Christian Martin has been a soldier in the US army for 26 years. He has served as a paratrooper, an infantryman in ground combat as well as a fighter pilot and a helicopter pilot in active warfare on behalf of our country. Unfortunately he got involved with a woman who promised him when he stated that he wanted a divorce that she would destroy him and that she knew how to do it. She kept her promise.

This person, a woman named Joan,  filed complaints against Kit Martin in every available forum including with the department of children and families, various departments of the US army, and the local domestic violence courts. Whenever she would be denied and Kit would prevail in one forum she would simply move on to the next and make up even more outrageous allegations. By telling a number of lies about Kit she was able to enlist the help of various people including but not limited to neighbors who lived across the street from our beleaguered hero. Tragically, in 2015, those neighbors were murdered, along with an acquaintance. One of these individuals was listed by US army prosecutors as being one of their witnesses in an upcoming court martial against Martin based upon the allegations made by his Joan. This was the alleged motive for Kit Martin to kill these three people. 

The murder case went to trial in the beginning of June and I watched at least 85% of it. As you all know, to find someone guilty of a crime the state must prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. If anything Kit, who did take the stand and testify very credibly on his own behalf, proved beyond a reasonable doubt that he was innocent! Yet somehow, some way the jury got very very confused and found this man guilty without remotely sufficient evidence. The main problem was that the judge did not allow the jury to hear that that Joan and her son had taken the 5th amendment and that is why they were not present at the trial to be questioned by the defense. Their  absence was never explained to the jury. This was an egregious error by the trial judge and it most likely left the jury with the impression that Kit's testimony and his lawyers' arguments about Joan having framed Kit for the murders was all talk. 

Time and space do not permit me to relay all the details here. Suffice it to say the man had a substantial alibi there was no DNA evidence there was not time for him to have accomplished everything that was done and therr were numerous other problems with the case. Judge Atkins has the authority to enter a judgment notwithstanding the  verdict - -  in other words to set aside the jury's verdict. That's what we need him to do! That's what Lady Justice REQUIRES him to do and that's why you should sign this petition thank you God bless and rock on.

Kenneth Eric Trent