Just One"Archangels" Pending Case.

John Maloney

John Maloney, a veteran Green Bay, Wisconsin, Police Detective, was in the final stages of a divorce, when his estranged, addicted wife, Sandy, was found dead in her fire damaged home. Maloney’s girlfriend, the state arson investigator, an ambitious prosecutor, and Maloney’s own attorney all played major parts in helping to convict him of her murder which turns out was not a murder.   Maloney is presently contesting his conviction and life sentence in prison.

The “Archangels” investigation has shown that brazenly ambitious special prosecutor Joe Paulus used State experts who claimed that Sandy was “probably strangled” and that 80 proof Aristocrat Vodka was used as an accelerant to start the fire.  But had any crimes been committed?  Over a dozen outside experts unequivocally say no, that Sandy died of an accidental alcohol overdose and the fire was caused by a lit cigarette that fell into the sofa cushions.  But, thanks to Maloney’s defense attorney, the jury never heard from the outside experts.  And thanks to the same defense attorney, who drafted his appeal, these issues were never included.  Now, evidence exists that indicates the state arson expert falsified his testimony about testing the vodka and a couch he allegedly set on fire.  The arson investigator has no documentation or video recordings of the tests, no time cards, no reports and never claimed any expenses for his alleged testing.  Nationally recognized experts were unable to get 80 Proof Aristocrat Vodka to burn even by using a blow torch and their testing of the couch material does not produce the same results the state arson investigator claims he obtained.  The Nationally recognized experts video recorded their entire testing procedures and the results they obtained.

At the same time the special prosecutor and state investigators were building a time line to support their theory that Maloney had a window of opportunity in which he could have committed the alleged murder and set fire to the house, another time line was building in the background.  It was a simple and deeply disturbing timeline that no judge or jury would review.  It supports a reasonable and legitimate inference that the special prosecutor, Maloney’s Girl friend’s attorney, and Maloney’s attorney conspired to frame Maloney for murder.

In 2004, the special prosecutor was charged in federal court with taking bribes to fix cases and evading taxes. He was sentenced to 5 ½ years in prison.  The State of Wisconsin conducted its own investigation, gave the prosecutor immunity from prosecution in exchange for “honest answers” to its questions and limited his jail exposure to 18 months, which he served in the federal system.

The Maloney case is one of 22 cases identified by local prosecutors as potential wrongful convictions. The record of the state’s investigation is sealed, and no action has been taken in those 22 cases.  It appears that the special prosecutor was never questioned by the state and was never compelled to provide any “honest answers” concerning his “fixing” the other 22 cases.  The state protected its “Good Ole Boy” and rigged the process to avoid undoing any wrongful convictions or compensating any wrongfully convicted individuals.

Did you know that this could happen to you?  You do now.