Human Being' In New Letter
POSTED: 1:46 pm PST November 13, 2009
UPDATED: 3:21 pm PST November 13, 2009
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"Mr. Garrido is expressing genuine remorse. He would like people to consider the fact that he's a changed man and his story is best told all at one time, instead of in pieces. He presents obvious issues concerning whether or not he is competent to be a defendant, and we are looking into that," said his attorney, Public Defender Susan Gellman, in a telephone interview Thursday evening from St. Petersburg, Fla.

Pierson fired back, saying "these recent statements are eerily similar to what Mr. Garrido told the judge who sentenced him in 1977 and to the parole board when he duped them into releasing him from prison after serving only 11 years of a 50 year federal sentence and five-to-life Nevada State sentence."

Article:
http://www.kcra.com/mostpopular/21609560/detail.html

 

[anthroamy]

http://www.kcra.com/news/21633706/detail.html

PLACERVILLE, Calif. --
The trial against Phillip and Nancy Garrido could be moved to Sacramento, Stockton or Modesto, as finding impartial jurors could be difficult in Placerville, according to a former deputy district attorney.

 

[i.b.nora]

This announcement in the NYPost seems to have gotten overlooked at the time of publication but came to my attention when the Nancy Seltzer name came up in response to the Shane Ryan film controversy.

Kidnap clan's cleansing step

Last Updated: 12:11 PM, November 11, 2009
Posted: 12:26 AM, November 11, 2009

"The family of California kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard has eliminated the vultures who were trying to profit off their misery and brought in pit-bull publicist Nancy Seltzer. "It's clear there are many cooks in the kitchen," said one magazine editor. "Nancy is trying to clean it up." The family sold exclusive photos to People, which had one of its best-selling issues of all time, through a middleman who was slow to give them their share of what was said to be a relatively paltry $200,000. "Everyone has now behaved in a manner they can be proud of," Seltzer told Page Six. But the family remains in need of money for everything from medical bills to rent to food. Big-hearted readers can send checks to the Jaycee Lee Dugard Trust, c/o Viewtech, PO Box 596, Atwood, CA 92811."

 

[Billylee]

Katie Callaway Hall's podcast from today available here:

http://www.kfiam640.com/pages/johnandkenshow/index.html

 

[i.b.nora]

Threats against parole agent in Jaycee Dugard case prompt move


By Roman Gokhman
Contra Costa Times
Posted: 11/18/2009 09:41:01 PM PST

"ANTIOCH — The parole agent who supervised kidnapping and rape suspect Phillip Garrido has been moved to a different location because of threats against him and his family, the state corrections department said today.

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Spokesman Gordon Hinkle said the agent and his family were moved shortly after Jaycee Dugard was discovered and Garrido and his wife, Nancy, were arrested Aug. 26.

The move was "due to security concerns that the department had," Hinkle said."

More . . .

 

[i.b.nora]

A more informative article about the transfer of the parole agent, and talks of some of the Contra Costa Sheriff's changes that have been implemented.

CDCR: Garrido's Parole Agent Threatened
Report Had Blasted California Department Of Corrections Over Garrido's Supervision
KSBW Action News 8 Sacramento
UPDATED: 10:45 am PST November 19, 2009

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Threats against Phillip Garrido's parole agent forced him to transfer to a new office in the Sacramento area, an investigation done by KSBW's sister station KCRA 3 has uncovered.

"The nature of the threats against him have been severe enough to relocate him," said Gordon Hinkle, a spokesman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Due to the sensitive nature of these threats, KCRA 3 is not naming the parole agent. However, KCRA 3 has confirmed the agent was transferred to a Sacramento parole office specifically because of security concerns that arose after Garrido's arrest.

more...

 

[Tizzle]

Tracking Sex-Crime Offenders Gets Trickier

The focus on crimes against children that began in the Bush administration shows no sign of abating under President Obama. Federal child sexual exploitation prosecutions are up 147 percent since 2002, and the Justice Department is hiring 81 more prosecutors for these cases. Funding for task forces that bring charges in state courts rose this year from $16 million to $75 million.

But many of those offenders are now leaving prison, even as revenue-strapped states are cutting the budgets of probation departments. In Virginia, probation and parole cuts this year totaled nearly $10 million, including $500,000 for electronic monitoring of sexually violent predators. Maryland also has cut its budget.

"The burden on probation and parole officers is going to explode," said Ernie Allen, the national center's president.

The monitoring of virtually all sex offenders is required by law when they are on probation or parole.

The problem has gained national attention with the discovery of 10 bodies and a skull at a registered sex offender's home in Cleveland and revelations that Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped at age 11 in 1991 and allegedly held captive at a California sex offender's house until her reappearance in August. Officers had visited both homes and noticed nothing wrong.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/23/politics/washingtonpost/main5748686.shtml

 

[Tizzle]

Cop Who Busted Garrido Talks to High School

Allison Jacobs, who graduated in 1994 from Santa Margarita Catholic High School, was the keynote speaker for the school's Alumni Career Day.

Jacobs made national headlines for her work in helping to crack the Jaycee Lee Dugard case.

The Santa Margarita Catholic grad was one of two officers with the UC Berkeley police force whose suspicions led to the arrest of Garrido and the return of Jaycee Lee Dugard, who in 1991 at age 11 was abducted from her Lake Tahoe neighborhood.

"For the first time in my career I couldn't read their eyes. It was very unsettling for me," Jacobs said.

Jacobs was recently interviewed by People magazine to be featured as one of the magazine's heroes of the year.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local-beat/Police-Officer-Old-School-71970852.html

 

[i.b.nora]

Nancy Garrido wants dismissed lawyer back on case

By John Simerman
Contra Costa Times
Posted: 11/25/2009 08:02:38 PM PST
Updated: 11/25/2009 08:02:39 PM PST

"Nancy Garrido's former attorney, dismissed this month after a claim that he talked up a book or movie deal about the Jaycee Dugard case at a golf club bar, wants back on it — and Garrido supports the idea, court documents show. But a state appeals court has denied the plea."

and

"Eduardo Bartolome, a bartender at Cold Springs Golf and Country Club, near Placerville, declared that Maines had two drinks after lunch there Oct. 30, never acting drunk. Bartolome understood that the court had heard testimony that Maines "was discussing the case in detail," at the bar that day, and that "he was talking to me about a book deal or making money through some kind of book or movie arrangement following the trial in this matter," his statement says.

"No such conversation ever took place."

A fellow club member, Sam Cooper, signed a similar declaration. Maines dismisses conversation about the case, Cooper declared, telling members "he comes to the club to get away from all of that."

 

[i.b.nora]

Nancy Garrido's ex-lawyer asks to be reinstated

San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, November 26, 2009

"(11-25) 16:36 PST SACRAMENTO -- The former lawyer for Jaycee Dugard kidnap-rape defendant Nancy Garrido has denied seeking to exploit her case through a book or movie deal, and both he and Garrido want him reinstated as her attorney.

A state appeals court in Sacramento spurned Gilbert Maines' plea, however, and told him Wednesday he could instead seek reinstatement from a judge in El Dorado County. It would not necessarily be Superior Court Judge Douglas Phimister, who ordered Maines off the case Nov. 5. Phimister has stayed his order until Monday and has appointed an interim attorney to represent Garrido."

and

"Garrido, in a statement dated Nov. 18, said she "did not really understand what was going on" at the Nov. 5 meeting. She said Phimister had told her he was removing Maines and appointing another lawyer and asked her if that was what she wanted, and she replied that she didn't know.

"I have a relationship with Mr. Maines and I know and I trust him," Garrido said. After talking with her interim attorney, Steve Tapson, she said she was satisfied that Maines had no conflict of interest. Even if he does have a conflict, Garrido said, she still wants Maines as her lawyer."

more...

 

[Billylee]

Jaycee celebrates Thanksgiving:

http://www.rgj.com/article/20091127...ksgiving-with-family-in-18-years-some-hitches

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Child *advertiser censored* fight gets new weapons
November 15, 2009, 6:15AM
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"We have the key, but we are barely using it," said Heather Steele, president of the Innocent Justice Foundation, a nonprofit group fighting child *advertiser censored*.

While the public's attention is drawn to high-profile stories such as the captivity ordeal of Jaycee Lee Dugard in California, the more prevalent reality is that a widespread outbreak of child exploitation crimes is taking place daily in homes rich and poor across the country.

"The problem has absolutely exploded with the advent of the Internet," said Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. "These offenders do not match society's stereotypes. They're doctors and lawyers and teachers ... every walk of life."

*Much much more info at link!

*Video Included In Article: Crackdown on child *advertiser censored* & Taking care of the Troopers

Innocent Justice Foundation
http://innocentjustice.org/

High Technology Crime Unit for the Louisiana Department of Justice
http://ag.state.la.us/Article.aspx?articleID=41&catID=0

Read the complete series on the crackdown on child *advertiser censored*:
http://topics.nola.com/tag/child-*advertiser censored*-series/index.html

Article:
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2009/11/post_72.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

UPDATED: Former Deputy DA: Garrido Case Could Be Moved
Jaycee Lee Dugard Kidnapped In 1991, Found This Year
POSTED: 4:47 pm PST November 16, 2009
UPDATED: 7:39 pm PST November 16, 2009
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Phillip Garrido's attorney, Susan Gellman, said a change of venue is something attorneys will still have to consider.

"Change of venue? &#8230; I think that's something that we'll have to look at &#8230; the only problem is &#8230; where would we go?" Gellman said.

Moving the trial would not a be a huge expense unless it goes to San Francisco or Los Angeles.

Schlueter also said that "there's the possibility of an insanity plea on this [case]."

Video: Could Garrido Trial Move Out Of El Dorado Co.?
http://www.kcra.com/video/21634372/index.html

Article:
http://www.kcra.com/news/21633706/detail.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

For families of missing, learning fate still matters
November 17, 2009
Editor's note: The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children twice updated and distributed age-progression images of Colleen Orsborn and not as indicated in a previous version.
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A day, a week, a month, a year, a decade or more. When a child disappears, it feels like an eternity for the loved ones left in the lurch.

As tragic as the death is of 7-year-old Somer Thompson of Orange Park -- the girl who disappeared on her way home from school, her body found two days later in a Georgia landfill -- at least her family was able to give her a proper burial.

But that closure has never come for those left behind when several young women disappeared from the Daytona Beach area during the 1980s. The families of Darlene Webb, Colleen Orsborn, Deborah Hohenshilt and Julie Seay still await answers.

When Jaycee Lee Dugard was found alive in California this summer after an 18-year disappearance, some local families gained a renewed faith that the cases of their daughters, sisters, and in one case a mother, may be solved.

Ideally, a woman in her 40s will return to their lives.
*Much much more at link!

Darlene Webb missing since 1983

Webb's age-progressed image

Colleen Orsborn missing since 1984

Orsborn's age-progressed image

Julie Seay missing since 1988

Seay's age-progressed image

Deborah Hohenshilt missing since 1988: Age-progressed image not available

Article:
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Headlines/frtHEAD01111709.htm

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Citizens at risk, justice undone
Created: 11/17/2009 02:30:47 AM PST
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The past week, appropriately about dark, the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced its latest and maybe last response to a Federal Court ordered prison management plan. Hundreds of thousands of Californians will become victims of crime if these policies are fully implemented and tens of thousands of past victims will experience justice undone.

The awful crimes like the one committed by Phillip Garrido upon Jaycee Lee Dugard are the product of current parole and sentencing policies. They are but the most recent horror stories.

I can name Polly Klaas, Kimber Reynolds and ever so many more victims who are and will be the result of flawed parole and sentencing policies.

Saying that this proposal "reduces prison population without compromising public safety" will not make it so. Never has, never will.

Article:
http://www.dailydemocrat.com/guestopinions/ci_13806050