The Pitfalls of Justice

Pitfall

A likely mistake or problem in a situation

The store fell into one of the major pitfalls of small business, borrowing from suppliers by paying bills late.
There’s a video that tells new students about pitfalls to avoid.

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a problem

  1. problem What’s the problem here?
  2. difficulty The company is having some financial difficulties at the moment.
  3. trouble We’ve had a lot of trouble with the new computer system.
  4. hitch The ceremony went without a hitch.
  5. glitch We’ve had a few technical glitches, but I’m confident we’ll be ready on time.
  6. hurdle Getting a work permit is only the first hurdle.

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1 A Rush to Judgement

1 Juan Catalan forgives police who framed him for murder he didn’t commit | 60 Minutes Australia

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4 sep. 2018

The Homicide Detectives on Juan Catalan’s case have admitted they set him up to solve the murder. Following the acquittal, they were both reassigned posts within the LAPD but never formally penalised for their conduct. One is still a police officer to this day.
 
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2 LAPD compensation after wrongly accusing death penalty “wholly inadequate” | 60 Minutes Australia

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4 sep. 2018

Juan Catalan’s lawyer, Todd Melnik, tells 60 Minutes the compensation his client received after being wrongly accused of murder and facing the death penalty is “wholly inadequate.”

3 Man Proves His Innocence With Baseball Game Footage In New Netflix Documentary | NBC Nightly News

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1 okt 2017
 
A man arrested for the murder of a 16-year-old girl proved his innocence through raw footage captured during the filming of HBO series “Curb Your Enthusiasm” that show him at an LA Dodgers game and not at the scene of a shooting. The documentary “Long Shot” tells the story.
 

4 Long Shot | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix


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31 aug 2017

 

Juan Catalan was arrested for a murder he didn’t commit. To save his life, all he had to do was prove he was one of 56,000 people at a Dodgers Game that night. That’s where Larry David comes in…. Long Shot, now streaming on Netflix.

3 Guilty Until Innocent | Juan Catalan

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1 nov 2023
 
In 2003, after watching the baseball game at Dodgers Stadium, a man by the name of Juan Catalan was arrested for a crime that he did not commit. The evidence to prove his innocence was found in an unlikely place.

4 SOLVED: Juan Catalan Was Wrongfully Convicted

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16 aug 2020
 
It was 2003 in Sun Valley, California. Martha Puebla would be found outside of her home. Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time a murder had occurred in this location. 5 months prior, Martha had to dive into her home for safety as a man’s life was taken in front of her. She refused to talk to anyone and made it very clear she didn’t want to be involved in this investigation. So why kill the girl who didn’t snitch? That’s what investigators couldn’t figure out. However, the man they locked up for that murder had a brother who was free at the time of Martha’s murder and they believed he had something to do with it. His name was Juan Catalan and they almost sentenced him to death. Thankfully a TV show solved everything…

5 The Case of Juan Catalan (Part 2) Who Pulled The Trigger?

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6 Did Larry David Help a Man Accused of Murder to Clear His Name?

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29 sep 2017

Did Larry David save an innocent man from death row? In an episode of his show ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ David’s character picked up a prostitute and took her to a baseball game at Dodgers Stadium. A fan, Juan Catalan, was arrested one month later for the murder of a 16-year-old girl. He swore he didn’t do it, claiming he was at the game. Larry David gave Catalan’s lawyer the outtakes, which contained a dark and grainy shot of Catalan in the background. He was cleared of all charges.

7 Innocent man facing the death penalty saved by Seinfeld creator | 60 Minutes Australia

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4 sep. 2022

 
Out Of Left Field (2018)
 
What Juan Catalan endured at the hands of the Los Angeles police is no laughing matter, but it’s comedy that saved him. It all started when LAPD detectives accused Juan of a cold-blooded murder he didn’t commit, that resulted with Juan being put on death row. It was an extraordinary denial of justice, but the police were convinced Juan was the killer. In their minds there was no doubt or presumption of innocence. In court, it was up to the suspect to show he did not commit the crime, which meant Juan Catalan had to prove his alibi: that he was one of 58,000 spectators at a major league baseball game on the night of the murder. His legal team set out on the near impossible task of finding a needle in a haystack, and just when it looked like all hope was lost, out of left field appeared his unlikely saviour – the famous Hollywood funnyman who created Seinfeld.
 
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8 Long Shot: Lawyer from true crime doc talks helping clear man wrongly accused of murder

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26 mrt. 2021

The Netflix documentary “The Long Shot” tells the jaw-dropping 2003 story of 24-year-old Juan Catalan who was facing the death penalty after being wrongly accused of shooting a witness in another murder case. Catalan was only saved after being found in the background of unused TV footage from Larry David’s HBO series “Curb Your Enthusiasm” shot at the same time of the murder. Catalan’s lawyer Todd Melnik, who fought to obtain thee case-closing footage, spoke with Dan Mannarino after the doc was included in the PIX11 anchor’s monthly Watch With Dan doc-club series.

9 How Curb Your Enthusiasm Saved Juan Catalan From Death Row | True Crime

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29 jul 2021 Ghost Town

The true crime tale involving 2004 episode HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm was instrumental in proving the innocence and exonerating Juan Catalan in the murder of Martha Puebla, saving him from a potential death row sentence.

0:00
0:11 Serve The Algorithm
0:45 Martha Puebla
1:36 Arrest of Juan Catalan
2:27 Curb Gets Involved
3:11 The Carpool Lane
4:46 The Footage
6:09 The Aftermath
6:55 Long Shot

10 How Curb Your Enthusiasm Saved a Man from Death Row


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1 aug 2021

HBO’s hit show Curb Your Enthusiasm has crafted many interesting yarns over the course of it’s ten-season run, but few of it’s fictional narratives have matched the real-life tale of the man that the show helped save from death row. During the show’s fourth season, an episode was being filmed at Dodger Stadium. Some of the footage that was taken by the camera crew just so happened to feature a man that was being charged with the murder of a 16-year-old girl and was using his attendance at that very game as an alibi. The footage was subsequently used to help exonerate the man of the crime. This man was 24-year-old Juan Catalan. Like this content? Subscribe here:    / @factsverseuk   Or, watch more videos here:    / @factsverseuk   The murder in question was the 2003 murder of Martha Puebla. Juan was suspected due to Martha having testified against his brother in court. Juan was put in prison, and was forced to stay for six months before being released due to phone records and the Curb Your Enthusiasm footage. Upon release, Juan successfully sued the city of Los Angeles, as well as the LAPD. Martha’s true murderers were later found. Among the guilty parties was the young woman’s ex-boyfriend, Jose Ledesma. Though Juan faced the death penalty, the four guilty parties received life without parole. Many years after these events occurred, a New York film school student happened upon the story while perusing Curb Your Enthusiasm’s IMDb entry. The young man saw the perfect opportunity to make a documentary short subject, and went to work securing funding to fly out to California and conduct interviews with the parties involved. In addition to Juan and his lawyer, the interviewees included Larry David himself. This documentary was released on Netflix as Long Shot in 2017, the same year Curb Your Enthusiasm premiered it’s ninth season. Join Trender as we explore how Curb Your Enthusiasm saved a man from death row. How Curb Your Enthusiasm Saved a Man from Death Row

11 The Case of Juan Catalan

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mrt 2021
 

I meant to add more to correct the audio but I got too busy with college. hope this entertains at least 1 person though

12 Welcome 2 Elms Street – Juan Catalan “The Long Shot”

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7 apr 2022
 
This weeks interview is with “The Long Shot” Juan Catalan

13 Juan Catalan

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14 jul 2020

Juan Catalan was put in jail for 6 months for a murder he did not commit and was set free by a long shot, thanks to a HBO show. Netflix Documentary: Long Shot

14 Juan Catalan from Netflix’s “The Long Shot” stops by What’s Up Fool?

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31 mei 2019


Our guest this week is Juan Catalan (@JuanCatalan31) from the Netflix documentary “The Long Shot”, which chronicles his experience being wrongly accused and tried for a murder he didn’t commit – only to be exonerated by a clip from a comedy series on HBO.

What Juan Catalan endured at the hands of the Los Angeles police is no laughing matter, but it’s comedy that saved him.

It all started when LAPD detectives accused Juan of a cold-blooded murder he didn’t commit, that resulted with Juan being put on death row. It was an extraordinary denial of justice, but the police were convinced Juan was the killer. In their minds there was no doubt or presumption of innocence. In court, it was up to the suspect to show he did not commit the crime, which meant Juan Catalan had to prove his alibi: that he was one of 58,000 spectators at a major league baseball game on the night of the murder.

His legal team set out on the near impossible task of finding a needle in a haystack, and just when it looked like all hope was lost, out of left field appeared his unlikely saviour – the famous Hollywood funnyman who created Seinfeld.

‘In a spirit of foolishness;

as ’the blind leading the blind’, the Justice Department falls into the trap!’

One can effortlessly turn something that doesn’t exist

into a justice issue,

just for the fun of fooling everyone – 

including Justice.

It happens that in an assize court,

the prototype of violent spouse after killing ex is acquitted

by the trick of getting rid of the data.

It is hard to believe that justice can be so seriously derailed and

gives a false picture of reality.

The Double-Edged Sword of the Justice System.
It can harm the innocent.
The final nail in the coffin.

Wrong or careless use of justice.   Het verkeerd of onzorgvuldig gebruik van justitie.

They are victims of a miscarriage of justice
(= when the law has been carried out wrongly).

Rowing harder doesn’t help if the boat
is headed in the wrong direction.

KENICHI OHMAE

Mind-boggling examples

Wrongfully convictions in The Netherlands

Such despicable people have no conscience.

The evidence that sent them to jail for 22 years was false

– the Mickelbergs brothers were framed by the crooked cop.

It’s as clear as day this is the worst of all worlds.

How can we blatantly ignore the needs of our fellow human beings?

… using anything and anyone under the cover of justice to cause pure evil,

blatantly contrary to your conscience.

The justice paradox

A broken justice system

Justice Off The Rails

Justice as a candid camera happening

Random and unreliable

Destructive

 

15 Generous Homeless Man

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 A crazy old woman has her husband’s lover locked in the trunk of her car and asks people to add some extra bags in there. “Don’t worry about him” she says 😀 

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Generous Homeless Man

10 apr. 2011

 
Homeless man asks people if they have money and when they say they don’t he feels bad for them and gives them some of his.
 
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2 A candid camera-like justice

A Candid Camera is a metaphor for a justice system being deceived and falling into a trap, as explained on this web page.

Like more than 540 candid cameras on the webside justice is sometimes like a candid camera judgement.

An Illusion of Justice. A kind of justice that is of course not reliable. Many people’s lives have been shattered.

A broken justice system turned out to be a poisoned chalice, as deception does’nt fall apart.

The wine tasting candid camera (above) is a good illustation (as more than 500 other candid camera’s on the website).

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