I wonder whether Mr. Romankow also had something to do with Tuchin's interrogational hypnosis of me in 1988? Is it true that there was a romance between Mr. Romankow and his "protege," Anne Rodgers? Would such a thing be "ethical," especially for a member of the Union County Ethics Committee? Has the Union County Prosecutor allowed for entry into the homes of persons close to me, or for thefts from such persons, or for much worse that has been done to me? I wonder why there are so many allegations of racism against the Union County Prosecutor's Office which concentrates on African-American defendants in its law enforcement efforts and does so little about political corruption for some mysterious reason? Has Mr. Romankow received cash or other compensation from his "friends" in the Cuban-American community in Elizabeth, New Jersey to go after me at any time in my life? ("New Jersey's Child Sex Industry" and "Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture.")
I cannot say whether allegations of corruption at the Union County Prosecutor's Office are accurate. I do not know the nature of the relationship between Terry Tuchin and officials in Union County or New Jersey. Allegations that Ms. Rodgers is a racist cannot be confirmed. ("Larry Peterson Cleared by DNA" and "An Open Letter to My Torturers in New Jersey, Terry Tuchin and Diana Lisa Riccioli" then "Is Senator Menendez For Sale?")
December 12, 2011 at 12:37 P.M. My blog was altered today by hackers. I am unable to access "Critical Vision" from my dashboard. My blog profile has been damaged. I cannot access that profile or see the bottom of the profile page. The number of hits received at these blogs cannot be determined accurately. No images can be posted by me as a result of this censorship. I will try to continue working at public computers and writing at these blogs. I do not know whether I will be able to return to these sites from one day to the next. I will do my best to avoid bottles thrown at me in public places. I prefer that attacks be aimed at me and not at my family members. ("Does Senator Menendez Have Mafia Friends?")
For information about Cuba and coverage of matters such as Mumia Abu-Jamal's case from a non-U.S. perspective, see: CUBA UPDATE, 124 West 23rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10011, (212) 242-0559; Fax (212) 242-1937. http://cubanctr@igc.org
Timothy Williams, "30 Years After Officer's Killing, Inmate Will Leave Death Row," in The New York Times, December 8, 2011 at p. A22. (Manohla Dargis? Iliana Ros-Leghtinen?)
Mumia Abu-Jamal is a symbol of the failures and racism of the American legal system, just as I have become emblematic of hypocrisy regarding freedom of speech and legal ethics in the United States. ("How censorship works in America" and "What is it like to be plagiarized?" then "'Brideshead Revisited': A Movie Review.")
Mr. Abu-Jamal is treated with unique disregard for legality and utter disdain for his human and Constitutional rights. In the words of Bishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate, Mr. Abu-Jamal can only be considered a "torture victim."
Mr. Abu-Jamal, who is identified in this Times article as "black," was sentenced to death for the killing of officer Daniel Faulkner, whom he allegedly shot several times in the back of the head, AFTER Mr. Abu-Jamal had himself been shot in the chest.
The absurdity of the so-called "facts" in this case is self-evident. No one who is shot in the chest will get his gun in a leisurely fashion in order to stroll over to the person shooting him so as to then fire at the original shooter.
Mr. Abu-Jamal claimed at the time of the shooting that another person had fired at the officer. An unrelated African-American inmate has since confessed to the shooting, according to Amnesty International. Referring to Mr. Abu-Jamal as a "murderer" in The New York Times does not alter the genuine legal issues that remain unresolved in this important case. ("American Hypocrisy and Luis Posada Carriles" and "Cubanazos Pose a Threat to National Security!")
A Circuit Court concluded that racism contaminated both the fact-finding and penalty phases of Mr. Abu-Jamal's proceedings and that, therefore, Mr. Abu-Jamal could not be executed.
Under the circumstances, the appropriate remedy is to commute the death penalty to life imprisonment making Mr. Abu-Jamal elligible for parole, immediately (after nearly 30 years of incarceration), rather than to determine, unilaterally (without a new factual proceeding concerning the correct penalty to be imposed), to deny the right to parole to Mr. Abu-Jamal.
Was there any new sentencing evaluation or psychological report of Mr. Abu-Jamal before the imposition of a new sentence? If not, there is no objective basis for the new sentence which offends due process and equal protection, since other persons sentenced must receive sentencing reports.
The unavailability of witnesses precluding the prosecutors from pursuing a death penalty that is now permanently off the table is irrelevant on this issue concerning Mr. Abu-Jamal's right to parole today.
If parole is denied, unfairly and illegally, then it is appropriate for Mr. Obama to grant a pardon in this matter ending the long dark night of the soul for Mr. Abu-Jamal and America.
No ex post facto laws can be applied to the sentencing decision. The applicable law is the statute in effect at the time of the alleged homicide, not the "life sentence without parole" for killing a police officer provision of a subsequently enacted law.
No one condones shooting at a police officer or murder. There are serious doubts concerning guilt and legal "irregularities" in Mr. Abu-Jamal's matter that transcend the undoubted horror and evil in the killing of a police officer, anywhere and at any time, by anyone.
This new sentence that is imposed arbitrarily and capriciously, without a new factual basis, or even (again) an updated sentencing report provided by witnesses or examining experts, is an unconstitutional usurpation by the prosecutor of a judicial and jury function under the law: setting or determining the appropriate sentence under all the circumstances for this defendant is exclusively for a tribunal to decide. Accordingly, there are separation of powers, due process, equal protection and other Constitutional issues that are still unresolved and simply IGNORED in Mr. Abu-Jamal's case.
Worse, the sentence amounts to a punishment for Mr. Abu-Jamal's expression of political opinions and for his philosophical ideas as a writer. A similar unofficial sanction and daily attempts at "gagging" (silencing) are imposed on me by New Jersey's cybercriminals and censors in denying me access to the Internet and censoring as well as suppressing my writings, as in the cyberattack today.
I can only hope that international audiences are witnesses to these events. Is this censorship and computer-crime "ethical," Mr. Rabner? ("No More Cover-Ups and Lies, Chief Justice Rabner!")
Mr. Abu-Jamal is indeed a "tortured dissident" who is subjected now to what is essentially a "bill of attainder" -- or unconstitutionally prescribed prosecutorial sentence -- based on notoriety and/or for the content of his opinions, without due process of law, in a discriminatory fashion, outside the boundaries of the applicable statutes and cases, only because the defendant-appellant is Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Prosecutors are unilaterally rewriting the sentencing laws of Pennsylvania in devising this unique sentence for Mr. Abu-Jamal because the cops do not like his politics. ("New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")
Bills of attainder (like Star Chambers) are prohibited by the Constitution of the United States of America, as is censorship and suppression of political expressions. ("What is it like to be censored in America?" and, again, "How censorship works in America.")
For as long as such tactics are visible to persons concerned with justice in many places in the world, the struggle for freedom for this revolutionary fighter, Mr. Abu-Jamal, will continue.
Already a street has been named for Mr. Abu-Jamal in Paris, France. Other nations recognize and honor Mr. Abu-Jamal's achievement and importance, notably in Africa and Latin America, including Cuba in consideration of human rights. ("Freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal" and "Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Unconstitutionality of the Death Penalty.")
Given the levels of corruption and racism in this matter, executive clemency on the part of President Obama, in the form of a pardon, is more than appropriate as I continue to insist.
A pardon -- which could also be granted by the Governor of Pennsylvania -- would finally end the suffering for Mr. Abu-Jamal. The struggle to resolve all of the legal issues in this case will certainly continue for the foreseeable future. ("America's Holocaust" and "Give Us Free!")
A list of sources detailing further corruption and ineptitude in New Jersey's judiciary and politics will be attached to this essay in the days ahead. Vandalism of this essay must always be expected.
Sources:
Patrick McGeehan, "Unusual Move by Christie In Fued Over Judgeships," in The New York Times, December 13, 2011, at p. A28. (Paula Dow, Esq. will be assigned to the Port Authority to control OT theft until she can be confirmed as a Superior Court Judge in Essex County. Ms. Dow was afraid to act as Attorney General. Maybe Paula will do better in her new job. Trenton Democrats refuse to confirm Christie's appointees. James Chiesa, Esq. is "acting" Attorney General -- whatever that means -- until he is confirmed. This absence of a chief law enforcement official in New Jersey may explain the attacks on my blogs and television signal yesterday, including violations of copyright law with respect to my profile. Ms. Dow will substitute for Christopher Hartwyk, Esq. -- Richard J. Codey's cousin -- who, apparently, was "sharing" Port Authority OT payments generously. Mr. Hartwyk yanked down $215,000 last year, plus OT. Give my regards to Richard, Chris.)
"The Abu-Jamal Case," (Editorial) in The New York Times, December 13, 2011, at p. A34. (Mr. Abu-Jamal should be considered for parole and no sentence is strictly a prosecutorial matter. Mr. Posada-Carriles is a murderer, Ms. Ros-Leghtinen, allegedly of course, but you continue to protect him while claiming to favor "law and order." I believe that I saw Ms. Ros-Leghtinen some time ago in New York regarding me with some curiosity. Invicta Watch Company, Ms Ros-Leghtinen? "Swisserland"?)
Charles C. Krulak & Joseph P. Hoar, "Guantanamo Forever?," in The New York Times, December 13, 2011, at p. A35. (The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to allow "indefinite detention" without trial and, already, government is using drones to spy on the U.S. population, according to "Democracy Now." http://www.democracynow.org/ Persons, like me, critical of government policies may be "incarcerated without trial, indefinitely, for the expression of political opinions" if these laws are passed.)
"Stop Internet Criminals From Stealing Our Jobs," (Advertisement) in The New York Times, December 13, 2011, at p. A23. ("Creative America" calls on readers to support the Protect IP Act and the Stop On-line Piracy Act even as items from my blog are stolen and my intellectual property rights are ignored. It is alleged that the U.S. government is seeking filters and censorship powers akin to those in China -- or worse -- and in other nations that we criticize for violating dissidents' rights: "What is it like to be plagiarized?" and "'Brideshead Revisited': A Movie Review.")
Elizabeth Rosenthal, "Used Batteries From U.S. Expose Mexicans to Risk," in The New York Times, December 9, 2011, at p. A1. (Who cares about the little brown people? "Little Brown Men Are Only Objects For Us" and "John Rawls and Justice." Please see: ''Michael Clayton': A Movie Review.")
Herb Jackson, "Christie Calls Obama a Failure," in The Record, December 8, 2011, at p. A-1. (The pot calling the kettle "black.")
Kibret Marcos, "Suspect Arrested in Luring Attempts: Allegedly Solicited 12 Girls in Five Towns," in The Record, December 8, 2011, at p. A-1. (I wonder whether somebody paid off prosecutors to look the other way at this activity that can be so lucrative? More follow-up on this will arrive soon.)
Frank Eltman, "Missing Woman's Clothes, ID Found," in The Record, December 8, 2011, at p. A-5. (Police think New Jersey "prostitute," Shannan Gilbert, was murdered in Long Island. You can't refer to this young woman -- she was 18 years-old at her death -- as something other than a "prostitute" at the hour of her murder? "Abuse and Exploitation of Women in New Jersey" and "Not One More Victim!")
Herb Jackson, "Corzine Apologizes But Can't Explain: 'Stunned' by MF Global Loss of $1.2 BILLION From Clients," in The Record, December 9, 2011, at p. A-1. (550,000 arrested for protesting corporate greed and participating in the "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrations; zero arrested among Wall Street's thieving financiers. Mr. Corzine does "not know" why money "disappeared," just as Jaynee LaVecchia can't explain what happened to $300 MILLION in the HIP scam. You try that as a minority attorney in New Jersey. My accounts were reconciled. I did not take a penny from any client. Allegedly, I am "unethical." Mr. Corzine is "ethical" -- along with his friend, Stuart Rabner and Angelo "The Horn" Prisco.)
Ben Protess & Azam Ahmed, "Confusion Follows a Claim That Corzine Knew of a Funds Transfer," in The New York Times, December 14, 2011, at p. B1. (Not only was Mr. Corzine clearly aware of "funds transfers" taking place at MF Global, including "APPROPRIATIONS" of $175 million in customer funds to "cover" gaps from one branch of the firm to another, but Mr. Corzine was also sheltering some of his own assets in anticipation of the collapse of the firm, allegedly. All of this theft was made possible by politically-connected lawyers: "New Jersey Lawyers' Ethics Farce" and "New Jersey's Politically-Connected Lawyers On the Tit.")
Joel Schectman, "West Milford Utility Balks at State Timetable," in The Record, December 8, 2011, at p. L-1. (More scams for the Jersey Boys?)
Nick Clunn, "No Pension for Ex-Paterson Mayor: Plea by Tax Evader Barnes Fails to Sway Board," in The Record, December 8, 2011, at p. L-1. (Former Paterson Mayor Martin Barnes served 2 years in prison for tax fraud and will not get a state pension. This is fortunate since much state money for pensions was placed in the market by people -- like Jon Corzine -- gambling illicitly, allegedly, with taxpayer funds hoping to make a profit. Mr. McGreevey? Maybe Mr. Barnes wants to be a judge so he can get a pension from the New Jersey judiciary.)
