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Leo Schofield is Innocent

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The One Who's Holding the Stars

Written by Leo Schofield & Kevin Herrick Arranged & performed by Jeff Brumley

Created with express permission of Leo, Kevin & their families.

Dedicated to the fight for Leo's freedom and true justice for Michelle.  

⦿ Sign the petition at change.org: https://www.change.org/p/transfer-leo...

⦿ Listen to the "Bone Valley" podcast: https://lavaforgood.com/bone-valley/ 

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Video production by Jeff & Robin Brumley 


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tampa bay times: Pulitzer winning author says podcast clears Leo schofield in wife's 1987 murder

The lakeland ledger: A wrongful conviction? Podcast explores 1987 Polk murder and the man in prison for it Pulitzer-winning author says Schofield is innocent

tampa bay times: Pulitzer winning author says podcast clears Leo schofield in wife's 1987 murder

 Gilbert King’s show is a look at the Lakeland murder of Michelle Schofield and whether her convicted husband is guilty. 

GILBERT KING'S PODCASTS

The lakeland ledger: A wrongful conviction? Podcast explores 1987 Polk murder and the man in prison for it Pulitzer-winning author says Schofield is innocent

tampa bay times: Pulitzer winning author says podcast clears Leo schofield in wife's 1987 murder

In 1987, 18-year-old Michelle Schofield  was found dead in a phosphate pit in Florida. Two years later, her  husband Leo was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
Fifteen years later, previously  unidentified fingerprints matched Jeremy Scott--a violent teenager who  lived nearby. Jeremy has since confessed to Michelle’s murder. Yet 

In 1987, 18-year-old Michelle Schofield  was found dead in a phosphate pit in Florida. Two years later, her  husband Leo was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
Fifteen years later, previously  unidentified fingerprints matched Jeremy Scott--a violent teenager who  lived nearby. Jeremy has since confessed to Michelle’s murder. Yet Leo  Schofield remains behind bars.
In Bone Valley, a groundbreaking  9-episode podcast, host Gilbert King uncovers startling new evidence  that Jeremy is responsible for a string of murders.
King is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Devil in the Grove, which led to the exonerations of four innocent men.

The lakeland ledger: A wrongful conviction? Podcast explores 1987 Polk murder and the man in prison for it Pulitzer-winning author says Schofield is innocent

The lakeland ledger: A wrongful conviction? Podcast explores 1987 Polk murder and the man in prison for it Pulitzer-winning author says Schofield is innocent

The lakeland ledger: A wrongful conviction? Podcast explores 1987 Polk murder and the man in prison for it Pulitzer-winning author says Schofield is innocent

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Transfer Leo's case to a Conviction Integrity Unit

Leo Schofield has spent 34 years in prison for the murder of his  wife, Michelle – a crime for which he has always maintained his  innocence. Fifteen years after Leo’s conviction, another man, Jeremy  Scott, was forensically linked to the crime. Since then, Scott has given  multiple detailed confessions to the murder of Michelle Schofield.


Jeremy Scott is currently serving a life sentence for another murder.  Fingerprint evidence at the scene, and Scott’s detailed confessions,  make it clear that he alone is responsible for the murder of Michelle  Schofield. The State of Florida has refused to acknowledge blatant  mistakes in the conviction of Leo Schofield—a conviction based solely on  circumstantial evidence, including unreliable eyewitness testimony, an  impossible timeline, and an onslaught of improper prejudicial evidence.  The State of Florida has also failed to fully investigate Jeremy Scott  and his links to the crime.

 

For over three decades, Leo Schofield has been denied justice, again  and again, and his deceased wife’s family has had no real closure. It is  clear that in this case the criminal justice system does not serve the  truly innocent, the victim, the victim’s family, or the public interest.


But there is something we can do. Please join us in urging Brian  Haas, State Attorney for the Tenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, to  transfer Leo Schofield’s case to another circuit with a conviction  integrity review unit (CRU). CRUs work to review possible wrongful  convictions and have become a crucial stopgap in many states for  ensuring the integrity of our justice system. CRUs are not bound by the  narrow scope of appellate and postconviction courts, and instead are  able to review the case in its entirety. 

The Innocence Project of Florida,  along with lead counsel J. Andrew Crawford, Esquire, continue to  represent Leo Schofield in his effort to overturn his wrongful  conviction. At this time, Leo’s counsel is reviewing the revelations in  already-released and upcoming episodes of the new 9-chapter podcast  series, Bone Valley, which lays out the case that Leo was never able to mount in his own defense.


To learn more about this miscarriage of justice, listen to Bone Valley wherever you get your podcasts, and get involved. You can start by  signing your name to this petition. We also urge you to financially  support the effort to free Leo Schofield and other wrongfully convicted  men and women like him by supporting the Innocence Project of Florida by visiting its website www.FloridaInnocence.org. Transfer Leo's case to a Conviction Integrity Unit

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11/20/17 – Tampa Bay Times:

Hearing set in effort by Leo Schofield to win new trial for 30-year-old murder

9/21/16 – Tampa Bay Times

Convicted murderer confesses to 1987 Polk County stabbing, says Leo Schofield is innocent

2/15/15 – LAKE LEGAL NEWS

 Special Report:  No Longer Tinkering with the Machinery of Death 

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