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Manny Gonzales the kid everyone forgot in the CA prison system
Seventeen year old Manuel Gonzales was convicted of attempted premeditated murder with a handgun April 11, 2005 in Van Nuys CA. Manuel was sentenced to serve 27years in a CA prison without any possibility of early parole. The 23year old victim in this case was shot at three times and nicked on top of his shoulder requiring a two hour hospital visit (no stitches ) and was released with pain medication.
Manny Gonzales the kid everyone forgot in the CA prison system.
Dear Mr. Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela,
Seventeen year old Manuel Gonzales was convicted of attempted premeditated murder with a handgun April 11, 2005 in Van Nuys CA. Manuel was sentenced to serve 27years in a CA prison without any possibility of early parole. The 23 year old victim in this case was shot at three times and nicked on top of his shoulder requiring a two hour hospital visit (no stitches ) and was released with pain medication.
Within the first the first few days after this shooting, the victim identified to the police another mans face other than Manuel's in a picture lineup. Forty days later this victim changed his mind and Manuel Gonzales was arrested instead.The prosecutor at Manuel's trial was informed by the presiding judge before the trial began, that she and her witnesses who would be testifying in court were not to ever mention anything relating to gangs or attempting to connect this case to a gang related incident. Unfortunately for Manuel Gonzales the prosecutor never followed the judges orders and Manuel was convicted by a compromised jury in little over one hour of deliberations.
The public defender who represented Manuel at his trial asked the judge more than once to declare a mistrial as soon as it became apparent that his client (Manuel) could no longer receive a fair trial guaranteed him by our constitution. The judge in this trial had to remind the jury that there was no gang related evidence in the case and she had comments stricken from the court records that kept attempting to mislead the jury into believing that this trial was somehow connected to gang activity.
We all know that CA taxpayers finance trials and it would be very tragic for all of us if any of our judges feel forced to allow trial cases to continue with tainted juries due to cost restraints put on them by a lack of state funding.A new trial for Manuel Gonzales would have cost CA taxpayers $6,000 and would have given this 17year old kid his day in court. The sad irony here is that there is over $1,000,000 available to incarcerate Manuel Gonzales for the next 27 years in the CA prisons, while at the same time judges are being forced to pinch pennies and possibly deny new trials when warranted.
My name is Douglas Field and can be reached at 424-247-2013 or at this E mail address: lawyersforpooramericans [at] yahoo.com
I would greatly appreciate it if you would forward this E mail to Mr. Chavez. It appears that Hugo Chavez and myself might be the only two people who would even take a sincere interest in making sure a poor Mexican American kid even has a opportunity to receive a fair trial in America.
Currently this case is on appeal and needs financial backing for a real lawyer to submit a proper appeal so Manuel could have a new trial.I know with the evidence that was presented in this court case, had Manuel been able to afford a real attorney at his initial trial, he would definitely be a free man today.
Douglas Field
(Letter sent to Mr. Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, on September 22, 2007)
Dear Mr. Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela,
Seventeen year old Manuel Gonzales was convicted of attempted premeditated murder with a handgun April 11, 2005 in Van Nuys CA. Manuel was sentenced to serve 27years in a CA prison without any possibility of early parole. The 23 year old victim in this case was shot at three times and nicked on top of his shoulder requiring a two hour hospital visit (no stitches ) and was released with pain medication.
Within the first the first few days after this shooting, the victim identified to the police another mans face other than Manuel's in a picture lineup. Forty days later this victim changed his mind and Manuel Gonzales was arrested instead.The prosecutor at Manuel's trial was informed by the presiding judge before the trial began, that she and her witnesses who would be testifying in court were not to ever mention anything relating to gangs or attempting to connect this case to a gang related incident. Unfortunately for Manuel Gonzales the prosecutor never followed the judges orders and Manuel was convicted by a compromised jury in little over one hour of deliberations.
The public defender who represented Manuel at his trial asked the judge more than once to declare a mistrial as soon as it became apparent that his client (Manuel) could no longer receive a fair trial guaranteed him by our constitution. The judge in this trial had to remind the jury that there was no gang related evidence in the case and she had comments stricken from the court records that kept attempting to mislead the jury into believing that this trial was somehow connected to gang activity.
We all know that CA taxpayers finance trials and it would be very tragic for all of us if any of our judges feel forced to allow trial cases to continue with tainted juries due to cost restraints put on them by a lack of state funding.A new trial for Manuel Gonzales would have cost CA taxpayers $6,000 and would have given this 17year old kid his day in court. The sad irony here is that there is over $1,000,000 available to incarcerate Manuel Gonzales for the next 27 years in the CA prisons, while at the same time judges are being forced to pinch pennies and possibly deny new trials when warranted.
My name is Douglas Field and can be reached at 424-247-2013 or at this E mail address: lawyersforpooramericans [at] yahoo.com
I would greatly appreciate it if you would forward this E mail to Mr. Chavez. It appears that Hugo Chavez and myself might be the only two people who would even take a sincere interest in making sure a poor Mexican American kid even has a opportunity to receive a fair trial in America.
Currently this case is on appeal and needs financial backing for a real lawyer to submit a proper appeal so Manuel could have a new trial.I know with the evidence that was presented in this court case, had Manuel been able to afford a real attorney at his initial trial, he would definitely be a free man today.
Douglas Field
(Letter sent to Mr. Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, on September 22, 2007)
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http://lawyersforpooramericans@yahoo.com
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They will not get away with it.Where is our Governor on this crazziness.Enough already, all American"s deserve a fair trial.
I am E mailing Manuel Gonzales story to all my friends throughout the world and asking them to do the same.Maybe it's high time
some people who are running this unjust denial of fair trials here in LA county are featured on 20/20 or sixty minutes.
I am E mailing Manuel Gonzales story to all my friends throughout the world and asking them to do the same.Maybe it's high time
some people who are running this unjust denial of fair trials here in LA county are featured on 20/20 or sixty minutes.
Follow the money! After all these public trials of the rich and famous getting away with murder, it should come as no suprise that the poor folks children are doing hard time
in our prisons and serving in our military.This reality of our poor getting novice legal assistance is a reality that we all know exists today in our society.It should also come as no surprise that a kid like Manuel could truely deserve a retrial with a private attorney representing and protecting his right to having a impartial jury judge his case.I believe that judges rulings on admissable evidence should be the law of the land and if a runaway prosecutor continues to disobey a judges order,they should be financialy
responsable for the states costs for a new trial.My heart goes out to this kid who was beaten down by this unfair kangaroo court . I only hope that Manuel Gonzales situation
is not representative of hundreds of others who have suffered in our local judicial system right here in sunny California.
in our prisons and serving in our military.This reality of our poor getting novice legal assistance is a reality that we all know exists today in our society.It should also come as no surprise that a kid like Manuel could truely deserve a retrial with a private attorney representing and protecting his right to having a impartial jury judge his case.I believe that judges rulings on admissable evidence should be the law of the land and if a runaway prosecutor continues to disobey a judges order,they should be financialy
responsable for the states costs for a new trial.My heart goes out to this kid who was beaten down by this unfair kangaroo court . I only hope that Manuel Gonzales situation
is not representative of hundreds of others who have suffered in our local judicial system right here in sunny California.
This story has all the makings of going international.President Chavez
entry into this will be splendid.This man donated $20,000,000 last year to Americas poor on the East coast for their heating oil.I not only pray
that he finances Manuel's case,but decides to assist the hundres if not thousands of other CA prisoners who also had bad Government lawyers representing them. This country can well afford private attorneys for our poor and stop this injustice of throwing our youth into the prisons without even fair representation, trials or reasonable sentences.
entry into this will be splendid.This man donated $20,000,000 last year to Americas poor on the East coast for their heating oil.I not only pray
that he finances Manuel's case,but decides to assist the hundres if not thousands of other CA prisoners who also had bad Government lawyers representing them. This country can well afford private attorneys for our poor and stop this injustice of throwing our youth into the prisons without even fair representation, trials or reasonable sentences.
This situation sounds very serious and it be stopped as soon as possible.
LA is a great city and we do not need the rest of the country to think otherwise.The main line media will have a very difficult time even reporting the truth due to the possible threat of Mr. Chavez investing money in our legal system.I remember that President Chavez helped
poor americans with their heating oil bills, but this request if answered
will really set this situation on fire.This issue does become a international one as soon as Mr. decides to get involved.
LA is a great city and we do not need the rest of the country to think otherwise.The main line media will have a very difficult time even reporting the truth due to the possible threat of Mr. Chavez investing money in our legal system.I remember that President Chavez helped
poor americans with their heating oil bills, but this request if answered
will really set this situation on fire.This issue does become a international one as soon as Mr. decides to get involved.
I have enough of mistreatment of others by Americans with torture etc.
Now we hear that we are not even taking care of our own ?We do need a investigation to this ugly mess.The taxpayers are entitled to find out the truth here. Either we find out ourselves or Mr. Chavez will get to the bottom of it with his investigators. where are you 60 minutes when your
needed ?
Now we hear that we are not even taking care of our own ?We do need a investigation to this ugly mess.The taxpayers are entitled to find out the truth here. Either we find out ourselves or Mr. Chavez will get to the bottom of it with his investigators. where are you 60 minutes when your
needed ?
To all those better able to assist Manuel Gonzales in seeking justice here in the LA courts my prayers are with you.The courts did not give
me a attorney that wanted to represent me either.I guess us poor guys
should never go to trial,we should just take a plea bargain.I wanted to defend myself,but was told by friends and family that it would cost too
much and forget about seeking justice.Good luck Manuel, if OJ did it with money maybe a guy like you who never got a fair trial to begin with might get others to help you.
me a attorney that wanted to represent me either.I guess us poor guys
should never go to trial,we should just take a plea bargain.I wanted to defend myself,but was told by friends and family that it would cost too
much and forget about seeking justice.Good luck Manuel, if OJ did it with money maybe a guy like you who never got a fair trial to begin with might get others to help you.
If you have not heard,last week when Mr.Gates visited South America he spoke out against
MR. Chavez investing Venezuela's money outside his country.It was reported on all of the media
in South America.Our Government will never allow Hugo's money to enter this country to assist
anyone in our judicial system.We do not offer our poor capable attorneys most of the time and
everyone knows that this reality will not look very good internationally.This is just suppose to be
America's dirty little secret.Let the rest of the world envy our way of life,what they don't know won't hurt them.
MR. Chavez investing Venezuela's money outside his country.It was reported on all of the media
in South America.Our Government will never allow Hugo's money to enter this country to assist
anyone in our judicial system.We do not offer our poor capable attorneys most of the time and
everyone knows that this reality will not look very good internationally.This is just suppose to be
America's dirty little secret.Let the rest of the world envy our way of life,what they don't know won't hurt them.
Dear President Hugo Chavez,
I have invited our prison population to comment here for the next month about their horror stories with their public defenders supplied
to them by our government. It appears that maybe hundreds if not thousands of cases where American citzens have lost their freedom and gone to prison simply because they were not provided with a competant
lawyer to represent them.This basic need has always been overlooked
by our government leaders and it really needs to be talked about in our
next election debates.
I have invited our prison population to comment here for the next month about their horror stories with their public defenders supplied
to them by our government. It appears that maybe hundreds if not thousands of cases where American citzens have lost their freedom and gone to prison simply because they were not provided with a competant
lawyer to represent them.This basic need has always been overlooked
by our government leaders and it really needs to be talked about in our
next election debates.
The American public is getting conditioned to become more callous every year. We have learned
that many in our government condone torture, so why would it suprise anyone if Manuel is one of many young kids housed in our prison system for others to profit off of.If it takes someone outside our country to come to Manuels defense,it only points out how far this country has slipped into the dark side.Yes it is very hard for me to approve of a foreigner getting involved in our justice system,but maybe America is not the same America that I grew up with.If President Chavez decides to assist Manuel and others who have been beaten down by our justice system,
I wish him the best of luck and hope this wakes our political leaders up.What can we all expect
of this countries future if these type of events become our norm ?
that many in our government condone torture, so why would it suprise anyone if Manuel is one of many young kids housed in our prison system for others to profit off of.If it takes someone outside our country to come to Manuels defense,it only points out how far this country has slipped into the dark side.Yes it is very hard for me to approve of a foreigner getting involved in our justice system,but maybe America is not the same America that I grew up with.If President Chavez decides to assist Manuel and others who have been beaten down by our justice system,
I wish him the best of luck and hope this wakes our political leaders up.What can we all expect
of this countries future if these type of events become our norm ?
Why would our state Government spend 5 times more money putting our youth in prison who have never gotten fair trials to only wait at taxpayer expense for our State Supreme Court to issue them a new trial in two years. New trials are very cheap compared to the cost of housing each inmate in our prison system. Had this judge called a mistrial in Manuels case, the state of CA would have saved $ 100,000 and not forced this kid into prison (for three years)to begin with. Why is this state not ordering up new trials and attempting to administer justice to our poor? How does this state rationalize sending a minor to prison for 27 years when the supposed victim was never really
injured ? I want to hear from the LA Times on this one. Taxpayers are deep pockets I guess !
injured ? I want to hear from the LA Times on this one. Taxpayers are deep pockets I guess !
Here is another taxpayer who is fed up with waste in our judicial system.It's hard to even conprehend how such mistreatment of this young man could of ever of happened to begin with.If our government is afreaid to admit mistakes when they happen then a outsider is welcome to force justice in theis case.Bring on President Chavez and
lets watch as they all start pointing their fingers at each other.
lets watch as they all start pointing their fingers at each other.
I hope we see President Hugo Chavez entering LA with humanitarin motives only.This tragic case might be only one of many,but we have Americans who will also get the proper media and government people involved. President Chavez will be a positive step for getting our house in order.
Lets hope if we all call these investigative media shows that they will turn this one inside out.
Manuel might not have gotten justice in our LA courts,but I have a feeling the fat lady has not sung yet on this one.I for one am sending E mails and making phone calls in Manuels support
of a new fair trial. Look out if President Hugo Chavez comes to this kids defense.
Manuel might not have gotten justice in our LA courts,but I have a feeling the fat lady has not sung yet on this one.I for one am sending E mails and making phone calls in Manuels support
of a new fair trial. Look out if President Hugo Chavez comes to this kids defense.
I encourage us all to take a real good look at what happened to this minor Manuel.He enters our LA court system with A Public Defender and appears in front of a judge who attempts to protect this young mans right to a fair trial.The judge rules that the case is not gang relate and instructs the DA to not attempt to use any gang related testimony etc. This DA knows she does not have to listen to this judge because the judges never order new trials when DA's use gang information
in order to influence naive juries to convict defendants.This is common practice here in LA and
you could ask any defense attorney about it.Tarnished juries do not mete out justice,just naive
convictions that play right into DA's win record
in order to influence naive juries to convict defendants.This is common practice here in LA and
you could ask any defense attorney about it.Tarnished juries do not mete out justice,just naive
convictions that play right into DA's win record
Hispanic's are an equal part of our American society and I resent this type of mistreatment of Manuel Gonzales. This case needs a full investigation by independent outsiders.President Hugo Chavez might be just the right ticket here!!!
It is true that many a public defender has failed their poor clients and simply blamed other reasons as to why their client was sent to prison. I agree that everyone in this country has just accepted the fact that if your rich you get good lawyers and if your poor you get others.I do not
know how we are so comfy knowing this,but we all know reality.Our Government should look at this very seriously and put some real money into private attorneys for poor people also.
know how we are so comfy knowing this,but we all know reality.Our Government should look at this very seriously and put some real money into private attorneys for poor people also.
After reading stories last week from Venezuela about Our Secretary of defense ( Mr. Gates ) telling President Hugo Chavez to only spend his countries monies in his country, I quickly came to the conclusion that America 's mistreatment of our poor will be documented to the rest of the world if Mr Chavez assists Manny. Poor American's only deserve Public Defenders and jail time, while the rich and famous go free!!
We are very appreciative to all of those wonderful supporters of Manny"s right to a fair trial here in LA ! We need you to continue making calls to the local and national media requesting a full
investigation into this case. Every week we will post the full documents to this unjust trial.
investigation into this case. Every week we will post the full documents to this unjust trial.
What a tragic situation we all find ourselves with here in this beautiful city of ours. Justice in our local courts needs to be closely looked at.The Justice Dept. needs to be brought in on this one.If indeed we have hundreds of falsly convicted due to improper conduct by our DA's being allowed to mislead juries with hearsay ( over presiding judges oders not to attempt to use gang attatchment comments at trial) that is used to get convictions out of local juries, then everyone who went into prison due to this injustice should be ordered a new trial.
How could anyone think that a public defender who has very large legal case loads to deal with while attempting to defend America's poor in trials are the best this country could afford.The only reason this situation has been allowed to continue for so long is that poor people have no one interested in financing such a lobby group to change their unjust situation.I guess poor folks do get what they can afford after all.
When America begins to invest in our poor with legal representation (other than Public Defenders) then we can all believe that there aren't thousands of other Manny Gonzales in our prisons due to poor legal
skills.For any bright person to believe that Manny Gonzales deserves
to be locked up in a CA prison for 27 years when he never had his basic
right to a fair trial or fair sentence, needs to move to Burma or Iran. How does a minor ( tried as an adult ) in the state of California not get
the same treatment as other kids in the rest of this country. This poor Mexican American kid deserves alot more than Arnold's prison for the next 27 years.
skills.For any bright person to believe that Manny Gonzales deserves
to be locked up in a CA prison for 27 years when he never had his basic
right to a fair trial or fair sentence, needs to move to Burma or Iran. How does a minor ( tried as an adult ) in the state of California not get
the same treatment as other kids in the rest of this country. This poor Mexican American kid deserves alot more than Arnold's prison for the next 27 years.
This abuse of our little people by our local judicial system needs to be dealt with.I am a insider
and can attest that there is a machine of gang rounup going on.This DA who overstepped the judges orders in the Manuel Gonzales criminal case is not unique. 60 minutes is neede on this one before it all gets swept under the rug! Come now mayor, is public safety and reelection more important than justice here??
and can attest that there is a machine of gang rounup going on.This DA who overstepped the judges orders in the Manuel Gonzales criminal case is not unique. 60 minutes is neede on this one before it all gets swept under the rug! Come now mayor, is public safety and reelection more important than justice here??
If President Hugo Chavez wants to come into LA to assist our poor in our prisons, he can expect
big time opposistion. Our government will never let any outsider show the rest of the world how
unequal we treat our poor in our courts of law. Remember we are the ones always pointing our finger at other countries and how they mistreat their citizens not the other way around.Public Defenders for our lower income defendants is the best anyone in our government has ever
dreamed possible. Why would anyone ever think our poor deserve better?
big time opposistion. Our government will never let any outsider show the rest of the world how
unequal we treat our poor in our courts of law. Remember we are the ones always pointing our finger at other countries and how they mistreat their citizens not the other way around.Public Defenders for our lower income defendants is the best anyone in our government has ever
dreamed possible. Why would anyone ever think our poor deserve better?
They are back at it ! Creating student protests for President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela seems to be something our CIA is getting rather good at. i guess President Chavez needs to be sent a little message that he should only take care of his own people and not get involved assisting American poor in our prisons with their legal appeals. The Citgo Freedom Foundation would become an American Non Profit organization that could help all poor Americans that have been incarcerated due to lousy legal representation in our courts. This business of public defenders needs to be corrected so all Americans have an equal chance in our STATE and FEDERAL COURTS.If it takes President Chavez to bring home this fact,then so be it. The US
needs to start taking better care of all their people and not allow our rich get out of jail cards while only supplying our poor with well intentioned Public Defenders.
needs to start taking better care of all their people and not allow our rich get out of jail cards while only supplying our poor with well intentioned Public Defenders.
The cuurent situation with the Manuel Gonzales appeal case is that it is sitting in the CA Central
Federal District Court in Riverside CA.
The Second Appellate Division One case # B185550
The Van Nuys case 3 LA 046958
We really hope to be able to bring you this full unjust trial to the WWW in a very short period of time.
Thank you all for your help and we will continue getting the word out.
Federal District Court in Riverside CA.
The Second Appellate Division One case # B185550
The Van Nuys case 3 LA 046958
We really hope to be able to bring you this full unjust trial to the WWW in a very short period of time.
Thank you all for your help and we will continue getting the word out.
The sad irony to this Manny Gonzales case is that there comes a point
with all criminal cases where the government does not afford anyone free legal assistance any longer.It is true that we need to find a way to get private lawyers involved with representation in the future,but what appears to have happened in this case is really tragic and should have never been allowed in the first place. With the gang violence that is on the TV and in the media everyday in LA there is not any real chance that Manny Gonzales could of had any assurance of a fair trial with a DA insisting that they can say and do anything they want to influence this jury knowing darn well that LA judges do not order mistrials.It is always left to our CA Supreme court to decide these type of new trials.Good luck Manny Gonzales and to all those wonderful people who
are supporting your right for a new and fair trial with LA Legal.
with all criminal cases where the government does not afford anyone free legal assistance any longer.It is true that we need to find a way to get private lawyers involved with representation in the future,but what appears to have happened in this case is really tragic and should have never been allowed in the first place. With the gang violence that is on the TV and in the media everyday in LA there is not any real chance that Manny Gonzales could of had any assurance of a fair trial with a DA insisting that they can say and do anything they want to influence this jury knowing darn well that LA judges do not order mistrials.It is always left to our CA Supreme court to decide these type of new trials.Good luck Manny Gonzales and to all those wonderful people who
are supporting your right for a new and fair trial with LA Legal.
Lets say President Hugo Chavez wanted to assist America's poor in our prisons with a real Non Profit organization designed to provide those who are innocent and unable to finance appeals to higher courts and provide private ( free ) expert attorney's to work their cases. I for one could not
understand any American objecting with that concept, unless they could find a better alternative to aiding our innocent in our prison systems.If all these experts are correct, then the US has over 200,000 innocent Americans behind bars with no apparent way of getting new trials due to lack of interest and $$$ set aside by our congress for just this purpose.Shame on all of us if we just sit by and allow this to continue.
understand any American objecting with that concept, unless they could find a better alternative to aiding our innocent in our prison systems.If all these experts are correct, then the US has over 200,000 innocent Americans behind bars with no apparent way of getting new trials due to lack of interest and $$$ set aside by our congress for just this purpose.Shame on all of us if we just sit by and allow this to continue.
That famous line of respect by Rodney Dangerfield is a very true statement about America's poor
with the US Congress. This Manny Gonzales case is a perfect example of the poor suffering in our prisons being forced to ask others living outside of this country for monies to hire a lawyer to just get the chance to have a fair trial.
with the US Congress. This Manny Gonzales case is a perfect example of the poor suffering in our prisons being forced to ask others living outside of this country for monies to hire a lawyer to just get the chance to have a fair trial.
Our country has changed so drasticly since i was a kid that nothing would surprise me anymore.
We all know the severe problems that face our poor in an attempt to survive, so why should it come as such a surprise that certain poor Americans would want to reach out to rich and caring
presidents from other countries for their help in monies.If Manny Gonzales is too poor to afford
an appeal attorney and our government will not offer him one, what is the big deal if he attempts to find help elswhere? I hope President Chavez helps this kid find justice in this crazed world of ours.
We all know the severe problems that face our poor in an attempt to survive, so why should it come as such a surprise that certain poor Americans would want to reach out to rich and caring
presidents from other countries for their help in monies.If Manny Gonzales is too poor to afford
an appeal attorney and our government will not offer him one, what is the big deal if he attempts to find help elswhere? I hope President Chavez helps this kid find justice in this crazed world of ours.
Manny Gonzales has a 20 yr. old brother in the US Army fighting for justice in the middle east,
while Manny is fighting to get a fair trial with LA Legal.What a great country! The Gonzales family
deserves better !!! justice needs to be fought everywhere I guess.;
while Manny is fighting to get a fair trial with LA Legal.What a great country! The Gonzales family
deserves better !!! justice needs to be fought everywhere I guess.;
What will the rest of the world think if President Chavez of Venezuela or Citgo Oil decide to start a Non Profit organization in the US that assists financing lawyers for American poor prison inmates ?
Well we may all be hearing about that exact situation happening in the very near future ! Our obvious neglect of America's poor has caught the attention of other world leaders, and it is just matter of time until our government will be forced to either get their act together and correct this blatant injustice or allow outsiders like president Chavez the opportunity to win the hearts and minds of our neglected citizens.
Well we may all be hearing about that exact situation happening in the very near future ! Our obvious neglect of America's poor has caught the attention of other world leaders, and it is just matter of time until our government will be forced to either get their act together and correct this blatant injustice or allow outsiders like president Chavez the opportunity to win the hearts and minds of our neglected citizens.
I find it appalling that this type of hate injustice could of happened in the Van Nuys court to Manny Gonzales. We all have to accept the Mexican community and their off spring. This injustice has to be reversed and stopped from ever happening to any other Mexican American kid in our local courts.this presiding judge was out to lunch on this one. thank god we live in a democracy where this type of injustice can be resolved.Manny Gonzales represents this Mexican American community here in LA and we all need to priotect evryones right to fair trials here.
How in the world could this great city of ours allow this Mexican American kid to go through such a unjust trial like he had in Van Nuys ? It looks like this rotten chicken has come home to roost. Why has it taken so long for this obvious abuse of justice in La Legal to be heard of ? What is more troubling is that this case of Manny Gonzales might just replicate hundreds here in our great city.Where have the safeguards been on this type of treatment of our youth? The last time I checked,I thought we had a Hispanic Mayor running this town.
For any American to to be upset that President Hugo Chavez has been asked to finance this poor Mexican Americans appeal for a fair trial with the Van Nuys court, might be in possession of misplaced anger. Why should any poor American in our prison system even be in such a
situation to begin with?All Americans rich or poor are suppose to be entitled to the right of a fair trial,but are all poor Americans entitled to the right of private attorneys or appeal attorneys ? We as loving and caring Americans have the ability to provide for our poor concerning our legal system,but it might take many Manny's reaching out publicly to other world leasers before our Congress gets the message.Manny Gonzales appeal to a foreign president for assistance with his legal case is a sign of the times. Lets just hope and pray this blunt message gets those in and out of our government motivated enough to head off international public laughter and scorn.We need to stop pointing are finger at others
world-wide until our own house is built on a more solid foundation. America's working poor deserve our governments attention and problem
solving Congress to take this matter much more seriously then just giving it lip service,or we will continue to see many many more public
outreaches by the slighted poor in this country. God Save the Queen ???
situation to begin with?All Americans rich or poor are suppose to be entitled to the right of a fair trial,but are all poor Americans entitled to the right of private attorneys or appeal attorneys ? We as loving and caring Americans have the ability to provide for our poor concerning our legal system,but it might take many Manny's reaching out publicly to other world leasers before our Congress gets the message.Manny Gonzales appeal to a foreign president for assistance with his legal case is a sign of the times. Lets just hope and pray this blunt message gets those in and out of our government motivated enough to head off international public laughter and scorn.We need to stop pointing are finger at others
world-wide until our own house is built on a more solid foundation. America's working poor deserve our governments attention and problem
solving Congress to take this matter much more seriously then just giving it lip service,or we will continue to see many many more public
outreaches by the slighted poor in this country. God Save the Queen ???
We asked for it and now we have it. Egg I mean, and it appears to be running down our countries face.It also looks like there will be plenty more to come.I believe it states somewhere in the Bible something about taking care of the poor? Thank You Manny Gonzales for taking your mirror into your prison with you.now we all just have to pray that others in our state and federal government know the difference between your mirrors
reflection of reason, hope, change and love and their mirrors reflection of fear, hate and cruel and unreasonable punishment. Beauty I guess is only in the eyes of ???
reflection of reason, hope, change and love and their mirrors reflection of fear, hate and cruel and unreasonable punishment. Beauty I guess is only in the eyes of ???
This horrific abuse of Manny Gonzales attempting to receive his right to a fair trial is also coupled with a 27 year mandatory sentence (without any possible early release) ending with this 21 year old being forced from inside prison to come up with his own appeal to submit to the CA Central District Federal Court in Riverside California. I also agree that the US Congress needs to stop this third world judicial process from continuing to plague our American poor in this obvious fashion. President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela might have a bigger heart for our poor Americans then our own government does. The average appeal attorney wants about $30,000 to put together a proper federal appeal for this kid! Our government expects Manny Gonzales to work on this appeal by himself even though he has no educational skills to even properly attempt this feat. The amazing fact is that the CA state government will spend over $1,000,000 incarcerating this kid and the Federal government will not spend a penny on his Federal appeal. How could we let this judicial abuse and neglect of this countries poor continue to enslave our fellow citizens ? America's beaten down poor in our judicial system
will praise President Hugo Chavez if he decides to assist them in their plight for financial backing with their criminal cases. If this the richest country in the world has given up
protecting their poor in the judicial system,then it is time for others worldwide who understand what its like being poor (President Hugo Chavez) to come to their rescue!
will praise President Hugo Chavez if he decides to assist them in their plight for financial backing with their criminal cases. If this the richest country in the world has given up
protecting their poor in the judicial system,then it is time for others worldwide who understand what its like being poor (President Hugo Chavez) to come to their rescue!
This horrific abuse of Manny Gonzales attempting to receive his right to a fair trial is also coupled with a 27 year mandatory sentence (without any possible early release) ending with this 21 year old being forced from inside prison to come up with his own appeal to submit to the CA Central District Federal Court in Riverside California. I also agree that the US Congress needs to stop this third world judicial process from continuing to plague our American poor in this obvious fashion. President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela might have a bigger heart for our poor Americans then our own government does. The average appeal attorney wants about $30,000 to put together a proper federal appeal for this kid! Our government expects Manny Gonzales to work on this appeal by himself even though he has no educational skills to even properly attempt this feat. The amazing fact is that the CA state government will spend over $1,000,000 incarcerating this kid and the Federal government will not spend a penny on his Federal appeal. How could we let this judicial abuse and neglect of this countries poor continue to enslave our fellow citizens ? America's beaten down poor in our judicial system
will praise President Hugo Chavez if he decides to assist them in their plight for financial backing with their criminal cases. If this the richest country in the world has given up
protecting their poor in the judicial system,then it is time for others worldwide who understand what its like being poor (President Hugo Chavez) to come to their rescue!
will praise President Hugo Chavez if he decides to assist them in their plight for financial backing with their criminal cases. If this the richest country in the world has given up
protecting their poor in the judicial system,then it is time for others worldwide who understand what its like being poor (President Hugo Chavez) to come to their rescue!
Manny Gonzales criminal case is just one of possibly hundreds if not thousands that have been mishandled by the State of Ca. Why would our Federal government investigate these type of judicial abuse cases when they have their own serious issues to deal with in this case? Our federal government has gotten away with forcing poor people like Manny Gonzales to represent themselves in their federal court cases even though they might not even have a high school degree.Our US Congress knows all about this gross mistreatment of America's poor and obviously could care less. Congress knows all about voting themselves pay raises, but when it comes to protecting poor Americans within our judicial system, these same fat cats give a million and one excuses why this country can't afford it. I also believe that America's poor need to become a protected class in this country. Think about it ! Why would America's poor even need
outside financial support for their heating oil bills and legal bills if the US Congress were really watching after them .Too many of our political leadears only talk the talk. This Pesident Chavez of Venezuela w$lks the W$lk. It appears that our US congress needs to see other world leaders assisting America's poor before they understand their short-commings. I would support any world leader who has an interest in getting involved with our US poor who have been neglected and forgotten by their own government leaders.
outside financial support for their heating oil bills and legal bills if the US Congress were really watching after them .Too many of our political leadears only talk the talk. This Pesident Chavez of Venezuela w$lks the W$lk. It appears that our US congress needs to see other world leaders assisting America's poor before they understand their short-commings. I would support any world leader who has an interest in getting involved with our US poor who have been neglected and forgotten by their own government leaders.
Who could imagine that this country can't afford appeal attorney's for Americans on death row? Every ten prison inmates executed in this country causes one innocent victims death as well. Remember, 10 % of the overall nationwide prison population is innocent to begin with. This country might want to consider that we can't afford not to offer proper legal representation for our poor in our prison systems. There comes a point in time that the poor will begin to realize this obvious injustice and look for humanitarians outside of this fair and decent country of ours. President Hugo Chavez seems to be one of many foreign leaders who might have more interest helping our poor then our US Congress does. I believe in a short period of time the international community will also know the true character of President Chavez. I also agree that president Chavez of Venezuela is the real deal, and our congress is frightened to death that their neglect and allowed abuse of the American poor will become exposed internationally when it takes an outsider to care and protect our poor instead of our own government.If it takes the poorest of our population (in the richest country in the world ) to look to foreign leaders for legitimate financial assistance in their legal cases,then we all really have to wonder if this democracy of ours is going to be here 10 years from now. we all remember it was already tried in this country once by the British ! The American poor are looking for their leader and if it turns out that President Hugo Chavez comes to their rescue, I 'm sure every
Frenchmen will applaud and remember the days they helped another group of downcast Americans win their rights of respect and freedom. Boy, were those the days ??
Frenchmen will applaud and remember the days they helped another group of downcast Americans win their rights of respect and freedom. Boy, were those the days ??
Who could imagine that this country can't afford appeal attorney's for Americans on death row? Every ten prison inmates executed in this country causes one innocent victims death as well. Remember, 10 % of the overall nationwide prison population is innocent to begin with. This country might want to consider that we can't afford not to offer proper legal representation for our poor in our prison systems. There comes a point in time that the poor will begin to realize this obvious injustice and look for humanitarians outside of this fair and decent country of ours. President Hugo Chavez seems to be one of many foreign leaders who might have more interest helping our poor then our US Congress does. I believe in a short period of time the international community will also know the true character of President Chavez. I also agree that president Chavez of Venezuela is the real deal, and our congress is frightened to death that their neglect and allowed abuse of the American poor will become exposed internationally when it takes an outsider to care and protect our poor instead of our own government.If it takes the poorest of our population (in the richest country in the world ) to look to foreign leaders for legitimate financial assistance in their legal cases,then we all really have to wonder if this democracy of ours is going to be here 10 years from now. We all remember it was already tried in this country once by the British ! The American poor are looking for their leader and if it turns out that President Hugo Chavez comes to their rescue, I 'm sure every
Frenchmen will applaud and remember the days they helped another group of downcast Americans win their rights of respect and freedom. Boy, were those the days ??
Frenchmen will applaud and remember the days they helped another group of downcast Americans win their rights of respect and freedom. Boy, were those the days ??
I'm not complaining about this great country of ours ,but it is quite apparent that certain groups of our poor citizens are getting the short end of the stick when it comes to our governments interest
and protection. The American poor and working poor have no respect with our elected leaders. It appears that pacifying our poor is the name of this game. Thousands of poor American's languish in our prisons due to not even being able to hire competent attorneys to represent them in a court of law. Manny Gonzales is one poster child of this chilling reality of our national judicial system. A 21 year old kid without a high school degree is expected to write his own legal appeal to a US Federal court? Normal legal fees by attorneys for this criminal appeal is about $30,000 but our democratic society demands that our poor like Manny Gonzales complete this task on their own. The end result of Manny Gonzales not being up to this task of representing himself with this difficult appeal is that he will remain in New Folsom Prison for 24 more years. This grim reality of our justice system abandoning our poor with their legal representation needs to be addressed by our government leaders. Our poor pay taxes and read their Bibles also ?
and protection. The American poor and working poor have no respect with our elected leaders. It appears that pacifying our poor is the name of this game. Thousands of poor American's languish in our prisons due to not even being able to hire competent attorneys to represent them in a court of law. Manny Gonzales is one poster child of this chilling reality of our national judicial system. A 21 year old kid without a high school degree is expected to write his own legal appeal to a US Federal court? Normal legal fees by attorneys for this criminal appeal is about $30,000 but our democratic society demands that our poor like Manny Gonzales complete this task on their own. The end result of Manny Gonzales not being up to this task of representing himself with this difficult appeal is that he will remain in New Folsom Prison for 24 more years. This grim reality of our justice system abandoning our poor with their legal representation needs to be addressed by our government leaders. Our poor pay taxes and read their Bibles also ?
Where is the investigative reporting on the lack of resources for poor prison inmates ? Being in prison without any possible attorney to help with an appeal seems very third world instead of what we expect from our govenment. Most Americans I'm sure have no idea that our government has abandoned the poor in such a need. This type of attitude with our prison inmates and their families, needs to be exposed. If we can't let our population have attorneys in all phases and stages of their court cases, then our justice system needs to be revamped. How in the world
can we call ourselves a democracy with this type of abuse of our poor ?
can we call ourselves a democracy with this type of abuse of our poor ?
Our poor being kept behind prison walls need to be treated fairly and never should have to deal with this obvious neglect that our US Congress has inflicted on them. Everyone in a American prison that needs to appeal their case to a Federal Court is on their own financially. If you have the finances yourself to pay appeal lawyers to represent you in this situation your in the minority. Most of our prison population can't afford the legal fees associated with these type of appeals (average $30,000 ) and are forced from their prisons to either write their own paperwork or attempt to find a attorney to volunteer their time to help them out. After reading the letter written to President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela ( and posted on the WWW ) for financial assistance for Manny Gonzales to appeal his unjust criminal trial in Van Nuys California I realized that this type of cruel treatment of our poor somehow is an acceptable policy to our government leaders. If president Chavez decides to offer monies to American poor stuck in our prisons due to financial restraints I predict we all can expect these same government leaders to scream and stomp their feet and berate this humanitarian act as if it were an act of war?
We as a civilized country need to take better care of our poor in our prisons or
the rest of the real civilized world might find out the truth about us !
Manny Gonzales is our US Congressional poster child of neglect and abuse !
the rest of the real civilized world might find out the truth about us !
Manny Gonzales is our US Congressional poster child of neglect and abuse !
We as Americans feel we live in a progressive country and yet these mandatory jail sentences still plague our so called system of justice. Our prisons
have become our new Rehab for Americans with addiction problems. Why would anyone with a drug problem be sent into a Ca prison, when all of
Arnold's prisons are drug infested to begin with ? Manny Gonzales is our Us Congressional poster child of neglect and allowed abuse in this countries
judicial system.
have become our new Rehab for Americans with addiction problems. Why would anyone with a drug problem be sent into a Ca prison, when all of
Arnold's prisons are drug infested to begin with ? Manny Gonzales is our Us Congressional poster child of neglect and allowed abuse in this countries
judicial system.
We will all just have to wait and see who decides to act first.Our US congress or some foreign leader such as President Chavez. Either way these poor folks stuck in our prisons without proper
legal assistance for their appeals in our Federal courts will be able to have their right sheard properly.
legal assistance for their appeals in our Federal courts will be able to have their right sheard properly.
President Hugo Chavez is a great possible source for funding such a large task. Maybe he and other international leaders all could combine their monies together and start this Freedom Foundation for America's poor?
I read in the La Times newspaper article that Federal Judges are upset about mandatory sentencing being a horrific way to conduct our judicial system nationwide. I'm wondering why these same judges never complained about our poor defendants who are unable to afford appeal attorneys to the federal courts ? This bizzare situation of expecting our poor, uneducated and inexpierenced in our prisons
to be capable of being their own appeal attorneys is shocking ! Manny
Gonzales is a 21 year old kid without a high school diploma and our federal government could care less if his appeal is done properly or not ? If Manny Gonzales gets turned down with his Federal appeal he can look forward to spending 24 more years in prison without any possible early release. Congress needs to address this issue before monies start flowing into our prison system from abroad. If Manny
Gonzales loses his appeal with his handwritten appeal this whole injust situation might trigger international news stories about
America's judicial procedures and the lack of equal protection for our poor to properly defend themselves in our Federal Courts. I for one
am very supportive for our US Congress to correct this obvious injustice that affects Manny Gonzales and thousands of other poor defendants stuck in our prisons, before other world leaders decide to do their jobs for them.
to be capable of being their own appeal attorneys is shocking ! Manny
Gonzales is a 21 year old kid without a high school diploma and our federal government could care less if his appeal is done properly or not ? If Manny Gonzales gets turned down with his Federal appeal he can look forward to spending 24 more years in prison without any possible early release. Congress needs to address this issue before monies start flowing into our prison system from abroad. If Manny
Gonzales loses his appeal with his handwritten appeal this whole injust situation might trigger international news stories about
America's judicial procedures and the lack of equal protection for our poor to properly defend themselves in our Federal Courts. I for one
am very supportive for our US Congress to correct this obvious injustice that affects Manny Gonzales and thousands of other poor defendants stuck in our prisons, before other world leaders decide to do their jobs for them.
Now the black community is hearing about this ? Where have all our black leaders in and out of Congress been ? Why has this
devious way of keeping our poor brothers locked up longer without the chance for new trials with federal appeals been changed before ? Yes the black Congress needs to hear about this !
devious way of keeping our poor brothers locked up longer without the chance for new trials with federal appeals been changed before ? Yes the black Congress needs to hear about this !
There is no realistic way to explain why our Federal Courts and judges have allowed our poor defendants in our prisons nationwide to be without appeal attorneys when they want their convictins in criminal cases to be retried. If the reasoning for this obvious neglect by our US Congress is blamed on the lack of Federal finances, then what might be the problem with President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela or other world leaders having more of an interest in assisting Americas poor in our prisons who really have no one else to help them ? I also would request help from anyone who could offer me the money to properly defend myself in a American court of law. We all know not everyone in prison is guilty and for us to deny these innocent prison inmates from having appeal attorneys submit their case to a Federal court seems UNAMERICAN !!
I'm in total shock that this policy has not been publicly exposed previously ? There are no excuses that could explain this other then our poor of all colors are being terribly taken advantage of and the American people need to be informed about it. Once our US media gets wind of this, Congress will pass some very fast legislation correcting this immoral policy.We all need to feel proud to be Americans
and when this serious issue of unfairness in our judicial system for our poor not being given appeal attorneys for federal court appeals is corrected, this country will prove again that living in the good old USA is a constant work in progress.
and when this serious issue of unfairness in our judicial system for our poor not being given appeal attorneys for federal court appeals is corrected, this country will prove again that living in the good old USA is a constant work in progress.
The only way our US Congress shapes and moves together on issues is when any certain lobby spend enough $$ to wine and dine them. Forget about Americas poor in our prisons, they have no lobby and they have very little empathy from the public at large. Most Americans have no concept
how unjust it is to deny thousands of uneducated prison inmates proper leagal representation for their Federal appeals. Most Americans are too busy worrying about their own families to get involved assisting on this type of serious issue. Do you know how difficult it is to get even the caring and loving Americans to pick up their phones to call their congressional rep. to voice their outrage over any issue that does not affect them directly ? Without the big bucks comming from
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuyela or another world leader, these thousands of prison inmates can forget about getting any justice .
how unjust it is to deny thousands of uneducated prison inmates proper leagal representation for their Federal appeals. Most Americans are too busy worrying about their own families to get involved assisting on this type of serious issue. Do you know how difficult it is to get even the caring and loving Americans to pick up their phones to call their congressional rep. to voice their outrage over any issue that does not affect them directly ? Without the big bucks comming from
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuyela or another world leader, these thousands of prison inmates can forget about getting any justice .
Blacks and Hispanics are keenly aware that denial of proper legal representation in appealing to federal courts puts this country on par with China or Burma in denying poorer citizens fairness in receiving new trials . Now all these two communities have to do is unite and lobby Congress together on this issue together. Who knows,this might be the start of a long awaited unification
that would take Congress by storm.
that would take Congress by storm.
I would be very surprised if our US Congress allowed this injustice
with federal appeals to remain the way it is currently. Nobody has the ability to explain with any legitimate reasoning why it even exists to begin with. Americans do not hate our poorer citizens and this policy
of mistreatment needs to be changed as soon as possible so we do not have one more Manny Gonzales looking internationally for monies to pay appeal attorneys to our Federal Courts.
with federal appeals to remain the way it is currently. Nobody has the ability to explain with any legitimate reasoning why it even exists to begin with. Americans do not hate our poorer citizens and this policy
of mistreatment needs to be changed as soon as possible so we do not have one more Manny Gonzales looking internationally for monies to pay appeal attorneys to our Federal Courts.
The free world has always looked to the US as the perfect example of how great it is to live in a Democracy. Our society has pride in protecting our overall US citizens either within our country or abroad.This very serious situation of Manny Gonzales and possibly thousands of other poor Americans not being protected from continued incarceration due to our US Congress not having the interest to supply adequate appeal attorneys to the Federal courts for these poor prison inmates is really an abomination of judical prudence in my viewpoint.This country is in the midst of a trillion dollar war and the poor are suffering in our prisons due to lack of funding by our Congress ? No this has been obviously going on for quite a long time to be a funding issue!
This is an outright tragedy of justice that does not represent a democracy of the free world.
This my fellow Americans is a policy of pure discrimination against the poor.
This is an outright tragedy of justice that does not represent a democracy of the free world.
This my fellow Americans is a policy of pure discrimination against the poor.
Todays New York Times News Paper reported on the millions of dollars certain federal judges are
able to offer their pet charities of choice across the country with leftover funds from class action
cases they have presided in apparently after all victims in the injured class have been paid their damages, These federal judges can decide where the remaining funding can be donated to, and often times offer them to various non profits of their choosing.
This is very interesting and troubling because we also have our US Congress denying tens of thousands of poor prison inmates (across this country) funding for appeal attorneys to represent them with their Federal appeal court cases in attempts to win new retrials.
Yes, President Hugo Chavez might be the only person capable of assisting these thousands of poor American prison inmates from the obvious total neglect of this US Congress.
able to offer their pet charities of choice across the country with leftover funds from class action
cases they have presided in apparently after all victims in the injured class have been paid their damages, These federal judges can decide where the remaining funding can be donated to, and often times offer them to various non profits of their choosing.
This is very interesting and troubling because we also have our US Congress denying tens of thousands of poor prison inmates (across this country) funding for appeal attorneys to represent them with their Federal appeal court cases in attempts to win new retrials.
Yes, President Hugo Chavez might be the only person capable of assisting these thousands of poor American prison inmates from the obvious total neglect of this US Congress.
I have heard of many judges ordering certain citizens brought before their courts to serve community service in their communities as part of their punishment,but I would love these Federal judges to be forced to do the same with this nations poor prison population.To be so cold and unloving in not offering any monies towards the poor prison inmates that need lawyers is a story for
our national media to tell.Class warfare is not meant to be in the work-place of the US Federal Courts.
our national media to tell.Class warfare is not meant to be in the work-place of the US Federal Courts.
I think the best thing for our country would be if someone like President Chavez were to offer Manny Gonzales the needed funding so he could hire proper legal counsel to submit his federal appeal case
without being forced to hand write it himself from prison. It has been reported that this kid Manny Gonzales has only a GED and obviously is not up to the task of being his own best lawyer. This national policy of injustice affecting thousands of our poor in prisons nationwide needs all of our prayers. I will make some calls voicing my outrage that this is happening and will also e mail this
tragic story to various media sources. I'm sure we will be hearing much more about this case with or without President Hugo Chavez.
without being forced to hand write it himself from prison. It has been reported that this kid Manny Gonzales has only a GED and obviously is not up to the task of being his own best lawyer. This national policy of injustice affecting thousands of our poor in prisons nationwide needs all of our prayers. I will make some calls voicing my outrage that this is happening and will also e mail this
tragic story to various media sources. I'm sure we will be hearing much more about this case with or without President Hugo Chavez.
Wow. You folks seem to have been very active on the site, but it's not really contributing to his liberation. The lack of faith in Manny himself that comes from "(he) has only a GED and obviously is not up to the task of being his own best lawyer" is really pretty gross. A GED doesn't mean you don't know how to read or can't study law... I'd suggest that his supporters contact the National Lawyers Guild to find a lawyer for him.
Luci,
What a wonderful suggestion about the Lawyers Guild for this specific case! The thousands of other
cases that poor prison inmates need assistance with nationwide might need a little more financial help then the Guild can offer.Luci what we are witnessing with Manny Gonzales is happening all across America, the poor have been slighted with legal representation and our Congress knows it. Average fees for appeals like Manny's to federal courts in Ca are $30,000.If highly trained lawyers are charging fees like this how in the world could any of us even with college degrees attempt this feat ?
Remember Luci, if Manny's appeal fails he might spend 24 more years in prison without any chance for early release.
What a wonderful suggestion about the Lawyers Guild for this specific case! The thousands of other
cases that poor prison inmates need assistance with nationwide might need a little more financial help then the Guild can offer.Luci what we are witnessing with Manny Gonzales is happening all across America, the poor have been slighted with legal representation and our Congress knows it. Average fees for appeals like Manny's to federal courts in Ca are $30,000.If highly trained lawyers are charging fees like this how in the world could any of us even with college degrees attempt this feat ?
Remember Luci, if Manny's appeal fails he might spend 24 more years in prison without any chance for early release.
I have read about this Manny Gonzales case on various sights on the web and have looked at close to 100 various accounts by other readers of what happened to Manny Gonzales and I'm shocked that this also could be happening to thousands of other Americans nationwide? From torture in our military to enslavement of our own in US prisons I can only wonder where the America that I grew up with went?
I do believe most Americans feel that the US is the place where justice will prevail. With this situation of thousands of American poor prison inmates not being afforded the opportunity of having an appeal attorney supplied to them for their Federal cases,I'm afraid to say I also agree that our Government appears to acting quite unjustly.
We are spending a trillion dollars on this Republican war and we have no monies for our poor? Most Us soldiers fighting in this war are poor
themselves.I just wonder how a poor American soldier like Manny's
brother in the US Army in the Middle East War Zone would feel about
his own brother never being able to receive a fair trial,a fair and reasonable sentence and now being forced to write his own Federal appeal to the Ca Central Federal District Court in Riverside California.
Thousands of poor prison inmates nationwide are not provided attorneys for their federal appeals,but their other family members are fighting for freedom and justice for all? The Press is going to have a field day with this wonderful human interest story.This is the kind of stuff TV movies are made of.
We are spending a trillion dollars on this Republican war and we have no monies for our poor? Most Us soldiers fighting in this war are poor
themselves.I just wonder how a poor American soldier like Manny's
brother in the US Army in the Middle East War Zone would feel about
his own brother never being able to receive a fair trial,a fair and reasonable sentence and now being forced to write his own Federal appeal to the Ca Central Federal District Court in Riverside California.
Thousands of poor prison inmates nationwide are not provided attorneys for their federal appeals,but their other family members are fighting for freedom and justice for all? The Press is going to have a field day with this wonderful human interest story.This is the kind of stuff TV movies are made of.
We need to stop this false incarceration of thousands of our poor prison inmates due to lack of attorneys being provided to them for their federal appeals. We can't allow our judicial system to be fixed for the rich to get out of jail and the poor Mexican American like Manny Gonzales to stay in prison for 24 more years because he is poor and can't afford an appeal attorney to the federal court. If President Hugo Chavez wants to assist with the legal fees for any of our poor prison inmates appeals to the federal courts he will have my full support and
I know the thousands of other families that are suffering due to this injustice by our US Congress.
I know the thousands of other families that are suffering due to this injustice by our US Congress.
Since America has always given foreign aid to other countries to assist their development, it should come as no surprise if other leaders of foreign countries start to contribute to Americas poor in our US prisons as a offering of goodwill also. Our US Congress is neglecting our poor Americans in prisons nationwide and if other humanitarians worldwide follow through with long awaited financial assistance to these thousands of enslaved prison inmates all Americans should be supportive. The French are no longer needed as they were in this countries past liberation. Americas prison poor will continue looking worldwide for modern day liberators of this obvious prison suppression concerning federal appeals.
We know how to make positive change in this country when needed and now is the time concerning federal appeal attorney fees.
I'm from the old school and really believe all Americans rich and poor deserve proper protection from long term inprisonment.
I'm from the old school and really believe all Americans rich and poor deserve proper protection from long term inprisonment.
I have read about this Manny Gonzales appeal case and marvel at the revelation that thousands of poor Americans like MR Gonzales are being held in prisons across our country because their own shabby written legal appeals were turned down by Federal Judges. Why are we all under the impression that everyone in America has the right to be properly represented by a lawyer. I guess appeal lawyers for the federal courts are excluded for some reason ? How could we afford
not to protect our most needy ? Our poor soldiers in Iraq are fighting only for rich Americans rights to fair federal appeals ? I just wonder what these brave men in the war zone would think about their poor family members not having protection from the same government that asks their risk their lives for? Great human interest story for any media that wants to write the truth !
not to protect our most needy ? Our poor soldiers in Iraq are fighting only for rich Americans rights to fair federal appeals ? I just wonder what these brave men in the war zone would think about their poor family members not having protection from the same government that asks their risk their lives for? Great human interest story for any media that wants to write the truth !
Making sure all Americans have fair trials and fair appeal opportunities should be the motto of
all these attorneys in our US Congress and US Judicial system. It appears that the ivory towers of both these legal clubs have lost their humanistic feelings for their fellow poor Americans. This country of ours does not need to enslave our poor prison inmates and offer false hopes of gaining new retrials by forcing them to write their own legal appeals to US Federal courts. And we want to point our fingers at Venezuela ?
all these attorneys in our US Congress and US Judicial system. It appears that the ivory towers of both these legal clubs have lost their humanistic feelings for their fellow poor Americans. This country of ours does not need to enslave our poor prison inmates and offer false hopes of gaining new retrials by forcing them to write their own legal appeals to US Federal courts. And we want to point our fingers at Venezuela ?
I'm not amazed that this tragic situation exists with thousands of US poor prison inmates concerning them not being afforded their proper legal representation for their Federal Court Appeals.We all just have to assume that this countries future step will be torture. American taxpayers would save tons of $$ with this future policy.Just think after you torture these poor Americans and get the truth out of them, we all will really know who the true innocent victims are ?? I will even go so far as to venture to guess that all those 250 prison inmates who languished in our prison for 25 years would agree. I did forget to mention that these former poor prison inmates who were freed did not have their government assist them with leagal assistance for filing their appeals to the Federal Courts. Only DNA evidence was needed in these poor prison inmates Freedom.
This horrible policy by this government of ours towards Americas poor prison population if not kept in check I believe will sooner or later be expanded into the general population in the distant future.Anytime masses of people except false incarceration being done to their own citizens in any ( form of government) democracy its time to stop worrying about what foreign countries are doing within their own borders and start worrying about all of us .
We all now know that torture has been going on outside the US in our name, but very few of us have ever heard that our own poor citizens have been kept in prisons across America for endless years due to not being afforded appeal attorneys with our Federal Courts. I also am in agreement if we can't get this injustice to change, then we all might be in for a very big surpise with our own liberties in the future.All those innocent Americans accused, tried and convicted of rape languished in our prisons for decades befor DNA evidence was able to prove their innocence. If these same men had they been given federal appeal lawyers in our federal courts they might have had a chance of having their cases retried and been found innocent. Ther are reported to be 200,000 innocent americans in our prisons and they deserve all of our help in being able to just to have a fair chance to prove their innocense.
I'm with you Vernon on this one. My husband a I do not know how this ever could of happened
to our poor to begin with ? Where is the main line media on this? Don't they have a interest in
protecting our prison poor from this injustice ? This issue is one that we had all better take very seriously. After our poor who of us will it be next?
to our poor to begin with ? Where is the main line media on this? Don't they have a interest in
protecting our prison poor from this injustice ? This issue is one that we had all better take very seriously. After our poor who of us will it be next?
Nancy, heads the US Congress and the lucky residents of the SF area are all aware that Nancy does know how to champion justice. This cost of making sure every poor American prison inmate has the ability afforded them for appeal attorneys for their federal appeals is one that is not only possible,but one that really points out the realities of living in a free society as ours.We are all very capable of calling Nancy's office to make this change for our poor in prison,or we can just pretend to live in a democracy that we could be proud of without this injustice being corrected.
Our country has changed over the years but I also do not approve of international torture or prison enslavement of American poor in our US prison systems.
Our country has changed over the years but I also do not approve of international torture or prison enslavement of American poor in our US prison systems.
America's poor in prison are more likely to receive monies from foreign leaders then our US Congress for their legal fees concerning appeals to the Federal courts. Poor people in America do not have a looby fighting for their rights; thats why they are in this terribly unjust situation to begin with.
Today was a very special day for America! Our Supreme Court made a very good choice on giving back US judges more control over sentencing in their own courtrooms. After 20 years of complaints from various brave and honorable federal judges from around our country partial and positive change has made its way into a new reality.
Now we just have to hope and pray that our US Congress is much more agile and anxious to make
positive changes to correct the injustices with the thousands of poor prison inmates enslaved in our US prison systems nationwide. Offering poor prison inmates a sincere opportunity to appeal for retrials in our federal courts with attorneys instead of forcing these poor and uneducated prison inmates to write their own appeals from prison is what all Americans deserve from their US Congress and US judicial system. Give Me Liberty Or give Me A LAWYER !
If our Supreme Court lawyer judges could eventually see the light of justice with Mandatory Sentencing after 20 years,maybe all of our Congressional legal minds can accomplish greater things for our poor languishing behind high silent walls nationwide. All Americans expect justice to prevail in this great country of ours and if our US Congress can't correct this obvious injustice taking place everyday in our judicial system concerning this federal appeal issue,I'm positive there will be others from around the world looking to do it for them.
Now we just have to hope and pray that our US Congress is much more agile and anxious to make
positive changes to correct the injustices with the thousands of poor prison inmates enslaved in our US prison systems nationwide. Offering poor prison inmates a sincere opportunity to appeal for retrials in our federal courts with attorneys instead of forcing these poor and uneducated prison inmates to write their own appeals from prison is what all Americans deserve from their US Congress and US judicial system. Give Me Liberty Or give Me A LAWYER !
If our Supreme Court lawyer judges could eventually see the light of justice with Mandatory Sentencing after 20 years,maybe all of our Congressional legal minds can accomplish greater things for our poor languishing behind high silent walls nationwide. All Americans expect justice to prevail in this great country of ours and if our US Congress can't correct this obvious injustice taking place everyday in our judicial system concerning this federal appeal issue,I'm positive there will be others from around the world looking to do it for them.
I'm in my 60's and I do recall my childhood being quite different then life in America today.
Yes we have many wonderful things to be thankful for living in the USA, but my belief is we have had fantastic minds constantly working to better this country all through our history who knew
human nature better than most. Once again we are faced with horrible news about this prison
Federal court appeal issue affecting thousands of poor prison inmates in a tragic way. Yes, it sounds like our Congress needs to take this matter seriously before others from abroad attempt
to intervene themselves.I for one will support this effort in hopes of offering those thousandsof poor US citizens in American prisons who are facing this horror some hope of justice.
Yes we have many wonderful things to be thankful for living in the USA, but my belief is we have had fantastic minds constantly working to better this country all through our history who knew
human nature better than most. Once again we are faced with horrible news about this prison
Federal court appeal issue affecting thousands of poor prison inmates in a tragic way. Yes, it sounds like our Congress needs to take this matter seriously before others from abroad attempt
to intervene themselves.I for one will support this effort in hopes of offering those thousandsof poor US citizens in American prisons who are facing this horror some hope of justice.
The million dollar question for our judicial system is how could they even allow these uneducated
poor prison inmates to even submit their own federal appeals ? The two milliopn dollar answer is,
we have federal judges all across America who have not said NO I will not be part of this unjust system of false justice! Many of these Federal judges have spoken out about mandatory sentencing, but not a peep has been heard about this issue of our Congress not affording lawyers for poor prison inmates with their federal appeals.I guess if anyone knows what justice looks like it must be these silent Federal Appeal Judges.
poor prison inmates to even submit their own federal appeals ? The two milliopn dollar answer is,
we have federal judges all across America who have not said NO I will not be part of this unjust system of false justice! Many of these Federal judges have spoken out about mandatory sentencing, but not a peep has been heard about this issue of our Congress not affording lawyers for poor prison inmates with their federal appeals.I guess if anyone knows what justice looks like it must be these silent Federal Appeal Judges.
The world could be talking about this for years if President Hugo Chavez gets involved either assisting
Manny Gonzales or other prison inmates with their needed finances to have proper appeal attorneys
represent them for their Federal appeal cases. Our US Congress might just wake up one morning
to the news reports about a foreign humanitarian president taking it upon himself to rescue these thousands of poor uneducated American prison inmates from the cold hearted jaws of the US judicial system!
Manny Gonzales or other prison inmates with their needed finances to have proper appeal attorneys
represent them for their Federal appeal cases. Our US Congress might just wake up one morning
to the news reports about a foreign humanitarian president taking it upon himself to rescue these thousands of poor uneducated American prison inmates from the cold hearted jaws of the US judicial system!
Way too many lawyers and not enough justice for the American poor? It appears that certain
powerful people in government have really forgotten about equal justice for all being what Americans pride themselves on. This horrible situation with lack of legal representation by poor prison inmates would never fly if it were voted upon by the American public. Americans are smart enough to know that just because one is in our prison system, does not mean one is always guilty.
powerful people in government have really forgotten about equal justice for all being what Americans pride themselves on. This horrible situation with lack of legal representation by poor prison inmates would never fly if it were voted upon by the American public. Americans are smart enough to know that just because one is in our prison system, does not mean one is always guilty.
I'm in total agreement with Manny Gonzales or any of the other of thousands of US prison inmates who are being denied proper legal representation to our federal courts to reach out to the international humanitarian leaders worldwide such as President Hugo Chavez so they can submit proper appeals that might win them retrials with their criminal cases.
This would be the very first time to my knowledge that any foreign leader of another country has ever gotten involved helping an American looking for justice from our judicial system ! I read on another blog that Manny Gonzales needs $30,000 to pay an appeal attorney to submit his retrial petition to the CA Central Federal district court in Riverside California.If President Chavez decides to pay these legal fees for Manny Gonzales I believe this will highlight ( what some are calling) the unjust denial by our government of fairness in having all appeal attorneys available for all Americans rich or poor . A lawyer friend commented to me the other day
that it was very surprising to him that federal judges would even accept inadequate appeals nationwide for their review from uneducated poor prison inmates being forced to write their own federal appeals due to a lack of $.
that it was very surprising to him that federal judges would even accept inadequate appeals nationwide for their review from uneducated poor prison inmates being forced to write their own federal appeals due to a lack of $.
I read that the cost of incarcerating Manny Gonzales for his 27 year sentence will be over $1,ooo,ooo fo4r the CA taxpayers.From what I read the so called victim in that case was not injured ! How can our state rationalize this expence ? I was told this crazy situation is happening all across California with thousands of other legal cases.someone needs to get a handle on this before CA goes bust !
This often amazes me about Americans. They want their government to respect everyones right to a fair trial but could care less about everyones right to a fair retrial. When did poor prison inmates gain the required abilities to write their own federal appeals ? Give them liberty or give them appeal attorneys ! Just do not force them to stay in American prisons for 25 or 30 years because they are not their own best lawyers. Manny Gonzales deserves to have an appeal lawyer work his federal appeal case or he will spend 24 more years in New Folsom Prison. Manny Gonzales I read only has a GED not a law degree !
I do believe the international court and the United Nations should be looking at this US judicial
process of enslaving thousands of US poor prison inmates for 25 to 40 years.Denying fair opportunities of ever getting federal retrial appeals approved is a different form of torture then our Republican friends have been conducting internationally,but slow torture (endless years of unjust incarceration) is also not a sanctioned international activity.These thousamds of poor mostly uneducated prison inmates need federal appeal lawyers so they can have a fair chance at a posiible retrial opportunity.
process of enslaving thousands of US poor prison inmates for 25 to 40 years.Denying fair opportunities of ever getting federal retrial appeals approved is a different form of torture then our Republican friends have been conducting internationally,but slow torture (endless years of unjust incarceration) is also not a sanctioned international activity.These thousamds of poor mostly uneducated prison inmates need federal appeal lawyers so they can have a fair chance at a posiible retrial opportunity.
I think most all Americans including the ones capable of affording their own federal appeal attorneys would agree that the denial by our US Congress of legal representation for poor prison inmates to have their federal appeal cases worked on by attorneys is unjust and needs to be changed. Everyone already incarcerated in our prison system should have the same availability of proper legal representation for their federal retrial appeals. Pretending to offer justice to the poor concerning their retrial reviews by forcing them to be their own lawyers does not represent judicial equality with those Americans able to finance their own professional attorneys for their federal appeals.
" The world will not be inherited by the strongest, it will be inherited by those most able to change."
- Charles Darwin
If the international community could dig into this injustice of our poor Americans being enslaved
in our US prisons for extended years due to lack of legal representation being provided by Congress,
we just might be able to free tens of thousands of inmates nationwide who were never given a fair opportunity at receiving a retrial in their legal cases. I also am another American who believes that every American citizen(rich or poor) deserves to have proper legal representation for their federal appeals.
in our US prisons for extended years due to lack of legal representation being provided by Congress,
we just might be able to free tens of thousands of inmates nationwide who were never given a fair opportunity at receiving a retrial in their legal cases. I also am another American who believes that every American citizen(rich or poor) deserves to have proper legal representation for their federal appeals.
It's time people of color have the representation in the Oval office, because then maybe the needed changes that are keeping the poor folks down will change a little quicker.
Thousands of our poor uneducated prison inmates deserve the same chance at receiving proper legal representation for their federal appeals as wealthy Americans have been benefitting from .
Thousands of our poor uneducated prison inmates deserve the same chance at receiving proper legal representation for their federal appeals as wealthy Americans have been benefitting from .
For all those interested in reading a wonderful article by a senior fellow of the USC Annenberg Institute for Justice and Journalism please go online to the La Times Web.
This knowledgeable author (Joe Domanick) has a fantastic style all of his own !
A very informative commentary concerning CA and US prisons,justice,mandatory sentencing and the real scoop of what is really happening in our US judicial system.
If other National Daily newspapers and other major media sources can now follow the lead of the LA Times with this type of honest cutting edge insight into our US judicial indiscretions, this great country of ours can finally get on the right path for administering equal justice for all those poor Americans who have been long forgotten and pushed off the yellow brick road, in this the richest country in the world.
This knowledgeable author (Joe Domanick) has a fantastic style all of his own !
A very informative commentary concerning CA and US prisons,justice,mandatory sentencing and the real scoop of what is really happening in our US judicial system.
If other National Daily newspapers and other major media sources can now follow the lead of the LA Times with this type of honest cutting edge insight into our US judicial indiscretions, this great country of ours can finally get on the right path for administering equal justice for all those poor Americans who have been long forgotten and pushed off the yellow brick road, in this the richest country in the world.
I was so impressed with the article Prisoners of panic by Joe Domanick printed in the LA Times
Sunday opinion Section ( OP-ED) that I decided to also look it up online and E mail it to friends of mine.this guy really laid it out there as to why we are in the mess we are concerning our prisons here in CA.
Sunday opinion Section ( OP-ED) that I decided to also look it up online and E mail it to friends of mine.this guy really laid it out there as to why we are in the mess we are concerning our prisons here in CA.
We encourage everyone interested in bringing judicial equality to the US judicial system to read todays New York Times Editorial section ( More then a Steak Dinner ) We congratulate this fine
International publication for their foresight concerning every innocent American not being properly afforded equal opportunities to have proper legal representation in their attempts to exonerate themselves.
International publication for their foresight concerning every innocent American not being properly afforded equal opportunities to have proper legal representation in their attempts to exonerate themselves.
Two great takes on justice and injustice in the American judicial system can be found online or in
todays USA Today and LA Times publications front page sections. Too harsh is a LA times editorial
and The punishment fit the times in USA Forum.Thank you to both these main-line media groups for helping us all bring about the needed and proper changes in our sometimes bizzare judicial system .
todays USA Today and LA Times publications front page sections. Too harsh is a LA times editorial
and The punishment fit the times in USA Forum.Thank you to both these main-line media groups for helping us all bring about the needed and proper changes in our sometimes bizzare judicial system .
I have been reading various accounts of the US media attempting to correct our out of balance judicial system.If we continue to have an active media like this, our judicial system might very well be in for the proper changes without our US Congress being forced to correct these injustices
being thrown at poor Americans by outsider involvement.
being thrown at poor Americans by outsider involvement.
I would not bet on the Congress affording all poor prison inmates legal appeal lawyers for their federal retrial appeals. President Hugo Chavez might just be the best hope theses tens of thousands of poor prison inmates have in getting proper legal representation for their federal appeal reviews. Within the last two weeks president Chavez released from his countries prisons all the people who were involved in his attempted overthrow two years ago in Venezuela. This just act by president Hugo Chavez might just be the begining of his new international humanitarian image building. Tens of thousands of poor US prison inmates have been incarcerated here in American prisons for prolonged decades due to not being able to write their own federal appeal legal cases. President Chavez can resue these lost souls if he desires!
Our country can not afford to allow this many innocent poor prison inmates to be denied their
federal appeal retrial reviews due to not being represented by legal counsel. There is no excuse
for our US Congress to not arrange for everyone in our US prisons to have equal opportunities
at presenting proper federal appeal legal paperwork. Being poor and innocent in an American
prison should not equate to decades of prolonged prison sentences. Our country can easily afford
this needed outlay of legal funding for federal appeals and anything less will just not be
American justice as we all expect of our judicial system.We the leaders of the free world need to set the example for fairness and real justice that everyone else around the world can point to and respect us for.
federal appeal retrial reviews due to not being represented by legal counsel. There is no excuse
for our US Congress to not arrange for everyone in our US prisons to have equal opportunities
at presenting proper federal appeal legal paperwork. Being poor and innocent in an American
prison should not equate to decades of prolonged prison sentences. Our country can easily afford
this needed outlay of legal funding for federal appeals and anything less will just not be
American justice as we all expect of our judicial system.We the leaders of the free world need to set the example for fairness and real justice that everyone else around the world can point to and respect us for.
When average Americans on our local juries are open minded enough to be capable of seperating active gang members from past gang member participation or friends of gang members but not actively participating in gang activity,we then might have the ability in our courtrooms to have the clear vision of being able to decide criminal legal cases fairly. Lumping all these individuals together is just as unwise as mandatory sentencing is in deciding how to punish convicted defendants fairly. Punishment based on fear of gang activity by local juries is not always going to afford real justice more then it might convict innocent citizens made to only look guilty by rogue DA's (Norht Carolina )who know how to manipulate jurors into rendering guilty verdicts in order to attempt to protect our society from those who are really perpetuating violent street crime.
What kind of American would get enjoyment from being responsible for falsely incarcerating
innocent US citizens? Lets look at what happened to that rogue DA in North Carolina when he was only interested in getting reelected and decided to go after three innocent Duke Univ. college kids just to show his future voters that he was tough on crime. His only punishment for his attempt of railroading these three innocent kids was one day in jail and the loss of his law license. This corrupt DA should have been doled out years of prison time for his misdeeds and our justice system needs to start making sure these sick people in positions of power over us all are made to understand that they themselves are not above the law. How many innocent citizens does our judicial system have to allow to be falsely incarcerated with decades of prison time by these rogue DA's before they are held to be accountable for their improper behavior with prison time themselves?
It appears that this Gonzales kid faced a DA who also wanted to play dirty with this kids life.
For this presiding judge to allow this to take place resulting in a 27 year mandatory prison sentence makes me understand how sometimes real justice can escape our courtrooms
and create terrible injustices that we all need to be constantly aware of.
innocent US citizens? Lets look at what happened to that rogue DA in North Carolina when he was only interested in getting reelected and decided to go after three innocent Duke Univ. college kids just to show his future voters that he was tough on crime. His only punishment for his attempt of railroading these three innocent kids was one day in jail and the loss of his law license. This corrupt DA should have been doled out years of prison time for his misdeeds and our justice system needs to start making sure these sick people in positions of power over us all are made to understand that they themselves are not above the law. How many innocent citizens does our judicial system have to allow to be falsely incarcerated with decades of prison time by these rogue DA's before they are held to be accountable for their improper behavior with prison time themselves?
It appears that this Gonzales kid faced a DA who also wanted to play dirty with this kids life.
For this presiding judge to allow this to take place resulting in a 27 year mandatory prison sentence makes me understand how sometimes real justice can escape our courtrooms
and create terrible injustices that we all need to be constantly aware of.
The real question we might all be asking ourselves is why our national media is not reporting about this obvious injustice concerning the tens of thousands of US poor and mostly uneducated prison inmates being enslaved into prolonged prison sentences because they were not capable of properly writing and formulating their own federal retrial appeals ????? It's Scarey to think that our US media could go blind and not hear the cries and pleas for help concerning the 100,000 innocent US prison inmates falsely incarcerated and in desperate need of proper legal representation concerning their federal appeal retrial legal cases. I know there are some in this great country of ours who surmisethat those 100,000 innocent fellow Americans who are being denied their proper chances at being able to ever exonerate themselves are just the price of doing business when it comes to our judicial system.A federal two billion dollar yearly fund needs to be set in place to assist all these forgotten fellow Americans with proper legal representation for their federal appeals. We can't just continue to leave our innocent to languish decades in our prisons like this!
When a country as great as ours decides to just right off the 100,000 innocent prison inmates (according to the prison experts ) in not offering them proper legal representation concerning their federal retrial appeals, we all have to wonder why there has never been one media story
depicting this continued injustice. Is our National Media not interested in correcting this mass injustice?
depicting this continued injustice. Is our National Media not interested in correcting this mass injustice?
The prison experts say there are over 100,000 innocent American prison inmates incarcerated along with the over 2 million total US prison population.Our US Congress has effectively closed the doors on these innocent citizens by not affording them federal appeal legal representation for their retrial legal criminal cases. Our country can easily afford proper legal counsel for all those innocent poor defendats,but our country first needs to find those fellow citizens willing to fight for these 100,000 innocent enslaved souls rights to have proper legal representation offered them.
Before this country receives national healthcare for all its citizens we all ought to consider national
lawyers for all those innocent being forced to reside behind high silent prison walls for endless decades without our US media saying a word.
Before this country receives national healthcare for all its citizens we all ought to consider national
lawyers for all those innocent being forced to reside behind high silent prison walls for endless decades without our US media saying a word.
"Of all the rights that an accused person has, the right to be represented by counsel is by far the most pervasive, for it affects his ability to assert any other rights he may have."
Everyday Americans are seeing our media bringing to light various injustices involving our judicial system from around the country.The Innocence Project we believe needs federal funding to expand their services nation-wide so they can continue to be more productive with their mission of exonerating innocent prison inmates from the guilty pool.Having groups of lawyers and investigators around our country investigating suspected wrongful convictions should be our governments new fail safe approach to assisting the tens of thousands of innocent American citizens being falsely incarcerated for prolonged decades in US prisons.This approach of only funding legal injustices that the specialists of the innocence project feel warrant a full team of lawyers and investigators would be the most cost effective way of bringing justice to those falsely incarcerated who need the proper resources invested in their legal cases to ever have a proper chance of regaining their freedom.
These Congressional Representatives either are unaware of this injustice,or they have to be the most uncaring group of Americans to ever lead our country.There has to be one real leader among all these
representatives who would care to be the focal point in making sure this horror gets resolved properly. Americans have no tolerance for leaders who only pretend to lead and really have their heads in the sand.The national media I believe should also be making this false incarceration of 100,000 innocent American prison inmates a known reality to the American people in hopes of raising public support to end this modern day injustice from continuing .
representatives who would care to be the focal point in making sure this horror gets resolved properly. Americans have no tolerance for leaders who only pretend to lead and really have their heads in the sand.The national media I believe should also be making this false incarceration of 100,000 innocent American prison inmates a known reality to the American people in hopes of raising public support to end this modern day injustice from continuing .
We are all well aware that the judicial process of federal retrial appeals was created for all Americans to be able to utilize in hopes of receiving new criminal trials with.
Wealthy Americans who can afford their own appeal lawyers are able to receive proper legal representation enabling them good opportunities in being approved by federal judges for their new criminal trials. Poor prison inmates who are being forced to write their own legal appeal retrial cases from prisons, are being denied new trials in mass all across America. This two tier facade of a judicial procedure is continuing to falsely incarcerate tens of thousands of poor and many times innocent prison inmates who have no abilities to be their own best appeal lawyers. Why would general tax dollars from all Americans be used to finance this unjust appeal
procedure for only wealthy Americans alone to benefit from?
Wealthy Americans who can afford their own appeal lawyers are able to receive proper legal representation enabling them good opportunities in being approved by federal judges for their new criminal trials. Poor prison inmates who are being forced to write their own legal appeal retrial cases from prisons, are being denied new trials in mass all across America. This two tier facade of a judicial procedure is continuing to falsely incarcerate tens of thousands of poor and many times innocent prison inmates who have no abilities to be their own best appeal lawyers. Why would general tax dollars from all Americans be used to finance this unjust appeal
procedure for only wealthy Americans alone to benefit from?
I read that the denial of proper legal counsel not currently being afforded US poor prison inmates in our judicial process for their federal retrial appeals, stems way back to the pre Civil War era when American blacks were railroaded into decades of false incarceration.Since most blcks were poor educated at that time in history,they were unable to properly write their own federal appeal legal cases themselves,and were denied new criminal retrials by the Federal courts.This same exact injustice is still happening in the american judicial system,only today if affects all our poor American prison inmates.
Who could believe the Leaders Of The Free World could pull this smoke and mirrors judicial
injustice off this long?Since the 1800's when black Americans were being falsely incarcerated all throughout the Southern States our federal appeal judicial process has still denied our tens of thousands of innocent poor prison inmates proper legal representation for their federal appeals???
And the rest of the world sits and listens to our government leaders lecture various other countries and world leaders about their injustices???
injustice off this long?Since the 1800's when black Americans were being falsely incarcerated all throughout the Southern States our federal appeal judicial process has still denied our tens of thousands of innocent poor prison inmates proper legal representation for their federal appeals???
And the rest of the world sits and listens to our government leaders lecture various other countries and world leaders about their injustices???
Black Americans have to wonder about our country which currently has a black Presidential Democratic candidate that might very well become our next President, and a federal appeal judicial process that still denies poor black prison inmates proper federal legal representation.
When a close friend mentioned to me about this judicial situation concerning our Us Federal court of Appeals, I thought she was joking! I have since confirmed everything that was said about this continued injustice inflicting grave harm on tens of thousands of innocent American prison inmates. We have a black presidential canidate that could very well become our next US President, and we also still have a lack of federal appeal legal counsel being afforded our poor black prison inmates nationwide that continues to assist in the false imprisonment of 100,000 innocent American citizens? What a country???
America has changed so much over the last 100 years that I find it ludicrous that our federal appeals judicial legal process has still remained terribly unfair for our poorer citizens to ever be able to utilize. When only wealthy Americans who can afford lawyers are the only ones ever receiving new federal retrials,someone should be smart enough in our US Congress to make the needed changes in our defective federal appeal process to enable innocent poor citizens to a fair opportunity to exonerate themselves. Congress needs to insert some real justice into this one sided appeal system and start offering all Americans an opportunity to participate in the federal retrial appeal judicial process through affording them proper legal counse.l
The most devious and deceptive means of keeping certain groups of American citizens falsely imprisoned,is to simply deny them proper federal appeal legal counsel. Black Americans had to deal with this exact type of injustice over 100 years ago all through the Southern States.
Poor American prison inmates with little educational skills being forced to submit their own federal appeal legal cases nationwide, has turned out to becomr the longest continued injustice in the American Judicial Syatem! Quiet false incaceration of 100,000 innocent poor prison inmates nationwide can only be accomplished with the neglect or cooperation of the US national media!
Poor American prison inmates with little educational skills being forced to submit their own federal appeal legal cases nationwide, has turned out to becomr the longest continued injustice in the American Judicial Syatem! Quiet false incaceration of 100,000 innocent poor prison inmates nationwide can only be accomplished with the neglect or cooperation of the US national media!
I read that most of our US military would also be in the same situation as these tens of thousands of innocent falsely imprisoned US prison inmates in not being able to afford a federal appeal lawyer to represent their federal appeals. Our government asks our poor families to send their sons and daughters into a war zone risking their lives every single day,and their siblings back home are not worthy enough of having federal appeal legal representation? Manny Gonzales
has a brother who has continued to serve our country in the Middle East War Zone bravely with the US Army, and his brother Manny Gonzales has to beg internationally for President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela to assist him with Federal appeal legal fees?
has a brother who has continued to serve our country in the Middle East War Zone bravely with the US Army, and his brother Manny Gonzales has to beg internationally for President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela to assist him with Federal appeal legal fees?
Asking tens of millions of our middle class and poor working class Americans to support with their tax Dollars a Federal Appeal Judicial Process that only serves up justice to those other wealthy Americans fortunate enough to be capable of affording their own federal appeal lawyers ? What a facade!
It would make a fantastic humann interest news story finding out how this third generation Mexican American Gonzales family feels about this country, when they have their one son fighting bravely in the war zone (with our US Army) for justice and freedom, and their other son Manny Gonzales needing to beg President Hugo Chavez the foreign leader of Venezuela for federal appeal legal attorney fees?
It would make a fantastic humann interest news story finding out how this third generation Mexican American Gonzales family feels about this country, when they have their one son fighting bravely in the war zone (with our US Army) for justice and freedom, and their other son Manny Gonzales needing to beg President Hugo Chavez the foreign leader of Venezuela for federal appeal legal attorney fees?
What kind of Judea Christian values is our country demonstrating to the rest of the world when there are a reported 100,000 innocent falsely imprisoned inmates who have not been able to find one American political leader or National Media source willing to ride the high road in fighting for justice and equality within our federal appeal judicial process ? Great societies that do not even protect their innocent, become the guilty !
We have all been made publicly aware that America's 100,000 innocent and falsely imprisoned US inmates nationwide,have no real assistance or protections afforded them by our US Congress concerning their federal retrial appeals! How in the world can affluent guilty American defendants with proper federal appeal legal counsel,have the greater advantage of receiving new retrials from our US federal judges,then the tens of thousands of innocent poor American prison inmates who are forced to represent their own federal appeal legal cases from prison? Innocent but poor American prison inmates who are being denied new federal retrials in mass all across our nation,have never had anyone in America interested in focusing on their horror of being falsely imprisoned for decades in the wealthiest nation in the world! Without proper legal assistance being afforded these innocent prison inmates,they will never really ever be capable of exonerating themselves through the federal appeal judicial
process ! We ask every caring and loving American to just put yourself into this same exact situation for just one minute in your mind.Being falsely imprisoned in one of our American prisons for 25 or 30 years without our US Congress affording you proper legal counsel to ever have the slightest opportunity to possibly free yourself with a federal appeal retrial !
Lawyers For Poor Americans has just recently begun this national educational plea for the hearts and souls of the American people concerning this injustice,and our mission of freeing all our innocent fellow Americans from our national prisons will not stop until the US Congress legislates the needed finances to bring our innocent and missing American prison inmates back home!!!
process ! We ask every caring and loving American to just put yourself into this same exact situation for just one minute in your mind.Being falsely imprisoned in one of our American prisons for 25 or 30 years without our US Congress affording you proper legal counsel to ever have the slightest opportunity to possibly free yourself with a federal appeal retrial !
Lawyers For Poor Americans has just recently begun this national educational plea for the hearts and souls of the American people concerning this injustice,and our mission of freeing all our innocent fellow Americans from our national prisons will not stop until the US Congress legislates the needed finances to bring our innocent and missing American prison inmates back home!!!
It is a very sad and tragic reality our prison experts have reported, that there are 4 or 5 out of every 100 US prison inmates being incarcerated here in America who are innocent,and they themselves have become the victims of our American judicial process!
This unjust legal process of our American federal appeal judicial system, that is still ingrained in our federal appeal judicial system, is really very upsetting for me to even imagine possible in todays world ? When guilty rich defendants with proper legal counsel are reported to be receiving federal appeals being granted them,and poor defendants without legal counsel being denied their federal appeals, it's time to rethink and correct our whole judicial appeal process !
When the legally unprotected innocent American poor are continuing to be falsely imprisoned here in the USA, and our wise Congressional Leaders Of The Free World
do not seem even remotely interested to lift a finger to abate it,then it might just be the right time for the Pope to visit the United Nations and speak about this injustice,so the rest of the world can be made aware that human enslavement of poor citizens,can even happen right here, in the richest country in the World !
do not seem even remotely interested to lift a finger to abate it,then it might just be the right time for the Pope to visit the United Nations and speak about this injustice,so the rest of the world can be made aware that human enslavement of poor citizens,can even happen right here, in the richest country in the World !
There is something very unethical with our American judicial system which allows
only wealthy Americans with proper legal representation for their federal appeals
to have real opportunities of being granted new retrials,and the tens of thousands of innocent poor prison inmates without the benefit of any legal counsel, to be consistently denied in mass their equal opportunities at receiving federal judges positive decisions for new retrials.
If having 100,000 innocent falsely imprisoned in this country is not enough of a wakeup call for our US Congress to abate this injustice,then why would any caring American be upset if President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela decided to get involved
assisting these falsely incarcerated Americans who not only have been forgotten and abandoned by their US Government leaders, but have also been neglected
and ignored by our National media who prtends that they do not even exist??
only wealthy Americans with proper legal representation for their federal appeals
to have real opportunities of being granted new retrials,and the tens of thousands of innocent poor prison inmates without the benefit of any legal counsel, to be consistently denied in mass their equal opportunities at receiving federal judges positive decisions for new retrials.
If having 100,000 innocent falsely imprisoned in this country is not enough of a wakeup call for our US Congress to abate this injustice,then why would any caring American be upset if President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela decided to get involved
assisting these falsely incarcerated Americans who not only have been forgotten and abandoned by their US Government leaders, but have also been neglected
and ignored by our National media who prtends that they do not even exist??
I think our US judicial system has much to offer Fidel Castro of Cuba and President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela in the prison enslavement arena.It has become easy for us to be able to use this devious legal technique of inflicting injustices on ones own poorer population without the masses of other Americans even being aware that its happening. We know very well how to pretend to offer real justice to our poorer citizens,but we obviously are real experts at keeping this US human enslavement issue out of the national and International media.Our country according to the prison experts,has 100,000 innocent and falsely imprisoned American citizens being held captive without the least bit of protest from the general American population?
What you don't know can't hurt you I guess is the motto of our US Congress concerning this injustice!
What you don't know can't hurt you I guess is the motto of our US Congress concerning this injustice!
If our elected Leaders of The Free World are not caring enough or bright enough to be capable of designing a new Federal Appeal Judicial Process for the masses of middle class and working poor Americans to be able to utilize for fair and just opportunities at receiving retrials granted them by our US Federal Court Judges,then our advanced society has not learned very well from the situation the German population found themselves facing prior WW2.Falsely imprisoning 100,000 innocent
fellow American citizens without even a peep from our National Media or the American people,might just be the start down that very slippery slope.
fellow American citizens without even a peep from our National Media or the American people,might just be the start down that very slippery slope.
The CNN special on American prisons was very well done, and we can only hope our national media continues enlightening every American about the various injustices in our US judicial system concerning the federal appeal process and what conditions these 100,000 falsely imprisoned prison inmates are also forced to deal with!
The prison experts have reported that there are 100,000 innocent Americans currently being falsely imprisoned along with the 2,300,000 total US prison population nationwide. Since our US Congress has never afforded poor prison inmates federal appeal legal counsel for their federal retrials,they have effectively closed the doors on these tens of thousands of innocent citizens ever being capable of possibly exonerating themselves and regain their freedom through being granted new retrials. This same exact unjust situation was happening in our Southern States when poor and mostly uneducated black Americans were being falsely imprisoned for endless decades without the needed educational skills to properly submit their own written federal retrial appeals. This unjust judicial process of making our poor and innocent prison inmates formulate and write their own federal appeal legal cases for possible retrials on their state criminal cases,is still in effect today even though everyone in our US judicial system knows that without proper legal representation, these tens of thousands of innocent prison inmates will be denied their rightful opportunities of ever being granted new trials from our federal appeal judges .
THE FIRST OF THE TOP 10 REASONS
OUR US CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD
TO BEGIN AFFORDING OUR MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING POOR AMERICANS
FEDERAL APPEAL LEGAL COUNSEL !
America is already rated the number one country in the world for the total amount of ones own innocent citizens being falsely imprisoned, (!00,000) and by our judicial system continuing to deny our fellow Americans (appeal lawyers) who are less able to financially afford their own federal appeal legal counsel,our US
Congress will only continue running the risk of allowing our judicial system
to wrongfully incarcerate many more tens of thousands of our innocent Americans
to tragic endless decades behind our very high silent walls of the largest
prison system in the world !
OUR US CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD
TO BEGIN AFFORDING OUR MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING POOR AMERICANS
FEDERAL APPEAL LEGAL COUNSEL !
America is already rated the number one country in the world for the total amount of ones own innocent citizens being falsely imprisoned, (!00,000) and by our judicial system continuing to deny our fellow Americans (appeal lawyers) who are less able to financially afford their own federal appeal legal counsel,our US
Congress will only continue running the risk of allowing our judicial system
to wrongfully incarcerate many more tens of thousands of our innocent Americans
to tragic endless decades behind our very high silent walls of the largest
prison system in the world !
The National Media must have some other type of agenda then making sure justice prevails in America ! Germany went through this type of process and it failed, and if this torture and mass false imprisonment of our own citizens continues,we just might be headed for dark days ahead!
Yes the American people found out after the fact that torture was being conducted in our name without our knowledge or our approval! The American people are many times the last ones to find out about these type of injustices,and it makes you wonder what is the mainline media paying their reporters to do? Here we have another horror happening to middle class and working poor Americans concerning their lack of legal protections afforded them with their fedral appeals, and the media seems to be looking the other way?
We have a small elite group of less then 600 members in our US Congress who have seemed to have dug in their heels in continuing to deny the reported 100,000 innocent American prison inmates being falsely imprisoned nat ionwide in our national penal colonies, federal appeal legal counsel in their hopes of being able to prove their innocence!
The masses of Middle Class and Working Poor Americans could never afford to pay for federal appeal legal fees for themselves or for one of their family members,so how can this small elite group of The Leaders Of The Free World rationalize their denial of this needed and very important legal coverage for our tens of thousands of innocent fellow Americans?
The masses of Middle Class and Working Poor Americans could never afford to pay for federal appeal legal fees for themselves or for one of their family members,so how can this small elite group of The Leaders Of The Free World rationalize their denial of this needed and very important legal coverage for our tens of thousands of innocent fellow Americans?
What we have here in this Manny Gonzales criminal case is a jury, judge and DA taking care of their communities safety from gangs in a typical vigilante hang him high process. The presiding judge tells both attorneys (defense and prosecution ) prior the trial that this specific case is not gang related and advises the DA to instruct their witnesses not to mention or insinuate gang association information to the jury. At this point in this trial the presiding judge is aware of and protective of the defendants rights to a fair trial, knowing darn well that if a La jury is lead to believe ( rightly or wrongly ) a defendant is affiliated with a gang that a fair trial is almost impossible. What happens when this DA decides to use gang association (over the judges denials ) on this jury is really quite devious. LA judges are allowing these type of unjust trials to continue knowing these defendants can appeal for a new trial from prison after they lose their jury trials. Local DA's know this local judicial system will not dismiss a jury due to DA's using gang association with defendants and they have a free hand to play their jury to the max. This play acting between the presiding judge pretending to protect the defendants right to a fair trial and the devious DA who wants to protect our society by taking justice into their own hands is a little what Manny Gonzales and his public defender had to deal with. Any judge that allows a rouge Da to disobey their specific orders on misleading their jury into believing the defendant is either a gang member or the specific crime is gang related should have the common sense and decency to dismiss the jury and call for a new trial. This kid Manny Gonzales tried as an adult needed this judge not just to set the guidelines in the start of the trial with this rouge DA,but also to continue to protect the defendant with his right to a fair trial throughout the entire trial. When this presiding judge allowed this trial to continue the jury believed both the DA and the judge that Manny Gonzales was a gang member and this specific shooting incident was not related to his affiliation with gang activity. Every night during this two week trial this jury went home and had the opportunity to watch gang violence reported on their nightly news. How could anyone think Manny Gonzales and with his public defender in tow could defeat a presiding judge, rouge DA,and a inflamed jury with possible nightly exposure to gang TV violence ?
If anyone deserves a call for GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME A NEW TRIAL
Manny Gonzales Does !
If anyone deserves a call for GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME A NEW TRIAL
Manny Gonzales Does !
The American Middle Class and Working Poor Americans are going to be a major topic of conversation by the Pope when he visits America next week ! The Catholic Church and the Pope are both well aware that there are 100,000 falsely imprisoned Americans in US prisons nationwide, and that about 20,000 of them are Catholics.
This smoke and mirror event happening Wednesday by our US Congress where they will be funding $165,000,000 to help assist American prison inmates is not a small token of good will,but it still only attempts to distract us all from the real issue of getting all those 100,000 falsely imprisoned American citizens out of our penal colonies, and back home with all of us, where they rightfully belong!
Some in our Government have taken this bright Pope too lightly! Let us all not forget,that this Pope unlike any other lived in a very similar period of time where
this type of mass imprisonment was happening within Germany,and everyone also stood silent !
This smoke and mirror event happening Wednesday by our US Congress where they will be funding $165,000,000 to help assist American prison inmates is not a small token of good will,but it still only attempts to distract us all from the real issue of getting all those 100,000 falsely imprisoned American citizens out of our penal colonies, and back home with all of us, where they rightfully belong!
Some in our Government have taken this bright Pope too lightly! Let us all not forget,that this Pope unlike any other lived in a very similar period of time where
this type of mass imprisonment was happening within Germany,and everyone also stood silent !
Ask anyone in LA Legal and they will readily tell you that even being related to a gang member could become a major disaster for anyone living in LA. It's common knowledge within the LA judicial system that DA's continue to use gang related association with anyone they have a weak legal case against.LA juries have been buying into it to protect their community,but there are hundreds of innocent defendants going the same way this Gonzales kid went.If the LA streets are not quiet from gangs, certain people could lose their appointed or elected jobs! Every defense attorney in LA knows very well about this SS tactic being inflicted on the masses of poorer defendants dumb enough not to cop a plea even if their innocent!
The prison experts have reported that there are 100,000 innocent Americans currently being falsely imprisoned along with the estimated 2,000,000 total US prison population Nationwide.Since our US Congress has never afforded poor prison inmates federal appeal legal counsel for their federal retrials,they have effectively shut the doors on these tens of thousands of innocent citizens ever being capable of possibly exonerating themselves and regain their freedom through being granted retrials.This same exact unjust situation was happening in our Southern states when poor and mostly uneducated Black Americans were being falsely railroaded into Southern prisons for endless decades without the needed educational skills to properly submit their own written federal retrial appeals.This unjust judicial process of making our poor and innocent prison inmates formulate and write their own legal cases for possible retrials on their state criminal cases,is still in effect today even though everyone in our US Judicial System knows that without proper legal representation,these tens of thousands of innocent prison inmates will be denied their rightful chance of ever being granted new trials from US Federal Appeal judges.
If anyone is interested in seeing first-hand a current victim of this federal appeal neglect by our US Congress,they can Google or Yahoo on the WWW Manny Gonzales the kid who everyone forgot in the Ca prison system!At this WWW site you will be also able to read about Timothy Atkins who also was never offered proper legal counsel 22 years ago for his federal appeal!As a matter of fact,our US judicial system has become so negligent with protecting our poorer Americans with this federal appeal situation,that a letter was actually written to President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela requesting his assistance in financing this Manny Gonzales kids federal appeal legal fees.By the way,Timothy Atkins was just recently released from his CA prison after 22 years of being falsely imprisoned!
If anyone is interested in seeing first-hand a current victim of this federal appeal neglect by our US Congress,they can Google or Yahoo on the WWW Manny Gonzales the kid who everyone forgot in the Ca prison system!At this WWW site you will be also able to read about Timothy Atkins who also was never offered proper legal counsel 22 years ago for his federal appeal!As a matter of fact,our US judicial system has become so negligent with protecting our poorer Americans with this federal appeal situation,that a letter was actually written to President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela requesting his assistance in financing this Manny Gonzales kids federal appeal legal fees.By the way,Timothy Atkins was just recently released from his CA prison after 22 years of being falsely imprisoned!
When the wealthiest country in the world continues to allow the enslavement of the tens of thousands of their own innocent Middle Class and Working Poor to decades of false imprisonment,it's time to ask for International help !
Currently there are reported to be 100,000 falsely imprisoned Americans living along with the estimated 2,000,000 US prison population nationwide.America now has the very unique distinction of not only being rated the #1 in the World for having the largest prison population,but America also has the distinct rating of having the largest wrongfully imprisoned prison population in the World as well.Our US Congress affords themselves all the perks and salary most Americans could only dream about,but ask anyone of these Leaders Of The Free World to protect our Middle Class or Working Poor Americans from continuing to be falsely imprisoned endless decades due to the lack of federal appeal legal counsel being afforded them, and you just might be thought of as being crazy?The masses of the American people could never come close to ever being able to burden these federal appeal legal costs for themselves or for a family member,and should not need a lobbying group for this basic right of legal protection to be afforded them! Our Poster Child of this exact neglect by our US Congress is this young man named Manny Gonzales.Anyone interested in reading first hand how our US Congress is willing to allow our judicial system to continue keeping this now 21 year old young man imprisoned for 27 mandatory years for frightening someone with a hand gun(not even injuring the so called victim,) without affording him federal appeal legal counsel to properly be able to defend himself in our Federal courts of Appeal? Manny Gonzales The kid that everyone forgot in the CA prison system can be entered into any WWW search engine for the judicial ride of ones life! Tens of thousands of other Americans being imprisoned in the US are facing this same lack of legal counsel everyday,and with this lack of legal counsel being denied their right to new retrials,which in turn forces thousands to remain endless decades in our prison systems of the wealthiest country in the world!
Just like the German population prior WW2,the American people and our National Media have not felt any concern or interest to speak out about about our country having so many of our fellow Middle Class and Working Poor citizens being falsely imprisoned and not even being afforded the proper Federal Appeal legal counsel to assist in their attempt at exonerating themselves! This situation with the lack of federal appeal legal counsel has gotten so serious,and because it's affecting so many innocent citizens in America, that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has even been asked to finance the federal appeal legal fees for the Manny Gonzales federal court legal appeal taking place at the Central CA Federal District Court in Riverside California.
Currently there are reported to be 100,000 falsely imprisoned Americans living along with the estimated 2,000,000 US prison population nationwide.America now has the very unique distinction of not only being rated the #1 in the World for having the largest prison population,but America also has the distinct rating of having the largest wrongfully imprisoned prison population in the World as well.Our US Congress affords themselves all the perks and salary most Americans could only dream about,but ask anyone of these Leaders Of The Free World to protect our Middle Class or Working Poor Americans from continuing to be falsely imprisoned endless decades due to the lack of federal appeal legal counsel being afforded them, and you just might be thought of as being crazy?The masses of the American people could never come close to ever being able to burden these federal appeal legal costs for themselves or for a family member,and should not need a lobbying group for this basic right of legal protection to be afforded them! Our Poster Child of this exact neglect by our US Congress is this young man named Manny Gonzales.Anyone interested in reading first hand how our US Congress is willing to allow our judicial system to continue keeping this now 21 year old young man imprisoned for 27 mandatory years for frightening someone with a hand gun(not even injuring the so called victim,) without affording him federal appeal legal counsel to properly be able to defend himself in our Federal courts of Appeal? Manny Gonzales The kid that everyone forgot in the CA prison system can be entered into any WWW search engine for the judicial ride of ones life! Tens of thousands of other Americans being imprisoned in the US are facing this same lack of legal counsel everyday,and with this lack of legal counsel being denied their right to new retrials,which in turn forces thousands to remain endless decades in our prison systems of the wealthiest country in the world!
Just like the German population prior WW2,the American people and our National Media have not felt any concern or interest to speak out about about our country having so many of our fellow Middle Class and Working Poor citizens being falsely imprisoned and not even being afforded the proper Federal Appeal legal counsel to assist in their attempt at exonerating themselves! This situation with the lack of federal appeal legal counsel has gotten so serious,and because it's affecting so many innocent citizens in America, that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has even been asked to finance the federal appeal legal fees for the Manny Gonzales federal court legal appeal taking place at the Central CA Federal District Court in Riverside California.
When the wealthiest country in the world continues to allow the enslavement of the tens of thousands of their own innocent Middle Class and Working Poor Americans to decades of false imprisonment it's time to ask for international help!
Currently there are reported to be 100,000 falsely imprisoned Americans living along with the estimated 2,000,000 US prison population nationwide.America now has the very unique distinction of not only being rated the #1 in the World for having the largest prison population,but America also has the distinct rating of having the largest wrongfully imprisoned prison population in the World as well.Our US Congress affords themselves all the perks and salary most Americans could only dream about,but ask anyone of these Leaders Of The Free World to protect our Middle Class or Working Poor Americans from continuing to be falsely imprisoned endless decades due to the lack of federal appeal legal counsel being afforded them, and you just might be thought of as being crazy? The masses of the American people could never come close to ever being able to burden these federal appeal legal costs for themselves or for a family member,and should not need a lobbying group for this basic right of legal protection to be afforded them! Our Poster Child of this exact neglect by our US Congress is this young man named Manny Gonzales.Anyone interested in reading first hand how our US Congress is willing to allow our judicial system to continue keeping this now 21 year old young man imprisoned for 27 mandatory years for frightening someone with a hand gun(not even injuring the so called victim,) without affording him federal appeal legal counsel to properly be able to defend himself in our Federal courts of Appeal? Manny Gonzales The kid that everyone forgot in the CA prison system can be entered into any WWW search engine for the judicial ride of ones life! Tens of thousands of other Americans being imprisoned in the US are facing this same lack of legal counsel everyday,and with this lack of legal counsel being denied their right to new retrials,which in turn forces thousands to remain endless decades in our prison systems of the wealthiest country in the world!
Just like the German population prior WW2,the American people and our National Media have not felt any concern or interest to speak out about about our country having so many of our fellow Middle Class and Working Poor citizens being falsely imprisoned and not even being afforded the proper Federal Appeal legal counsel to assist in their attempt at exonerating themselves! This situation with the lack of federal appeal legal counsel has gotten so serious,and because it's affecting so many innocent citizens in America, that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has even been asked to finance the federal appeal legal fees for the Manny Gonzales federal court legal appeal taking place at the Central CA Federal District Court in Riverside California.
Currently there are reported to be 100,000 falsely imprisoned Americans living along with the estimated 2,000,000 US prison population nationwide.America now has the very unique distinction of not only being rated the #1 in the World for having the largest prison population,but America also has the distinct rating of having the largest wrongfully imprisoned prison population in the World as well.Our US Congress affords themselves all the perks and salary most Americans could only dream about,but ask anyone of these Leaders Of The Free World to protect our Middle Class or Working Poor Americans from continuing to be falsely imprisoned endless decades due to the lack of federal appeal legal counsel being afforded them, and you just might be thought of as being crazy? The masses of the American people could never come close to ever being able to burden these federal appeal legal costs for themselves or for a family member,and should not need a lobbying group for this basic right of legal protection to be afforded them! Our Poster Child of this exact neglect by our US Congress is this young man named Manny Gonzales.Anyone interested in reading first hand how our US Congress is willing to allow our judicial system to continue keeping this now 21 year old young man imprisoned for 27 mandatory years for frightening someone with a hand gun(not even injuring the so called victim,) without affording him federal appeal legal counsel to properly be able to defend himself in our Federal courts of Appeal? Manny Gonzales The kid that everyone forgot in the CA prison system can be entered into any WWW search engine for the judicial ride of ones life! Tens of thousands of other Americans being imprisoned in the US are facing this same lack of legal counsel everyday,and with this lack of legal counsel being denied their right to new retrials,which in turn forces thousands to remain endless decades in our prison systems of the wealthiest country in the world!
Just like the German population prior WW2,the American people and our National Media have not felt any concern or interest to speak out about about our country having so many of our fellow Middle Class and Working Poor citizens being falsely imprisoned and not even being afforded the proper Federal Appeal legal counsel to assist in their attempt at exonerating themselves! This situation with the lack of federal appeal legal counsel has gotten so serious,and because it's affecting so many innocent citizens in America, that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has even been asked to finance the federal appeal legal fees for the Manny Gonzales federal court legal appeal taking place at the Central CA Federal District Court in Riverside California.
When the wealthiest country in the world continues to allow the enslavement of the tens of thousands of their own innocent Middle Class and Working Poor Americans to decades of false imprisonment it's time to ask for international help!!!!!
Currently there are reported to be 100,000 falsely imprisoned Americans living along with the estimated 2,000,000 US prison population nationwide.America now has the very unique distinction of not only being rated the #1 in the World for having the largest prison population,but America also has the distinct rating of having the largest wrongfully imprisoned prison population in the World as well.Our US Congress affords themselves all the perks and salary most Americans could only dream about,but ask anyone of these Leaders Of The Free World to protect our Middle Class or Working Poor Americans from continuing to be falsely imprisoned endless decades due to the lack of federal appeal legal counsel being afforded them, and you just might be thought of as being crazy?The masses of the American people could never come close to ever being able to burden these federal appeal legal costs for themselves or for a family member,and should not need a lobbying group for this basic right of legal protection to be afforded them! Our Poster Child of this exact neglect by our US Congress is this young man named Manny Gonzales.Anyone interested in reading first hand how our US Congress is willing to allow our judicial system to continue keeping this now 21 year old young man imprisoned for 27 mandatory years for frightening someone with a hand gun(not even injuring the so called victim,) without affording him federal appeal legal counsel to properly be able to defend himself in our Federal courts of Appeal? Manny Gonzales The kid that everyone forgot in the CA prison system can be entered into any WWW search engine for the judicial ride of ones life! Tens of thousands of other Americans being imprisoned in the US are facing this same lack of legal counsel everyday,and with this lack of legal counsel being denied their right to new retrials,which in turn forces thousands to remain endless decades in our prison systems of the wealthiest country in the world! Just like the German population prior WW2,the American people and our National Media have not felt any concern or interest to speak out about our country having so many of our fellow Middle Class and Working Poor citizens being falsely imprisoned and not even being afforded the proper Federal Appeal legal counsel to assist in their attempt at exonerating themselves! This situation with the lack of federal appeal legal counsel has gotten so serious,and because it's affecting so many innocent citizens in America, that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has even been asked to finance the federal appeal legal fees for the Manny Gonzales federal court legal appeal taking place at the Central CA Federal District Court in Riverside California.
LAWYERS FOR POOR AMERICANS IS ONLY A VOLUNTEER GROUP OF WORLD WIDE CONCERNED CITIZENS DONATING THEIR TIME WITH COMPUTER SKILLS IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOBBY AND CHANGE THE THINKING OF OUR ELITE GROUP IN THE US CONGRESS.IF YOU FEEL AS STRONGLY AS WE DO ABOUT REAL FREEDOM FOR ALL AMERICANS,PLEASE JOIN US AND E MAIL THIS LETTER TO THOSE WHOM YOU BELIEVE MIGHT ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST.
****THERE ARE 100,000 REASONS FOR ALL OF US TO CARE ABOUT THIS INJUSTICE ****
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WHEN THE MEMBERS OF THE US SENATE TOOK A
GOOD LOOK AT THEMSELVES !
When the wealthiest country in the world continues to allow the enslavement of the tens of thousands of their own innocent Middle Class and Working Poor Americans to decades of false imprisonment it's time to ask for international help!!!
Currently there are reported to be 100,000 falsely imprisoned Americans living along with the estimated 2,000,000 US prison population nationwide.America now has the very unique distinction of not only being rated the #1 in the World for having the largest prison population,but America also has the distinct rating of having the largest wrongfully imprisoned prison population in the World as well.Our US Congress affords themselves all the perks and salary most Americans could only dream about,but ask anyone of these Leaders Of The Free World to protect our Middle Class or Working Poor Americans from continuing to be falsely imprisoned endless decades due to the lack of federal appeal legal counsel being afforded them, and you just might be thought of as being crazy?The masses of the American people could never come close to ever being able to burden these federal appeal legal costs for themselves or for a family member,and should not need a lobbying group for this basic right of legal protection to be afforded them! Our Poster Child of this exact neglect by our US Congress is this young man named Manny Gonzales.Anyone interested in reading first hand how our US Congress is willing to allow our judicial system to continue keeping this now 21 year old young man imprisoned for 27 mandatory years for frightening someone with a hand gun(not even injuring the so called victim,) without affording him federal appeal legal counsel to properly be able to defend himself in our Federal courts of Appeal? Manny Gonzales The kid that everyone forgot in the CA prison system can be entered into any WWW search engine for the judicial ride of ones life! Tens of thousands of other Americans being imprisoned in the US are facing this same lack of legal counsel everyday,and with this lack of legal counsel being denied their right to new retrials,which in turn forces thousands to remain endless decades in our prison systems of the wealthiest country in the world!Just like the German population prior WW2,the American people and our National Media have not felt any concern or interest to speak out about our country having so many of our fellow Middle Class and Working Poor citizens being falsely imprisoned and not even being afforded the proper Federal Appeal legal counsel to assist in their attempt at exonerating themselves! This situation with the lack of federal appeal legal counsel has gotten so serious,and because it's affecting so many innocent citizens in America, that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has even been asked to finance the federal appeal legal fees for the Manny Gonzales federal court legal appeal taking place at the Central CA Federal District Court in Riverside California.
LAWYERS FOR POOR AMERICANS IS A VOLUNTEER GROUP OF WORLD WIDE CONCERNED CITIZENS DONATING THEIR TIME WITH COMPUTER SKILLS IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOBBY AND CHANGE THE THINKING OF OUR ELITE GROUP IN THE US CONGRESS.IF YOU FEEL AS STRONGLY AS WE DO ABOUT FREEDOM FOR ALL AMERICANS,PLEASE JOIN US AND E MAIL THIS LETTER TO THOSE WHOM YOU BELIEVE MIGHT SHARE THE SAME INTEREST.
**** THERE ARE 100,000 REASONS FOR ALL OF US TO CARE ABOUT THIS INJUSTICE ****
For more information:
http://laindymedia.org,indymedia.org
Most Americans are well aware that there are plenty of innocent poorer US citizens in our prison systems nationwide,but very few of us have ever heard about our US Congressional representatives denying the middle class and working poor Americans proper legal counsel for their federal appeals.If One were charged with a federal crime all legal costs are paid for,but when one is charged in the various states and run out of state appeal opportunities and need to appeal to the Federal Courts,it appears that inmates are left to their own best lawyering skills to attempt to write a federal appeal that could sway a US Federal judge to grant a new retrial.
These Congressional Representativwes sleep soundly every night knowing there are reported to be an estimated 100,000 innocent Americans residing in our US Prisons who have been denied proper legal counsel to help them with their Federal Appeals for new retrials???
These Congressional Representativwes sleep soundly every night knowing there are reported to be an estimated 100,000 innocent Americans residing in our US Prisons who have been denied proper legal counsel to help them with their Federal Appeals for new retrials???
WHEN GOD'S FACE BECAME VERY RED !
It appears that the US Supreme Court way back in 1984 knew the injustice of our federal appeal retrial review process really only being available for affluent Americans to get benefit from.
The masses of poor and mostly uneducated prison inmates who are being forced to write their own federal appeal legal cases, are being denied new trials by the federal courts in mass all across this country everyday.
Some believe this injustice stems way back in our history to pre Civil War era when the US Southern States were railroading blacks into prolonged prison sentences and knowing all along that the Federal Courts would never grant these poor black prison inmates new trials because they never could properly write their own federal appeal legal cases.
The real horror here is that this form of injustice is even in 2008 assisting in the prolonged false incarceration of over 100,000 innocent mostly uneducated American prison inmates nation-wide.
We all know the federal appeal retrial process was designed for all Americans as a fail safe device that every American should be entitled to utilize, but it is quite obvious that our government has allowed this appeal process to slip into a completely new facade in which it has become an exclusive opportunity for only rich Americans to be able to properly benefit from.
It appears that the US Supreme Court way back in 1984 knew the injustice of our federal appeal retrial review process really only being available for affluent Americans to get benefit from.
The masses of poor and mostly uneducated prison inmates who are being forced to write their own federal appeal legal cases, are being denied new trials by the federal courts in mass all across this country everyday.
Some believe this injustice stems way back in our history to pre Civil War era when the US Southern States were railroading blacks into prolonged prison sentences and knowing all along that the Federal Courts would never grant these poor black prison inmates new trials because they never could properly write their own federal appeal legal cases.
The real horror here is that this form of injustice is even in 2008 assisting in the prolonged false incarceration of over 100,000 innocent mostly uneducated American prison inmates nation-wide.
We all know the federal appeal retrial process was designed for all Americans as a fail safe device that every American should be entitled to utilize, but it is quite obvious that our government has allowed this appeal process to slip into a completely new facade in which it has become an exclusive opportunity for only rich Americans to be able to properly benefit from.
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