MOST OF OUR AMERICAN MILITARY IS MADE UP OF POORER U.S. FAMILIES CHILDREN WHO RISK THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT ALL AMERICANS FREEDOMS JUDGE EDWARD DUFRESNE !!!

AMERICA CURRENTLY HAS TENS OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS POORER U.S.SOLDIERS STATIONED WORLD~WIDE READY AND ABLE AT MOMENTS NOTICE WILLING TO RISK THEIR LIVES TO PRESERVE ALL AMERICANS FREEDOMS.THIS DIRECT ATTACK ON OUR POORER INNOCENT AMERICANS FREEDOMS THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE 5TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS IN LOUISIANA ARE 12 YEARS OF CONTINUED INJUSTICES THAT SHOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN BY CARING AMERICANS IN AND OUT OF OUR U.S. MILITARY SERVICES !!!

A BLACK AMERICAN FROM FLORIDA IN 1963 WHO WAS AN ACCUSED CRIMINAL ENABLED ALL OF OUR USA POOR THEIR RIGHT TO HAVE PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION AFFORDED THEM IN OUR U.S.CRIMINAL COURTS NATION~WIDE BY HIS LEGAL VICTORY WITH THE U.S.SUPREME COURT LEGAL CASE
(GIDEON VS WAINWRIGHT) ..

*** THESE REPORTED ON CRIMINAL ACTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE U.S. 5TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS IN LOUISIANA AGAINST 2,500 POOR AMERICANS SHOULD BE THE NEEDED PROOF TO ANY SANE AMERICAN THAT ANOTHER GIDEON ALSO NEEDS TO BE AFFORDED BY OUR U.S. CONGRESS OR U.S. SUPREME COURT TO ALL OUR POORER AMERICANS FOR THEIR U.S. FEDERAL RE~TRIAL APPEALS !!

THE CURRENT FACADE OF FORCING INNOCENT POOR GED EDUCATED PRISON INMATES TO ATTEMPT TO GAIN NEW RETRIALS THEMSELVES FROM THEIR PRISONS NATION~WIDE WITH OUR U.S.FEDERAL COURT OF APPEALS NEEDS A 2010 REALITY CHECK !

EVERYONE HONEST & EVEN DISHONEST IN OUR AMERICAN FEDERAL APPEAL JUDICIAL SYSTEM KNOWS THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR CURRENT 100,000 INNOCENT POOR THAT ARE CURRENTLY TRAPPED IN OUR U.S.PRISONS WITH REAL CRIMINALS HAVING 0 CHANCES OF EVER RECEIVING ANY JUSTICE ( BEING SET FREE ) WITHOUT PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION BEING AFFORDED THEM ....

CERTAIN AMERICAN FEDERAL APPEAL JUDGES ( LIKE CHIEF JUSTICE EDWARD DUFRENSE OF LOUISIANA) NATIONWIDE ARE DENYING POOR INNOCENT PRISON INMATES NEW RE-TRIALS ( WITHOUT EVEN VIEWING THE APPEALS) RIGHT ALONG WITH THE GUILTY PRISON INMATES BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO PROPERLY FORMULATE THEIR FEDERAL APPEAL RE~TRIAL LEGAL CASES !!!

PRESIDENT OBAMA, DENYING OUR INNOCENT POOR IN U.S. PRISONS THEIR POSSIBLE FREEDOMS ARE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY ISSUES THAT NEED CHANGE !!!

IF THESE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY BEING INFLICTED ON THE POSSIBLE INNOCENT IN OUR U.S. PRISONS IN LOUISIANA ARE NOT CORRECTED PRESIDENT OBAMA ~ THEN WHAT IS TO BE WITH THE OTHER VARIOUS U.S. STATES ALLOWING THESE SAME EXACT INJUSTICES TO BE INFLICTED ON THE INNOCENT POOR IN THEIR PRISONS ???

POSSIBLE WRONGFUL EXECUTIONS BEING INFLICTED ON ONLY POOR AMERICANS NATION~WIDE (TROY DAVIS OF GEORGIA, MUMIA ABU~JAMAL OF PENNSYLVANIA ) , FALSE IMPRISONMENT FOR AN ESTIMATED 100,000 INNOCENT POOR AMERICANS WHO OBVIOUSLY WERE NEVER AFFORDED A PROPER LEGAL OR INVESTIGATIVE DEFENSE AND NOW THE HORROR OF OUR JUSTICES TO DENY NEW TRIALS IN LOUISIANA. WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT THEIR APPEALS ???

WILL THIS DEMOCRATIC US CONGRESS INVESTIGATE AND CHANGE THESE JUDICIAL INJUSTICES BEING INFLICTED ON OUR POORER AMERICAN’S ???

THIS IS ONLY THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG OF OUR UNDERFUNDED JUDICIAL SYSTEM THAT NEEDS…C*H*A*N*G*E…….

THIS HORROR HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE A TRUE EVENT AFFECTING THE ENSLAVEMENT OF OUR POORER INNOCENT AMERICAN’S, & ALL OF AMERICA NEEDS TO BE MADE AWARE THAT THIS SAME EXACT TREATMENT NATION~WIDE OF OUR POORER INNOCENT CITIZENS NEEDS A FORMAL US CONGRESSIONAL, U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND WORLD COURT INVESTIGATION !!!

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Posted on October 31, 2008 by Gideon
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I’m a little late on writing about this story (via several sources), but it sure is a doozy.

You know how it’s common knowlege that most appeals aren’t successful? Well, if you were a pro-se petitioner in Louisiana for the last 13 years, you knew that you wouldn’t win. Why is that? Because the Chief Judge of their Court of Appeals directed his clerk to summarily deny all appeals from pro-se petitioners without circulating the appeal to other judges.

The clerk, ridden with guilt, committed suicide earlier this year and left a note confessing everything.

This immoral and apparently illegal policy was in place until Jerrold Peterson, the staffer charged with implementing it, blew his brains out in May of last year. Peterson was driven to it in part, his suicide note suggested, by guilt over the nefarious tasks the judges made him perform.

In his note Peterson explained how the court gave indigent appellants the bum’s rush.

Although every criminal writ application is supposed to be reviewed by three judges, he was deputed to winnow out any that had been filed pro se and arrange for their automatic rejection.

Thus were an estimated 2,500 appeals deep-sixed without any judicial consideration whatsoever.

Now, facing public embarassment and possible ethical violations, the Louisiana Supreme Court has stepped in and asked…get this…the same appellate court to look at the appeals again. Note that they did not ask the Court to conduct an investigation into this practice, but simply to consider those appeals that were so summarily denied.

Because, if we placate the defendants with another cursory look at their appeals, we can sweep the ethical violations under the carpet.

At first this whole thing seemed rather odd to me. After all, how is this even possible? Here’s how:

Edward Dufresne, Chief Judge of the Fifth Circuit, took charge of pro se appeals in 1994. He then had Peterson prepare rulings denying writs for all of them and signed off “without so much as a glance,” according to the suicide note. “No judge ever saw the writ application before the ruling was prepared by me,” Peterson wrote in a second suicide note to the Judiciary Commission.

The rulings also bore the names, though not the signatures, of judges Marion Edwards and Wally Rothschild. Neither Edwards nor Rothschild had any clue as to what was in the applications, or even knew that they had been filed, according to Peterson.

So you’ve got one complicit judge and maybe three. But there are 5 more on that court. What of them? Are we to really believe that these 5 (or 7) other judges never once questioned the stark absence of pro-se appeals? Particularly in Louisiana, whose system has the following characteristics:

About 90 percent of criminal defendants in Louisiana are indigent.

Louisiana only provides post-conviction legal aid in death penalty cases. Everyone else must either hire a lawyer, find a lawyer to handle their case pro bono, or handle the appeal themselves. Obviously, most have no choice but to opt for the latter.

One criminal defense lawyer in Louisiana told me that if you’re convicted of murder in Louisiana and you’re innocent, you’re actually better off getting the death penalty. At least then you’ll get a team of lawyers, investigators, and experts to help with your appeal.

This from a state whose criminal justice system was already crumbling. It’s hard to believe that people such as Judge Dufresne take an oath to uphold the law and to prove equal protection under it. Disbarment may be enough, but only barely.

Justice delayed is no justice at all.

THE SMOKING GUN LINK TO AMERICA’S JUDICIAL INJUSTICES BEING INFLICTED ON POORER AMERICAN’S !

NAME OF PUBLICATION: PICAYUNE NEWSPAPER

AUTHOR : MR. JAMES GILL

TITLE OF ARTICLE: IN A SUICIDE NOTE, RELECTIONS OF GUILT

DATE PUBLISHED: OCT 10 2008

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~WE ENJOY BRINGING THE GOOD LIFE TO ALL the little people of America ON THE WEB BECAUSE MOST POORER AMERICANS ARE LIVING THIRD WORLD LIFE~STYLES WITHOUT PROPER HEALTHCARE OR LEGAL CARE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES !

WE ARE ALL VERY WELL AWARE THAT OUR U.S.WEALTHY ELITE BILLIONAIRES WHO CONTROL OUR U.S.CONGRESS THROUGH THEIR BIG $$ LOBBYISTS HAVE DECIDED THAT THE WORLD'S POOR SOMEHOW ARE MORE IMPORTANT TO ASSIST THEN THEIR OWN FELLOW AMERICANS.

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Holder: Lawyers for the Unpopular Are ‘Patriots’
By Joe Palazzolo | March 19, 2010

Attorney General Eric Holder (photo by Ryan J. Reilly).
Attorney General Eric Holder defended lawyers who represent the “the unpopular” — such as Guantanamo Bay detainees — hailing them as “patriots.”

His remarks, at a Friday award ceremony at the Pro Bono Institute, come two weeks after a conservative group released an advertisement questioning the loyalty of Justice Department lawyers who had represented suspected terrorists while in private practice.

The ad, by Keep America Safe, has been roundly condemned by a bipartisan group of former government lawyers, but Holder had not addressed the issue.

The Attorney General did not refer to the criticism directly but gave an impassioned defense of lawyers who take on controversial clients.

As you all know, advancing the cause of justice sometimes means working for the sake of the fairness and integrity of our system of justice. This is why lawyers who accept our professional responsibility to protect the rule of law, the right to counsel, and access to our courts – even when this requires defending unpopular positions or clients – deserve the praise and gratitude of all Americans. They also deserve respect. Those who reaffirm our nation’s most essential and enduring values do not deserve to have their own values questioned. Let me be clear about this: Lawyers who provide counsel for the unpopular are, and should be treated as what they are: patriots.

The Justice Department refused to release the names of the lawyers who previously represented terror suspects, despite pressure from Keep America Safe, led by Liz Cheney — the daughter of the former vice president — and several Republican senators. Fox News identified the lawyers earlier this month.

UPDATE (3:34 p.m.): Arron Harison, executive director of Keep America Safe, called on Holder to disclose whether the Justice Department lawyers are working on detainee policy.

“‘Unpopular’ is not the word most Americans would use to describe terrorists waging war against the United States. If a lawyer chooses to spend his or her pro bono hours in the service of unlawful enemy combatants during time of war, and is then hired to work inside the US Justice Department, the American people have a right to know,” Harison said in an e-mailed statement.

See Holder’s full remarks below:

Thank you, Esther [Lardent]. It’s good to be with you, and it’s an honor to accept this wonderful award. But I’m especially grateful for the opportunity to tell you, in person, how much I appreciate the work you do and the service you inspire. Your commitment to equal justice is clear. And it has proved to be contagious. Over the last 15 years, your commitment to equal justice has encouraged hundreds of attorneys, in this room and elsewhere, to provide thousands upon thousands of hours of critical – and often life-changing – pro bono legal services.

Today, we’ve gathered to reflect on the power and importance of this work and, also, to celebrate the example of public service that Chesterfield Smith’s life and career continue to provide us. As president of the American Bar Association, as a founding partner of Holland & Knight, and as an outspoken champion for the right to counsel, Chesterfield Smith transformed how America’s private sector views pro bono service. It wasn’t so long ago that, within many legal offices, the idea of providing our services free of charge was the exception, not the rule. But this conference – and this crowd – is proof that community service has become an essential part of the culture in our nation’s premier law firms and leading corporations.

That’s because of pioneers like Chesterfield Smith, and Esther Lardent, and many of the partners and CEOs gathered here. These leaders recognized – indeed you recognize – that providing access to justice is a professional, as well as moral, obligation for all lawyers. Chesterfield Smith often argued that a lawyer’s skills and training must be used not simply to make a living, but also to make a difference. Throughout his career, he seized every possible opportunity to remind his colleagues that justice is not a special privilege of the rich. It must be the right of all.

In 1974, in my first year of law school, Chesterfield Smith stood before a class of law students and said, “If you don’t intend to work to improve the quality of justice, then I hope that you flunk your exams.”

This may sound harsh, especially to the law students who are here with us. But it shows how seriously he took the responsibilities that attorneys share. I, too, believe that the privilege of earning a law degree, and of living a life in the law, comes with a condition – an ongoing obligation to advance the cause of justice and the rule of law.

Now, I’ve been a lawyer for more than half my life, and I’ve spent three decades in public service. But I know that government alone cannot advance the cause of justice. Our history proves this. And, time after time, our nation’s leaders have acknowledged this fact. Most famously, perhaps, was in the summer of 1963, when President Kennedy gathered more than 200 of the nation’s top lawyers at the White House and enlisted their help in the struggle to end segregation and advance civil rights. In response, those attorneys launched the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

Thirty-six years later, President Clinton borrowed this strategy in his battle against poverty and discrimination. In July of 1999, I was among the hundreds of lawyers he summoned to the East Room. The President asked us to serve America’s poorest communities in all of the ways lawyers can – whether by advising inner-city businesses and entrepreneurs, or by representing the poor in our courts, or by mentoring young law students. He told us, “There is a limit to what we can do without you. We need the work lawyers do. We need the ideas lawyers get. We need the dreams lawyers dream.”

President Clinton’s call to action became Lawyers for One America – an initiative I was asked to lead. That experience confirmed for me that, when the power of our profession is harnessed and when it’s focused, America’s lawyers can truly drive progress and change the world. We can open new doors of opportunity. And we can alter the course of history.

Today, our challenge is to extend our nation’s – and our profession’s – tradition of public service – for the call issued by President Kennedy and echoed by President Clinton has not been fully heard. As a result, the work they asked us to do is not yet finished. But many of you are leading the way forward. And I’m encouraged by your commitment to pro bono work. The breadth and scope of what you’ve accomplished – with the support of your management teams and with the guidance of the Pro Bono Institute – is nothing short of astonishing.

In recent months, you’ve helped our veterans access the benefits they need and deserve. You’ve enabled thousands of disabled Americans to secure Social Security payments and allowed hundreds of disabled children to attain medical coverage. You’ve overturned multiple wrongful convictions. You’ve helped struggling nonprofits access the investments needed to survive and expand services. You’ve brought hope to victims of domestic violence and to vulnerable people around the world who seek asylum within our borders. You’ve represented unaccompanied children in immigration proceedings. And you’ve worked to protect consumers, ensure civil rights, and safeguard our environment.

What is more, in the midst of a crisis in indigent defense in our country, many of you have represented the poor in criminal cases. In this time of growing budget challenges for state and local governments, lawyers for the indigent face huge caseloads and often struggle to do right by their clients. And some defendants are without representation entirely during critical stages of the proceedings against them. But it’s heartening to see how many firms have stepped up, establishing programs to support public defender offices and helping to secure new resources to ensure the Sixth Amendment right to counsel.

In all of this work, you’ve helped people in crisis and in need. And, as you have stood by your clients, you have also stood up for, and honored, a basic principle that defines who we are as a nation of laws. As you all know, advancing the cause of justice sometimes means working for the sake of the fairness and integrity of our system of justice. This is why lawyers who accept our professional responsibility to protect the rule of law, the right to counsel, and access to our courts – even when this requires defending unpopular positions or clients – deserve the praise and gratitude of all Americans. They also deserve respect. Those who reaffirm our nation’s most essential and enduring values do not deserve to have their own values questioned. Let me be clear about this: Lawyers who provide counsel for the unpopular are, and should be treated as what they are: patriots.

The principle of equal justice under law inspires this service. And it guides the work of today’s Justice Department. In fact, the Department recently made an historic and permanent commitment to expanding and ensuring access to legal services. As many of you know, on March 1, we launched a landmark Access to Justice Initiative, led by the eminent Harvard Law Professor, Larry Tribe. The idea for this office was simple. Just as you have pro bono initiatives at your firms and corporations, I wanted to be sure that in our house, too, there is a permanent effort to provide access to justice and to continuously enhance the fairness and integrity of our legal system. The Initiative has hit the ground running with an ambitious agenda. I’m glad that Larry is here with us today, and I’m grateful for his service.

Today, I’m also proud to announce that our Legal Orientation Program will be expanding next month to the New York City area. The LOP is a great success story. It provides key funding to local nonprofit organizations that assist non-citizens in detention and helps to improve the efficiency of our legal system. Since its establishment in 2003, this program has been an excellent example of public-private cooperation between the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, leading immigrant advocacy groups, and the private bar. This partnership helps make our justice system more fair, and more transparent, to those who come before our immigration courts. And, by drastically reducing the length and cost of court proceedings, the program has also proved to be a critical tool for saving precious taxpayer dollars. In fact, LOP has reduced the average duration of detention by nearly two weeks. And, for every person served – at a cost of about $100 each – the government saves upwards of $1,300. For a program that currently serves 50,000 detained people each year – and will soon serve two thousand more – the economic benefits are tremendous.

Our new Access to Justice Initiative, and programs like LOP, present opportunities for collaboration and mutual support between lawyers inside and outside of government. Today, I ask each of you to seize these opportunities. Unlike Presidents Kennedy and Clinton, I may not be able to call you all to the White House. But I will never shy away from seeking your participation and partnership in the work of strengthening our nation’s justice system.

So, know that I will be counting on you. Together, I believe we can extend the tradition of service we celebrate today. And I know we can build a future that reflects our nation’s highest principles and most enduring values.

I look forward to this work. And I’m so grateful for your commitment to it.

Thank you.

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