NEWSPAPER ARTICLES / RADIO LINKS:
Robert Perske (2011) Colorado Governor Pardons Joe Arridy. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: June 2011, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 192-196. Click Here
Bill Ritter, former governor of Colorado, received the President’s Award from The Arc of the Pikes Peak Region for granting a posthumous pardon to Joe Arridy. This is a message from Governor Ritter regarding the journey to Joe’s pardon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFqJmk8n7kw
Colorado Public Radio
Radio interview with David Martinez and Robert Perske 1/21/11
http://www.cpr.org/news/story/gubernatorial-pardon
Video on Attorney David Martinez’ work for Joe Arridy’s pardon 1-8-11 NBC News
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/40978215#40978215
Ritter Pardons Pueblo Man By Peter Strescino
January 8, 2011
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN Click Here
Sensational murder featured in ‘5280 Magazine’
The Chronicle-News Trinidad, Colorado. October 31, 2008 By DOC LEONETTI
Click Here
Crime: Begging Joe’s Pardon by MICHAEL DE YOANNA
5280 Magazine. October 2008
http://www.5280.com/issues/2008/0810/feature.php?pageID=1454
‘Sorry, Joe’
Calls to pardon Joe Arridy, executed in the gas chamber, come amid renewed interest in 68-year-old case
By MICHAEL DE YOANNA
Colorado Springs Independent. June 7, 2007:
http://www.csindy.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A20853
Joe Arridy Legacy: In the Presence of Greatness
http://annlrd.wordpress.com/2011/05/21/buffalohair-joe-arridy-legacy-in-the-presence-of-greatness/
by Your Devil’s Advocate, Buffalohair May 21, 2011
Dead wrong? By Peter Strescino
Sunday, January 28, 1996
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN Click Here
MORE LINKS:
Info on upcoming movie – “The Woodpecker Waltz”: http://www.kellerentertainment.com/show.cfm?action=detail&show_id=37
To read MovieBytes Interview with Screenwriter Dan Leonetti, click here. (Word Document)
Press Release from Kellar Entertainment Group and The Arc of The Pikes Peak Region, June 2, 2008:
COLORADO ALLOWS PLACEMENT OF TOMBSTONE ON EXECUTED PRISONER’S GRAVE
Click here for PDF file: Click Here
To purchase Deadly Innocence by Bob Perske (story of Joe Arridy): http://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Innocence-Robert-Perske/dp/0687006155
To hear The Woodpecker Waltz on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS8q7ncLj24
Learn more about Gail Ireland, the Denver attorney who represented Joe Arridy from November 18, 1937 through the day of the execution, winning an unprecedented number of stays of execution for Joe. His story is written by his granddaughter, Terri Bradt, in a book, Gail Ireland Colorado Citizen Lawyer, published 2010. Read more at http://www.terribradt.com/gail-ireland.htm.
Joe Arridy by Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Arridy
“A Sad Discovery During Vacation” By Matt Swearengin, Durant Democrat. September 5th, 2015 http://durantdemocrat.com/opinion/1147/a-sad-discovery-during-vacation
“10-Year-Old Brings Color to Inmates’ Graves” By
“Writer Proud of Role in Pardon” by Anthony A. Mestas, The Pueblo Chieftan http://www.chieftain.com/news/2689880-120/leonetti-arridy-pardon-book