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Byron Case is Innocent!

Byron Case
Byron Case

compiled from: Free Byron Case
on behalf of family and supporters

On the morning of June 11, 2001, on a quiet suburban Kansas City street, twenty-two-year-old Byron Case was dragged from his bed by a tactical police unit. He did not know it at the time, but he was being arrested for murder. Led to a waiting Sheriff’s car in handcuffs, the only reply he got to his repeated questions was stern silence.

The murder of Byron Case’s friend Anastasia WitbolsFeugen almost four years earlier had never been solved. No evidence had been found at the scene, and basic forensics never determined when she died or what type of gun had been used to shoot her.

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Study launches into alternatives to jail

all credits: Newstart Magazine
published: 21st June 2010

The Howard League and the Prison Governors’ Association have launched a joint project to find ways to reduce the need for short jail terms, as new research shows the damage created under the current sentencing policy.

The probation officers’ union Napo today stepped up its calls for reform as its research found that three-quarters of prisoners serving terms of less than 12 months were reconvicted within two years. It wants short prison sentences to be scrapped and for the money saved to be spent on the supervision of short-term prisoners in the community.

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New mental health guidance for police

originally published by: Black Mental Health UK
originally published: 16the June 2010

Community leaders have welcomed the publication of a new guide to assist police officers when dealing with people who use mental health services, but warn a wholesale review of how this group are treated is needed if substantive progress is to be achieved.

Entitled ‘Guidance on Responding to People with Mental Ill Health or Learning Disablities ‘, this new publication was produced by the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) on behalf of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) in close consultation with the Department of Health.

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