Archive for August, 2008

This is the last of a sixteen part series regarding my involvement with the Jesse James Hollywood case: It’s hard to tell whether Ron Zonen ever got the license plate numbers of those buses that hit him. First, he’d been licking his wounds from his battle with Michael Jackson’s stable of high-priced lawyers. And then, as [...]

Having read that the Santa Barbara DA was moving forward with its prosecution of Michael Jackson, Michael Mehas one day asked Ron Zonen about the matter while interviewing him in his office. The journalist was snooping around for another inside scoop, and he thought he might have one when Zonen told him he would be [...]

Law enforcement agencies have a history of being all too willing to jump into bed with an often-untrustworthy media, at the peril of often-defenseless citizens. The government has all the leverage and power in a criminal prosecution (unless maybe your name is Kobe Bryant or O.J. Simpson), and if that leverage and power is mishandled [...]

Santa Barbara County Senior Deputy District Attorney Ron Zonen had the right idea. He wanted to popularize Jesse James Hollywood’s name and image around the globe, hoping that someday someone somewhere would find them useful in helping to identify and capture the fugitive. Mr. Zonen had felt a strong personal responsibility to prosecute the last [...]

When he finally decided to testify, Michael Mehas had no personal concerns about being criminally prosecuted for his actions with Ron Zonen. Since he had not represented anyone in the case, the attorney maintained no ethical obligations for confidentiality. He was free to possess and write about the confidential documents, photographs, videos, and audiotapes he [...]

Transformational Third Thursdays, a popular monthly consciousness workshop and discussion group based on the teachings of Eckhart Tolle, will have its second meeting on August 21st from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Bank of Books, 748 E. Main St., Ventura. The series is presented by award-winning novelist Michael Mehas, author of ”Stolen Boy.”   Offered [...]

There has been a gross misconception made by some that to be an anti-death penalty advocate––or to wish that Jesse James Hollywood never be ordered to die––is to hold a position that is somehow slanted against the interests of Nicholas Markowitz or his family. Michael Mehas believes nothing could be further from the truth. The [...]

This is the last of a four-part series of what I consider to be a very fascinating interview with Willy Quest, Brandon McInerney’s attorney. This segment focuses on Mr. Quest’s trial strategy, and we can begin to see how him gaining access to Larry King’s records will support his trial strategy. Q: Who was the [...]

To me, this is some of the most powerful information to come to light in Brandon’s case yet. There are so many people who are angry with Brandon. And many of them feel that any second chance in life that he might be afforded must be preceded by a sincere expression of remorse for what [...]