Manifest Injustice

by Barry Siegel

  Michael, Judy (Joyce Sterrenberg’s sister)

  Miranda case

  Moreno, Mike

  Morris Dees Justice Award

  Mountain States Telephone

  Mulleneaux, Lawrence

  Mussman, Logan

  Napolitano, Janet

  National Academy of Sciences (NAS)

  National Conference on Preventing the Conviction of Innocent Persons

  Nelson, Lamson

  Nelson, Salina

  Neufeld, Peter

  New York Times

  Nightline (TV show)

  Nixon, John

  Obama, Barack

  O’Connor, Sandra Day

  Orenelas, Loretta

  Osborn Maledon firm

  O’Toole, Thomas

  AJP and

  Bill’s arrest and trial and

  Bill’s second trial and

  clemency hearings and

  Hammond contacted by

  Jackie’s letter to

  Valenzuela confesses to

  Outlaw Rodeo

  Pace, Carl

  Pardon Power blog

  Parks, Mr. (correctional officer)

  Peterson, George

  Petica, Ron

  Phoenix Gazette

  Phoenix Jaycees

  Phoenix Pipe and Steel

  Phoenix Police Department

  Internal Investigations Bureau

  Piekarz, Jim

  Pierce, Boyd

  Piercefield, Lisa

  Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office (Aspen, Colorado)

  Popko, Sigmund

  Post-Conviction Relief petition (PCR)

  Powell, Lewis

  Prato, Paul

  Primrose, Linda (Chavez)

  AJP and

  Bill’s first trial and

  Bill’s second trial and

  clemency hearings and

  daughter of (see Hay, Theresa)

  family of

  letter to Douglass

  PCR and

  testimony and polygraph of

  sister of (see King, Glenda)

  Puzauskas, Katherine “Katie”

  Reems, Nina (Valenzuela’s mother)

  Rehnquist, William

  Remington Arms Company

  Reno, Janet

  Rice, W. H.

  Ricketts, James

  Rieger, Joe

  Roach, Jen

  “Macumber Outline” by

  Roadrunnners Jaycees (Arizona State Prison chapter)

  Roberts, Tad

  Robertson, Rich

  Rodriguez, Pete

  Rubinow, Dr. Leo

  Ruckman, P. S., Jr.

  Rule 32 (Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure)

  Saks, Michael J.

  “Salazar, Ernie,” 15–17. See also Valenzuela, Ernest

  Sanger, Henry

  Sargent-Flack, Sharon

  Scarboro, James

  Scheck, Barry

  Scottsdale lover’s lane murders. See Sterrenberg-McKillop murders

  Scottsdale Police Department

  Shaver, Officer

  Shaw, Joe

  Shutts, Robert

  Sibert, Robert

  Special Olympics

  Sperling, Carrie

  Spezzano, Don

  Starr, Kenneth

  State Bar of Arizona, standing ethics committee

  State v. Lacy

  State v. LaGrand

  State v. Machado

  State v. Macumber. See also Macumber, William; and specific individuals and items of evidence

  Chambers and

  O’Connor dissent in Foster and

  O’Toole letter and

  Steigmann, Jerome

  Stenson, Ellen

  Sterrenberg, Cliff (Joyce’s father)

  Sterrenberg, Joan (Joyce’s mother)

  Sterrenberg, Joyce

  family of, and clemency hearings

  Sterrenberg-McKillop murders (Scottsdale lover’s lane murders). See also Macumber, William; and specific evidence and individuals

  Bill arrested for

  Carol and police files on

  police investigation of

  Rubinow on Valenzuela and

  tip from Primrose and

  Valenzuela confessions and, during rape-murder case (see also Valenzuela, Ernest, confession)

  Steward, Terry

  Stiteler, Robert

  Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States (NAS report)

  Swisher, Jenifer

  Symington, Fife, III

  Tavernaro, Bob

  Terman, Earl

  heart attack

  “Macumber Narrative” by

  “Terry” or “Teresa,” Primrose on

  Thomas, John

  Toastmasters

  Tobin, William

  Toland, Donna

  Tuchler, Dr. Maier

  Tunheim, John R.

  Turner, Frieda. See Kennedy, Frieda

  Turoff, Larry

  U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID)

  U.S. Congress

  U.S. Constitution

  Fifth Amendment

  Sixth Amendment

  Eighth Amendment

  Fourteenth Amendment

  U.S. Court of Appeals

  U.S. Supreme Court

  Hammond and

  Valenzuela, Ernest, confession of

  AJP and

  Arizona Supreme Court and

  attorney-client privilege and

  background of

  Bill’s clemency hearings and

  Bill’s first trial and

  Bill’s second trial and

  Bill’s son Ron and

  corroborating evidence for

  fingerprints and

  “insufficient trustworthiness” and

  O’Toole and

  PCR and

  Petica and

  Valenzuela’s death and

  Valenzuela’s mother waives privilege on

  Varmint Callers

  Walker, Ron

  Watson, Jack

  Wells, H. Thomas, Jr.

  Wessles, Fred

  White, Byron

  Wiederkehr, Basil

  Wilkens, Marilyn

  Williams, Hayden

  Wilson, Steve

  Wollum, Jim

  Yim, Marian

  ALSO BY BARRY SIEGEL

  Fiction

  The Perfect Witness

  Actual Innocence

  Lines of Defense

  Nonfiction

  A Death in White Bear Lake

  Shades of Gray

  Claim of Privilege

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  BARRY SIEGEL, a Pulitzer Prize–winning former national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, directs the literary journalism program at University of California–Irvine, where he is a professor of English. He is the author of six previous books, including A Death in White Bear Lake, Shades of Gray and Claim of Privilege. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their daughter.

  MANIFEST INJUSTICE. Copyright © 2012 by Barry Siegel. All rights reserved. For information, address Henry Holt and Co., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010.

  www.henryholt.com

  Jacket design by Rick Pracher; jacket photograph © Shutterstock

  The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

  Siegel, Barry.

  Manifest injustice : the true story of a convicted murderer and the lawyers who fought for his freedom / Barry Siegel.

  p. cm.

  ISBN 978-0-8050-9415-2

  1. Macumber, William, 1935– 2. Trials (Murder)—Arizona—Maricopa County. 3. Judicial error. 4. Arizona Justice Project. I. Title.

  KF224.M18S54 2012

  364.152'3092—dc23 2012028986

  e-ISBN 9781429947336

  First Edition: January 2013

 

 
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