investigators | business fraud | criminal defenseDA gatekeeper appeal to SJC denied!...
Jul.17.2025
So we were very disappointed that the bail petition for Eddie Wright was denied. And when Hampden County DA's Office filed a so-called gatekeeper appeal to a single member of the SJC, we were looking at a delay in over one year for our client to be released from prison.
The DA's appeal on the case was DENIED! Not a single word in the opinion, which gives you everything you need to know about the quality of their case. It could be a matter other than days or weeks before Eddie is freed from prison. And if they elect to re-try him, the only smell you will notice is BBQ... the scent of a smoking DA.
We will cook them on a retrial.
The DA's appeal on the case was DENIED! Not a single word in the opinion, which gives you everything you need to know about the quality of their case. It could be a matter other than days or weeks before Eddie is freed from prison. And if they elect to re-try him, the only smell you will notice is BBQ... the scent of a smoking DA.
We will cook them on a retrial.
Judge overturns murder conviction of Edward Wright...
Apr.21.2025
What goes into investigating & overturning the wrongful conviction of an innocent man?
~ 100+ people located
~ 75+ people interviewed
~ 6+ lawyers
~ 283 exhibits
~ 5 years of work
On Friday, April 11, 2025, Hampden County Superior Court Judge Jeremy Bucci overturned the conviction of Wright. The defense investigation found substantial 3rd party culprit evidence showing that the victim’s ex-boyfriend, Allen Greg Smalls (deceased), committed this murder, stole mementos from the crime scene, and threatened the victim Penny Anderson on the same night she was murdered. Smalls lied about his alibi, attempted to sell a knife the day after the stabbing, and also confessed twice to having committed the murder. He went on to commit several other violent crimes against women.
Eddie Wright called the news “bittersweet”... “There is bitterness for all the years I’ve lost in prison,” he said, “but also sweetness in the possibility of freedom.”
Despite not calling any witnesses during the new trial hearing and admitting there was no chance for a retrial, the DA cynically appealed the case to keep Mr. Wright in prison just a few weeks longer.
40 years later, Eddie Wright found justice. And we're still working to get him home. We worked this case with our outstanding partners at New England Innocence Project and pro bono lawyers Nigel Tampon, Isaac Saidel-Goley and many others.
~ 100+ people located
~ 75+ people interviewed
~ 6+ lawyers
~ 283 exhibits
~ 5 years of work
On Friday, April 11, 2025, Hampden County Superior Court Judge Jeremy Bucci overturned the conviction of Wright. The defense investigation found substantial 3rd party culprit evidence showing that the victim’s ex-boyfriend, Allen Greg Smalls (deceased), committed this murder, stole mementos from the crime scene, and threatened the victim Penny Anderson on the same night she was murdered. Smalls lied about his alibi, attempted to sell a knife the day after the stabbing, and also confessed twice to having committed the murder. He went on to commit several other violent crimes against women.
Eddie Wright called the news “bittersweet”... “There is bitterness for all the years I’ve lost in prison,” he said, “but also sweetness in the possibility of freedom.”
Despite not calling any witnesses during the new trial hearing and admitting there was no chance for a retrial, the DA cynically appealed the case to keep Mr. Wright in prison just a few weeks longer.
40 years later, Eddie Wright found justice. And we're still working to get him home. We worked this case with our outstanding partners at New England Innocence Project and pro bono lawyers Nigel Tampon, Isaac Saidel-Goley and many others.