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We have created this page to enable our visitors to see the latest news and updates. We apologize for the cumbersome format that made it difficult to navigate in the past. We are not technicians but want desperately to get the word out concerning Jesse’s injustice. We hope you find this more helpful.
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May 1, 2023
Good News from Jesse's Friends & Family!
After 15 years of lost motions, appeals, habeas requests, and sentence reduction hearings, Jesse Brooks finally succeeded in being...
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May 1, 2021
Sentence Reduction Denied
The Sentence Reduction Motion that Jesse Brooks filed October 19, 2019 was denied on March 31, 2021. While Judge Daniel St. Hilaire...
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Apr 3, 2020
Final Hearing Pending
Listen to attorney Donna Brown explain Jesse’s confounding circumstances of incarceration and his suitability for release. Jesse Brooks’...
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Dec 24, 2018
Appeal Denied
As 2018 draws to a conclusion, it is often customary to look back and examine the year in review. For Jesse, it has been a year of raised...
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Oct 22, 2018
Appeal Filed
On October 17, 2018 Jesse’s attorney Donna Brown filed a Discretionary Appeal to the New Hampshire Supreme Court after Superior Court...
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Sep 18, 2018
Judge denies Jesse a hearing
Listen to Mark Godsey Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati. He was an award-winning federal prosecutor in New York City...
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Jul 16, 2018
Bogus representations to Judge
Pamela Cytrynbaum, Reporter, and former journalism professor at Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism, and current...
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Jun 22, 2018
Prosecutor misleads Judge
Retired Judge Michael Heavey, Director of Judges for Justice https://www.judgesforjustice.org Listen to Judge Michael Heavey explain some...
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Jun 12, 2018
Failure to investigate
Maurice Possley, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist at The Chicago Tribune, NYT Best selling author, and head researcher for The National...
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Jun 6, 2018
Deliberate Confusion
Margaret Walker Ed.D. (Jesse's Aunt) Prosecutors Janice Rundles and Michael Lewis deliberately caused confusion to conceal the truth and...
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Jun 4, 2018
Prosecutorial Misconduct
Judge Sheila Murphy (Ret) Full Circuit Court Judge in Cook County, and Professor at John Marshall Law School in Chicago. She runs the...
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Mar 19, 2018
Conflicts of interest and Habeas update
Jesse Brooks’ right to justice has been delayed again as he marks 10 years of incarceration as a result of ineffective counsel. Jesse was...
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Dec 21, 2017
Hope for The New Year
Jesse Brooks would like to wish everyone a happy and healthy holiday season. Jesse’s supporters, on the other hand, are wishing for a...
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Nov 16, 2017
Hearing delayed again
Jesse has been informed that his hearing has been postponed again. There will be another Structuring Conference scheduled November 30th,...
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Feb 28, 2017
Habeas petition update
Judge Richard McNamara has denied the prosecution’s request to dismiss Jesse Brooks’ habeas corpus petition. Prosecutors claimed the...
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Feb 20, 2020
Embattled county sheriff steps down
Embattled Merrimack County Sheriff Scott Hilliard, who was convicted of drunken driving last month and added to a list of problem law...
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Feb 20, 2020
Sheriff Hilliard looks to supreme court to overturn DWI conviction
Embattled Merrimack County Sheriff Scott Hilliard, who was convicted of drunken driving last month and added to a list of problem law...
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Feb 6, 2020
Parole officer kept job amid child abuse investigation
A former employee of a New Hampshire youth detention center continued working with children in a state job for nine months after police...
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Jan 29, 2020
Salem sergeant pleads not guilty to charges from 2012 police chase
BRENTWOOD — A Salem police sergeant has pleaded not guilty to charges he fled when an officer tried to stop him for speeding in 2012 and...
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Dec 13, 2013
Suspended county attorney Jim Reams reveals knowledge of credibility issues
Federal and State probe of suspended county attorney Jim Ream reveals knowledge of credibility issues. Employee Tara Longo, a...
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Dec 10, 2013
New Hampshire ROCKINGHAM COUNTY attorney Jim Reams has been ordered off the job amid investigation
Jim Reams was in charge of the “Laurie list” for ROCKINGHAM COUNTY which identifies police officer’s potential credibility issues, such...
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