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When I think our judicial system cannot get any worse I am often surprised by the reasons it is worse than I thought. Here is an example of one of the cases I have been following.
A woman with a history of violence against her children and her husband decided to punish her husband for a decision to leave their abusive relationship (after 16 years of marriage) and protect his children and himself from her abuse. At first she reported to police that her husband molested their children. But a police investigation did not support her wild story. So she came up with another story and claimed her husband raped her. Apparently Maine prosecutors can proceed with rape charges without ANY evidence. All that is needed is the accuser's testimony.
This video clip reveals that the wife who claimed marital rape was coached by her friend when the investigator briefly left the room. The friend is heard telling her that she should cry for the story to be believable!!!!
There are many dishonest people. But what is really unbelievable is that prosecutor Mary N. Kellett and DA Carletta M. Bassano have evidence proving this man is innocent and yet the DA’s office continues to prosecute an innocent man. This even after the Maine Supreme court ruled prosecutorial misconduct and the divorce judge ruled that the children must reside with their farther for protection from their mother.
Please watch the video and sign the petition to disbar ADA Mary Kellett! Here are excerpts from this article:
"Ligia Filler is being coached on her statement to police, reportedly by a female friend...
As you can see for yourself there is an acute awareness that tears play an important role in the credibility of a statement to police. Well, that and lip gloss.
I also could not help but notice that Filler claims to be doing this not for justice or out of outrage that she was raped by her husband, but “for her children.”
Those would be the same children she abused.
... she’s doing this for the children. And there may be some truth to that given that at the time, she was involved in a dispute for possession of the children.
Not for the children, but for who gets to own them. And in Ligia’s case, this would clearly mean the right to continue their abuse.
Also, reportedly both women denied the existence of this conversation until the tape was produced at trial, when they suddenly found their memories."
http://www.avoiceformen.com/2011/04/14/ligia-filler-getting-coached-on-making-her-story-seem-real/
Here is a petition to "Disbar Assistant District Attorney Mary Kellett for Prosecutorial Misconduct" http://www.change.org/petitions/disbar-assistant-district-attorney-mary-kellett-for-prosecutorial-misconduct#?opt_new=t&opt_fb=tWhen I think our judicial system cannot get any worse I am often surprised by the... more
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DURHAM, N.C. – Authorities say the woman who falsely claimed she was raped by Duke lacrosse players has been accused of stabbing her boyfriend in the chest at a North Carolina home.
Durham police say 32-year-old Crystal Mangum was arrested Sunday morning several hours after the stabbing that seriously injured her 46-year-old boyfriend.
Investigators said the two were arguing but didn't release any other details.
Mangum is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. She is being held without bond, and jail officials did not know If she had an attorney.
Mangum was convicted in December of several misdemeanor charges, including child abuse, in a fire that nearly destroyed her home.
As for her rape claims, the state attorney general's office later concluded there was no credible evidence an attack ever occurred.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/04/crystal-mangum-woman-who-_n_844712.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_duke_lacrosse_accuserDURHAM, N.C. – Authorities say the woman who falsely claimed she was raped by... more
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Maine: Supreme Court Hears Case on Out-of-Control DV Prosecutor
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
By Abusegate Bob
This is an update on a case currently being argued in front of the Maine Supreme Court about an out-of-control prosecutor named Mary Kellet, who has wrongfully charged and prosecuted many innocent men in Maine…
The Maine Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in the State of Maine vs. Vladek Filler.
National Director of the Domestic Abuse Helpline Jan Brown attended the hearing as did some others.
The “Michael Nifong on steroids” Mary Kellett has prosecuted countless innocent men on trumped up charges and false evidence. When it becomes easy for a prosecutor to lie to judges and juries with impunity, it is also easy for them to lie to the Supreme Court. Mary Kellett mislead the Supreme Court about her misconduct and the trial record.
When the trial court found Mary Kellett guilty of prosecutorial misconduct against Vladek Filler she continued to abuse her power as the representative of the State of Maine. She filed an appeal of her prosecutorial misconduct, then wrote the appeal herself, and then argued it herself before Maine Supreme Court. It is equivalent to a corrupt police officer investigating himself then writing a report finding the victims at fault.
The prosecutor brazenly lied to the Supreme Court about her misconduct and explicit court order violations at trial, pointed the finger at the defense attorney, and argued for Vladek Filler to be denied acquittal or even a new trial.
One Justice asked Mary Kellett whether she considered a custody battle for the children important in a case where the wife is alleging spousal rape against the husband. Mary Kellett responded that it is the defense who should be concerned with the importance of child custody battle evidence. The admission of the State’s unconstitutional “burden shifting” is stunning. The State of Maine has admitted that it is less concerned with evidence ulterior motives and false allegations, and relies on defense to seek the truth and be concerned with such evidence.
Vladek Filler’s attorney argued the systematic and flagrant prosecutorial misconduct committed by Mary Kellett and the insufficiency of evidence to support Vladek Filler’s conviction or even for bringing charges against him. That in fact, the evidence showed this prosecutor brought numerous charges of rape against a man where the accuser herself made admissions that it was consensual.
This highly politicized appeal is pending in the Maine Supreme Court. Not a single media outlet in Maine has covered the State’s appeal or the systematic prosecutorial abuse of innocent men in the Bar Harbor region. The prosecutorial and civil rights crimes against Vladek Filler and men like him must be exposed.
For more information, see: www.fillerfund.com
http://www.courts.state.me.us/maine_courts/annual_reports/annualreport/ar-09/courts_maine/sjc.htmlMaine: Supreme Court Hears Case on Out-of-Control DV Prosecutor
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February 1, 2010
By Carey Roberts
Practically everyone in town knows Amy Dugas is a serial batterer. But the Maine criminal justice system keeps finding ways to keep her from facing the music.
In 2004 Amy assaulted her husband Mark in their home in Waldoboro. When the police officer came to arrest her, she kicked him in the groin. The judge released her on bail, ordering her to refrain from using weapons. Four months later she stabbed Mark with a foot-long kitchen knife, fatally severing his pulmonary artery. At the trial, she got away with the trusty I-feared-for-my-life alibi.
Two years later Dugas spent 125 days in jail following an attack on a male friend. In 2007 she was arrested again, this time for assaulting Brian Pelletier, her new husband of three weeks.
Each time, Amy Dugas was let off the hook with a chivalrous slap on the wrist, even though many were demanding she do hard time at the state pen.
No doubt about it, Maine's domestic violence industry has friends in high places. One of them is Mary Kellett, Assistant District Attorney for the Bar Harbor area. Think of her as Michael Nifong on steroids.
Inspired by feminist Catherine Comins' sneer, "Men who are unjustly accused of rape can sometimes gain from the experience," Kellett has taken to prosecuting every allegation of sexual misconduct, often ignoring glaring inconsistencies in the woman's account or clear evidence of consensual activity: http://www.fillerfund.com/marykellett.htm
In one case, Kellett summed up the case to the jury with this comment, "there has been no evidence presented to you as the jury that would suggest that a sexual act hadn't occurred on those dates," revealing a sad ignorance of the legal principle that the burden of proof falls on the plaintiff.
In another trial, Kellett did not present a shred of physical evidence, prompting the defense attorney to comment, "We were just very surprised with the only evidence the state had, that they brought these charges at all."
Unfortunately for her prosecutorial victims, none of them play lacrosse at an exclusive university or have wealthy parents to hire high-powered attorneys. As a result, many have spent months in jail awaiting their trial.
It gets worse.
Maine now has a law enforcement policy that says in effect if a woman punches the living daylights out of her husband, somehow it must be the man's fault. "Identifying Predominant Aggressors in Domestic Violence Cases" is a training guide put together by the Maine Criminal Justice Academy: http://www.maine.gov/dps/mcja/docs/Mandatory-Law/Predominant%20Aggressor.doc
A little background: It is well known that many domestic violence incidents are mutual in nature — she slaps him, he shoves back. One study by Centers for Disease Control researcher Daniel Whitaker reported fully half of all incidents of partner aggression are mutual. More often than not, it's the woman who instigated the incident.
So when the police arrive on the scene, they need to decide who to stick in the Paddy Wagon. For years, police used the commonsense yardstick, Who started the fight? But feminists don't cotton to that approach because, truth be told, too many women were getting arrested.
So they reached into their bag of tricks and — abracadabra! "Predominant aggressor" magically appeared in the law enforcement lexicon. Any guesses who the predominant aggressor might be?
Before I give away the punch line, you may want to see for yourself the Ms.-Information that the Predominant Aggressor curriculum bandies around:
1. The idea that abuse can be mutual is a "misconception" (I say so, it must be true.)
2. "DV is the leading cause of injuries to women between the ages of 15-44 in the U.S." (It's also a proven fact that the moon is made of Swiss cheese and the 9/11 attacks were masterminded by the CIA.)
3. Even if the violence is mutual, it's bad to arrest both parties because the "batterer gains more power." (Don't ask to see the research. I'm the one with the mic and I'll give you the boot if you start to ask questions.)
Then the curriculum goes on to enumerate the types of violence that it whimsically classifies as defensive:
1. Face scratches
2. Eye gouges
3. Bites to arm
Go ahead, ladies, scratch his face and gouge his eyes out. You can always say it was in self-defense — and now they'll have to take you at your word.
Patrick Henry College professor Stephen Baskerville has recently issued a stunning indictment of our contemporary criminal justice system, lambasting it as a "Feminist Gulag." Now in Maine, a man can be killed in cold blood without consequence to the perpetrator, prosecuted for rape with the flimsiest of evidence, or framed in a partner dispute on account of his sex.
And whatever happened to the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution?
© Carey Roberts
http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/a/accused.aspFebruary 1, 2010
By Carey Roberts
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about a secretive California security company called American Police Force that was set to take over operation of a never-used jail in Hardin, Mont.
APF raised eyebrows in town after Mercedes SUVs belonging to the company arrived bearing decals that read, "City of Hardin Police Department."
The company, and the city's economic development arm that has negotiated a deal with APF, refused to give details about its plans, including where it expects to get prisoners to put in the jail.
Today comes word from The Billings Gazette, which has been following the story closely, that Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock has launched an investigation into APF to find out what's going on.
That came after the newspaper and the Associated Press published stories saying that Michael Hilton, the apparent founder of APF who claims to be a military veteran, has a lengthy criminal record and has served time in prison in California.
The attorney general has sent a nine-page demand letter to Becky Shay, a former Gazette reporter who is now spokesman for APF. The paper says Shay did not respond immediately to its inquiries.
According to the document, Bullock is launching a civil investigation to determine if APF is violating the Montana Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act.
Bullock is demanding that the company provide proof for some of the claims on its website, such as having contracts with the U.S. government and operations in all 50 states.
The newspaper says it has turned up no record of APF contracting with the federal government.
Bullock also requested a copy of the agreement between APF and Two Rivers Authority, the Hardin economic development arm that built the white elephant jail two years ago.
The Gazette also reports that the state's three-man congressional delegation and the governor have raised concerns about APF project.
(Photos: Left, of MIchael Hilton, and right, of police decal, by Matthew Brown, AP)USATODAY.com
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Invasive plant-life and volunteerism are seemingly two completely separate concepts, however, an ecologist from Acadia National Park explains why and how they are fully integrated with each other. In addition, she presents her expert analysis on the growing threat of invasive plant-life and its impact on native ecosystems.
This is produced by Being And Doing, Inc.Invasive plant-life and volunteerism are seemingly two completely separate concepts,... more
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