Mortal Justice: A True Story of Murder and Vindication. By Jeanette Popp and Wanda Evans. New Horizon Press. 312 pages. $24.95. Christopher Ochoa's story is a fascinating one. Badgered by Texas police into a false murder confession, he spent more than 12 years in prison before being freed with the help of the Wisconsin Innocence Project.
Christopher Ochoa, free after 12 years in prison for crime he didn't commit - Brief Article
The killing of a woman who was married, jailed and strangled in a matter of hours presents a new test for the Wisconsin Innocence Project, which has freed two men from prison but has never taken a wrongful conviction case to trial. When the project overturned the murder conviction of Christopher Ochoa and the sexual assault conviction of Steven Avery, suspense in the courtroom was present but limited. The cases had taken years to develop, but after DNA evidence proved that neither man could have committed the crimes, a judge released them from prison.
Introduction.I.A Sketch of the Philosophical Basis for the Death Penalty.II.Additional Problems Afflicting the Death Penalty.A.Race and the Death Penalty.B.Dubious confessions and inmate testimony.C.Inadequate counsel.D.Future dangerousness.III.State and Federal Responses to the Death Penalty.IV.DNA Testing: A Panacea? Conclusion
...In the case of Christopher Ochoa, the threat of the death penalty caused the ...
... (McBreaty, 2002; Johnson, 2003), Christopher Ochoa (Falkenberg, 2001; Drizin, 2001), the Centra...
Even [Richard Danziger]'s attorney, Berkley Bettis, didn't believe anything was awry. "I left that trial feeling the state had proved beyond a reasonable doubt that my client was guilty," Bettis later told Texas Monthly. "How could Ochoa have stood on the witness stand and related detail after detail after detail? People just don't do that if they're innocent, or at least I didn't think so. I didn't have any of that," he says. "I was a failure. Society looked at me like I was an animal. I just didn't want to live anymore." He broke open a razor and pondered slicing his wrist and forearm, hoping he'd bleed to death. But Ochoa's Catholic values wouldn't let him take his own life. "For me, as a prosecutor, [Chris Ochoa]' case will always be a constant reminder that prosecuting is not abo...
...The two men were Christopher Ochoa, then 22, and Richard Danziger, then 18. Pol...
Two escaped inmates are still at large
...Pablo Ladislow Ontaneda, 18, and Christopher Ochoa, 19, were clearing brush with a crew from th...
Youth pastor linked to girl A youth pastor from was charged Friday with multiple counts stemming from an alleged sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl, according to authorities.
... as Pablo Ladislow Ontaneda, 18, and Christopher Ochoa, 19, slipped away around 2 p.m. on a fire ro...
Body in freezer might be missing woman LEWISTON, Maine - The remains of a body that were found inside a storage unit by relatives of a man who had rented it and died earlier this month may be those of a woman who was reported missing in 1983, Maine State Police said Saturday.
...Christopher Ochoa, 20, of French Camp, Calif., and a friend we...
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