Joe López Turns 60 in Prison
Story & Photo's By
Ramón
Hernández
Joe López turns
60 on Saturday, August 28th
.
Bandmate Jimmy González also celebrates his sixth
decade birthday on the same date.
After almost
four years of imprisonment and since he lost his
appeal before the 13th Court of Criminal
Appeals, the former Mazz lead vocalist is still
looking at a 2038 release.
Last year, he
was finally
allowed to talk and our interview took place at a
facility south of Rosharon, Texas. This two-part
interview can be read in its entirety at
www.ramiroburr.com.
Part 1 is titled "Joe Lopez Breaks His Silence" and
Part 2 is "Solitude, Forgiveness and Reflection."
The sad part
is that the Latin music megastar was innocent of the
alleged rape of a minor. However, all the evidence –
Harris County Juvenile Probation Department Medical
Department records, her facebook.com images and other
damaging information -- against the alleged victim was
inadmissible because she was than a minor.
Those still
fighting to prove López’s innocence with a Habeas
Corpus are his immediate family, Lorenzo and Judy
López plus Christina Hernández, who created the
Justice 4 Joe organization.
However legal
fees have eaten up all their assets and drained their
finances. Therefore, they are asking that donations be
deposited at IBC Bank, routing number 11911580 and
account number 6002666222.
Fans wanting
to wish López a happy birthday can do so by sending
their cards to José Manuel López, 1399866, Ramsey Unit
1, 1100 FM 544, Rosharon, TX 77583 and underneath,
write W-1-6
.
It is prohibited to send money by
mail, so fans desiring to do so should go to
www.jpay.com
and type in his ID: 1399866.
A
controversal book on the Grammy Awarding vocalist with
all the facts has already been written and the only
thing holding back its release is a publisher. It will
not free López, but it will exonerate him.

