Advocates For Ajay

The Tragedy: Advocates for Ajay are very sympathetic to true victims of rape and sexual abuse. Among those advocating for Ajay’s innocence are true victims of rape and sexual abuse. We are extremely shaken and profoundly disturbed that one would consciously fabricate a story and continue to lie through trial proceedings, which ultimately destroyed many lives. One of the tragedies of false allegations is that it denigrates the true victims of these horrific crimes. What unfolded in the case of Ajay Dev, a victim of false allegations and wrongful conviction, is a frightening tragedy. The tragedy begins below…

Family and Supporters Gather in the Park For One Year Anniversary of Ajay Dev Conviction article in Davis Vanguard

Cash For Convictions article in Yolo Judicial Watch

Hundreds March in Davis For Ajay Dev article in Yolo Judicial Watch

June 26, 2010 Rally & Demonstration
The Day Justice Died For Us

On Saturday, June 26 people who know that Ajay Dev is innocent assembled at the Farmer’s Market in Davis at 12:30 p.m. (4 th & B Streets) to commemorate the day that justice died for them and continue to fight for the innocent. ...more.

Statement from Ajay

Past Marches and Demonstrations

Ask the Senate to approve the Criminal Justice Commission

July 27, 2010, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill creating a national criminal justice commission to examine and potentially reshape the American criminal justice system. This bipartisan panel is a critical step toward addressing the injustices inherent in the system, including the causes of wrongful convictions. Please take one minute and urge your Senators to take a leadership role in ensuring immediate passage of the bill.

The Tragedy:

Advocates for Ajay are very sympathetic to true victims of rape and sexual abuse. Among those advocating for Ajay’s innocence are true victims of rape and sexual abuse. We are extremely shaken and profoundly disturbed that one would consciously fabricate a story and continue to lie through trial proceedings, which ultimately destroyed many lives. One of the tragedies of false allegations is that it denigrates the true victims of these horrific crimes. What unfolded in the case of Ajay Dev, a victim of false allegations and wrongful conviction, is a frightening tragedy. The tragedy begins below…

Ajay, a Nepali American Citizen, and his American wife, Peggy, adopted a teenage girl from Nepal in a humanitarian act hoping to give her a better education, a better life and hoping that after she was established, she would help her biological family in Nepal and others if the opportunity arose. The problems began when the fairly new parents and their young adult adopted daughter of 3.5 years conflicted over priorities – college and career vs. boyfriends and her social life. Yes, the age old conflict.

Inexperienced and well intentioned, Ajay and Peggy tried to keep her focused on education. However, the young woman believed they were overly involved in her life. Over the next 1.5 years numerous arguments ensued over priorities and responsibilities. Eventually, after just such an argument and feeling hopeless in their ability to get her on track, Ajay and Peggy asked her to move out of their home.

Although she was over 20 at the time, Ajay and Peggy promised her biological family they would take care of her. She had not yet finished college and they felt obligated to inform her biological parents of her misbehavior and asked for their help. The young woman interpreted Ajay’s communication to her biological father as an infringement on her freedom, and the argument escalated into an accusation of physical abuse. Shocked, hurt and saddened by her accusation, Ajay and Peggy withdrew all financial support (they had previously paid for everything (cell phone, car, education, etc.). Angered by what she perceived as another infringement on her freedom; and fearful of having to return to a country and a lifestyle she no longer desired; as well as being worried about having to be held accountable for her misbehavior, the accusation then escalated from physical abuse to one of sexual abuse.

How an innocent man was wrongly convicted.
1.	Detective Mark Hermann, who was more concerned with making a case than validating a claim of sexual abuse, did not question pertinent witnesses. Rather than take a hard look at the inconsistencies found within her story, he validated his case by covering up any inconsistent statements and misrepresented facts and evidence to the jury.
2.	Deputy DA Steve Mount’s reputation is to push weak cases. Knowing her testimony was very weak, he charged Ajay with 92 counts and tacked on accusations relating to porn and dissuasion in an attempt to prejudice the jury. Even though at the preliminary hearing the Judge stated the evidence was very weak it was allowed to go to trial because you only need probable cause (someone to say it happened). At trial DDA Steve Mount was able to keep exculpatory evidence out and grossly misrepresented the facts to the jury.
3.	92 Counts - in Yolo County there is a pattern of minority defendants having a ridiculously high number of counts stacked-up against them compared to similar cases with white defendants. The large number of counts prejudices people into believing the defendant must be guilty – otherwise, why would the DA’s office go forward with so many counts?
4.	Motivation for pushing weak cases and stacking up counts to get a conviction - the DA's office receives federal grant money which is directly tied to the number of prosecutions and convictions for sex crimes – CASH FOR CONVICTIONS.
5.	Naturally, people are very sympathetic with true victims of rape and molestation. However, this creates an inherent prejudice towards somebody accused of these types of crimes. Most people don’t realize that up to 40% of rape claims are false (False Rape Accusations May Be More Common Than Thought - Wendy McElroy ). Unfortunately it has taken a lot of work by the Innocence Project which has exonerated 254 people as of June 8, 2010, for people to start to realize the short comings of the legal system – www.innocenceproject.org

Visit the injustice page for more information.

"Advocates for Ajay" represents hundreds of people that unequivocally know Ajay Dev is innocent. We have put together this website to share our stories and voices with the public. This is NOT a story of fiction; it is a true story with devastating effects.

We, Advocates for Ajay, ask you to please look through this website and read the stories and letters written by the many people who know the true story and personally know the accused and accusor. We plan to continue to fight for Ajay and prove his innocence. We will continue to add to this website, so check back for updates.

If you would like to join us, please send your letters of support to: pr.advocatesforajay@gmail.com . We are also looking for financial support since this nightmare has financially devastated this family. More funds are needed to continue the fight. If you are able to contribute, please go to the donate page.

Thank you for taking the time to visit our website. Remember that if something this appalling could happen to the Dev family who were simply trying to give a better life to a person from another country, it could happen to you too.

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View the Petition

Radio Shows

Videos of Demonstrations

Injustice

Statements

Truth v. Fabrication - Abortion

Truth v. Fabrication - Porn

www.innocenceproject.org

http://www.clr.org/ostates.html

http://truthinjustice.org/p-pmisconduct.htm

http://www.lawmall.com/abuse/

The Justice Reform Coalition

LCLAA Sacramento

Recipe for Ajay's Injustice:
1.	Start with a police detective who minimally investigated the allegations.
2.	Add a prosecutor who spun a story with little regard for the facts.
3.	Throw in a judge who refused to allow evidence to help exonerate the defendant.
4.	Mix in a local newspaper that would only print the DA's press release about the story.
5.	Stir it all up and you get 378 years and 4 months in prison.
	If you live in Yolo County they are still using this recipe, BEWARE!
	This is what happened to Ajay Dev.