In May of 1997, Ronald Mortensen, a Las Vegas native and newly commissioned police officer was railroaded and wrongfully convicted in a Nevada state District Court by the Clark County District Attorney and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for a homicide committed by another person. The same detectives who botched the investigation of the Tupac Amaru Shakur murder framed Mortensen for the killing of a Sureno Gang Member in order to protect another police officer, the son of a longtime Metro detective who was a close friend and former partner of the lead detective in both controversial investigations. Because of the intense politics at play in the Mortensen case, he has been forced to endure inordinate delays and obstacles in the appellate process to which other defendants are not subjected, in the hopes Mortensen will be buried and forgotten in the penal system. The local media refuses to print or broadcast facts and new evidence favorable to Mortensen, which substantiate his innocence claim, perhaps because of the role the same media sources played convicting an innocent man.

Inasmuch as the conspiracy against Mortensen has been joined by some Nevada jurists, Mortensen has not been allowed the opportunity for a full and fair evidentiary hearing on the issues raised by a Habeas Corpus post-conviction writ filed in state District Court, despite rights to which he is entitled under state and federal law.

Mortensen is the victim of severe defense attorney malpractice that occurred in both the trial and appellate stages, as well as egregious prosecutorial and police misconduct which was allowed to flourish in part due to inept and ineffective defense counsel, whom many have said was afraid to mount a proper defense because of his own political aspirations to become the District Attorney of Clark County.

Several partisan individuals in powerful political positions have steadily worked against Mortensen for the past 18 years to block the truth and the Mortensen case from coming to light. But friends and family of Ronald Mortensen who dedicate this ad believe the time has come to expose this miscarriage of justice to inquiring, fair-minded citizens to judge for themselves whether Mortensen’s relief from wrongful convictions is long overdue.

The odyssey of injustice continues, and Justice delayed is Justice denied. Ronald Mortensen could really use your support and friendship, and donations for legal expenses would be greatly appreciated.

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