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WELCOME TO THE HOME PAGE OF THE WEBSITE DEDICATED TO JUSTICE FOR ALFRED TRENKLER, TOM SHAY AND OTHERS WRONGFULLY CONVICTED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. (For the book, PERFECTLY INNOCENT, go to BOOK ABOUT TRENKLER CASE or to LATEST NEWS for 9 October 2007.) New material on site: 2/5/10 Alfred Trenkler transferred to Tucson Federal prison. See "Latest News." 1/30/10 Obituary for Jack Wallace, stepfather of Alfred Trenkler, who died on 28 December 2009. See "Latest News." 1/29/10 The Reply Brief from the U.S. Attorney was docketed, today, Friday. See "Latest News." 1/22/2010 U.S. Attorney for Mass. seeks and obtains additional four day delay in filing Reply to Alfred Trenkler's Habeas Corpus Appeal. See "Latest News." 1/20/2010 The Dept. of Justice announces competitive grant program for " for funding under the Wrongful Conviction Review Program." See Latest News." 1/13/2010 Alfred Trenkler was flown to Oklahoma City Federal Transfer Center. See "Latest News." 1/12/2010 Alfred Trenkler, still at Brooklyn MDC, has been notified that he will be flying West very soon. See "Latest News." 1/8/2010 Huffington Post Article by Cari Shane Parven (3rd of Series: DNA: The Freedom Fighter) features Alfred Trenkler case. See "Links to Articles" 1/8/2010 U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will attend the formal investiture of U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz on Monday, 11 January. See "Links to Articles" 1/7/2010 U.S. Attorney for Mass. seeks and obtains additional two week delay in filing Reply to Alfred Trenkler's Habeas Corpus Appeal. See "Latest News." 1/6/2010 Alfred Trenkler's request for clarification of time for his Reply brief, granted for six weeks- to 22 Feb 2010. See "Latest News." 1/3/2010 Louisville police reinvestigate case after claims of wrongful conviction - and exoneration results. See "Links to Articles" 1/1/2010 End of year wrapup: Canada. James Lockyer, fighter for wrongfully convicted. See "Links to Articles" Introduction to case: On 28 October 1991, a Boston Police officer, Jeremiah Hurley, Jr. was killed, and his partner, Francis X. Foley, was maimed, by a dynamite bomb which they were attempting to disarm at the home of Thomas L. Shay of Roslindale, Boston. Their losses were terrible and intolerable, and those responsible must be apprehended and punished. In the subsequent investigation, Alfred Trenkler was targeted because he was an acquaintance of Shay's son, Thomas A. Shay, (referenced in many government and court papers as "Tom" and "Shay, Jr.", and because he had assembled a harmless noisemaking device in Quincy in 1986 for a friend. Alfred was convicted in Boston Federal Court in 1993 and sentenced to two life terms, without parole. Alfred W. Trenkler had nothing to do with the Roslindale Bomb. He had no motive to harm anyone, had no need for additional money, knew nothing about Tom Shay's father, and was successfully building a high-tech business erecting commercial microwave antennas. He was convicted because of a "perfect storm" of mistakes by investigators, prosecutors and Alfred's defense, and a few lies in court. Alfred currently has a Motion for a New Trial before the U.S. District Court, and is seeking a re-investigation of the case by the Boston Police Dept, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) or the U.S. Attorney's Office. Introduction to the case - key documents Several key documents for understanding the case are presented and linked below are recommended, and for a quick introduction to Alfred and this case. For the full story about the case read Version 9 of the manuscript of the book, Perfectly Innocent, go to LATEST NEWS for 9 October 2007. FOR THE NEWLY AVAILABLE DOCUMENTS, DISCLOSED THROUGH A FOIA REQUEST TO THE BOSTON POLICE DEPT. SEE #17 BELOW. 1. The Wrongful Conviction of Alfred Trenkler - a short summary. 2. FACTS showing the non-involvement of Alfred Trenkler with the "1991 Roslindale bomb". 3. Pre-sentencing statement to the court, by Alfred Trenkler on 8 March 1994. See also, Alfred's 21 May 2008 LETTER by Alfred Trenkler to an informed citizen about the case. It begins, "First and foremost, from the bottom of my heart, I had absolutely nothing to do with the Roslindale bombing in any way, shape, or form." 4. Dissenting opinion of First Circuit Chief Judge Juan Torruella in the 2-1 denial of Alfred's appeal on 18 July 1995. Note that he was the only First Circuit judge to participate in the appeal of Thomas A. Shay, where the Court effectively reversed his conviction, and in the appeal of Alfred Trenkler. In both instances he opposed the verdicts. 5. Dr. Robert Phillips' diagnosis, "Neuropsychiatric Evaluation, Thomas A. Shay," contained in a 19 July 1993 letter to Thomas A. Shay's attorney, Nancy Gertner. 6. RESUME of Alfred W. Trenkler 7. William David Lindholm documents: a. January 1993. 7-page report of ATF and U.S. Attorneys 13 January interview of William David Lindholm. b. His testimony on 10 November 1993. (Near the end, at page 13-124 of the transcript, he said, "I'll go on the record to say that I'm not going to ask for any benefit, rewards, inducements any time in the future.") c. Excerpts of Prosecution and Defense 22 November 1993 Closing Statements at trial which pertained to Lindholm's testimony, including statement by Asst. U.S. Attorney Paul Kelly "He's received no promises, no rewards, no inducements for coming forward, and he will not ask for any in the future." d. 1 April 1994 Letter from Lindholm Attorney, Roger Cox to Asst. U.S. Attorney Paul Kelly asking for reduction in sentence. e. 12 April 1994 Letter from AUSA Paul Kelly to Lindholm Atty, Roger Cox, where Kelly noted the contradiction between Lindholm's statements at trial and Cox's request. f. 19 July 1994 Motion by Asst. U.S. Attorney Paul Kelly in U.S. v. Lindholm for reduction of Lindholm's sentence. g. 19 July 1994 Affidavit of Asst. U.S Attorney Paul V. Kelly in support of above Motion. h. 28 July 1994 Lindholm Memorandum in support of Government's Motion i. 6 Aug 1994 Affidavit of William David Lindholm, in support of the Government's Motion for a Reduction of Sentence for him. j. Excerpts of the 18 July 1995 opinions of the Court of Appeals judges which relate to Lindholm's credibility. k. 14 January 1998 Memorandum by Jack Wallace to U.S. District Court regarding William David Lindblom. l. Affidavit of John Bowden on 22 April 1998 revealing William David Lindholm's admission that his testimony regarding Alfred Trenkler was false. Subsequent to letter by John Bowden on 13 July 2000 to Alfred's attorney, Morris Goldings. m. Timeline of William David Lindholm and the U.S. Judicial system 1990 8. Comparisons of the 1986 artillery simulator and the 1991 bomb. Notes and reports assembled by Jack Wallace and Dennis Kline report to Alfred's 9. June 2006 handwritten one page Summary by Alfred Trenkler of his acquaintance with Thomas A. Shay in Summer of 1991. Adobe/.pdf file As rekeyed MS-Word file 10. June 2006 handwritten 17-page detailed report by Alfred Trenkler of his acquaintance with Thomas A. Shay in Summer of 1991. As Adobe/.pdf file, and as MS-Word Rekeyed File. See also a 9 page contemporary report written by Alfred during the pre-trial period in 1992 or 1993. The only post-1991 contact Alfred Trenkler had with Thomas A. Shay was on 25 June 1993 when they were in separate cells, separated by another cell, in the Federal Building lockup. Alfred Trenkler captured the discussion and his observations in a 11. May 2006 comments by Alfred on the ATF report of the 31 January 1992 search of Alfred's apt, office and his parents' home. As Adobe/.pdf file, and as MS-Word Rekeyed File. For more info, see original 1 February 1992 ATF 12. 28 June 2006 Motion to Examine Evidence, filed by Jack Wallace on behalf of Alfred Trenkler. Included in the Motion, on page 9, were photographs of the contacts from the Roslindale Bomb and contacts from a Philmore #30-219 switch and from a Radio Shack #275-602 switch. (After disassembly of other switches on 7 October 2007, it appears that the contacts in the page 9 photo may be aligned with the wrong label. That is, the contacts below the Philmore label appear to belong to the Radio Shack switch, and the contacts below the Radio Shack label appear to belong to the Philmore switch. However, because of possible changes in the engineering and manufacturing of the switches since the 1991 explosion, the results of the several disassemblies may still be valid, at the time of disassembly. The search for the truth continues, and this note will be updated as needed.) 13. 10 November 1992 MEMO TO FILE by Asst. U.S. Attorney Paul Kelly about ten "aspects of his [TA Shay] 'story' which he admitted were untrue." Then Kelly listed 17 aspects of a "new 'story'" and Alfred Trenkler denies every single one of them by his annotated "NO's". Also, Paul Kelly's 11 May 1993 letter to Shay atty. Nancy Gertner summarizing Shay's contacts with Alfred Trenkler, with Alfred's handwritten annotations. See also copy with Alfred's comments 14. On 17 November 1992, Karen Marinella of Channel 56, interviewed Thomas A Shay. Portions of the interview would later be shown at the trial of Alfred Trenkler. See Transcript of Interview [The highlighted sections were seen by the jury.] Every statement made by Thomas A. Shay in that interview that indicated that Alfred Trenkler had a role in the "1991 Roslindale bomb" was false. Every statement about Shay's relationship to Alfred Trenkler, beyond Trenkler's own precise description of the acquaintance is false. See Alfred Trenkler's responses to the Marinella interview of Thomas A. Shay, written in December 2006, to Thomas A. Shay's claims. 15. Pre-sentencing letter in support of Alfred Trenkler, sent on 17 April 2007 to Judge Zobel by Morrison Bonpasse. The letter summarizes the reasons that the 1993 conviction of Alfred Trenkler was a wrongful conviction. 16. Version 9 of the manuscript of the book about the Roslindale Bomb case, Perfectly Innocent. in two parts: TEXT and APPENDICES. Posted on 9 October 2007. 17. On Tuesday, 28 July 2009, the Boston Police Dept made two cartons of documents available to Alfred Trenkler through a FOIA (Freedom of Invormation Access) request. The most important of these documents are listed below: A. BPD fingerprint report of Thomas L. Shay's car, 25 May 1992 B. Proposed Investigative Plan by ATF re Roslindale Bombing, 16 January 1991 C. Updated Investigative Plan by ATF re Roslidnale Bombing, 9 March 1992 D. BPD Firearms identification card for Thomas L Shay, 1971 E. BPD Detective Journal 920122 to 920219, 19 February 1992 F. Thomas Shay v HW Marshall Company for 850 thousand dollars, 25 January 1984 G. BPD report of recreation of TL Shay drive of Sunday 27 October 1991, H. BPD report of TL Shay seeking return of his car, 5 December 1991. For the remainder of the FOIA documents disclosed on 28 July 2009, see "Latest News" for that date.
The Alfred Trenkler Innocent Committee The Alfred Trenkler Innocent Committee is dedicated to justice for people wrongfully convicted by the U.S. Government and to securing the freedom of Alfred Trenkler, an innocent man who has been incarcerated in for 13+ years (including pre-trial jail) for crimes he did not commit. GOALS We seek for Alfred Trenkler, a
- Retrial, - Re-opening of the Search for the builder of the "Roslindale bomb". For others, we seek - A new Rules of Federal Criminal Procedure which will enable wrongfully convicted people in the Federal justice system to more easily challenge their convictions. Like many others affected by this case, we seek the end of the protracted controversy as everyone wants it to be over. However, such closure cannot be obtained at the price of the imprisonment of a totally innocent man, Alfred Trenkler. Currently, the effort to release him is focusing on finding the truth about the case, and we hope that everyone affected by this tragedy, including everyone in law enforcement and the criminal justice system will contribute to this effort. We seek a full, complete, independent investigation on the entire case, with the subsequent goal of persuading the Boston U.S. Attorney, Michael J Sullivan, and the U.S. Attorney General to seek a new trial, or an outright dismissal of the case against Alfred Trenkler. The Alfred Trenkler Innocent Commitee was formed by a group of people who were convinced of Alfred's' innocence or that the original investigation and prosecution were flawed, or both. Below is a chart showing the multiple views of this case, and our committee is open to everyone not convinced of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. To assist all those who are considering the problem of Truth and Justice for Alfred Trenkler, the following rating scale of percent/belief is presented: Percent (%) of certainty of non-involvement. 100---99.9---99---90---80---70---60---50---40---30---20---10---1---.1---0 |-------------------NOT GUILTY-----------------------------------| |-GLTY-| Below are explanations of the percentages: Alfred Trenkler.....
100% - did not build the "Roslindale bomb" - absolutely not, with total certainty. NOT GUILTY 99.9% - did not build the "Roslindale bomb" with much certainty. NOT GUILTY 99% - did not build the "Roslindale bomb" with some certainty. NOT GUILTY 90% - very likely did not build the "Roslindale bomb". NOT GUILTY 80% - probably did not build the "Roslindale bomb". NOT GUILTY 70% - might not have built the "Roslindale bomb". NOT GUILTY 60% - possibly did not build the "Roslindale bomb". NOT GUILTY 50% - Undecided. Don't have an opinion. NOT GUILTY 40% - possibly did build the "Roslindale bomb". NOT GUILTY 30% - might have built the "Roslindale bomb". NOT GUILTY 20% - probably did build the "Roslindale bomb". NOT GUILTY 10% - very likely did build the "Roslindale bomb". NOT GUILTY 1% - did build the "Roslindale bomb", with some certainty. NOT GUILTY .1% - did build the "Roslindale bomb", beyond a reasonable doubt. GUILTY 0% - did build the "Roslindale bomb", absolutely, with total certainty. GUILTY
QUESTION: Where are YOU on this chart? It's expected that the more people learn about the case, the further up/or left on the scale they come.
The Committee is working to get the facts of the case into the hands and minds of as many people as possible, especially people in the media and the Federal Government. It is seeking to get the story of Alfred Trenkler told throughout the country by creating this web site and distributing the information through other national and local media. Errors, mistakes? Please let us know. As we are committed to the truth and to justice, we do our best to present the truth. If there are any errors on the website, please let us know, by email to Alfred Trenkler Innocent Committee. This is especially true if you believe there are any errors or mistakes in any statements or representations by Alfred Trenkler. To our knowledge, there are none - as he is a totally innocent man.
Funds and Contributions In addition for funds to do that work, funds are needed for the next series of legal efforts. Please send contributions to help the campaign for justice for Alfred Trenkler to the following address: Alfred
Trenkler Innocent Committee Milton Village, MA 02187-0111
Petition for Investigation Help us with the campaign to circulate a Petition for an Investigation of the Alfred Trenkler case. To see a draft (as of June 2006) of the Petition, click on Petition (or, to enter your name online, go to Petition for Investigation) Also available is a two-page summary of the FACTS showing the non-involvement of Alfred Trenkler in the making of the "Roslindale bomb."
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