Routinely, evidence and information is withheld that would prove a defendant
innocent... as in this case of James Rodwell.
The "authorities" involved in this case
pursued their own idea of justice by lying, withholding evidence, distorting
facts, engaging in coverups, even paying for perjured testimony with a known
government informant - a violent career criminal.
As in recent wrongful conviction cases involving Joseph Salvati and Peter
Limone, James Rodwell has been behind bars for half his life now for a crime
he did not commit. No eyewitness, no fingerprints or other forensic
evidence, no weapon - nothing! Nothing to warrant a conviction except the
testimony, the "word" of David Nagle.
Unbeknownst to the jurors in the Rodwell trial, and to the Rodwells as well, David Nagle
had been acting as a police and government informant at least since 1974. David Nagle,
an informant who has provided information to, or worked as a paid informant for, the
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the FBI, the US Department of the Treasury,
State Police, Boston Police, Brookline Police, Watertown Police - among others.
In 1998, an article appeared in Worcester Magazine, written by Doug Hanchett, that
stated David Nagle was then incarcerated at the Northamptons Hampshire House of
Corrections where he is serving 20-25 years for armed robbery. Before being jailed there,
he was sentenced on a variety of charges that taken together, could have kept him in jail
for up to 165 years! But, until his current incarceration, he spent fewer than 8 years
behind bars. "It was like having a get-out-of-jail-free card," Nagle says of his work as an
informant. (Click here to view the entire Worcester Magazine Article)
The enormity of the injustice of an innocent person, falsely convicted and sentenced to
spend the rest of their life behind prison bars, is in itself a crime of major proportions. A
crime of major proportions has been committed against James Rodwell, right here in
Massachusetts. 19 years spent fighting the red tape, the delays and the coverups.
It is so very important that a free press keep the public informed of the facts in this case, and all
cases tainted by informants, informants like David Nagle.
A website for James Rodwell has been set up and may be viewed by clicking HERE
Within the website, you will see investigative articles and case information. Contact information for James Rodwell is included on the site and I would be happy to supply
any other information you may need, including family contacts, attorney, etc..
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