November 10, 1999

Paul J. Ciolino & Associates, Inc.

900 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 4-E

Chicago, IL 60607-3024

Dear Mr. Ciolino:

Reaffirming recent e-mails to your office, and our telephone conversations this week, I would like to confirm the following information:

• Paul William Scott is an innocent inmate in his 21^st year on Florida’s Death Row.

• Scott may be contacted or visited at: Paul William Scott 071615, Union Correctional Institution, P.O. Box 221 (P3111S A-1), Raiford, FL 32083. I can answer many of your questions at Bpauley@compuserve.com or 561/585-5600.
• Scott is just recently represented privately by attorney Ken Malnik (formerly of CCRC), now in practice in Plantation, FL, and (newly) in Gainesville, FL. Officially, the CCRC (Capital Collateral Regional Counsel) still represents Scott through attorney Patricia Hogan, at the Miami CCRC office. Malnik has just begun some limited initial investigations to locate witnesses of this murder case. It is our hope you can combine your efforts with those of Mr. Malnik to win the release of Paul Scott.
• Concurrently, at ex-governor Lawton Chiles’ (now deceased) request, Paul Scott is undergoing a clemency investigation by West Palm Beach attorneys Mark Wilensky and Jon Moyle. Mr. Malnik is working on aspects of combining this proceeding with his own.
• Until last year, former CCRC attorney Martin McClain represented Paul Scott and did much investigative work in 1994-1995. Mr McClain then failed to show up at Scott’s evidentiary hearing which caused Scott to be turned down at that hearing. Mr. McClain is currently working on the upcoming United States Supreme Court’s look into the "cruel and unusual" aspects of Florida’s electric chair.
• Father Edward McElduff (Father Mac), St. Nicholas Catholic Church, 1152 Oak Road, Walnutport, PA 18088 (610/767-3107) has confirmed to me today that St. Nicholas will pay an initial $15,000 to your firm for investigative and exploitative purposes leading to Scott’s release from prison as innocence is confirmed.
• Father Mac and I understand it could take as much as $10,000 additional, which he and I will help to provide if it becomes necessary. Ken Malnik’s funding by the State of Florida may provide additional revenues, which can be determined by coordinating our efforts with Mr. Malnik.
• Attached is a contact list containing many names and addresses that could be helpful to you.

I have been working (unprofessionally) with Paul Scott since 1979, when an assistant of the Palm Beach County public defender (Joe Wyckoff, now deceased) came to me with the story of this obvious railroading, which he was unable to prevent. It was his suggestion that I, as a songwriter, could write a song to bring attention to Scott’s case, which I did, with the help of Scott and singer Susan Stryker (A Prisoner’s Lament).

In what became a beautiful death row love story, Paul Scott and Susan Stryker fell in love and were married on death row, a love affair that lasted for five storybook years. Susan and I went on the concert circuit where she sang A Prisoner’s Lament with all her heart and soul. I have the cassette master of our recording of this song, and, also, this story is in a screenplay of A Circle of Blood which I have written.

At that time (1980) we were able to hire private attorneys which helped to keep Scott alive the first 15 years on death row. Since then we have relied on CCRC up until a couple of years ago, when St. Nicholas began to help us tremendously. They were instrumental in bringing Florida Catholic Diocese Bishops Ricard and Snyder to meet with Governor Jeb Bush on Scott’s behalf, and in getting the support of University of Notre Dame Law School Prof. Charles Rice.

Additionally, we have gotten the support of attorney and law professor Michael Mello (author of Dead Wrong) at the University of Vermont Law School. If Paul Scott’s life is to be saved, it will be thanks to the incredible support of Father McElduff and his wonderful parishioners at St. Nicholas.

Do you need anything else? Please let me know.

Bob Pauley