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Owen Merton Barber

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Wolfe Trial Pushed to January

Prince William County prosecutors have been subpoenaed to explain why they met with the admitted triggerman in the case last month.

A hearing to discern why Prince William County prosecutors and others met with the admitted triggerman in a murder-for-hire case was delayed Tuesday as a former death row inmate prepares to be tried for a second time in the case. Owen Merton Barber IV pleaded guilty more than a decade ago to gunning down Daniel Robert Petrole Jr. in Bristow. Attorneys representing Justin Michael Wolfe—the man whose conviction for Petrole’s murder was overturned in federal court—want to know why Commonwealth’s Attorney Paul B. Ebert and others met with Barber on Sept. 11. The hearing was delayed until Oct. 31.  During Tuesday's hearing, Prince William County Circuit Court Judge Mary Grace O’Brien also set a Jan. 2 start date for Wolfe’s new trial, with the …

In this Article:

Triggerman: Death Row Inmate is Innocent (in Centreville Patch), Judge: Wolfe Trial Filled With Hearsay, Speculation (in Centreville Patch), State Will Not Appeal Justin Wolfe Death Penalty Case, and 6 more ›

HAILEY

11:38 am on Wednesday, December 12, 2012

I know all three of the people involved in this case (Owen, Justin, poor Danny, and many others that testified) and I can tell you he is guilty as sin. Just because he has a bulldog mom (which I commend and would do the same thing), doesn't mean he's not guilty. People that knew these people and things that aren't "admissible" know that Justin absolutely did what he has been charged with. Because…   more ›

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Fourth Circuit Considers Justin Wolfe Death Row Case

Virginia has appealed a federal judge’s decision to vacate the convictions and sentences regarding Daniel Robert Petrole Jr.’s 2001 murder.

Virginia’s appeal of a federal court decision to vacate the conviction and sentence of Justin Michael Wolfe—who a Prince William County jury sent to death row in 2002 for murder-for-hire—goes before the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond on May 17. Owen Merton Barber IV, of Centreville, testified before a federal judge in 2010 that he made up his testimony against Wolfe, of Chantilly, under pressure from prosecutors and his own defense attorney. Barber followed Daniel Robert Petrole Jr. for more than an hour before blocking his car along a dead-end street in front of Petrole’s Bristow home and killing him. In his order vacating the convictions, U.S. District Court Judge Raymond A. Jackson said prosecutors withheld exculpatory …

In this Article:

Triggerman: Death Row Inmate is Innocent (in Centreville Patch), Judge: Wolfe Trial Filled With Hearsay, Speculation (in Centreville Patch), All Convictions Against Wolfe Are Vacated (in Centreville Patch), and 1 more ›

Layla Renee Deville

5:27 am on Thursday, August 16, 2012

So now what happens?? The prosecutors wrongfully and knowingly convicted an innocent young man and sent him TO DIE!!! OUTRAGOUS!!! They Should BE PROSECUTED!!! I Want To Help Justin and his mother! I was heart broken for them and KNEW Justin Wolfe WAS DEFINITELY INNOCENT when I watched the 48 hrs. hard evidence program 6TIMES about the case & have thought about & prayed for Justin & his mom & …   more ›

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