C. J. Ford cites prosecutorial misconduct for not exonerating Death Row Inmate Kenneth Clair, even after DNA results clear Clair of the crime. (First press release in this series.)OF

For Immediate Release

SANTA ANA, Calif./EWORLDWIRE/May 6, 2009 --- C. J. Ford Jr. is asking, "How come Kenneth Clair is still in custody?" C. J. Ford of C. J. Ford Private Investigations ('http://www.cjfordpi.com') uncovered that the Disrict Attorney's office was secretly testing DNA evidence, and the DNA did not match Clair's, in an article written in the Orange County Register in January 5, 2008.

Ford, founder of the For The Innocence Resolution - a wrongfully convicted investigative organization that is currently reviewing over 80 convictions, has investigated and drawn this conclusion.

According to Ford, the District Attorney's office conspired with the Santa Ana police department (PD) and the defense attorney in the original trial in 1985 to exclude the only eyewitness, a young boy who actually witnessed the murder.

Police reports reveal that this boy told three different officers that the man who killed his babysitter was a white man. Clair is an African American. The boy's stepfather told investigators of the Santa Ana PD that Clair committed the murder and that his son's assertion that Clair was an African American was based on the fact that his stepson could not differentiate between races. The boy was immediately taken to the police department by the lead investigator where he was given tests and correctly identified different races, rebutting the stepfather's allegation. The stepfather belonged to a racist motorcycle group that excluded African Americans, and he was also convicted of a murder-for-hire crime and previously served time in prison.

As to the murder, the boy told the Santa Ana PD lead investigator exactly what he saw took place. The lead investigator concluded that the boy must have seen the murder because he told him details that corresponded exactly with the coroner's report on stab wounds and the placement of the victim's panties and other crime scene evidence.

Clair's trial attorney commented in the January 5, 2008, article saying that the evidence was "overwhelming" against his client, which confirms Ford's investigation as to the conspiracy.

Ford comments, "I have never seen a defense attorney make such a bold statement against his own client. If you review the evidence in the case, there was never any physical evidence, nor were there any eyewitnesses that tied Clair to the crime scene. Nothing. Clair's defense attorney caused the overwhelming evidence himself by making a deal with the District Attorney to exclude the only eyewitness to the crime and the only person that could clear his own client. In a federal hearing, Clair's trial attorney commented that he had a son that age and did not want to expose him to taking the stand. However, this information could have been brought into the case by the police reports and recordings of the boy's interview with Santa Ana PD without the boy taking the stand. The jury never knew this boy-witness existed."

Federal public defender investigators polled 9 of the 12 jurors in the case, and they all said that if they would have known about the testimony of the boy, they would have not convicted Clair. As to the other three jurors, one was deceased, one was senile and couldn't comment, and the other juror couldn't be located. This seems to Ford to prove that Clair would have never been convicted of this crime without the cooperation of Clair's own defense attorney, the District Attorney, and the Santa Ana PD.

C. J. Ford will be putting out a press release every 15-30 days revealing more of his investigation. He is also sending complaint letters to the State Attorney General and Eric Holder, the Federal Attorney General. In the next press, release Ford will be commenting on DNA results and how his investigation showed that the District Attorney knows who really committed the murder and the narcissistic reasons that he does not want to release this information or Kenneth Clair.

To speak with C. J. Ford about this case or any other, call 714-776-6504.

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SOURCE: C. J. Ford Private Investigations