yeah yeah, all those movies, man, Grisham and Spielberg, all those small fry, man, offenders, accused, and innocent and over-charged and over-prosecuted, for naught!
Prior to our founding in 1992, there was a widespread belief that the criminal legal system was “infallible,” and with it, a lack of understanding surrounding wrongful conviction. Through our work over the years, we identified several basic patterns and common reasons for wrongful conviction.
AND my toothless in Wisconsin is a totally ripped off, by $100,000, for his defense.
He’s 65, his wife died a year ago, Turbo Cancer, thanks to mRNA booster (probably); he’s estranged from his family; he has a almost dead useless finger from an accident months ago; and he is now into more than three years of supervision, i.e., house arrest, more or less, for a shit show that occured years ago.
He was not correctly defended, and with two fucking fights, he’s $100,000 in the hole, and his legal eagle — who I sent a certified letter to in order to have this fellow contacted — my Toothless Buddy in Wisconsin, my friend, need to have his supervision ended. He wants out of Red Neck Wisconsin, and he wants the freedom to travel.
Here, before I sent my scripted letter, Wisconsin’s retort to me:
Not to be nit-picky, but you may want to examine the final paragraph, and see if you might want to insert a word or two, to better clarify what you are saying. N*****will, in all likelihood, reneg on his empty promise to advocate for me in this matter. Or, hit me with more exorbitant legal fees.
Which I won’t give to him, or his associate, my former appellate attorney, S. M******. Mr. M did not become a member of Mr. N’s firm, until after the state Supreme Court had its way with me. Mr. N was given $35,000 up front, in this matter, and according to my recollection, the agreement that we entered into stated that this amount covered all legal fees for this entire case.
There were other fees for an expert witness, who neither was called upon to testify, nor prepared, or provided a written report based upon our one time encounter.
Attorney M got the lion’s share of the loot during the appeals process.
All totaled, between the two of them, in excess of $100,000.If I’m gonna pay anyone, it’ll be the person who is willing to go after the whole lot of them, DAs, judges, cops, criminal defensive, and very offensive as well. The state Supreme Court, that took my case, milked me for over $60,000, and then refused to rule, should be in the stocks, with me holdin’ the bullwhip.
I’m grateful to you for speaking up for me, and a whole lot more. You’re the only one.
M and L were the only ones to attend my trial, that I could consider not hostile. But, when the state assassinated my character for two straight days, and Mr. N failed to offer any defense, any mitigation, any rebuttal, I lost my kids.Fifty-four twenty minute telephone calls, not played in their entirety, as I demanded.
No, selectively edited portions of selected telephone calls, designed to paint me as an assassin, a spousal abuser, and a loathsome figure. The fierce beating that I took, just prior to these telephone calls was ruled inadmissible, and irrelevant.+—+
Since word selection matters, I thought that I should do one obvious revision.
Replace the word trial, with the words public shaming, and damming, and you’ll have a better feel for the flow of the proceedings.After repeatedly scrawling large post it notes, during police and “investigator” testimony, and pointing out erroneous testimony, testi-lying, even going so far as to draw layouts of areas being falsely testified/lied about, the defense attorney scolded his client/employer in open court, basically telling me to shut my hole, and let the lies flow.
Take my public flogging, and I’ll walk out of there not guilty.
Instead, the judge, who ruled on this 17 felony count case in the time it took me to eat a county jail tray (hour fifteen at most), unloaded upon me as the most disgusting human being he’d seen in a long time, if ever.
And, then he brought me back to jail from prison again (oh that’s such a fun ride, and visit), to lambast me once again, before handing down maximum time, all to be run consecutive.
(There were several victim impact statements from terrified police officers, who were having panic, and terrors, because of the evil man, who’s been behind bars for two and a half years now. Those must have been some killer phone calls. I’ve never heard them, other than when I made them. Memory ain’t that good, especially with a freshly kicked in face.
Alternatively, I was not permitted to make a victim impact statement at the sentencing of the Partee fellow, who rearranged my skull.)
If we hadn’t been able to put together the hundred grand, I’d have never met you. There’s something to be grateful for. But, why, when I write this, do I feel sick, and feel like I’m going to cry?My kids, sitting in that courtroom, hearing bad lies about their dad. Hearing those tapes. Raving lunatic most of the time. That’s what a beat down, and solitary confinement, and nothing but a phone will do.
If all those phone conversations were played, a different picture would have been painted.
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This is the USA, the rule of disorder, the so-called unruley rule of law.
These fucking lawyers have offices in little and big towns, have huge outdoor billboards with their capped teeth glimmering and they are so-called “high members of the community,” but in the end, they are shameless and shifty and dangerous.
Here, the Innocence Project:
Many of our clients were represented by lawyers who provided an inadequate defense.
In some of the worst wrongful conviction cases overturned by DNA testing, defense attorneys were found sleeping in the courtroom during the trial, absent at hearings, or later disbarred for a pattern of misconduct.
More broadly, however, lawyers who represent poor people often lack the resources necessary to investigate and defend against the evidence marshaled by robust police departments, prosecutor offices, and crime labs. Without investigators, experts, training, and compensation, defense counsel cannot meaningfully challenge the government’s case and the odds of a wrongful conviction increases. A 2022 report by the American Bar Association found that funding for public defenders — who are often the first line of defense for innocent people charged with crimes — would have to increase threefold in order to meet the standard of effective counsel guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment.
At the Innocence Project, we recognize that appropriate funding for indigent defense is a necessary component of the effort to end wrongful conviction. We advocate for funding increases for innocence programs and forensic science research, we collaborate with local counsel and partner organizations to ensure that the people that we represent receive the best possible legal representation and the necessary resources to reverse a wrongful conviction. We also help cover costs associated with testing and investigation which we know to be out of range of many clients and defense teams.
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Judges Reject Appeal in ‘Sleeping Attorney’ Case; Los Angeles Times/ Oct 28, 2000 — During Burdine’s trial, his court-appointed lawyer, Joe Frank Cannon, frequently fell asleep, according to jurors and the court clerk.
The problem is the Supreme Court has created a very, very high bar for proving that your lawyer was ineffective. The test comes from a rather well-known 1984 case called Strickland v. Washington, which set up a two-part standard. First, as a defendant who lost a trial, you have to prove on appeal that your trial lawyer was defective, was deficient: they failed to investigate the case, they didn’t put on an alibi witness, they didn’t cross-examine their opponents, things like that. And then second, you have to show that the deficiency somehow contributed to the bad verdict, to the conviction. In other words, it’s not enough to show that your lawyer messed up. You have to show that that error was somehow outcome-determinative.
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I saw one study that found that 97% of the time when a defendant raises one of these ineffectiveness issues on appeal, they lose. And cases where lawyers were drunk or under the influence of drugs have been upheld, or at least not considered ineffective performance of counsel. One despicable case from Texas, I think, is really illustrative: A man is charged with murder and he’s facing the death penalty. He’s too poor to pay for a lawyer, so he’s assigned one by the court. That lawyer falls asleep intermittently throughout the trial. The defendant goes to the judge to alert the judge about this, and here’s the judge’s response: the Constitution says you’re entitled to an attorney. It says nothing about that attorney being awake. [Northeastern University law professor Daniel Medwed]
So all these fucking John Grisham flicks, all the bullshit Holly-Dirt shows, none will show the cases — small-time — related to those like my friend’s.
Mix and match: ‘Bridge of Spies’ (2015) [Gary Powers]; ‘Flash of Genius’ (2008) [Ford Motor Company indshield wipers]; Inherit the Wind’ (1960); ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ (2020); ‘The People vs. Larry Flynt’ (1996); ‘Young Mr. Lincoln’ (1939); ‘Amistad’ (1997); ‘Big Eyes’ (2014) [Margaret Keane]; ‘Tucker: The Man and His Dream’ (1988); ‘JFK’ (1991); ‘Argentina, 1985’ (2022) ‘Judgment at Nuremberg’ (1961); ‘The Life of Emile Zola’ (1937); ‘The Life of Emile Zola’ (1937); ‘A Man for All Seasons’ (1966)!
More. These Are The Best Lawyer Movies of All Time
[Acclaimed filmmaker Sidney Lumet directed this classic film that follows twelve jurors attempting to reach the verdict in a murder trial. The film is a showcase of talent in all the attributes of filmmaking. The acting, direction, and cinematography are all top-notch in this riveting drama. For a movie to engage the audience from beginning to end, while taking place in a single room, is no easy feat. 12 Angry Men was nominated for three Oscars and takes the #5 spot in IMDB’s top 250 movies of all time.]
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So now my friend is looking for civil rights attorneys, to get a rehearing of the case, and to go after this fucking laywer who I sent a certified letter to in order to get him to be a fucking HUMAN.
Wisconsin — Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have the only two law schools in the state. In fact, 35 percent of state’s lawyers come from Wisconsin, while another 35 percent graduated from Marquette. Though the number of options for law school in Wisconsin is limited, the quality is not.
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More on his story, but now my pissed off news headlines:
- Elon Musk’s 77-Year-Old Dad Says He’s Asked To Donate His Sperm: ‘Why Go To Elon When They Can Go To The Actual Person Who Created Elon?’
These fucking Yahoo “news” feeds and these fucking sociopaths: And how many fucking sheeple will look for these two fellows’ chism?
Again, the sick sychophants, the sociopaths in the multi-millionaire and billionaire creepy category get to tell the US Taxpayer how to spend money? FUCK.
More than 120 executives — including JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink — signed a letter to Biden and Congressional leaders that characterized the New York business community as “deeply concerned” over the “humanitarian crisis.”
The business leaders backed a request made by Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday calling on Biden to provide funds for the migrants’ healthcare, transportation, education and housing costs as well as expedited work authorizations.
Government support for migrants will cost $12 billion over the next three years, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who has also called for federal aid, said earlier this month.
- Another rotten female in the Biden Administration facilitating the war, man, the hate of Chinese, CHINA. May she wither and die of any disease.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said she rebuffed an appeal Tuesday by Chinese leaders to reduce U.S. export controls on technology with possible military uses but the two governments agreed to have experts meet to discuss disputes over protecting trade secrets.
New U.S. Air Force budgetary documents strongly imply that the United States Air Force is in the process of re-establishing its nuclear weapons mission on UK soil.
The Air Force’s FY 2024 budgetary justification package, dated March 2023, notes the planned construction of a “surety dormitory” at RAF Lakenheath, approximately 100 kilometers northeast of London. The “surety dormitory” was also briefly mentioned in the Department of Defense’s testimony to Congress in March 2023, but with no accompanying explanation. “Surety” is a term commonly used within the Department of Defense and Department of Energy to refer to the capability to keep nuclear weapons safe, secure, and under positive control.
Now, on the scheme of things, my toothless friend has a huge battle, and the above sickness of the City of London, the Anglo-Cecil Rhodes-Oxford-Incest Pile on in the USA just proves how dead the putrified Americanos are, and EuroTrashLandia, UK and Klanadians as their anal cavities. Nukes in UK.
I am looking into the legal challenges Toothless in WIsconsin faces, and it is a battle tens of thousands face, for sure, in this putrified country. Juxtapose World Hell with Local Hell, and you arrive at the same chaos, lies, scams, bullshit flim-flam, smoke and mirrors and snake oil 5.0.
University of Chicago political science professor John Mearsheimer has claimed that US policies are creating greater “interdependence” between Russia and China.
“The United States should be fostering good relations with the Russians and pivoting full force to East Asia because China’s a peer competitor . . .,” he said in an April interview. “Is it doing that? No, it’s actually pushing the Russians into the arms of the Chinese, and it’s pinned down in Eastern Europe.”
My friend will prevail, unlike the UkroNaziLandians:
The more soldiers are killed before the (temporary) end of the war, the more is destroyed before, the more profitable becomes the “reconstruction” of Ukraine announced by the USA.
The largest capital organizer of U.S.-led capitalism, BlackRock, leading investor in the defense, agribusiness and fracking industries, was appointed official coordinator of Ukraine’s “reconstruction” in late 2022.
BlackRock, in the U.S. government since Obama and again with President Biden, is both a party to capital and war. BlackRock CEO Lawrence Fink enthused that Ukraine can become “a beacon of hope for the power of capitalism.”
The capitalist beacon already includes up to $400,000 for the 70,000 Ukrainian servicemen and servicewomen killed – counting the corruption shares for the commanders, who are high earners anyway.
Send Toothless in Northern Arkansas your best wishes, cuz it’s one injustice at a time, brothers and sisters!
FUCK Wisconsin:
An Endless Cycle: Inequities of Wisconsin prison system push advocates to fight for reform: Formerly incarcerated individuals, criminal justice experts propose changes to Wisconsin’s correctional system to reduce recidivism, reform carceral process
Wisconsin has 2nd highest percentage of prisoners locked up for crimes committed as youth — More than 7% of Wisconsinites in adult prisons are there for crimes they committed when they were 17 or younger, more than double the percentage nationwide, the nonprofit organization Human Rights for Kids found in a May report.
There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.
-Nelson Mandela
Paul Haeder, Author 