By Pat Bliss
Since we have enlisted the aid of Sachs Media Group in the Felix Garcia case, we have seen a large increase in media coverage. Below is a partial list of some of the newspapers and media outlets who have covered the case. We are thrilled at the attention Felix is finally getting in the press. Thank you Sachs Media, but we also don’t want to forget the commitment and help Felix has gotten from DeafInPrison.com, Mother Jones, and the many people who gave us support. This is a team effort, and I’m reminded of that expression, it takes a village. Thank you all for your hard work on Felix’s behalf.
Reggie Garcia speaks to the crowd at #JusticeForFelix Rally. Image: Sachs Media Group
WJXT Jacksonville
Hearing-impaired seek justice for Florida man
March 25, 2014
By Matt Galka, Reporter
A deaf Florida man has spent more than 30 years of his life behind bars for a crime his brother has since confessed to. Hundreds of Floridians who are hearing-impaired are making noise to ensure this doesn’t happen again.
Felix Garcia was convicted of murdering a man in Tampa in 1983. Garcia is deaf and the court had no interpreter to help him understand his trial. He has spent every day since behind bars — even after his brother admitted to the murder.
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http://www.news4jax.com/news/hearingimpaired-seek-justice-for-florida-man/25160288
Also featured on WFLA—Matt Galka, Reporter
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http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=01d5eb53-2a06-4c1f-b462-ec1387c4dac2
Capital News Service
Hearing Impaired Seek Justice
March 25, 2014
By Matt Galka, Reporter
Felix Garcia was convicted of murdering a man in Tampa in 1983. Felix is deaf and the court had no interpreter to help him understand his trial. He has spent every day since behind bars – even after his brother has admitted to the murder.
“He went into court, he didn’t know what was going on, he signed things he didn’t know he was signing and the result was he was incarcerated and he’s still in jail,” said Lissette Molina Wood through an interpreter. Wood is the Florida Association of the Deaf President.
http://www.flanews.com/?p=21116
WJXT-JAX – Jacksonville, FL
March 25, 2014
Matt Galka, Reporter
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http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=a07e28cb-ddb2-4463-a3fa-2976a506c2ff
WCJB (ABC) – Gainesville, FL
WCJB TV News 20
March 25, 2014
Matt Galka, Reporter
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http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=2025886c-0d14-4a62-89f3-90fc4e71fdb2
WCJB (ABC) – Gainesville, FL
WCJB TV News 20
March 25, 2014
Matt Galka, Reporter
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http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=00840338-5760-4c6a-9609-1f60567e7f5b
The Florida Channel
Capital Update
March 25, 2014
*Our story is featured at the end of the Capital Update
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http://thefloridachannel.org/watch/channel/tvweb1/
The Tampa Tribune
Deaf Tampa convict seeks clemency in murder
March 25, 2014
By James Rosica
Felix Garcia is in prison for murder, his defenders say, in part because he did not want his hearing impairment to be mistaken for stupidity. Garcia, 52, is serving a life sentence for a August 1981 killing in a north Tampa motel room, the result of a drug robbery gone bad.
Now, he’s asking Gov. Rick Scott to set him free.
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http://tbo.com/news/politics/deaf-tampa-convict-seeks-clemency-in-murder-20140325/
WUFT (NBC) – Gainesville, FL
March 25,2014
By Tavis Smiley
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http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=7083ea02-6b33-49aa-8f54-06d6ada4b1d4
Ad Hoc News
Deaf Tampa convict seeks clemency in murder
March 25, 2014
By James Rosica
Felix Garcia is in prison for murder, his defenders say, in part because he did not want his hearing impairment to be mistaken for stupidity.
Garcia, 52, is serving a life sentence for a August 1981 killing in a north Tampa motel room, the result of a drug robbery gone bad.Now, he’s asking Gov. Rick Scott to set him free.His brother, also charged in the robbery, later framed Garcia by getting him to pawn a ring stolen from the dead man, Joseph Tramontana Jr.
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http://article.wn.com/view/2014/03/25/Deaf_Tampa_convict_seeks_clemency_in_murder/
WFLA-TB (NBC) – Tampa Bay, FL
News Ch8 Today
March 26, 2014
Clip shown at 4:30/ 5:30 a.m.
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If you haven’t yet signed the Sachs Media petition, we need your signature. Conversely, DeafInPrison.com’s petition which is the longest lived petition in the case is still open, but if you sign it, we’re asking that you please take the time to sign the Sachs Media petition as well. Thank you for understanding why this is so important.
Pat Bliss is a retired paralegal in criminal law. She continues to do legal work for indigent prisoner cases showing innocence. She is a Certified Community Chaplain, Certified as a volunteer for CISM (Crises Intervention Stress Management) and involved in community events.
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