Curry Trial

Gregory Curry Trial

Hindsight being what it is, it is not hard for me to look back now and see that I did not stand a chance. Even though I was innocent and convinced that I would be exonerated, I did not fully comprehend or appreciate the emotional investment that the surrounding community has in all this. I was not being tried for the guard’s death but that fact alone did not necessarily mean that I would be precluded from that anger and animosity that the community felt for those responsible for killing him. Had I been properly represented, I would have accepted the change of venue offered by the court to move my trial to Brown County but my attorney insisted that Brown County was just as racially biased as Scioto County, where the jury pool consisted of people bent on exacting revenge.

It was evident from the very beginning that I was not going to receive a fair trial. In fact, I had to fire the first court-appointed attorney assigned to my case because he refused to file basic motions, discovery, change of venue, etc… that are necessary to put on a proper defense. I was then appointed an attorney by the name of Tracey Hoover, who was only marginally professional and had to be continually threatened with dismissal in order to get him to act as though he was interested in representing me.
I was charged with killing inmates William Svette and Bruce Vitale, two of the inmates who were allegedly murdered in the L-6 massacre. But unbeknownst to me at the time, one of these crimes (the murder of Svette) had already been solved.

Freddy Frakes: Had already pled guilty to killing William Svette under circumstances far different than what was being presented at my trial. Namely, that he (Freddy) did not kill Svette in L-6, where all the murders allegedly happened according to the state and the state witness [See document 17]. I knew of Freddy prior to the riot from being housed in the same block and like myself, he was a L-side gym worker. I assume somehow he heard that I was being charged with Svette’s death and got the message/news to me that he had already been charged and pled guilty to murdering Svette. The very next morning at my trial, I told my lawyer of this new and he chose to do nothing.

Louis Jones: This inmate, who was perhaps the state’s most valuable witness, testified that he saw me kill. Louis had immunity [See document 11] and was promised early parole for his testimony, a fact that the state denied, to the jury, that it existed and a fact that was unbeknownst to me. Needless to say, this vital fact was intentionally kept from the jury and only admitted months after I was convicted [See document 16]. Furthermore, in at least one other trial, even the prosecutor themselves called Louis a liar [See document 8].