Just what is a ‘Brady List’?
Resultant to a landmark 1963 US Supreme Court case Brady vs Maryland, prosecutors are required to...
Read MoreResultant to a landmark 1963 US Supreme Court case Brady vs Maryland, prosecutors are required to...
Read MoreA Malheur County circuit court judge has overturned the 2011 manslaughter conviction of Nicholas...
Read MoreMark Dannels, former chief of the Coquille PD who was instrumental in solving the ten year old murder of Leah Freeman is one of the top three candidates under consideration.
Read MoreJudge Richard Barron denied the motion for a retrial filed by Nick McGuffin’s lawyers on all counts. Attorney Shaun McCrea gave a lengthy argument on behalf of her client who attended via video conferencing and the prosecution response was to stand upon their brief in rebuttal to the motion.
Read MoreNicholas McGuffin, convicted of 1st degree manslaughter in the death of Leah Freeman will complete his sentence at the Snake River Correctional Institution along with another convicted killer, Pat Horath.
Read MoreNicholas McGuffin convicted of 1st degree manslaughter in the 2000 death of his girlfriend, Leah Freeman, will be complete his mandated sentence August 22, 2020. If McGuffin had come forward from the beginning, instead of hiding his crime, he would be on with his life by now and would probably have served a much shorter sentence. One has to wonder whether the person or persons who helped orchestrate the attempt to coverup the crime back then wish now they had urged him to tell the truth.
Read MoreNicholas James McGuffin convicted of manslaughter in the death of fifteen year old Leah Freeman is still being processed at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility to determine in which location he will fill out his term.
Read MoreAll Oregon prisoners begin their incarceration at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville, where they are evaluated before a site is chosen for the full term of a sentence. Nicholas McGuffin was transported out of...
Read MoreThe State could have asked for up to twenty years on this Measure 11 crime but did not and settled for the mandatory minimum sentence of ten years, $1,738 in restitution and will be on probation for three years once his sentence is served. Will update with details of the proceedings later this afternoon
Read MoreNicholas McGuffin, convicted of manslaughter for the 2000 death of his fifteen year old girlfriend, Leah Freeman, will learn his sentence tomorrow. Oregon sets a minimum sentence for a 1st degree manslaughter, a Measure 11 crime, at ten years and a maximum of twenty with credit for time served.
Read MoreMany comments criticize the jury for their finding without hard physical evidence but, in fact, they acted “boldly” as Frasier implored them to during his closing argument. Objections to this verdict would seem to imply that many people believe that as long as any killer is clever or adept at covering their tracks they can walk away even if there is a preponderance of circumstantial evidence to conclude their guilt.
Read MoreIn a ten to two vote the jury found Nicholas McGuffin guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter in the 2000 death of Leah Freeman. McGuffin is reported to have leapt several inches above his chair.
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