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Oggetto: [listacoalit] BOB COULSON, TDCJ# 999115
Data: venerd́ 21 giugno 2002 19.12
Subject: INNOCENT MAN ON TEXAS DEATH ROW! BOB COULSON, TDCJ# 999115
Enclosed please find a copy of a letter Bob sent to the Judge who
controls when his execution date is set for. (currently the 25th of
June, 2002) This information was included in a previous "Bob Update"
but this goes into more details.
Bob would ask any one who can, to please call the 180th District
Court in Houston & talk to Judge Debbie Stricklin, asking her to
reset Bob's date until this allegation can be fully investigated, &
if possible, for her to order a full investigation into this claim.
Express your outrage that this tampering in Bob's cae may have
occurred.
If you are an attorney or know an attorney, Bob would also ask that
you contact his attorney, Mary Ann Starks at:
mastarks@hal-pc.org and see if you can help her file something with
this judge to get Bob's date reset. Or if any attorney would be
willing to file a friend of the court brief with this judge on Bob's
behalf requesting the date be reset due to this new allegation, that
would be appreciated as well. It may only take a phone call from an
attorney to get this done, but Bob has a feeling a brief would need
to be filed.
Thank you for your help,
Bob's Defense Team (www.deathrow.at/freebob/)
Judge Debbie Stricklin
180th Districk Court
(713) 755-6344
Dear Honorable Judge Debbie Stricklin:
Hello, my name is Bob Coulson, TDCJ# 999115, and I was sentenced in
your court room to be executed on June 25th, 2002. I am innocent &
working hard with my attorney, Mary Ann Starks, (713) 516-6178,
mastarks@hal-pc.org, to get a conditional pardon from the Board of
Pardons & Paroles & Governor Perry. (not seeking a release, but
seeking a new trial by agree to waive my double jeapardy rights &
agreeing to be retried on the charges if they will pardon my
conviction & all of the problems in it, etc. You will not be
familiar with all of the problems as you were not my trial judge but
they were very serious & I did not have my constitutionally
guaranteed right to a fair trial and fair appeal)
A very serious allegation has been brought to my attention that I
would ask be investigated fully prior to my execution. Due to my
date being so close, I would ask that you reset my date for 30-60
days later so this investigation can be completed. The allegation as
it was told to me was as follows: (it has not been proven up to my
knowledge & I don't know if my attorney's will have time to do so
between now & my currently scheduled date) A minister contacted Mary
Ann Starks & told her that Chuck Rosenthal (my lead prosecutor &
currently District Attorney) had gotten mad at two men who were
investigating my claims for the Board of Pardons & Paroles & had
tried to use his power to have the two men fired. Apparently they
were not fired in the end.
My concern is this...Chuck Rosenthal helped present false evidence in
my case; he withheld numerous pieces of exculpatory evidence from my
trial attorneys; he solicited perjured testimony from the lead
witness against me; and more. If he did in fact try to tamper with,
stop, curtail, influence, etc., the investigation into my conditional
pardon claims the end report those two gentlemen gave the board will
not be the entire truth. They might have been pressured to water
down their findings. They might have been forced to stop their
investigation altogether, or at least stop it in the area that ticked
off Chuck Rosenthal, etc. Chuck Rosenthal has NO business messing
with this investigation, if he did in fact do so. He can certainly
answer the investigators questions, provide them with evidence, etc.,
but he surely cannot try to influence the investigation especially
when it is against him & actions he took! in my trial, etc., of my
capital murder trial.
I think you will agree this is a very serious allegation & if proven
to be true, is at the very least highly unethical & possibly
illegal. I know Chuck Rosenthal is a powerful man in a powerful
position, but he should never be allowed to use that power outside
his office to impede the investigation of a case where a mans life is
on the line.
The question begs to be asked...If Chuck Rosenthal did this...WHY???
If he has done nothing wrong in my case, thereby having nothing to
hide, then why in the world would he try to get people fired who were
looking into my claims of wrong doing alleged by me, etc? I think
the answer is obvious, he has numerous things to hide.
Churck Rosenthal wants to kill me as fast as he possible so the truth
in this case does not come out. He told my jury if the law didn't
stand between him & I that he would kill me himself!!! Well, he is
circumventing the law in a direct attempt to kill me. I don't know
if the allegation in this letter can be proven but numerous other
things he has done can be proven up backing up the statement I just
made, of that I am 100% positive. If Chuck Rosenthal was truly
concerned about the truth he would agree to give me a new trial where
my jury would not be influenced by fabricated evidence, withheld
evidenc, solicited perjured testimony, police lying on the stand,
etc. The last thing Chuck Rosenthal wants is for me to get a new
trial, he knows his smoke and mirrors case is falling apart like a
house of cards.
Surely you will agree that I have a right to a fair and impartial
shot at having my claims of innocence, etc., heard by the board of
Pardons & Paroles and the Governor? If Chuck Rosenthal has in fact,
tried to tamper with that process in any way then a full
investigation needs to be conducted and the record set straight so
the Board and Governor will know if the information they received
from the men who investigated my case was tainted in any way.
I would respectfully ask you to reset my execution date for 30-60
days down the road so an investigation can be conducted. If it is
discovered that Chuck Rosenthal did in fact do as I have alleged then
that will also give the Board & Governor time to redo their
investigation into my conditional pardon claims and to hopefully,
discover just what it was that Chuck Rosenthal did not want
investigators finding the first time around.
I would respectfully ask that you contact Mary Ann Starks to find out
exactly what she has heard, how this can be investigated, etc., I do
not hae all the details. If possible, I would ask that some sort of
law enforcement be brought in to conduct the investigation, though I
remind the court that Chuck Rosenthal's wife works for the FBI. (The
last I heard anyway) Perhaps the Texas Rangers could be brought in,
especially since my last claims are in front of the Governor right
now.
I am asking for this delay for any reason other then so the truth can
come out. If the investigation turns up nothing, then I will
probably be executed the day you reset my date for. (unless the Board
& Governor grant some or all of what I am requesting in my
conditional pardon request). Surely one or two months to ensure
justice is served is not too much to ask when a man's life is on the
line. I hope you will agree with me & reset my execution date for
either the 25th of July or 26th of August, preferrably August to make
sure the investigation is finished, etc. I am asking you this myself
as I can't know if my attorney's will be doing so or not, I am not
able to call them whenever I want and the mail is very slow.
Thank you in advance for your time, I hope you will agree with me
that these serious allegations need to be investigated and my date
reset.
Respectully submitted,
Bob Coulson
cc: attorneys, Governor Rick Perry, Media sources, Board of Pardons &
Paroles, and others
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