Justice For Sammi!

– Samantha Lorraine Lomasney was a young 20 year old woman who was the victim of domestic violence and the opioid crisis.

– In January of 2010, an apprehensive Samantha assisted her abusive 39 year old boyfriend in stealing $400 worth of CDs from a K-Mart.

– In a panicked getaway, Samantha crashed into a parking lot lighting pole before making it home.

– Samantha was arrested shortly thereafter, along with her boyfriend, and were questioned separately by detectives for four to five hours without legal representation.

– Samantha believed that she was being held on shoplifting charges, and did not believe an attorney being present was necessary; she cooperated fully with detectives.

– Samantha later found out that she had allegedly dragged a loss prevention officer to his death, and both her and her boyfriend were being charged with murder.

– Samantha never intended on hurting, let alone killing, anyone. She never pointed a gun or a knife; the accidental death was not premeditated in any way.

– Samantha’s case was highly profiled in the media, rushed to trial before an upcoming election, prosecuted by a DA who cared more about winning the position of Attorney General than the truth, and tried by a judge who was in his first year of circuit court.

– Samantha was tried along side her co-defendant James Woodworth, but the two had separate juries. Samantha’s jury sat in the audience, next to the victim’s family.

– A motion to replace one of Samantha’s jurors for falling asleep was denied by the judge because he felt that the testimony that was missed was insignificant.

– As a result of the trial, and mandatory minimum sentences that are draconian in nature, 20 year old Samantha Lomasney was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to life without parole.

– In Samantha’s own words, she says, “My actions caused the death of someone, but it was an accident. Yes, I deserve to be in prison, but for life with no possibility of parole?”

– To be convicted of first degree murder, one has to prove that the defendant must have known that death or great bodily harm would be the likely result of their actions. To be convicted of manslaughter, you must find that the defendant’s behavior was grossly negligent.

– The victim will never come back to life and Samantha’s actions changed many lives forever, but should society give up on someone who was not considered old enough to buy liquor or (currently) tobacco and lock them up for the rest of their life, never even giving them hope for parole?

This website is run by the friends and supporters of Samantha Lorraine Lomasney. We hope to expose the truth about the corrupt legal system, not only in Michigan, but in the United States. The justice system needs to be fair and equitable for everyone, regardless of media exposure and political corruption. Laws need to change.