"Let
us hope these captors can be swayed, not by political pressures or
promises, but by what is undeniably
just and humane in the eyes of the world
community," said McCain.
The POWs also unveiled an
online petition, http://www. It is an initiative of His Majesty King Mohammed VI that
focuses on
enhancing a broad range of Moroccan-U.S.
Also today, letters to Governor Warner from 12 former
federal and state
judges and prosecutors who have reviewed the evidence in the Norfolk Four case
have concluded that the former sailors are innocent and should be freed. Daryn was one of 11 children
abducted and murdered by a
serial killer in British Columbia, Canada.
21 year old male who was murdered
in Tampa, Florida on February 13th 1998.
february cover
1998 victim
"
Organizations such as Amnesty International, the International
Committee
of the Red Cross and the United Nations Security Council have all insisted on
the POWs
' liberation in compliance with international humanitarian law. Bosko.
Gary Rosenfeldt, an advocate
for crime victims and
missing children, who teaches police officers how to deal with victims of
crime
and their families, has joined FacePrint Global Solutions (FGS)
(OTC BB: FCPG) as a member of the
company's Advisory Board.who crime
The group explained that they had come to America to
plea for the active
support of the United States in helping to free the 408
Moroccan soldiers who are still facing torture
, isolated confinement and
regular humiliation.C.Norfolk4.
Grounded in biometrics, FGS's solutions
encompass a unique
composite-picture driven facial recognition system, as presently demanded
by
both the private and public sectors.
(http://www.evidence mcginley
The visiting former POWs were released in 2003
and 2004, after being
held for twenty years or longer. and Moroccan American Center for
Policy
on behalf of the Embassy of Morocco. Derek Tice was convicted for the
rape and murder of Ms.
More information about the Norfolk Four case, including the clemency
petition, juror and expert
affidavits, can be accessed at
http://www.
Rosenfeldt also sits on the Board of Directors
of the Victims' Resource
Centre of the Canadian Professional Police Association -- which represents
more than 55,000 Canadian frontline police officers. The day
after the twin towers fell in New
York City on Sept.petition justice
S.
The six former prisoners spoke about seeing their fellow prisoners
murdered
, tortured, forced to perform slave labor and forced to give their own
blood to their enemies. "That
's why I'm joining many
in the world community in calling on the leadership of the Polisario Front
to
conform to the compact among nations and free them now.
In a sworn statement, one of
the Tice jurors, Joy Imel, states: "Had I
heard and seen any of the [additional] evidence during
the trial, I would not
have convicted Derek Tice of the rape and murder of Michelle Bosko."
Eric Wilson was convicted of rape in June 1999. He was sentenced to 8 1/2
years and was released
in the fall of 2005. This prompted the Rosenfeldts to
launch VOV, after they saw that services to
families of crime victims left
a lot to be desired.evidence murdered
Additional information is
available at the
Department of Justice, in Washington, D.S. I
understand that the Governor of Virginia is now the
only person who can
release Danial Williams, Joseph Dick and Derek Tice.com. They ended up as one
of the main Canadian contacts
between rescue teams, Canadian authorities and the families of missing
victims, providing food, money, hotel accommodations and on-site trauma
assistance.murdered february
The remaining
POWs have been held in
direct violation of the Geneva Conventions since the declaration of a cease
-
fire in 1991, and are today the longest-held prisoners of war anywhere in the
world.FreeThemNow
.
Les Jackson, executive director of the American Ex-Prisoners of War
Organization, also joined
in urging the release of the Moroccan POWs. Compounding this danger is the fact that the police could
not
corroborate the confessions of the Norfolk Four, which should have been a
glaring signal that
the confessions were false. FGS's goal is to become a major
provider of technologies, applications
and products for identity
authentication and validation.crime 13th
"I know all too well that appeals
to decency and justice can make a
difference in the lives of prisoners," said McCain.
This material is distributed by DJE, Inc. Additionally, attorneys for the Norfolk Four released
letters
to the Governor from several former federal and state judges and
prosecutors who carefully reviewed
the case stating that "executive clemency
is particularly appropriate in this matter because no court
has or will
consider all of the facts that have now come to light. If you would like to arrange an
interview with the
jurors, experts or attorneys, please contact Laura Burstein at 202-557-7584 or
Amy Levey at 202-557-7513.21 victim
FreeThemNow.org Online Petition Unveiled
WASHINGTON, U. relations
.year 13th
"I have sent a letter to
the leadership of the Polisario Front, calling for the immediate release
of
all prisoners of war, and I hope that my colleagues in the Senate and others
will join this
call as well."
Captain Ali Najab, one of the six Moroccan POWs to appear with Sen. Bosko in January
2003. has analyzed
the forensic evidence obtained from this case and has concluded that it is
"overwhelmingly likely that Danial Williams, Joseph Dick, Eric Wilson, and
Derek Tice, did not participate
in the rape and murder of Ms.PRESS RELEASE Advocate for Crime Victims and Missing Children Joins FacePrint
Global Solutions Advisory Board
The Rosenfeldts are hailed as proactive and resourceful advocates
.old murdered
"
They urged the Governor to use his executive power to free these innocent men.
"Gary and
Sharon are outstanding people," said Cote.cover old
They formed VOV after their 16-year-old son Daryn
was
killed in 1981.murder police
In addition, a law enforcement official who has examined the case, Frank
Stokes (a retired FBI agent with over 30 years of experience in police
interrogation and confessions
) said he believes the Norfolk Four are innocent. Rosenfeldt was one of the first people to use Cote
's
inaugural facial imagery product in 1998, when FACES, The Ultimate
Composite Picture was released
and went on to be used by more than 150,000
police and forensic authorities around the world."
About FacePrint Global Solutions, Inc.petition mcginley
Saipan; and
* expert testimony from a crime scene reconstruction
analyst and a
forensic pathologist stating this was a single perpetrator crime
committed
by Omar Ballard.
According to Stokes: "The tactics used by the police in these interrogations
carry
a significant danger of producing false confessions, as they did in this
case.photograph kevin
"
The Moroccan
American Center for Policy (MACP) is a non-profit
organization whose principle mission is to inform
opinion makers, government
officials and an interested public in the United States about political
and
social developments in Morocco and the role being played by the Kingdom of
Morocco in broader
strategic developments in North Africa, the Mediterranean,
and the Middle East.
Cite Evidence that Proves the Four Former
Navy Men are Innocent
Jurors, Experts Available for Interviews Today
WASHINGTON, Letters and
affidavits from jurors in
the Norfolk Four trials filed with Governor Mark Warner today urge clemency
for the four former Navy men, citing exonerating evidence that they did not
hear during the trials
.killed year
http://www.Jurors Former Prosecutors and Judges Urge Governor Warner to Grant Clemency
to Norfolk Four
Bosko;
* Ballard's crime spree against women at the time he murdered Ms.
The
prominent individuals stated that they wrote the letters "from the perspective
of individuals
with a strong interest in ensuring the reliability of the
criminal justice system," and that they
are confident that "this crime was
committed by only one person [Omar Ballard]," that only Ballard
's confession
is reliable, and that "no court has or will review all the relevant facts. Anything
that can make a difference in assisting police in their
work is good, and EZ-FACE will definitely
help us in our mission to locate
missing children," said Rosenfeldt, who also is a regular lecturer
at the
Canadian Police College and Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.police victim
org, at
the press conference
, and urged anyone concerned about the sanctity of human
rights to add their name to the call for
the immediate and unconditional
release of the remaining prisoners." Bode
Technology Group was
also involved in the DNA retesting ordered by Governor
Warner which resulted in recent exonerations
in Virginia.petition police
Senator John McCain Urges Immediate Release of World's Longest-Held POWs
ca) is already
quite familiar with EZ-FACE
creator Pierre Cote.faceprint.
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The evidence not presented at
either
trial but now reviewed by the jurors, includes:
* Omar Ballard's sworn testimony that he
was the sole perpetrator of the
crime;
* Ballard's chilling letter in which he admitted
that he killed Ms. Bosko's murder;
* the lead detective's history in eliciting false confessions;
* expert testimony on how the coercive interrogation tactics resulted in
inconsistent
statements which bear the hallmarks of false confessions;
* Joseph Dick's alibi confirming that
he was scheduled to be on duty on
the U.victimsofviolence.year old
Senator John McCain joined six
Moroccan
ex-prisoners of war (POWs) Tuesday in calling for the immediate
release of 408 Moroccans still being
held by the Polisario Front as a result
of a territorial dispute in the Sahara.
McCain, recounted
some of the abuse he and others endured during captivity,
and made a plea on behalf of those he was
forced to leave behind.S.
"I really do support the work that FGS is doing, and I am so impressed
with
EZ-FACE.
VOV (www. FGS is headquartered in Fresno, California.petition victim
"The POW cause
is not about World War II, Vietnam, or the Sahara conflict
-- it's about basic human rights," said
Jackson. Bosko,
including Ballard's physical assault of a woman in Ms. Under the threat of
the death
penalty and on the advice of counsel, Danial Williams and Joseph Dick pled
guilty to
rape and murder in early 1999. Williams, Dick and Tice are serving
life sentences in Virginia prisons
. "We are so thrilled to
have Gary sit on our Advisory Board, as he will be the voice of crime
victims
everywhere -- a voice that, for far too long, has not been heard
loud enough. FGS is developing a
new
methodology and industry standard called the "E-DNA Bioprint Coding
System", for the transmission
of data related to individual faces.tv)
plea victim
"We urge the Polisario to restore these individuals
'
freedom and allow them to return to Morocco to live the remainder of their
lives in dignity with
their families.
"
Ten jurors from the Eric Wilson and Derek Tice trials have reviewed
evidence that was not presented to them at trial and say that they would not
have voted to convict
these men for the rape and murder of Michelle Bosko and
now believe that all four sailors are innocent
.case justice
I believe that clearing
the names of all four of these innocent men is the only right and just thing
to do and I urge that the Governor swiftly grant them clemency."
In another recent development
, an expert DNA analyst for law enforcement
and governmental agencies from the Bode Technology Group
, Inc. 11, 2001, they drove
to Ground Zero, where they launched relief efforts with local authorities
to help locate Canadian victims and assist families who needed information
about their loved ones
.on.photograph year
Bosko's apartment
complex two weeks before the murder, and Ballard's rape and attempted
strangulation of a 14-year-old girl 10 days after Ms.
Rosenfeldt and his wife, Sharon
, run Victims of Violence (VOV), Canadian
Centre For Missing Children -- one of Canada's most influential
crime
victims' groups. He also works with
several committees of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
(RCMP) National
Missing Children Services program.: FGS marshals the considerable
talent and experience
of its high-tech team of professionals towards the
creation of imaginative technology solutions to
address the critical needs
in facial recognition related to identity verification, crime-prevention
and worldwide efforts against terrorism.tampa cover
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