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Thursday, January 7, 2016

Apply Fair Sentencing Act Retroactively

New attorneys are being hired for Obama's "pardon push" -- Instead of pardons, please apply the Fair Sentencing Act retroactively like the United Nations recommends. For the U.S. to acknowledge that Blacks were sentenced 100:1 under racist sentencing laws but REFUSE to reverse harsh sentencing retroactively has left tens of thousands of young men and women languishing in America's #prisons for the "sin" of being black people. Pardons selectively release inmates as administrators see fit, whereas applying the Fair Sentencing Act indiscriminately would release prisoners who have served their time and some who have already been incarcerated substantially longer than they should have been. The "Daily News" reports:

"The Justice Department will drastically increase the number of attorneys it has on staff to deal with what is expected to be a massive push by President Obama to grant clemency to federal prisoners before the end of his term. The Office of the Pardon Attorney, which handles the federal government’s clemency cases, posted a job listing for 16 attorney advisors on the Justice Department’s website on Tuesday." http://dailycaller.com/2016/01/06/justice-department-plans-attorney-hiring-spree-to-keep-pace-with-obamas-pardon-push/

The term "pardon" implies an exception; a gift. It should not be exceptional for people to live free of racism imposed by their governments. It was wrong of Eric Holder to appeal the federal judge's decision to make the Fair Sentencing Act retroactive. Please correct that.

"Power concedes nothing without a demand; it never has, and it never will.

~Frederick Douglass

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Friday, September 18, 2015

Leonard Peltier Writes from Prison at 71

Published September 12, 2015
http://www.freepeltiernow.org/

COLEMAN, FLORIDA – Leonard Peltier is celebrating his 71st birthday today. Peltier is incarcerted at the U.S. Penitentiary in Coleman, Florida for his 1977 conviction in connection with a shootout with U.S. government forces, where two FBI agents and one young American Indian lost their lives.

Peltier released the following statement from prison today:

September 12, 2015

Greetings everyone,

Well, today is another b-day for me — my 71st. I had hoped I would not be here at this age, but that’s not to be. So, I have to take a deep breath and slowly let it out… and prepare myself for yet another day in here.

February 6th marks my 40th year in prison. How many of you know that when I was indicted a life sentence was 7 years? I was sentenced to 2 life sentences, so with good time I have served 6 + life sentences. I suppose all of this time has taken its toll on my body. I have a number of different health issues that come with old age. The one I’m most concerned about is my prostate.

Otherwise, I’m still getting compliments on how good I look for my age (smile). People can be nice and say things that make me feel good once in awhile. But I’m told this so often that I’m starting to believe it (smile).

HEY, DID YOU KNOW THAT THE LAST TIME I WENT BEFORE THE PAROLE COMMISSION (2009), I WAS DENIED BECAUSE I LOOKED YOUNG AND HEALTHY… AND A REASON GIVEN FOR DENYING ME PAROLE WAS THAT I MIGHT BE TOO MUCH OF AN INFLUENCE ON THE YOUNG NATIVES? YEAH, ONLY IN AMERICA. Well, People, I don’t know how much longer I have left on Mother Earth — or if I will even be around for the next few years — but I always hope and pray that I can be out there to spend my last few remaining years with you. If not, so be it. I have been in here too long to cry now. I just wish for more time to give to my People and to all freedom loving People in the world.

And get this: In October 1984, when the Parole Commission was repealed by Congress, the Commission was given six years to give me a parole date… all of us “old time” prisoners really (those convicted prior to 1984). Yes, this is all true. All you have to do is research it, and I bet you will come away shocked as hell that this can happen in your country. The Parole Commission is the only Government agency that has been repealed and reinstated 35 days later without having to go through the normal congressional channels and signed into law by the President. How does this happen in a democracy?

I’ve been encouraged by things I’ve read recently though. And looking back… It’s been over 60 years, maybe a little longer. I was around 7 or 8 years old when I heard the old People talking about taking care of Mother Earth. But for me anyway, as with all young People, I did not really understand what they were trying to tell us, I guess? But I see today the traditionalists were correct and AIM People were right when we took it up as a rallying cry to the world. Still, when we spoke out against the destruction of Mother Earth, we were called a bunch of nuts. Well, today, it is called climate change, and there are now millions of us crying out against the destruction of out Mother Earth. Amazing, huh? Thankfully I have lived this long and can see we just might win this war. I know it’s not over — far from it — but the world is waking up and talking about it now. So, it can be won in our lifetime.

Thanks again for all of the love you have shown me over these 40 years. You have all been worth it.

In the Spirit of Crazy Horse…

Doksha,

Leonard Peltier

http://www.freepeltiernow.org/

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Lorenzo Johnson: In, Out, In

We have a serious problem in this country when it comes to the prosecutors who fail to serve the public. Prosecutors are very powerful and have vast resources at their disposal when seeking convictions. While some prosecutors do their work honestly and defend justice, there are others who are responsible for intentionally condemning innocent people. As if this were not enough, they have all that is necessary to maintain these false convictions.

Last year, a record 125 innocent prisoners were exonerated. This high number does not scratch the surface of the actual number of innocent prisoners who are still fighting to prove their innocence. I'm one of them. We are in a scary position, because for many of us, the same prosecutors who served us our injustice remain on our cases. Or new prosecutors have taken their place, only to turn a blind eye to what happened and to keep us living our nightmare. For them, it's just another day of work.

I am one of many innocent prisoners who can demonstrate blatant misconduct of the continuous pursuit. This fault caused me to receive a sentence to life imprisonment for a crime I never committed. I was released from prison in 2012 by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, which stated that the evidence used to convict me was insufficient as a matter of law. It was not good enough for the prosecutor on my case, who filed an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, which led to my wrongful conviction being restored.

After only 148 days reunion with my family, I had to return to a life sentence that did not belong to him me. But I didn't stop the fight. My legal team reviewed my case from top to bottom. We discovered that the prosecution actually knew that I was innocent from the first day. After 19 years, the prosecution has recovered the missing documents from my case of discovery. None of my lawyers had ever seen the documents before. These documents have confirmed that the prosecutor knowingly and voluntarily allowed perjury from the state's main witness, who, we have also discovered, had been a suspect in the murder. In his speech to the jury, the prosecutor in my case said he had to believe this witness because she had no reason to lie. He omitted informing my defense and the jury that this same witness was a suspect in this case.

My attorney, despite all these revelations of my innocence and a mountain of evidence proving prosecutorial misconduct, continues to oppose my justification or a new trial. To do this, it is not based on his testimony; neither is it based on my guilt. He is standing on procedural grounds, claiming that I filed my call late. Surprisingly, my attorney blamed me for not finding this new evidence earlier. His argument is that his office had an "open file" policy with my trial lawyer. However, I have signed statements from my original lawyers saying that they never saw these documents and that if they had, they would have used this information to attack the witness. Once again, I'm just one of many innocent prisoners of whose case proves the prosecutors are not affected by justice. For them, it is mainly about maintaining our convictions.

As innocent prisoners, we call on the rest of society to be as outraged as we are that this type of fault is so common in our judicial system. I speak facts that you can check for yourselves. I'm one of the skeletons in the closet of prosecutors who have maliciously imprisoned an innocent man. Without the attention and the support of the public, this injustice will never end. Every week, you see one of us on CNN. Take a look at Albert Woodfox's nightmare. After more than forty years, a federal judge ordered his release. The prosecution in his case knows that he is innocent but continues to fight against his release. The widow of the victim in case also accepts that Woodfox is innocent and must be released. This kind of support from the family of the victim is rare. But prosecutors are not interested in justice in our cases.

I congratulate the district attorney of Brooklyn, Kenneth Thompson, for the excellent work he has done by helping the exemptions who came out of his office. We need more prosecutors like him who stand for justice. When has it ever been acceptable to kidnap someone, remove the person from his loved ones, and place him in a cage for nothing? The time that we innocent prisoners are behind bars varies; it may vary from one day to our natural lives. This is our reality when prosecutors ignore our innocence and deprive us of justice. My talking openly about the truth has made my battle against an unjust prosecutor even more difficult. But what am I supposed to do -- just sit quietly in this cell and to serve a sentence of life when I'm innocent?

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Lorenzo Johnson served 16.5 years of a life without parole sentence, from 1995 to 2012, before the Third Circuit Federal Court of Appeals ruled that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction. Johnson had been free for four months before the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reinstated the conviction and ordered Lorenzo back to prison to resume serving the sentence. With the help of Michael Wiseman, Esq., the Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice, the Campaign to Free Lorenzo Johnson, and others, he continues to fight for his freedom. Please sign his petition and learn more: www.freelorenzojohnson.org/sign-the-petition.html.

Follow Lorenzo Johnson on Twitter: www.twitter.com/FreeRenz

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Monday, July 20, 2015

Be Gone, Gullible People

Depopulating my social media pages: Will everybody who thinks this administration is doing a fine job PLEASE LEAVE MY FRIENDSHIP ROLES NOW. This administration withholds information and investigation regarding the secret arrest and "wrongful death of Larry Neal" (Google the website). It allows or does continuous attacks against my free speech rights. Before you think of another excuse for this administration, know that the jail where Larry was killed was under direct overview by the USDOJ following a lawsuit by the USA for inmate abuse, so Larry's protection was the fed's JOB, and so is investigating and prosecuting his murderers. This administration also stopped the release of thousands of black inmates by appealing the federal judge's ruling that the Fair Sentencing Act must be applied retroactively, then you dance in the streets over a few pardons. This administration signed NDAA, allowing indefinite detention of Americans without criminal charges and allowing detainees NO defense (the concentration camp bill). I don't care to be associated with such gullible people. Please leave now. I don't want to run into any of your brain-dead comments regarding this administration on my home pages ever again. I've tried for years not to say anything, but the stupidity of the statements I have to read from some of you have gotten ridiculous. You must be incurably ignorant or masochists. I want to be associated only with persons who have a healthy attitude of self-respect, who demand liberty and justice for ALL. Remove your friendship from the following social media sites: Care2, Google+, Facebook, Twitter. We have nothing in common. "What's she talking about?" new friends may ask. See "Rally Against Deaths in Custody" IF "THEY" LET YOU.
http://freespeakblog.blogspot.com/2015/07/rally-against-deaths-in-custody.html

Thursday, July 16, 2015

FCC, FTC, BBB Racially Prejudice

~ Johnnie Cochran's Name being used to defraud African Americans ~

The Cochran Firm Fraud, by Mary Neal

The FCC must help Americans
Avoid malpractice and FRAUD
Make The Cochran Firm remove its ads
Its promises are mostly VOID

“It’s not a law firm,” federal court declared
After very careful review
“Stop defrauding the public right now,” I say
“Your day of reckoning is due”

“We’ll appeal the Court’s decision
To judges who’ve helped us before
California Supreme Court cheers our frauds
We’ll trick Black people much more!

Supreme Court gave us victory in 'Hadley'
When we switched that signature page
Sent that class of Niggers packin’
With nothing but small change!

Yes, we work behind clients’ backs
Protecting Big Business and cops
We love defrauding Black people
Their upward mobility we stop!

Johnnie Cochran thought Black lives matter
Had the darkies thinking that, too
Now we use his name to trick them
Withholding justice that’s due"

Media companies are completely silent about the federal court's decision that The Cochran Firm is NOT a law firm. The National Law Journal published an article (see the url below) announcing the federal court's pending decision in November 2014, but I could find no followup article when the court ruled that The Cochran Firm is NOT a law firm on May 12, 2015. Apparently, the FCC, FTC, and media companies plan for African Americans to continue to be victimized by The Cochran Firm, which continues to advertise for legal clients, disregarding the federal court's ruling, and nobody is warning potential victims. That is racism.
http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=1202675631191/LA-Judge-to-Decide-Is-The-Cochran-Firm-Really-a-Firm

If the federal court's decision is appealed, CA Supreme Court will have another opportunity to help The Cochran Firm escape justice. *The CA Supreme Court Refused to Hear the Plaintiffs' Case in "Hadley, et al. vs. The Cochran Firm" When The Cochran Firm Switched the Signature Page from a Mediation Agreement and Affixed it to a Settlement Agreement Its Clients Had Never Seen or Heard About.* When the Devious Lawyers Settled the African Americans' Lawsuit Against Their Employer for Less Than the Racial Discrimination Case Was Worth, CA Supreme Court Upheld The Cochran Firm in Its Legal Malpractice, Fraud, and Racism by Refusing to Hear the Case. See a review about the case at http://www.metnews.com/articles/2012/conf101812.htm

The operating system in my computer was destroyed on July 3, probably because I exposed the federal court's decision regarding The Cochran Firm's failure to meet the standard to be called a law firm. This is the most elaborate plot against justice for African Americans since CoIntelPro supposedly ended in the 1970's - misusing Johnnie Cochran's name and reputation to defraud deliberately uninformed legal consumers throughout America. The overwhelming majority of The Cochran Firm's clients are African Americans; therefore, the so-called law firm's racketeering is being allowed to continue unreported by media companies and without censure by the FCC, FTC, and BBB. The Confederate Flag waves in their hearts.

See the Order that was issued May 12, 2015, by United States District Court Judge Philip Gutierrez dissolving (i.e., cancelling and dismissing) the preliminary injunction that The Cochran Firm had obtained to "protect" its alleged trademark.The Cochran Firm, P.C. - Order Dissolving Preliminary Injunction related to "The Cochran Firm vs. Randy McMurray, Esq." Among the highlights from the order are the following passages:

1. "Defendant [McMurray] has met his burden that Plaintiff [The Cochran Firm] has unclean hands in the use of its trademark by advertising itself as a national law firm when there is no evidence that the individual offices are connected other than through agreements with Plaintiff." (Page 11.)

2. "In assessing whether [The Cochran Firm] meets the definition of a law firm under the California Rules of Professional Conduct, the Court finds that ... [The Cochran Firm], together with all of the individual regional offices, do not fit this definition." (Page 12.)

THE COCHRAN FIRM IS A NOW A COURT-DECLARED FRAUD PERPETUATED AGAINST ITS CLIENTS, ITS ATTORNEYS, OPPOSING ATTORNEYS AND PLAINTIFFS, PARTNERING LAW FIRMS, ADVERTISERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7OOCl9xjk33YTVPaVJQbDF6bF9zUUoyZi1DQXNyYW5TVnI4/view?usp=sharing

The Cochran Firm Fraud Failed in CA Fed. Court

Eric Garner's family settled for $5.9 million for his wrongful death by police, whereas John Crawford, III, whose survivors were represented by The Cochran Firm, demanded only $75,000. Garner was committing a misdemeanor by selling loose cigarettes and was seen on video arguing with police before his murder by choke hold. Crawford, on the other hand, was simply shopping and talking on his cellphone in an Ohio Walmart store, breaking no laws whatsoever when police rushed in and shot him. Both were high profile cases. The difference is that one man's survivors were represented by real lawyers, and Crawford's family was defrauded by The Cochran Firm like mine was. Crawford's girlfriend was killed on January 1, 2015, when the car she and her driver were in suddenly accelerated to a high speed. The car may have been hacked. She had her own attorney, not The Cochran Firm. Did she die because of mechanical failure or because she was an intelligent black woman?

Do your job, media companies, FCC, BBB and FTC. Stop false advertising. Black legal consumers deserve protection from white supremacists and black Confederate soldiers falsely operating as a law firm. Black lives matter.

Happy Ida B. Wells Day!

Wells was born on July 16, exactly 153 years ago. She was a journalist who was unafraid to expose white supremacists. Surprisingly, even in 2015, so called black-owned media companies have not reported The Cochran Firm fraud against African Americans, or it could not continue.

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