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george martorano #12973-004 FCI COLEMAN MEDIUM
 P.O. BOX 1032
COLEMAN, FL  33521
George Martorano

12973-004

Life in Prison

George and John are co-founders of We Believe Group

July 11, 2007 - Creative Loafing Tampa (FL)

Second Life

Sentenced To Life For Drug Smuggling, George Martorano Spent Decades In Prison With No Hope For Release. Then John Flahive Answered His Call.

By Alex Pickett

Every holiday season, there's a tradition at the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex in Central Florida, 20 miles south of Ocala. During the month of December, prison officials set up a large holiday backdrop painted with a Christmas tree, wreath and brick fireplace, partially concealing the grey cinderblock wall in a corner of the visiting room. Families and couples line up to have portraits taken with their incarcerated dads and husbands and sons. Smiles are plentiful, if a little hollow.

On a cloudless afternoon in December 2006, two men -- one in a plaid shirt and blue jeans, the other in prison-issued olive drab -- walk up for their turn. John Flahive, 50, glares at the camera, fierce and determined; the inmate, 57-year-old George Martorano, shorter and slightly stooped from a hernia, looks ahead with the weariness of a man who has spent the last 23 years of his life in prison. The two clasp hands.

For the other inmates and their families, the photos are an attempt to relive, if for just a few moments, past holidays spent together on the outside. But all Flahive and Martorano have ever known are the bonds forged in this sterile room, eating cheap food from the vending machines and sitting too long on uncomfortable chairs.

LaVelma Byrd
CIW, W54191, BA1024L
16756 Chino-Corona Rd.
Corona, CA 92880-9508

The Convicted Women Against Abuse need your support, encouragement and words of inspiration after hearing their stories in Sin by Silence.  Also, if you are able to, include some stamps in your letter and make sure to write “stamps enclosed” on the envelope.  Most inmates only make 10 cents per hour at their jobs, so stamps are greatly appreciated…and will help the women be able to write you back!

CHRISTOPHER DANIEL # 238775  N6141 Industrial Park Drive
Munising, MI 49862

#520695 NANCY ANN SEAMAN Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility 3201 Bemis Road
Ypsilanti, MI 48197-0911

#R67662 RACHAEL WADE/ 3700 NW 111th Place ,OCALA,FLORIDA 34482-1479

Rachel Wade (born on February 27, 1990) was convicted of murder in the second degree in the high-profile murder of Sarah Ludemann.Rachel Wade and Sarah Ludemann were romantic rivals. The rivalry began after Wade's breakup with Joshua Camacho. Camacho began seeing Ludemann, much to Wade's dislike. In the first six months Ludemann was with Josh, the police spoke to Ludemann six times regarding public confrontations with Camacho. She got into a verbal argument with the mother of Josh's child. Joshua punched Ludemann in the face, but Ludemann did not press charges.[1]
Wade left insulting voicemails for Ludemann. Their rivalry became more volatile. They began to harass one another and, according to Wade, Sarah would show up to an Applebee's where Wade worked in order to taunt her. During one incident, Ludemann told police that Wade repeatedly called her cell phone and left threatening voicemails. Detectives admitted that Ludemann also made threats toward Wade. The rivalry would continue until Ludemann's death. Ludemann drove to where Wade was located and pulled Wade's hair. Wade's head was looking in the downward position and Wade flailed her arm with a knife. Ludemann was stabbed, resulting in her death.

#941457 SUSAN GRUND / 2596 N Girls School Rd Indianapolis, IN 46214

Sep 06, 2012

The Indiana Supreme Court has turned aside the appeal of convicted killer Susan Grund, ending her hopes of a shorter sentence.

Grund, 53, is serving 60 years in the death of her husband, former Miami County Prosecutor James Grund.

The Indiana Court of Appeals turned down her appeal in June, and last week, the Indiana Supreme Court declined to hear the case.

James Grund was found dead of a single gunshot wound in August 1992, and a jury convicted Susan Grund of murder on March 16, 1994.

She has maintained she didn’t kill her husband, however, and was featured in a 2010 prison interview for the Investigation Discovery channel, where she sat down with former FBI agent Candice DeLong.

After the interview, DeLong, who became famous as the basis of the character Clarice Starling in the book and movie “The Silence of the Lambs,” pronounced Susan Grund a delusional narcissist and expressed deep skepticism about Grund’s recollection of events.

In the appeal, Grund’s attorneys argued former Miami County Prosecutor Wilbur Siders had improper contact with jury members from Grund’s first trial, which ended in a mistrial after jurors were unable to reach a verdict.

Siders acknowledged meeting with jury members from the first trial before the second trial, but first the trial court and then the appeals court found nothing improper in the contact. The Supreme Court’s decision not to grant a hearing means the earlier decisions will stand.

According to prosecutors, Susan Grund was arrested in November 1992 after her sister, Darlene Worden, told detectives Susan Grund had confessed to shooting James Grund.

According to family members, the confession was confirmed when Susan Grund’s mother later found that a large copper kettle, which she kept in her attic, had been filled with concrete.

According to court records, the mother took the kettle to police in Peru, who broke open the concrete and found the murder weapon.

The gun had been reported stolen about a month before the murder.

Police suggested the Grunds’ marriage was in trouble, and that Susan Grund didn’t want a divorce.

This was Susan Grund’s second attempt at appealing the conviction, which was upheld on direct appeal shortly after her trial.