IL - Joel Kirkpatrick, 10, murdered, Lawrenceville, 13 Oct 1997

[nostoneunturned]

Originally Posted by JulieR
Yes she was.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Rea

"If you have prosecutors who are willing to go on a crusade to ignore the evidence, who are unaccountable, who are unchecked, then yes, it takes a million dollars to even those scales.

AMEN!
I don't know, but that old saying that says"God won't ever give you more than you can handle ....I don't know how JulieR had the strength to stand,not only losing her child,but to go through the torture of having people think you took a knife and stabbed your beloved child....that would have to be the cruelest thing an x husband could say..to insist you were capable of such a thing.
I am so thankful for DNA, before that I think LE went only on Brass and GUT reactions...reputation and some times lack of a reputation.
How do they give her back the years lost? How do they equal what her earnings would have been if she was allowed to continue school?How is a person treated so ill be just expected to just be happy to be found innocent of a crime, that if LE had done their job..took pictures..took fingerprints..their JOB..she wouldn't have been accused in the first place......men stick together ...Glad one wrong was righted....but again I say how can they right the wrong?

 

[JulieR]

I think the saddest part is that she still has to defend herself to some people who still think she is guiltily. Oh and wonders......no, I am not the lady, thank goodness I would have never survived all she did.

 

[JenniferTx]

Kinda strange that Sells actually confessed to the crime. I guess he knows he will never get out of prison no matter what.

 

[wonders]

I think the saddest part is that she still has to defend herself to some people who still think she is guiltily. Oh and wonders......no, I am not the lady, thank goodness I would have never survived all she did.

It's funny that I saw a new post here and peeked in to see what was happening. JulieR I asked that question in 7/09 and you answered in 2/10 and here we are in 2012. I really do feel sorry for that poor lady, I hope she is coping and starting to heal as much as she can.

 

[Mary456]

After years of contacting just about everyone involved in Julie Rea's case, I obtained a partial transcript of her 2002 trial. I reconstructed, to the best of my ability, the missing testimony using two sources: 1. Trial coverage posted on the supporter website "Justice for Julie and Joel!" This website was taken down soon after Rea's 2006 acquittal and 2. The Lawrenceville Daily Record newspaper.

Don't panic when you see 722 pages, because the actual transcript is double-spaced in large type. I read the entire thing in a few hours. Opening statements are missing, so some of the testimony may make more sense if you read the closing arguments first.

http://goo.gl/IdUzgG

 

[iulia]

She Was Exonerated of the Murder of Her Son. Her Life Is Still Shattered.