Slam the Gavel welcomes James Griffin, Lauren Griffin and Kelly Patton who was last on the podcast Season 4, Episodes 124, 146, 151. James Griffin spoke from El Dorado Prison, Kansas along with his wife Lauren. James Griffin has been imprisoned for the last 20 years on a crime HE DID NOT COMMIT.  Police came to his home on January 15th, 2004 and arrested him and James didn't even know the restaurant or the area.  His charges were: attempted murder in the 2nd degree intentional, attempted aggravated robbery and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery. Apparently, there was a robbery at a Topeka, Kansas restaurant (with no cameras), FOR THE THIRD TIME, where a person entered  wearing dark clothing and shot the owner. There was a vehicle waiting that was similar to a vehicle James owned, but witnesses couldn't identify the vehicle, the color of the vehicle or the driver. The prosecutor, Robert Hicks took the description of the shooter and focused on that with the witnesses and not the driver. However, James was three hours away visiting with his mother and this is verified by cell phone records. A man CAN'T BE IN TWO PLACES AT THE SAME TIME. But the witness's stated he sounded, "BLACK." One of the witnesses 10 years later, on March 15th, 2013, later recanted his statement.     There was no DUE PROCESS, no VOICE ANALYSIS, NO CAMERAS, NO TIRE ANALYSIS and NO FORENSICS DONE ON ANYTHING. His attorney didn't let him speak AT ALL during trial. Mr. Michael McElhinney continuously repeated the phrase, "if a judge instructs you, though that I am in for a penny, in for a pound, can you follow that even if it goes against what you personally believe should happen?" to the jury during trial. James didn't have a chance.....because he was BLACK and couldn't afford adequate defense.  One witness got on the stand and refused to testify, then how could this have continued?? James filed an APPEAL but somehow the MOTION GOT LOST.     "All people need to do is look into this, but it falls on deaf ears." James stated. Reach Kelly Patton with ANY INFORMATION ON THIS CASE at:  [email protected](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/maryannpetri)http://www.dismantlingfamilycourtcorruption.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maryann-petri/support