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New Trial Hearing Date Set
8/13/97 Statement of Attorney Randy Mott
Chapel Gets Approval For New Defense Team

Discussions: Guilty or Innocent?

On September 10,1995, Michael Chapel was sentenced to two life terms plus 5 years for the April 15, 1993 murder of Emogene Thompson. Over the last year no attempt has been made to appeal this verdict by his defense.

During this time, an alternate juror on his case, Phil Sullivan of Tucker, GA, waited patiently 6 months, hoping for such appeal to arise. After sitting on the jury 5 1/2 weeks listening to all the testimony he had concluded that Mike must be innocent, only to find out when the jury was sent to chambers he was not one of the jurors who would decide his fate.

After six months of waiting he went to work. He prepared an analysis of the defense, then delivered copies to the media, the judge, defense, and prosecution. Still very little response. Then something clicked, he found someone who would listen to his pleas. The National Police Defense Foundation
agreed to investigate. They put Boris Korczak on the case, acting as chief investigator he visited Gwinnett County and ran into road block after roadblock. Finally after an exhausting efforts he came to the conclusion Mr. Chapel must be innocent and as a matter of fact the county had willingly covered what evidence that would prove this.

I became acquainted with the case when Mr. Korczak and I met on the Gwinnett Online CHAT.
At the very least I was skeptical, someone claiming to be a Ex-CIA agent just didn't seem realistic
on of all places a CHAT page on the internet let alone on a site so scantly publicized nationally as Gwinnett Online. So I did a bit of investigation myself, and to my utter astonishment this man truly existed.

After reviewing Phil and Boris's documents, conducting interviews and researching county records, the only conclusion I have came to is that the public has the right to know the truth, whatever that may be, and if Mr. Korczak findings are accurate Mr. Chapel deserves another trial at the very least.

I have compiled a number of documents pertaining to the case. Please feel free to leaf (click) through them.

Coverage Index

DAILY EVENTS and Discussion Areas:

• OPEN Discussion Forum - Put your opinions HERE!!
• Chapel CHAT
  

Related Stories:

• NEW! August 12, 1997 New Trial Hearing Date Set
• Chapel Gets Approval For New Defense Team
• PURSE FOUND, NO BLOOD, NO PRINTS
• GUN FOUND!, but where is it now?
• Jan 1,1997 D.A. Danny Porter's Quote Front page Gwinnett Daily Post Jan 1.1997

Personal pleas by the family and friends of Michael Chapel:

• Open Letter from Eren Chapel to the NPDF

Articles from other publications:

• Reprints from Gwinnett Daily Post:
  
• 12/19/96 Editorial
• Group seeks new trial for convicted cop. By Stacey Kelley Staff Writer
• Reprints from Atlanta Journal Constitution:
• "Chapel gains ground in fight for new trial"
• Gwinnett Extra - Leads sought..... 12/13/96
• Sun Dec 01 12:50:07 1996 --The following 20 point banner headline across the entire top of the second page of the Gwinnett "Weeks in Review" section of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution reads as follows:
  "FOUNDATION LOOKING INTO CHAPEL MURDER CASE"

• Court TV Casefile Georgia vs. Chapel
• Gwinnett Loaf - 1/18/97 - "An Innocent Man?

National Police Defence Foundation related documents:

• 8/13/97 Statement of Attorney Randy Mott
• Rebuttal to Gwinnett Loaf - 1/18/97 - "An Innocent Man?"
• STATEMENT OF RANDY M. MOTT, ESQ. ATTORNEY FOR MICHAEL CHAPEL
• Rebuttal to Gwinnett Daily Post Dec. 19, 1996 Editorial
• Who's Who in America
• Phil Sullivan's "An Analysis of the Defense of Michael Chapel"

Court documents compiled by GOL:

• Opening Statements from original trial.

Gwinnett Online investigative results.