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Spaziano case sent to Sanford for appeal
The state Supreme Court said a lower court must decide whether he should get a stay
Describes how Anthony DiLisio, a prime witness in the Spaziano case, recanted his original statement and how the Florida Supreme Court plans to handle it.
Spaziano case has court in quandary
There are major tensions over Joseph Spaziano's case because the key-witness in the 20 year old case reversed his testimony.
Spaziano awaits decision
Convicted murderer, Joseph "Crazy Joe" Spaziano awaits decision from Florida Supreme Court regarding his request for a stay of execution. Spaziano is due to be sent to the electric chair in two weeks. His attorney, Michael Mello, argues that Spaziano…
Spaziano awaits decision
This newspaper article discusses Joe Spaziano's last minute appeal to the courts to stay his execution, scheduled for September 21, 1995, thirteen days after the article's publishing.
Spaziano asks to be set free
An article in the St. Petersburg Times describing how the main witness in the murder investigation may have been under "Hypnosis" from the police. Diliso, the chief witness in the 1975 trial says that the technique the police used to coax memories…
Spaziano asks Chiles, Cabinet for clemency hearing
Joe Spaziano was convicted of torture murder of an Orlando woman and raping another. But he was freed by a Florida Cabinet.
Slotnick for the Defense
An article about Bary Slotnick, defender of the subway vigilante.
Sketch of Anne Kight and Michael Mello
A sketch by Ellen Jagiello of Anne Kight and Michael Mello at the trial of Anne Kight.
Shock Waves
This document is a newspaper article by Michael Mello describing a brief background of a investigation of a drug arrest and the implications it had on five students it involved. The four of the five students were suspended and the rest were…
Shifts in law come too late to aid killer of Florida couple
The issue of Raleigh Porter's death sentence by electric chair could have been avoided due to newer laws in Florida courts.
Senseless Punishment Demands Justice
Columnist James Kilpatrick writing on death row inmate Joe Giarratano's court case; questioning conviction.
Senate Vice-President Says Constitution is a Farce
Interview of former Vice President of the Student Senate at Mary Washington College, conducted by Mike Mello. The interview involved the Vice President of the Student Senate's reason for resigning after a disagreement about not following the…
Second ruling, had it come earlier, may have saved some inmates, ex-public defender says
An article about a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court decision that allowed Florida courts to consider additional mitigating circumstances in death penalty cases.
Ruling Over DNA Testing To Have Impact
An article about the approval for use of DNA testing in federal court rulings.
Reveal report on Spaziano
Governor Lawton Chiles should release a summary of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement report that he used to determine that Spaziano's murder conviction was just.
Response To Rusk Critics
A reaction from Micheal Mello about an article he published regarding a visitor to the Mary Washington.
Re: State of Florida v. Spaziano
James M. Russ, an Orlando, Florida lawyer sends Mello his “professional admiration” for his work on the Spaziano case, as well as a memorandum by Spaziano to Judge Eaton and the State of Florida’s Memorandum of Law.
Rally Protests Suspensions
A newspaper article written by Steve Geigerich that discusses protests held by Mary Washington College students over marijuana-use suspensions.
Rally Condemns Suspensions
On March 30, 1979, MWC students hold a rally to protest the college suspensions of four male Mary Washington students charged with drug offenses.
Raid raises questions about law privileges
The article discusses the raid of a criminal defense lawyer named William A. Hunter. The raid secured his records and files. The raid was due to federal investigators suspecting Hunter of helping his client launder money. The article discusses the…