David House director, Eric Volz, and attorney, Doctor Fabbrith Gomez, deliver their client into his mothers arms last night at Los Angeles International Airport. He had been wrongfully locked up abroad in sub-human conditions since last year. 

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Yesterday, The David House Agency won an innocence case we have been quitely working for several months. Our client is now free and was delieverd into his mothers arms, back on US soil, last night. 

This American citizen, who had retired in the tropics, was falsely accused of frustrated femicide in Latin America. Frustrated Femicide is a new law that applies to domestic abuse cases in which victims are beaten to near death. Minimum sentence is 25 years without parole with a mandatory first 500 days in solitary confinement. While the law is good, it did NOT apply to this case. Short Case Summary with photos below:

"After nearly two years of fighting the wrongful conviction of American Jason Puracal, the charges against him have been vacated and he was released. He is back in the USA with his family. 

By Associated Press,  Updated: Thursday, September 13, 12:06 PM

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Relatives of a U.S. citizen jailed for nearly two years on drug and money-laundering charges in Nicaragua said Thursday they are anxiously waiting for the jail to set him free after an appeal victory was announced Wednesday.

Jason Puracal’s sister Janis said the family is hoping the jail gets the order for his release Thursday. Otherwise, a long holiday weekend could postpone his release until next week in the Central American nation.

“The fight is not over until Jason actually is walking out of the prison and comes to the United States,” his sister said. Read on...

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Santiago de Chile -The first ever conference dedicated to addressing the issue of wrongful conviction in Latin America took place this last weekend in Santiago de Chile. There were representatives from all over the Americas. My colleagues and I had the honor of presenting on lessons learned from The David House Agency's work on international shows trial and the critical role media and communications plays in obtainging relief. Check out the new site below.

www.RedInocente.org

Washington, DC (May 30, 2012) – The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has ruled that the Government of Nicaragua’s detention of Jason Puracal is in violation of international law and he should be released immediately.  Puracal, an American citizen from the Seattle/Tacoma area, has been illegally detained since November 2010 in Nicaragua's infamous La Modelo prison.  Under Opinion No. 10/2012 – which was issued by renowned experts from Chile, Norway, Pakistan, Senegal, Ukraine – the United Nations urged immediate action.  Puracal’s appeal hearing has been delayed for nine months and remains unscheduled.

There are more than 3,000 U.S. citizens detained worldwide for various alleged and actual offenses.  Puracal is the only American currently being detained even though there is an independent finding that the detention is unlawful.   

Opinion No. 10/2012 is available here: http://freejason.squarespace.com/storage/UNWGAD%20Opinion%20No.%2010-2012%20ENG.pdf

Wrongful conviction exonerees from five different countries shared thier stories on stage at the International Innocence Network conference. There has never been a photograph quite like this. 

Left to right: José Antonio Zuñiga (México), Eric Volz (Nicaragua), Toshikazu Sugaya (Japan), Ron Dalton (Canada), Gerard Patrick Conlon (Ireland) & Sarah Shourd (Iran) 

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