In a tragic miscarriage of justice, Jesse Brooks was the victim of a vicious smear campaign, an overzealous prosecutor, and outrageous prosecutorial misconduct. There was no credible evidence that Jesse took part in any conspiracy to kill.

 

The chief evidence against Jesse Brooks was the testimony of incentivized witnesses who negotiated sweetheart deals in exchange for their testimony. The key witness, Joseph Vrooman, is heard in jailhouse recordings admitting that if the prosecutors wanted Jesse Brooks, he’d give them Jesse Brooks, showing a scandalous willingness to say whatever was necessary in order to score as little prison time as possible. He will likely serve only another 6 1/2 years. The sentencing judge never heard the jailhouse recordings.

 

Joseph Vrooman is the same man who agreed to take a lie detector test under the supervision of New Hampshire Assistant Attorney General Kelly Ayotte only when he was assured that he wouldn’t be asked any questions about anything leading up to the actual killing.
 

In spite of more than 1,000 newspaper articles, radio and television reports about the murder - much of it biased and at least some of it influenced directly from the prosecutor - Jesse was not tried in a different venue. Nor was he tried by jury of unbiased peers. Rather, the jurors included the wife of the Chief of Police from Epping, New Hampshire, who investigated the only other New Hampshire capital murder case in the last eight decades (the Jack Reid murder being the other), a brother of a New Hampshire State Police Major Crime Unit officer, a teacher from Pinkerton Academy where two of Reid’s children attended high school and a University of New Hampshire student who attended part of Jay Brooks’ trial as his college coursework.

 

Jesse Brooks believed his innocence would win him justice. Instead a perfect storm of injustices put him in a prison cell. If you would like to get periodic updates about Jesse’s case - or if you have relevant information you wish to share confidentially - contact info@justiceforjessebrooks.com.