11-08-12 Fraud and Corruption in the US Courts are Tightly Linked to Failing Banking Regulation and the Global Economic Crisis // Fraude y corrupción en los tribunales de EE.UU. están estrechamente vinculados a la regulación bancaria y la falta de la crisis económica mundial // 在美国法院的欺诈和腐败是紧密相连失败的银行监管和全球经济危机

Fraud and Corruption in the US Courts are Tightly Linked to Failing Banking Regulation and the Global Economic Crisis - presentation in the 16th World Criminology Congress, Japan

US Judge Jed Rakoff, Clerk Ruby Karjick, SEC, and Bank of America colluded in conducting simulated litigation for the unlawful taking of $5.8 billions from shareholders by banking executives.  Review of the US District Court records shows that the litigation was fraud from the start.  At the end, no person was held accountable, no money was paid back, and the shareholders were ordered to pay to themselves a penalty of $150 millions.  Corruption of the courts is a central cause of the financial crisis, which is often overlooked. Conditions in the United States destabilize civil society and socio-economic development worldwide.

  

Jed Rakoff                                                                Ruby Krajick            

US Judge                                                                 Clerk of the Court              

Kobe, Japan, August 8  - "Corruption of the US courts is a central cause of the financial crisis, which is often overlooked," says Joseph Zernik, PhD, of Human Rights Alert (NGO), [1] who presented in the 16^th World Criminology Congress analysis of fraud in civil litigation in the US District Court, Southern District of New York, under Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) v Bank of America Corporation (BAC). [2, 3]

The main topic of the Congress was criminality underlying the current global financial crisis.
SEC v BAC is of particular significance, since the case was:

*       Litigated in the US District Court, Manhattan  key court in corporate regulation;
*      Widely reported by media, and
*       Was staged as restoration of enforcement of US banking regulation.

The underlying matter was the unlawful taking of $5.8 billions by banking executives during the merger of Bank of America and Merrill Lynch in late 2008, and charges of Securities Fraud.
The presentation at the World Criminology Congress used the case to demonstrate:

*       The inherent fraud in the electronic record systems of the US courts (PACER & CM/ECF), [4,5] and

*       The role of the US courts in undermining banking regulation and permitting criminality by financial institutions.

The study was based on analysis of electronic record systems, as implemented in the US District Court in NYC, and litigation records in the specific case, derived from the court itself, through FOIA requests on SEC, and from the Fair Fund Administrator.

The Court itself denied access to the summons, to the minutes, and to the electronic authentication records in the case, in apparent violation of the law.  However, the summons, discovered through FOIA request on SEC showed that no valid summons was issued, executed, or waived.  SEC also confirmed that no records existed for the minutes of the proceedings in this case.  Court records showed that the case docket was opened without the required Civil Cover Sheet, and rulings were made on matters, where no motions were docketed (e.g. for the proposed settlement agreement).

Initially, SEC and BAC sought a settlement, where the victims  the shareholders  would have paid $33 millions in penalty to the US government, while no executive were to be held accountable, and no moneys were to be returned to the shareholders.  The final settlement agreement still held no executive accountable, and required no executive to return moneys that were unlawfully taken.  However, the victims  the shareholders  were eventually ordered to pay $150 millions to themselves. 

In contrast, investigation of the same matter by State of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, as summed up in letter to the US Congress, [6] prompted independent financial analysts to call for criminal indictments of BAC executives, then US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, and Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke.

Mainstream media, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Times of London, covered the litigation dozens of times, falsely reporting that Judge Jed Rakoff was determined to get to the bottom on the matter, and that SEC was determined to prosecute the perpetrators.

"US Judge Jed Rakoff, Clerk Ruby Karjick, SEC, and Bank of America colluded in conducting simulated litigation," [7] concludes Dr Zernik.

In a separate presentation, Dr Zernik provided evidence of racketeering by California judges in Los Angeles through financial institution, real estate and foreclosure fraud, [8,9] and close ties between the LA-JR (Los Angeles Judiciary Racket), the Los Angeles-based Countrywide, and later Bank of America. [10]

Combined, the two presentations demonstrated the central role of corruption in the state and US courts in criminality underlying the current financial crisis - the main subject of the 16^th World Criminology Congress. 

The presentations proposed that the United States has entered an unprecedented constitutional crisis, in which the executive and the legislative branches are undermined by the judiciary. 
The crisis is highlighted by:

*       Unprecedented deprivation of life, liberty and property with no due process of law; [11] 

*       The recent blocking of access to the US courts by the US Supreme Court in a wide range of cases, [12] and

*       Immunity provided to financial institutions for large-scale criminality against the People in return for "settlements" paid to the US government. [13]

The resulting conditions were compared to the Robber Baron Era, where the Robber Barons were immune from prosecution.
Accordingly, it was proposed that:

*       The current financial crisis was unlikely to be alleviated unless corruption of the justice system in the United States was addressed, and

*       The United States faced an increasing risk of social unrest. 

Conditions in the United States were pointed out as destabilizing civil society and socio-economic development worldwide.
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LINKS
[1] 11-02-12 Dr Joseph Zernik Bio
http://www.scribd.com/doc/48763278/
[2] 11-08-01 Zernik, J: Fraud and corruption in the US courts is tightly linked to failing banking regulation and the financial crisis, 16th World Criminology Congress presentation
http://www.scribd.com/doc/61351562/
[3] Zernik, Joseph: Securities and Exchange Commission v Bank of America Corporation - Simulated Litigation and Simulated Banking Regulation in the United States
http://www.scribd.com/doc/44663232/
[4] 10-08-18 Zernik, J: Data Mining of Online Judicial Records of the Networked US Federal Courts, International Journal on Social Media: Monitoring, Measurement, Mining, 1:69-83 (2010)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38328585/
[5] 11-07-06 Request filed by Windsor and Zernik with US Attorney General Eric Holder for Review of Integrity of Public Access and Case Management Systems of the US Courts
http://www.scribd.com/doc/59480718/
[6] 09-04-23 RE: SEC v BAC (1:09-cv-06829) State of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo Letter to US Congress and analysts' responses:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/41079990/
[7] Simulated litigation
Texas Penal Code Section 32.48. SIMULATING LEGAL PROCESS. 
(a) A person commits an offense if the person recklessly causes to be delivered to another any document that simulates a summons, complaint, judgment, or other court process with the intent to:
        (1)  induce payment of a claim from another person;  or                      
        (2)  cause another to:                                                       
            (A)  submit to the putative authority of the document;  or                
            (B)  take any action or refrain from taking any action in response to the document, in compliance with the document, or on the basis of the document.
(b)     Proof that the document was mailed to any person with the intent that it be forwarded to the intended recipient is a sufficient showing that the document was delivered.
The practice is widespread in both the state and US courts.
[8] 11-08-08 PRESS RELEASE: Los Angeles Superior Court - Widespread Corruption and Refusal of the US Government to Take Action_Presentation in the 16th World Criminology Congress
http://www.scribd.com/doc/62137835/
[9] 11-01-07 Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California: Widespread Public Corruption and Refusal of US Department of Justice to Take Action
http://www.scribd.com/doc/46460640/
[10] 10-05-05 Countrywide, Bank of America [NYSE:BAC], and its President Brian Moynihan: Compilation of Records, Evidence of Racketeering
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30975368/
 10-05-05 Chairs of US Congress Committees of the Judiciary and Banking are Requested to Join Senator Feinstein's Inquiries on Comptroller of the Currency
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30979882/
 11-03-20 PRESS RELEASE: Lomas v Bank of America (KC059379) - Bank of America Continues Racketeering in the Los Angeles Superior Court-
http://www.scribd.com/doc/51160102/
[11] 11-06-14 Corruption of the Courts and Failing Banking Regulation in the United States: Dred Scott redux?
http://www.scribd.com/doc/57707808/
[12] 11-07-06 Chemerinsky, Erwin: the Supreme Court Closes the Door to Justice, Los Angeles Times
http://www.scribd.com/doc/60031276/
[13] 11-07-21 Banks to Pay $25 Billion Bribe for Immunity _Information Clearing House_ ICH
http://www.scribd.com/doc/62136091/
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Joseph Zernik, PhD
Human Rights Alert (NGO)
Human Rights Alert is dedicated to discovering, archiving, and disseminating evidence of Human Rights violations by the justice systems of the State of California and the United States in Los Angeles County, California, and beyond. Human Rights Alert focuses on the unique role of computerized case management systems in the precipitous deterioration of the integrity of the justice system in the United States.

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WHAT DID THE EXPERT SAY ABOUT THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CRISIS?
* Foreclosure fraud: The homeowner nightmares continue
CNN (April 7, 2011)
* About 3 million homes have been repossessed since the housing boom ended in 2006 That number could balloon to about 6 million by 2013
Bloomberg (January 2011)
* "...a system in which only the little people have to obey the law, while the rich, and bankers especially, can cheat and defraud without consequences."
http://www.scribd.com/doc/50753639/
Prof Paul Krugman, MIT (2011)
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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA?
* "...judges tried and sentenced a staggering number of people for crimes they did not commit."
Prof David Burcham, Dean, Loyola Law School, LA (2001)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/29043589/
* "This is conduct associated with the most repressive dictators and police states... and judges must share responsibility when innocent people are convicted."
Prof Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, Irvine Law School (2001)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/27433920/
* "Innocent people remain in prison"
* "...the LA Superior Court and the DA office, the two other parts of the justice system that the Blue Panel Report recommends must be investigated relative to the integrity of the system, have not produced any response that we know of..."
LAPD Blue Ribbon Review Panel Report (2006)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24902306/
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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA?
* "...corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California."
United Nations Human Rights Council Staff Report (2010)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38566837/
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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE STATE COURTS IN THE UNITED STATES?
* "On July 26, 2010, Laurence Tribe, Senior Counsel for the United States Department of Justice, Access to Justice Initiative, delivered an important speech to the Conference of Chief Justices, challenging them to halt the disintegration of our state justice systems before they become indistinguishable from courts of third world nations."
Prof Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law School (2010), per National Defender Leadership Institute (2010)
http://www.nlada.net/library/article/national_dojspeechto%20chiefjustice07-26-2010_gideonalert
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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES?
* "More than 100 law professors have signed on to a letter released today that proposes congressional hearings and legislation aimed at fashioning "mandatory and enforceable" ethics rules for Supreme Court justices for the first time. The effort, coordinated by the liberal Alliance for Justice, was triggered by "recent media reports," the letter said, apparently referring to stories of meetings and other potential conflicts of interest involving Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas among others."
More than 100 law professors, as reported by the Blog of the Legal Times (February 2011)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/49586436/
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WHAT DID CHIEF JUDGE OF THE US COURT OF APPEALS, 5TH CIRCUIT, SAY ABOUT THE US JUSTICE SYSTEM?
* "The American legal system has been corrupted almost beyond recognition..."
Chief Judge, US Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, Edith Jones, speaking before the Federalist Society of Harvard Law School (February 2003)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/50137887/
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WHAT DID THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SAY ABOUT THE US JUSTICE SYSTEM?
* In a speech in Georgetown University, Senator Leahy, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee called for a "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" on the US Department of Justice.
Transcript of Senator Leahy speech (2009)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38472251/

11-08-11 Rumsfeld sued for torture! // Rumsfeld demandado por la tortura! // 拉姆斯菲尔德起诉实施酷刑的！

U.S. Navy Vet Sues Donald Rumsfeld for Torture in Iraq, Court Allows Case to Move Forward

On Monday, a federal appeals court refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two U.S. citizens against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and unnamed others for developing, authorizing and using harsh interrogation techniques against detainees in Iraq. Donald Vance and Nathan Ertel were working for a private U.S. government contractor, Shield Group Security, in 2006 when they witnessed the sale of U.S. government weapons to Iraqi rebel groups for money and alcohol. After they became FBI informants and collaborated with an investigation into their employer, the company revoked their credentials for entering Iraq’s so-called Green Zone, effectively barring them from the safest part of the country. Shortly afterward, they were arrested and detained by U.S. troops, moved to the U.S.-run prison at Camp Cropper, and subjected to extreme sleep deprivation, interrogated for hours at a time, kept in a very cold cell, and denied food and water for long periods. They were eventually released and never charged with a crime. For more on his story, we speak with Donald Vance, a U.S. Navy veteran, and with Andrea Prasow, the senior counsel in the Terrorism and Counterterrorism Program at Human Rights Watch. [includes rush transcript]

Filed under Donald Rumsfeld, Iraq, Green Zone, War on Terror, FBI,Iraq War, Private Contractors

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http://www.democracynow.org/2011/8/11/us_navy_vet_sues_donald_rumsfeld

11-08-08 Widespread Corruption of the Los Angeles Superior Court – presentation in the 16th World Criminology Congress, Japan // La corrupción generalizada de la Corte Superior de Los Angeles - presentación en el Mundial de Criminología 16 º Congreso, Japón // 洛杉矶高级法院的普遍的腐败现象 - 在提交第16届世界犯罪，日本国会

Today the LA-JR (Los Angeles Judiciary Racket) is primarily involved in financial institutions, real estate and foreclosure fraud.  Close ties with Countrywide and Bank of America have been documented. Together with a matching presentation regarding corruption in the US courts, the key role of the courts in the financial crisis was highlighted. The US is in the midst of an unprecedented constitutional crisis, which undermines civil society and socio-economic development worldwide.

                       
Frederick Bennett               John A Clarke                   Jacqueline Connor
Court Counsel                   Clerk of the Court              California Judge

Kobe, Japan, August 8 - expanding on a submission, which was incorporate into the United Nations 2010  Human Rights Council report, Joseph Zernik, PhD, of Human Rights Alert (NGO) presented in the 16th World Criminology Congress evidence that the Los Angeles Superior Court has been operating as a crime organization - the LA-JR (Los Angeles Judiciary Racket) - for at least a couple of decades. [[i]]

The Los Angeles Superior Court:    

• Is the largest county court in the US (>400 judges), serving over 10 million residents
• Was the center of the largest court corruption case in the history of the US - the Rampart Scandal (1998-2000s)

The presentation provided quotes from government, expert, and media reports regarding corruption of the Los Angeles court, as well as detailed evidence that LA-JR is patronized by both the US courts and the US Department of Justice.  Such ties were best documented in the perversion of the habeas corpus of the former US prosecutor Richard Fine.  He was falsely imprisoned for 18 months (2009-10) in solitary confinement, after exposing widespread corruption of judges of the Court, under fraudulent arrest and booking records. The records stated that he was arrested on location and by authority of the non-existent "Municipal Court of San Pedro". [[ii]]

The presentation suggested that origins of current conditions in Los Angeles County are in the decade-long drug trafficking by federal agencies to Los Angeles County (~1982-1992), [[iii]] which left such agencies not ready, willing, able to address corruption of the California justice agencies.  Regardless of recommendation by the Blue Ribbon Review Panel Report (2006) that external investigation of the Court be instituted, no such investigation has been conducted to this date.

In the 80's and 90's the LA-JR was involved in control of drug markets and large-scale false imprisonment.  Today, the LA-JR is primarily involved in financial institution, real estate and foreclosure fraud.  Close ties were documented of the LA-JR, the Los Angeles-based Countrywide, and later Bank of America. [[iv]] Accordingly, Los Angeles County is one of the hardest hit areas under the current financial crisis.

A proposed organizational chart of the LA-JR [[v]] suggested that key figures are:

• Court Counsel Frederick Bennett, who operates secretive corporations controlled by the LA-JR;
• Court Clerk John A Clarke, who oversees the large-scale fraud in court records, and
• California Judge Jacqueline Connor, who was central to the Rampart corruption scandal and its cover-up.

Combined with matching presentation regarding corruption of the US courts, [[vi]] the role of the courts in the current financial crisis, the main subject of the World Criminology Congress was highlighted. 

The presentations proposed that the United States has entered an unprecedented constitutional crisis, in which the executive and the legislative branches are undermined by the judiciary.  The crisis is highlighted by unprecedented deprivation of life, liberty and property with no due process of law. [[vii]]  Recent conduct of the Supreme Court, which blocked access to the US courts in a wide range of cases, [[viii]] and immunity provided to financial institutions for large-scale criminality against the People in return for "settlements" paid to the US government, [[ix]] were compared to the Robber Baron Era, where the Robber Barons were immune from prosecution.

Accordingly, it was proposed that the current financial crisis is unlikely to be alleviated unless corruption of the justice system in the United States is addressed, and that the United States faces an increasing risk of social unrest.  Conditions in the United States were pointed out as central to destabilization of civil society and socio-economic development worldwide.




LINKS

[i] 11-08-01 Zernik, J: Los Angeles Superior Court - widespread corruption and refusal of US government to take action, 16th World Criminology Congress presentation
http://www.scribd.com/doc/61351469/
11-01-07 Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California: Widespread Public Corruption and Refusal of US Department of Justice to Take Action
http://www.scribd.com/doc/46460640/
[ii] 11-04-23 Habeas Corpus in the United States - the case of Richard Isaac Fine
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24729084/
[iii] 97-12-00 US Department of Justice, Office of Inspector General, December 1997 Special
Report: CIA Drug Trafficking to Los Angeles, California s
http://www.scribd.com/doc/29071814/
[iv] 10-05-05 Countrywide, Bank of America [NYSE:BAC], and its President Brian Moynihan: Compilation of Records, Evidence of Racketeering
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30975368/
[2] 10-05-05 Chairs of US Congress Committees of the Judiciary and Banking are Requested to Join Senator Feinstein's Inquiries on Comptroller of the Currency
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30979882/
11-03-20 PRESS RELEASE: Lomas v Bank of America (KC059379) - Bank of America Continues Racketeering in the Los Angeles Superior Court-
http://www.scribd.com/doc/51160102/
[v] 10-10-15 Proposed Organizational Chart of the LA-JR (alleged Los Angeles Judiciary Racket)
 http://www.scribd.com/doc/39383792/
[vi] 11-08-01 Zernik, J: Fraud and corruption in the US courts is tightly linked to failing banking regulation and the financial crisis, 16th World Criminology Congress presentation
http://www.scribd.com/doc/61351562/
[vii] 11-06-14 Corruption of the Courts and Failing Banking Regulation in the United States: Dred Scott redux?
http://www.scribd.com/doc/57707808/
[viii] 11-07-06 Chemerinsky, Erwin: the Supreme Court Closes the Door to Justice, Los Angeles Times
http://www.scribd.com/doc/60031276/
[ix] 11-07-21 Banks to Pay $25 Billion Bribe for Immunity _Information Clearing House_ ICH
http://www.scribd.com/doc/62136091/
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Joseph Zernik, PhD
Human Rights Alert (NGO) 
Human Rights Alert is dedicated to discovering, archiving, and disseminating evidence of Human Rights violations by the justice systems of the State of California and the United States in Los Angeles County, California, and beyond. Human Rights Alert focuses on the unique role of computerized case management systems in the precipitous deterioration of the integrity of the justice system in the United States.
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WHAT DID THE EXPERT SAY ABOUT THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CRISIS?
* Foreclosure fraud: The homeowner nightmares continue
CNN (April 7, 2011)
* About 3 million homes have been repossessed since the housing boom ended in 2006 That number could balloon to about 6 million by 2013
Bloomberg (January 2011)
* "...a system in which only the little people have to obey the law, while the rich, and bankers especially, can cheat and defraud without consequences."
http://www.scribd.com/doc/50753639/
Prof Paul Krugman, MIT (2011)
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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA?
* "...judges tried and sentenced a staggering number of people for crimes they did not commit."
Prof David Burcham, Dean, Loyola Law School, LA (2001)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/29043589/
* "This is conduct associated with the most repressive dictators and police states... and judges must share responsibility when innocent people are convicted."    
Prof Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, Irvine Law School (2001)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/27433920/
* "Innocent people remain in prison"
* "...the LA Superior Court and the DA office, the two other parts of the justice system that the Blue Panel Report recommends must be investigated relative to the integrity of the system, have not produced any response that we know of..."
LAPD Blue Ribbon Review Panel Report (2006)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24902306/
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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA?
* "...corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California."
United Nations Human Rights Council Staff Report (2010)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38566837/
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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE STATE COURTS IN THE UNITED STATES?
* "On July 26, 2010, Laurence Tribe, Senior Counsel for the United States Department of Justice, Access to Justice Initiative, delivered an important speech to the Conference of Chief Justices, challenging them to halt the disintegration of our state justice systems before they become indistinguishable from courts of third world nations."
Prof Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law School (2010), per National Defender Leadership Institute (2010)
http://www.nlada.net/library/article/national_dojspeechto%20chiefjustice07-26-2010_gideonalert
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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES?
* "More than 100 law professors have signed on to a letter released today that proposes congressional hearings and legislation aimed at fashioning "mandatory and enforceable" ethics rules for Supreme Court justices for the first time. The effort, coordinated by the liberal Alliance for Justice, was triggered by "recent media reports," the letter said, apparently referring to stories of meetings and other potential conflicts of interest involving Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas among others."
More than 100 law professors, as reported by the Blog of the Legal Times (February 2011)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/49586436/
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WHAT DID CHIEF JUDGE OF THE US COURT OF APPEALS, 5TH CIRCUIT, SAY ABOUT THE US JUSTICE SYSTEM?
* "The American legal system has been corrupted almost beyond recognition..."
Chief Judge, US Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, Edith Jones, speaking before the Federalist Society of Harvard Law School (February 2003)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/50137887/
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WHAT DID THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SAY ABOUT THE US JUSTICE SYSTEM?
* In a speech in Georgetown University, Senator Leahy, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee called for a "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" on the US Department of Justice.
Transcript of Senator Leahy speech (2009)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38472251/

11-07-29 Kids for Cash in Pennsylvania and Rampart Scandal in Los Angeles // Los niños por dinero en efectivo en Pennsylvania y escándalo de Rampart en Los Angeles // 小孩在宾夕法尼亚州的现金，并在洛杉矶的壁垒丑闻

 


Kids for Cash resembles more and more the Rampart Scandal by the day...

In Kids for Cash, judges in Luzerne County received millions in bribes and falsely imprisoned thousands of juveniles.  Now only "over 100 victims" are identified?

In the Rampart Scandal (1998-2000), estimates of those who were falsely imprisoned in Los Angeles County were well above 10,000. Eventually only less than 200 were released...

The 2006 Blue Ribbon Review Panel concluded "innocent people remain in prison", and cited the judges objecting to the release of the victims, since it would cause "collapse of the justice system".

Supreme Court Approves Restitution to Luzerne County Victims

The Legal Intelligencer

July 29, 2011


Ex-Luzerne County Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr.Photo courtesy of the Citizens' Voice
The state Supreme Court has approved about $65,000 in restitution for the victims of juveniles whose convictions were overturned following the Luzerne County "kids-for-cash" scandal.

The court posted three special master determinations that collectively listed the names of over 100 victims and the amounts each will be compensated from the Special Juvenile Victim Compensation Fund, which was established in 2010 "solely to provide compensation to victims of juvenile crime in a county of the third class."

The documents, signed by Berks County Senior Judge Arthur E. Grim, the special master appointed by the Supreme Court to review former Luzerne County Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr.'s cases, show the largest awards to be in the $1,200 to $1,500 range.

According to the documents, the amount to be paid to each victim is equal to what each would have been entitled to had a consent decree or adjudication of delinquency not been vacated in his or her case, minus any compensation that may have already been paid in connection with the alleged crime.

In February, a federal jury in Scranton found Ciavarella guilty of 12 of 39 counts of corruption filed against him, including racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, honest services mail fraud, money laundering conspiracy and a host of tax fraud charges. Ciavarella was cleared of extortion, bribery and honest services wire fraud charges, however.

His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Aug. 11.

In March 2010, the state Supreme Court issued an order approving the final steps to expunge the records of all juveniles who appeared before Ciavarella between 2003 and 2008.

READ MORE:
[1] Kids for Cash
http://www.law.com/jsp/pa/PubArticlePA.jsp?id=1202508999537&src=EMC-Email&et=editorial&bu=The%20Legal%20Intelligencer&pt=TLI%20AM%20Legal%20Alert&cn=TLI_AM20110729&kw=Supreme%20Court%20Approves%20Restitution%20to%20Luzerne%20County%20Victims
[2] 06-07-15 Rampart Reconsidered: LAPD's Blue Ribbon Review Panel Report (2006)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24902306/

11-07-27 Filming the cops // La filmación de la policía // 拍摄警察

15 Years in Prison For Taping the Cops? How Eavesdropping Laws Are Taking Away Our Best Defense Against Police Brutality

More and more people use their smartphones to record police misconduct. But laws against wiretapping are being used to intimidate and stop them.
July 27, 2011  | 

Over Memorial Day weekend this past May, residents of Miami Beach witnessed a horrific display of police brutality as 12 cops sprayed Raymond Herisse's car with 100 bullets, killing him. The shooting provoked outrage in the surrounding community, not only because of the murder, but because of what the police did afterward.

Officers on the scene confiscated and smashed witnesses' cell phones; later, when they were confronted by the media, the police denied trying to destroy videos of the incident.

But 35-year-old Narces Benoit removed his HTC EVO's SIM card and hid it in his mouth. He later sold the video to CNN, placing the police in the awkward position of explaining why they lied about allegations of cell phone destruction. More importantly, the video showed at least two officers pointing guns at Benoit, demanding that he stop filming.

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http://www.alternet.org/story/151806/15_years_in_prison_for_taping_the_cops_how_eavesdropping_laws_are_taking_away_our_best_defense_against_police_brutality?akid=7328.259832.1jFjkb&rd=1&t=3

11-07-28 A rising hunger among children // Un aumento del hambre entre los niños // 一个上升的饥饿儿童中

A rising hunger among children

BMC sees more who are dangerously thin and facing lasting problems

(Globe Staff / Wendy Maeda)Janell Goode, a single Lowell mother who is now unemployed, has struggled to feed her young sons a healthy diet.

By Kay Lazar

Globe Staff / July 28, 2011

Doctors at a major Boston hospital report they are seeing more hungry and dangerously thin young children in the emergency room than at any time in more than a decade of surveying families.

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http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/articles/2011/07/28/ranks_of_hungry_children_swell_worrying_doctors/?s_campaign=8315

11-07-27 Police Beat Fullerton Man to Death // La policía golpeó a hombre Fullerton a la muerte // 警察殴打浮尔顿人死亡

Police Beat Homeless Fullerton Man Kelly Thomas To Death

A video has surfaced that documents Fullerton police beating a homeless man near the Fullerton Bus Depot in early July, reports Gawker. The video above does not show much of the fight, but you can hear a man's screams and people talking about a Taser. The man being beaten also cries out for his father.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/27/police-beat-homeless-full_n_911419.html

11-07-28 Welcome United Kingdom! // Bienvenido Reino Unido!// 英国欢迎您！

Last New Visitor United Kingdom  Visited July 28, 2011

11-07-27 Welcome Switzerland! //Bienvenida a Suiza!// 欢迎瑞士！

Last New Visitor Switzerland  Visited July 27, 2011

11-07-25 Welcome Belgium! // Bienvenido Bélgica! // 欢迎比利时！

Last New Visitor Belgium  Visited July 25, 2011

11-07-25 Welcome Northern Mariana Islands – Newest Country! // Bienvenido Islas Marianas del Norte – el país más nuevo! // 欢迎光临北马里亚纳群岛 – 最新的国家！

    

Newest Country Northern Mariana Islands Last Visited July 25, 2011

11-07-22 Welcome China! // La bienvenida a China! // 欢迎中国！

Last New Visitor China  Visited July 22, 2011

11-07-20 Report alleging fraud in US court records was published by the US Department of Justice // Informe, que denunciaron un fraude en los registros de los tribunales de EE.UU. fue publicada por el Departamento de Justicia de EE.UU. // 美国司法部公布的报告，指称在美国法院的记录欺诈

 

Report, which alleged large-scale fraud in the electronic record systems of the US courts (PACER and CM/ECF), was published over a year ago in the "Open Government" site of the US Department of Justice.  The report was ranked "58th" among ideas on that site.  [1]

Regardless, there is no indication that any corrective actions were undertaken by the US Department of Justice.

Earlier this month, William Windsor of LawlessAmerica.com and Joseph Zernik, PhD, of Human Rights Alert (NGO), have filed a request with US Attorney General Eric Holder to initiate corrective actions in this regard. [2]

The request asked for response within 30 days.

LINKS:

[1] 11-07-21 Evidence of Large-scale Fraud in PACER and CM-ECF - Published by US DOJ OpenDOJ Site a Year Ago s

http://www.scribd.com/doc/60534072/

[2] 11-07-06 Request filed by Windsor and Zernik with US Attorney General Eric Holder for Review of Integrity of Public Access and Case Management Systems of the US Courts

http://www.scribd.com/doc/59480718/