Injustice in Ohio: A just published book about the Smith-Allen case

Dr. Bernard Rosenthal is a distinguished scholar and historian who is a leading expert on the Salem Witch Trials. While serving on the Board of Directors of the National Center for Reason and Justice, he became interested in the …

The Smith-Allen Head Start Case is Over!

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National Center for Reason and Justice  ─ NCRJ

For immediate release: February 25, 2022

Contact: Bob Chatelle mgr@ncrj.org

Ohio DA dismisses all charges against Joseph Allen, one of the last people falsely imprisoned in 1990s daycare …

Protected: Important Hearing on the New-Trial Motion for Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen

Joseph Allen out on bond; judge to decide on new trial

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“I don’t know why a white woman of some means went home and an indigent Black man went back to prison. I don’t know why that happened. Maybe there’s a legitimate reason for that,” [Judge] Cook …

The NCRJ hopeful for victory at last in the Nancy Smith-Joseph Allen Head Start abuse case

National Center for Reason and Justice  ─ NCRJ

For immediate release: December 22, 2021

Contact: Bob Chatelle  mgr@ncrj.org

The NCRJ hopeful for victory at last in the Nancy Smith-Joseph Allen Head Start abuse case

The …

Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen will soon appear in Court

While I regret I’m not attending this important hearing,as soon as I learn the results, I will post a press release.

In the meantime, I suggest you read this affidavit of Dino Grondin, the son of the first and …

Prosecutor won’t oppose new trial in 1994 Head Start abuse case

Tomlinson responded to the Ohio Innocence Project’s motion on Wednesday, telling county Common Pleas Court Judge Chris Cook that evidence discovered and presented in those documents “discloses a strong possibility that it will change the result if a new trial …

Justice Might Finally be Achieved for Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen

Dear Friends,

We at the National Center of Reason and Justice (NCRJ) have recently received wonderful news about this case, which we have been sponsoring since shortly after our founding in 2002. NCRJ Executive Director, Bob Chatelle, was even corresponding …

Joseph Allen Parole Hearing

The NCRJ has been sponsoring the case of Joseph Allen since 2004.

It is a terrible case. Joseph was once even freed, with no restrictions, for a number of years after a judge ordered his acquittal. But the corrupt forces …

Joseph Allen Has Chance for Parole in January

“Allen had served roughly 15 years before he was released, along with codefendant Nancy Smith, in 2009 by Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge, who later acquitted the pair. Smith and Allen originally were found guilty by a jury …