Surviving victim never able to ID Shawna

I guess one of the biggest issues that stood out to me was the fact that the surviving witness was not ever able to ID Shawna.  Now that's a big deal.  The witness got a good look at the woman that knocked on her door and came in that night.  She was not able to ID Shawna in a picture line up.  She was not able to ID Shawna in live line up either.   Her description of the female is nothing like Shawna.  Sure it's easy to look at a picture of Shawna years later at trial when she no longer has bleached blonde hair and gained weight and say, "Oh she matches the description", as a certain person said to me not so long ago.  The picture of Shawna a week before the incident shows how she looked at the time of the murders.   Shawna's 5 foot 3 inches tall.  Her weight in May of 2008 was not real heavy.  Seen at her Arraignment  she's not heavy either.  Gina, the surviving witness stated she thought it was a girl she got into it with a few days prior.  She also said "they" were bringing "stuff" into her home.  What was this "stuff" and what happened to this "stuff"?   She also said there was at least 4 of "them" that came into her home and "alot more outside".  Who's the 3rd male that came inside and who all was outside and why doesnt anyone seem to care that a bunch of killers are running loose in AZ?  How can this case be closed when all parties were not caught and prosecuted?  

Artwork by Shawna

From time to time i will add artwork Shawna has done.  If anyone has artwork from Shawna they would like to see featured here please let me know so i can add it.

Shawna speaks.....

Meeting Shawna

Now let me go to the amazing woman  i met next.  Third woman i wrote, Shawna Forde,  wrote me back very quickly.  I would say in less than 1 week.  She started her letter off with a,  "what a pleasant surprise to get your letter".  She was thrilled i actually  had taken time to review her case thoroughly, instead of asking, "why are you on death row?"

A friendship and bond formed very quickly.  About 6 months into conversing with Shawna i proposed to make her her own page on facebook.  Her website was not up to date and i felt it was important to give this lady a voice and get her info out there.  I thought there was way too many inconsistencies in her case and some just plain old BS.  I had learned from the Darlie Routier case everything is not as it looks at first glance with these cases.  If you just read the state's case or watch some silly show like "Deadly women"  sure they look guilty.  But after studying facts and the defense's case and actually talking to the person and getting their side of what happened, and sometimes their families side.....boy does a clearer picture begin to take shape.

Don't they all proclaim their innocence?   Well no, that's just not true.  Many of the women i write to absolutely say they did the crime.  I do not post info of even 1/2 the women i write to because i do not have their permission to do so.  But several do not even try to claim innocence.   All will tell me however, the state has lied to make them look much worse than they actually were or are.  This i believe.  Dont they all lie? Well the state's and prisons sure would like you all to believe that.  I think if we are all honest we all have told a few lies in our lifetimes.  So, technically i guess we are all liars?  Even a known liar tell the truth usually....unless perhaps they are of Casey Anthony proportion.  I believe even Casey spoke the truth at times though.   With the alarming numbers of people being released off death row and out of prisons for wrongful convictions, i think a prudent person would and should listen to inmate's tales of innocence and take a good look at their cases!  Prosecutor's do lie and withhold evidence as do the police.  Why?  I'm hoping it's largely because they believe they got the right person and are ensuring a victory, but i doubt that's really it most of the time.  I think many are just plain corrupt!

Shawna was thrilled anyone was willing to make her a page and keep posting on it!  I think a glimmer of hope sparkled for the first time in a long dreary time.   Not that i am the only one doing anything for her but because the page represented a whole new audience to hear her story, read up and see what had happened and realize they got the wrong person!   Shawna's a very vocal and social person and has alot to say, this represented a way to get all that out without a person wanting, asking, or demanding anything from her.  And not someone who would flake off in a few weeks or months.   Shawna refers to me as "a gift from heaven".   Well i don't know about all that, i did not come from heaven, but i was sent to her by God.   Her and other women on death row and in prisons.

Shawna began calling me a little after a year had gone by.  It was like long lost best friends chatting away.  Pity the 15 mins has to go so fast!  She  always sounds so very vibrant and full of life.  Such a contrast to being in a hell hole call death row.  One thing the state of AZ cannot take from her is her sense of humor. She never fails to have me laughing hardily whether by letter or by phone.  I think it's amazing to be sitting on death row and still be able to have that.   I am so glad i got the chance to walk into this very lively and spirited woman's world.  

I will not go into parts of Shawna's case and i will not go into any of it with great detail because of upcoming appeals.  But i will tell you, her case will explode and when it does, many people will be eating a lot of crow.  And looking very bad.  AZ has had to reverse more than a couple of death row sentences because of their corrupt politics.  It should be no big surprise to anyone really.  

Welcome to the Shawna Forde Blog!!

Welcome to Shawna Forde's blog.  I will be hearing from Shawna here in the next few days.  I want her to direct this blog, as it's hers as much possible so she can have some control in her life. One of the terrible things about being incarcerated is having loss of autonomy.  One of the  things i try to do for the women i run pages for is give them control of their page.  Allow them to direct how they want it and the direction it goes.   When you have no say in your life, even a little is important.   Shawna Forde was convicted for a crime she did not commit.  There's much i cannot discuss, there's more i will not discuss.  It doesnt really matter what the reader believes because in the end, it's the court of appeals that will decide and not the reader.   I cannot wait for the truth to come out and my dear friend Shawna to be freed.  I will be travelling to AZ when that happens.  

I will not spend a lot of time trying to convince anyone of anything.  The same info that convinced me of Shawna's innocence, prior to my ever contacting her, is still out there for anyone else to see  You cannot force the blind to see, the deaf to hear, or the dumb to comprehend.  It's a waste of time.   My time is better spent reaching  out to women like Shawna and encouraging them emotionally and spiritually and being a friend rather  than trying to explain to those whom dont want to understand, dont care, and only have their own agenda.      

Thanks for being patient, Shawna is not aware i have got her her own blog here yet.  I have not wrote her or talked to yet about it.