When Will They Leave Martin Tankleff Alone?

First they convict him for a crime he did not commit, then he spends 17 years in prison before being released; now they put Marty's life on hold by their flim flop actions:

Though the court overturned his convictions, it left standing the original indictments in the 1988 murders. At first the Suffolk County district attorney, Thomas J. Spota, indicated that Mr. Tankleff would be retried; he later announced that the charges would be dropped.

Then the New York State attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, was appointed as a special prosecutor to reinvestigate the case, a move that kept the indictments open. He is expected to announce on June 16 whether Mr. Tankleff should be prosecuted again.

Enough is enough; let Martin Tankleff get on with his life.

Martin Tankleff Hopes To Get Degree

I am so happy that Martin Tankleff has not let prison embitter him to the point where he cannot move on. It seem that Mr. Tankleff is moving in the right direction:

Martin H. Tankleff, the Long Island man whose conviction was dismissed 17 years after he was found guilty of murdering his parents, has begun taking classes toward a bachelor’s degree at Hofstra University in Uniondale, N.Y., a family spokesman said Monday.

Mr. Tankleff, 36, was freed from prison in December after a state appellate court vacated his conviction and granted him a new trial.

When I watched 48 Hours last week depicting how he was railroaded by the lead detective in the case, I cannot help but wonder what may be going on with that detective who deprived this young man of so much of his life. It makes you sit up and think how one incompetent and vicious detective can cause Mr. Tankleff and his family so much pain. I know Mr. Tankleff will do well and I expect he will become a valuable asset to others.

Martin Tankleff Won't Be Tried Again

D.A. Thomas Spota only made his decision because he felt he could not win. I guess we should accept this fact and move on. After all, Martin Tankleff will not have to face his raft again:

The Suffolk County district attorney said on Wednesday that he would not retry Martin H. Tankleff for the 1988 murders of his parents and that he would ask Gov. Eliot Spitzer to appoint a special prosecutor to reinvestigate the case.

The district attorney, Thomas J. Spota, said he would seek to dismiss all charges against Mr. Tankleff, who was 17 at the time of the murders and is now 36, “because it is no longer possible to reasonably assert that the case against Tankleff would be successful.”

So much was taken from Martin Tankleff. Lets' hope he receive some sort of compensation for this terrible miscarriage of justice. His story made me weep and I hope everyone will try to help him move on with his life.

Innocent Man Finally Released

Martin H. Tankleff was finally released, from prison, after spending most of his life incarcerated for a crime he did not commit.

Now 36, Mr. Tankleff was 17 when his mother and father, Arlene and Seymour, were fatally bludgeoned and slashed in their waterfront home in Belle Terre on Long Island. He was arrested that same day and convicted in 1990, and had been in prison ever since.

Mr. Tankleff thanked “all my friends and supporters, in Suffolk County and across the nation and literally around the world, for your interest, and for making my fight your fight.”

Let's hope the prosecutor now spends his time concentrating on the guilty instead of destroying the lives and dreams of the innocent.

Innocent Man Gets New Trial

Can you imagine languishing in prison for a crime you did not commit? Well, that is exactly what happened to Martin Tankleff.

Mr. Tankleff had just turned 17 when his parents, Seymour and Arlene, were slashed and bludgeoned in their spacious home in Belle Terre, on a North Shore cliff overlooking Long Island Sound on Sept. 7, 1988. He was arrested that day, based on the disputed confession, which became the prime evidence in his conviction.

Appeals to state and federal courts challenging the admissibility of the confession were rejected, sometimes narrowly.

Several new witnesses came forward starting in 2003, implicating Joseph Creedon and Peter Kent as the killers. Mr. Tankleff said he believed the two had acted at the behest of his father’s embittered business partner, Jerard Steuerman.

Let's hope he receive justice this time.