On February 14th 2006 Rodney Rollness' home in Snohomish, Washington was raided. Guns aimed at his small children as if they were really a threat. Not putting up any kind of fight, he was thrown to the ground in the snow with several men, guns drawn, surrounding him while his children watched, frightened. Rodney Rollness was convicted of a crime he never committed. Sentenced to life plus forty years behind bars and denied an appeal.A laundry list of charges, the worst being murder. The murder of Micheal "Santa" Walsh. This murder went unsolved for six years. There was plenty of DNA evidence and it pointed to many people, but none of those people were Rodney Rollness.
There were many things wrong with this case, and trial. There were many rats, drug addicts, and even people with mental disablities paid to testify against Mr. Rollness. Every testimony against him was all hear say, and every person had something to gain. (eg. reduced sentences, monetary gain, expunged records,..) During the 10 week trial prosecutors were nodding, or shaking their heads to however they wanted the witnesses testifying to answer. The man who owned the house where Mr. Walsh was said to have been murdered was subjected to a polygraph test. He failed when asked if he killed Mr. Walsh. I know that these don't hold up in court, but knowing Mr. Rollness isn't the murderer, his attornies should have tried a little harder to keep him out of prison. Without any evidence of any kind, how could they do this? How could they take a man from his five children, grand-daughter, and wife of over twenty years?
Prosecutors and Snohomish county police withheld paperwork where there were statements from people saying who actually killed this man. One man even said he SAW someone else do it. Neither Mr. Rollness or his family were allowed to testify on his behalf.
Mr. Rollness has been denied his appeal due to the lack of good council.
He is now in the process of preparing a 2255 motion and looking for anybody to help aid in his defense. Whether it be monetary or if you have the skills that can assist in this process. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Kari Rollness
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karirollness@yahoo.com
360-232-2644
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kim-n-kids@hotmail.com
814-769-1070
Please contact if you have any information that might help us.
