The Grand Jury is in desperate need of reform – Part 1

The Grand Jury is in desperate need of reform – Part 1

It gives me great displeasure to write this article. I had a lot of faith in our government’s justice system that protects people from violent criminals, but in one case, researching this area, I was shocked at what they do and how they do it, which goes against all my principles. of ethics and fair play.

The purpose of my articles is to educate you, to warn those who will soon be mistreated, and to work alongside other organizations such as the NACDL (National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers),

I have learned how seriously evil the grand jury is today. The grand jury is in desperate need of reform, as I can personally attest to the mistakes made through prosecutorial control and manipulation, conceded by the grand jury, which they control and call the shots. This is not a trial, but rather a strong recommendation that the defendant be sentenced to federal prison by the prosecutor, as the judge complies with the prosecutor’s orders. Whoever was in charge, it seems that the judge is a puppet mother.

When writing an article, one of the first things that comes to readers’ minds is where the information came from and what is the source. In the case of all my writings about the judicial system and where relevant facts are explained, the sources me. What I tell you is the truth. I know this is not going to do my reputation, my good name, but I intend to inform you, educate you so that you know the true story of what is going on and reforms need to be done, but they can’t be done without telling someone. the truth of his idiosyncrasy

This will be a two part series because there is so much going into the story and current events and reform attempts to explain. I was a victim of the current system and paid a heavy price for its devious tactics that literally ruined my life physically, emotionally and mentally. So, what I am telling you is the truth, since I was there and witnessed the events.

I am writing this for your edification and education and if you find yourself in such a situation, no matter how small the crime, you will end up with a hefty sentence if the grand jury convenes on your case, and you will probably have an aggressive prosecutor trying to make a name for himself. . The judge usually gets all the glory.

The grand jury was designed and existed today to deal with violent criminals, but that has changed and it is now being used against the innocent and the number is growing. They are looking for another outlet to fill the vacated beds of the released drug dealer as they are in dire need of the budget received for each inmate.

I am currently 75 years old, disabled and ill, and when I was 69 years old, the FBI escorted me in handcuffs to the Northern Indiana Federal District Court for a crime I did not commit. The judge told me later that they will not try this case against me, because they could not win. Instead, he told me that I was going to have to plead guilty and plead guilty, under extreme harshness.

The decision was made by the District Court. I had to plead guilty and plead guilty, or my punishment would be very severe. There was no decision on my part because they did it for me, and they have methods to achieve their goal, and the grand jury is a big factor.

During my stay in prison, I learned about some of the methods that are used if their proposals are not followed, these punishments are extreme.

I want you to remember this statement. I WAS IN JAIL FOR NO REASON BECAUSE I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO DEFEND MYSELF BEFORE THE GRAND JURY. I HAVE THE RIGHTS TO DEFEND MYSELF, BUT THE COURT TAKEN AWAY MY RIGHTS AND KEPT ME LOCKED IN A CELL. THEN I WAS NOT A THREAT TO THE PROSECUTOR’S PLAN, BECAUSE MY DEFENSE COULD RELEASE ME, AND THAT WAS NOT THE PLAN FOR ME.

They told me that I was suicidal and would go to jail without a competent professional evaluation to verify this psychological defect. In prison he was naked and the only thing he had were two blankets, one as a mattress for the steel sheet bed and the other to serve as clothing as the only means of warmth.

I ate with my fingers and every three hours the guards would take me out of the cell and place me naked in the middle of the room for everyone to look at. The guards would then enter the cell looking for contraband with their sticks hitting the steel plate at the foot of the bed and hitting the bars that prevented me from escaping or committing suicide.

Finally after seven days I was seen by a psychologist and when I told him my story he laughed and laughed and called the court a bunch of idiots because I was perfectly normal. But when the news reached the court, they visited me and told me that he would be held until after the grand jury’s decision. I knew that the grand jury was held in secret and was basically run by the prosecutor, but I never understood the consequences, until now.

The grand jury declared, but I did not know its consequences, since my lawyers were all incompetent in my last lawyer was the worst. He was just the puppet of the court.

I’ll say again: I was in jail with the prosecutor in attendance for no purpose until the grand jury was able to come and rule on my case. I could not have been my own defense, which is another violation of my right, this is just the beginning.

For the past six months, I’ve been doing grand jury research, and what I’ve found is astounding. One day during my investigation, I came across the organization NACDL, or National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and now I understand how the prosecutor illegally suppressed information and fabricated information for the grand jury for a probable cause verdict and immediately joined them. the organization. Not as a lawyer, but as a researcher.

I have a copy of the file showing the charges against me, and there were two witnesses, and the names of these witnesses are being kept secret by the grand jury. The grand jury’s verdict of probable cause gave the prosecutor unlimited power. The charges were all a lie and fabricated and these witnesses committed perjury. This unlimited power of the prosecutor the federal rights the wishes of the judge. The judge now becomes a kind of traffic police inside the court. He keeps the order and the calendar and has some duties, which in my case he never complied with, and they are serious infractions.

Now I understand why my initial charge was so low that it may not even meet the sentencing guidelines, but with the four year sentence plus life probation, something was wrong, and it’s the prosecutor’s doing. , with the help of the grand jury decision. This was a monkey test, and I was the monkey in the cage.

The prosecutor is in command of the grand jury and spoon-feeds them information about a trial and presents whatever information he deems relevant, whether truthful or fabricated. It’s supposed to be investigated and be truthful and then passed on to the grand jury. But two witnesses were also included, who actually committed perjury. And I do believe they belong to another department within the justice system.

Usually they call the grand jury for very violent crimes, but the affidavit for my crime is very small, and I think there was possible collusion between the judge and someone else, because this other person told me that he was talking to the judge, and while in jail he embezzled funds from my company and we have this information but no agency would help us in this crime. They all walked away.

Within the grand jury there are 12-23 good people, more than half who must vote for the prosecutor’s probable cause ruling, but if you’re shy with a few votes, you can make up your mind. I make positive decision. I understand that the verdict of probable cause gives the prosecutor unlimited power within the court. He can pretty much do anything he wants. We could also throw away the laws of Congress and the rules, because they no longer make sense in this case.

There are certain laws that must be obeyed as established by Congress during the court hearing, such as mens rea and discovery, and none of these laws were obeyed by the court, based on the prosecutor’s ruling authority. The judge himself told me that he would investigate the area of ​​my men.

Apparently, another lawyer we had retained had initiated the discovery, but the prosecutor later turned it down. I never saw what they charged me. Only my idiot final defense attorney who was assigned by the judge did what the prosecutor told him to do.

A court is supposed to be adversarial, but in this court everything was on the same page, which made five members of the court against me. They would have needed more if they had allowed me to speak and participate, but I was not allowed anything in my defense.

Mens rea refers to a person’s awareness of the fact that their conduct is criminal. Generally, the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the crime with a “culpable state of mind.” https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/mens_rea

There is also a discovery where they investigate your past, your family, your employment records, your criminal activities, anything that belongs to you. I was a disappointment to them as I had no criminal record nor did I ever want to commit a crime as that is not in my character but fighting evil is.

We paid a lawyer to look into my case and he told us there was no discovery. So, the prosecutor dispelled a federal law and I guess he can do it by the overwhelming power of him. Something is friends here.

In a court of law, when there is law to be observed as they are the ones to dispense the law and to uphold the law against wall breakers, but they are not held accountable which is a sin.

There was no discovery, of which I can look at the evidence and it was not allowed. We retained an attorney to investigate whether the discovery was made, and it was not a discovery in accordance with their findings and we have a record of their investigation.

I learned from my reading that the grand jury is the sword and shield to protect those responsible, as well as to dispense justice to the guilty fairly. It seems to me that their justice has gone astray for many years and this is now their common form of justice: disobey laws you don’t like and make new ones you like whenever you want. There is no liability of any kind.

Reality hurts, right? In my reading of these articles I learned that an increasing number of innocent people are being forced to plead guilty on the same terms as me. Why? As stated, “it’s so easy to do”, and because the court has to maintain a certain conviction rate of 98.6% or higher. The reason for this is that they have to fill the empty beds in the prisons so that they can get their budget and build more buildings for themselves.

Our grand jury system is in a mess. There is a reason for this. I feel like the basic reason is that the prosecutor doesn’t get the attention and publicity that he believes he should and is entitled to, while the judge gets all the attention and glory.

I recommend my readers to read the entire article written by these wonderful authors and lawyers. And they not only give you the history, but the elements that are under renovation. They gave me the impetus to write this article basically on my own, but the facts they wrote gave me a better understanding of what went wrong and why. It was the overbearing prosecutor drunk on steroids who secured the grand jury with a lie and the two perjured witnesses, and I walked out of the room with a four-year sentence and life probation for his contributions.

In my next article part 2 I will be quoting a lot from your article as there are things I could never have found without your expertise. I’m thankful.

Special thanks to: Frederick P. Hafetz; John M. Pellettieri of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers or NACDL

You can read his article “It’s Time to Reform the Grand Jury” in its entirety at:

https://www.nacdl.org/Champion.aspx?id=648