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Virginia Larzelere awaits death under her sentence in a Florida state prison. We need your help so an innocent woman can escape death by poisonous needle or electrocution.

In mid January we were surfing the Internet when we came across a story about Virginia. We read the fragmented material and decided to investigate her case because she was running out of time. 

Like you, we do not believe everything we read on the Internet. So we decided to do our own investigation. We reviewed hundreds of documents, court transcripts and empirical evidence and interviewed her lawyers and friends. 

What we have found to her innocence. But we cannot save her alone. We need your help. Following are some highlights of what we found:

  The media sensationalized this case from its inception with useful headlines that sell papers rather then the pursuit of truth. 

Laurie Goering of the Chicago Tribune writes recently that Florida has reversed the convictions of 20 Death Row inmates, more than any other state in the nation. She says that "Many of the inmates were released from Death Row on evidence of prosecutorial errors, lying by witnesses or confessions by others." The Tribune article states that last year, 75 percent of the  death-penalty cases brought before the appeals court were overturned, and that Florida has by far the largest number of Death Row cases where an inmate was granted a new trial either because prosecutors withheld evidence suggesting innocence or because they knowingly used false evidence. In part because of such problems, says the Tribune, Florida's reversal rate of Death Row convictions on direct appeal averages almost 50 percent,  according to the American Bar Association. Recently retired Supreme Court Judge Gerald Kogan, now president of the Miami Alliance for Ethical Government, is quoted as saying, "We have innocent people on Death Row. I don't know how many, but anybody who understands the justice system knows innocent people are convicted every day."

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Police were zealous to find the "murderer" because of political pressure, and acted on what was best for them rather than the evidence. They had its own preconceived notions from the moment they arrived on the murder scene and examined only the "evidence" that fit their theories. 

Police admit in transcripts of taped interviews that Virginia offered them the killer's DNA, the fresh blood and skin from under her nails minutes after they arrived.  She had contact with the killer.  Yet, police refused to take skin samples from her saying they could not use them.  This is very disturbing since this evidence would have cleared her. They were not interested.

On the day of the murder police lied on a Supplementary Report for case building and then again days later on other documents and finally police lied to a Judge to get a search warrant.  They found nothing.

Despite the biased media coverage, the court did not change the venue as is commonly done. 

The prosecutors elicited information from immunized witnesses (witness who escaped prosecution on other pending criminal cases in return for their testimony) who fabricated responses to fit police theories while under duress. Her conviction was based on what these people said--not physical evidence.

Virginia's defense attorney's did not summon the 40-plus defense witnesses available. Instead, they brought the trial to conclusion after only four-five minutes of defense testimony. 

People possibly involved in the murder could not keep their stories straight. They also enjoyed bragging about their participation in the crime. 

Virginia's complaints about her attorney proved correct when he was convicted for perjury, embezzlement and drug money laundering. He is now serving an 54 month sentence.

We have read media hype that Virginia took out 7 separate insurance polices that would give the reader the impression she went behind Norm's back and collected policies from whom ever would give them to her.  The facts are here

Because of all of the above, Virginia was convicted through the efforts of prosecutor misconduct, jury infractions and prejudice. 

A writer who claims to have investigated this case wrote a book that is biased and ignored evidence in Virginia's favor. At first glance the book appears authentic and takes advantage of the unguarded curious reader. However, our examination of the book and the evidence showed that the book is hugely inconsistent with actual court testimony and FBI lab reports. 

In sum, we discovered through careful examination that the truth was not heard by the jury. As a result, an innocent woman will die without your help. 

Time is short and her life is at stake. It is imperative that you help by donating what you can to the "Save Virginia Fund." Monies collected will be used to hire a special appellate attorney for her defense. You can donate through the following means: Click here

This is a short summary of the facts. Naturally, you will want to understand in more detail what happened and judge for yourself. The rest of this web site will answer your questions. 

We hope that you, too, will be convinced of Virginia's innocence and will become part of the team to free an innocent woman. It may be the most important thing you ever do in your life. 

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