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Subject: WHEREUPON, I got a letter from the Capitol Police....
Date: Sep 18, 2008 8:43 AM
...informing me that if I attempted to contact the Judiciary
Committee again, I would be arrested for harassment.
(You *have* to read the hearing transcript because it's really funny.)
Kathleen M. Dickson
http://www.actionlyme.org
================================================================
http://actionlyme.org/CRIMINAL_JUSTICE_FARCE_HEARING_25_March_06.htm
Senator Andrew
McDonald
25 March 06
Representative Michael Lawlor
Judiciary Committee
State of Connecticut
See Also: http://starkravingviking.blogspot.com/2006/03/liar-liar-pants-on-fire.html
And http://www.walrradio.com
COMPLAINT: Judicial Corruption, the Hartford Courant’s and
Connecticut Law Tribune’s
lawsuit, and the following transcripts from your previous hearings:
As I stated in my 21 March 06 testimony submission to the Judicial
appointment hearings
which I characterize as “Being present at the State’s autopsy” (the 21
March 2006
farce of a “hearing”), “ What we need is an entirely new and
separate Division
of Criminal Justice to investigate and prosecute the crimes of the
Connecticut Division
of Criminal Justice and other State of Connecticut employees.”
1) I would also like to point out the illegality of gag orders by
DCF and DCF
judges and threats of incarceration against people who exercise their
rights.
I know of 3 sets of parents who were issued illegal gag orders and the
newest among
them, the Inkels, were warned last week that AAG William Wholean would
seek the
arrest of Meredith Inkel for talking to the press and revealing
documents which
are in the public domain, namely the federal lawsuit by the Inkels
against the CT
Department of Children and Families staff. Such an arrest would be
illegal under
Statute 17a-28 and the US Constitution and Bill of Rights.
The DCF defrauded the court with their Order of Temporary Custody in
the Inkel’s
case (as they had in my “case”) and said Meredith had a positive
marijuana test
at the time of the birth of her last child, when the test result from
the lab was
not positive, but uncertain. The DCF staff person who defrauded the
court was
a one Susan Wax. The documents are on my website and they are on the
website of
American Liberty Radio, www.walrradio.com.
Last night we heard a national radio webcast of a program entitled
“Intimidation
by Connecticut Juvenile Court and DCF,” featuring Tom Dutkiewicz of
ConnecticutDCFWatch.com,
Phil Inkel, and Steven Erickson. The show was recorded and can be
replayed again
and again, but the point is, how many times do we have to make the
same point before
SOMEONE in Corrupticut starts acting accountably? It appears
Corrupticut is incapable
of controlling corruption in the courts, because the judgeships
granted not upon
a condition of merit and experience but of schmooze, incompetence, and
zero accountability,
and allows criminal lawbreaking on the part of CT Judges.
======
2) Regarding the following text from the transcripts from the 06
March 06 hearings,
we would like to know how the following transpired “off the record,”
and where Mr.
Christopher “ $500,000-Bond-for-a-False-Arrest-for-Filing-Complaints-
about-the-Corruption-in-the-Corrupticourts”
Kennedy was clear in his complaints and actions, the Judicial
Committee offered
Mr. Kennedy no recourse?:
REP. LAWLOR: Thank you, Mr. Del Vecchio. Are there any questions? If
not, thanks
for coming in. It's good to get the input of someone who has had
firsthand experience
as well.
There you go. If there's no other persons in testifying today, we'll
call
this public hearing to a, oh, I'm sorry, Representative Hovey.
REP. HOVEY: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Before you, I'm not sure what the
protocol
is, do you want to close the public hearing? I have a comment I want
to make.
REP. LAWLOR: Oh, sure, I can close the public hearing. No problem,
it's okay.
REP. HOVEY: Okay, I just wanted to say that I respect the,
respectfully object to
the delay in the votes on these judges because it's my understanding
that the
delay is due to one of the nominees specifically.
And, from my perspective, we've appointed and appraised judges who
have had
significant issues with demeanor.
They're arrogant, pretentious and even dishonest,…..
(EARLIER)
REP. LAWLOR: We have two members of the public who have signed up to
testify. And,
I would just point out, if there are Members listening in their
offices and didn't
hear the earlier announcement, we plan on holding a vote on these
nominations on
Wednesday at, following our Committee hearing on two additional
Judicial nominations,
which I believe begins at 2:00 p.m. So, with that, first is Chris
Kennedy.
CHRIS KENNEDY: Hello, and good evening. It's gotten very late. I came
here today
to testify specifically on Judge Scheinblum, but I've also heard the
testimony
of several judges.
And it just surprises me that myself, out of three million people in
Connecticut,
I'm the only one who would come to speak out about what tactually
happens in
the court. That surprises me.
As I said, my name is Chris Kennedy. I live in Ellington, Connecticut.
And I represent
the Connecticut Civil Rights Council. Essentially, you heard some
testimony by Judge
Scheinblum, I was arrested in July, 2003 in Enfield Court by a warrant
for custodial
interference.
The charges were over a month old and the claim was that I refused to
return my
children to a mother who was not home. She was gone for the evening
with her boyfriend,
and that was in the police report.
And it was in testimony that I supplied to the court. For two and a
half years,
my case was delayed. I sat through the Court in Enfield. Over 50
hearings, at some
point twice a week, depending on Judge Scheinblum's mood.
I watched Scheinblum abuse blacks, Hispanics, minorities. He would
deny people their
right to a proper defense and he would threaten them. They would
either take the
prosecutor's offer or they would go to jail.
I personally witnessed him take advantage of poor and uneducated
people who have
no understanding of the law to plead guilty of crimes they insisted
they were innocent
of.
In my case, he initially reviewed it after three months, saying that
it's a
family case. And, in his transcript, he says why are you bothering the
Court with
a family matter? Why is this wasting the Court's time and why are you
wasting
the time of Family Relations?
He then proceeded to issue a protective order against me which forbid
me from contact
with my children, whom I have not seen in three years. Shortly
thereafter, in 2003,
Chris Parakilas offered to nolle my case because there wasn't enough
evidence.
Judge Kaplan called him from Rockville Court and instructed him that
he wanted me
prosecuted. He did not want my case nolled. In January of '04, Chris
Parakilas
obliged.
The original offer was that if I went to counseling for eight weeks,
he would nolle
the case. After 16 weeks of counseling at two different counselors and
programs,
I went back to Court. Chris Parakilas refused to nolle the case.
That was right after Judge Kaplan's call. That case proceeded. I would
ask for
a few more minutes, if that's possible. That case proceeded again.
It was, Chris Parakilas, as I said, refused to nolle the case. He
would not give
a reason why. I immediately asked to go to trial. It was denied. I
asked for a speedy
trial and it was denied.
My defense attorney asked to withdraw from the case. He did not want
to go to trial,
and it was granted. So I was defenseless. I had no attorney. I
represented myself
for several months until I hired a second attorney.
That attorney did file a motion to dismiss. It was denied by Judge
Elgo. The grounds
were that probable cause or that the warrant was signed by a judge and
so there
was no grounds to dismiss a case under those conditions.
So, again, my case continued on for another year of going to court, as
I said, sometimes
twice a week, sometimes more than my attorney was in court himself.
Come July of, June of 2004, I'd been consistently contacting
Legislators and
the Governor's Office. And, finally, I met with the Governor's Office
Chief
of Legal Staff, Kevin Rash.
He issued two documents, or several documents. He requested an
investigation be
done into allegations of unethical and illegal activity to Judge
Pellegrino, specifically
citing Judge Kaplan of Rockville Court, Judge Klaczak of Rockville
Court and also
Judge Graziani of Rockville Court.
He issued a second request to Chris Morano asking for an investigation
into Chris
Parakilas and the actions that he was taking in this case in Enfield,
also into
Matt Gadansky and to Elizabeth Leaming, who are now prosecuting me in
Enfield, in
Rockville Court.
I pulled transcripts from my files out of Rockville in June, in June
of 2004, right
after the Governor's request for an investigation. I brought them to
my attorney's
attention, of Judge Kaplan's calls to the prosecutor, which he had
denied.
The prosecutor, at that point, the prosecutor met with my attorney and
Judge Scheinblum
in chambers. My attorney came out and filed a motion to withdraw. That
withdrawal
was granted. Judge Scheinblum just testified today that I've insisted
on being
pro se.
But the transcripts that I will provide you clearly state that I do
not want my
attorney removed, that my attorney's being threatened by the Court,
that he's
being pressured to withdraw from this case because of Judge Kaplan.
I clearly, and I have filed an appeal requesting that my attorney not
be removed.
The motions that Judge Scheinblum referred as far as being frivolous,
they were
motions for a speedy trial, motions for a jury trial, motions to have
my case transferred
out of Enfield Court, motions to modify the protective order so I
could see my children.
They were denied. Motions to recuse him as a judge for abuse of
process, but they
were denied as being frivolous. On June 6th, 2005, again, this is at
the time of
the Governor's request, I stated to my attorney, my attorney was
withdrawing
from the case.
I clearly asked the Court that I have attention deficit disorder, as
does my son,
and I would ask for some accommodations. And I would ask that my
attorney not be
allowed to withdraw from the case.
As part of the transcript, I allege that Chris Parakilas was lying to
the Court,
that Chris Parakilas did contact or was contacted by Judge Kaplan,
that he did have
a, several conversations with him which Chris Parakilas denied.
In Chris Parakilas' statement in June 6th, he says it's unfounded as
far
as I can tell. I don't know what transpired in GA 19, which is
Rockville Court,
with Judge Kaplan. All I know is the track record here and this case
here.
Judge Scheinblum asked him have you ever represented that this case
was going to
be nolled?
No, Chris Parakilas stated to the Court. I then asked, now that my
attorney was
being removed from the case, I asked to address the Court, to Judge
Scheinblum.
I asked, I said, Your Honor, if I may. No, you may not, was Judge
Scheinblum's
response. I would like to exercise my constitutional right to address
this Court,
Your Honor. You may not, I've given you plenty of opportunity. No, you
have
not, Your Honor, I replied.
The Court, Judge Scheinblum, said it's obvious to me there's a
material
breakdown between the lawyer-client relationship and Mr. O'Brien can
no longer
represent you. His motion to withdraw is granted.
I would ask that this case be dismissed on the grounds of your denying
my constitutional
rights, I asked Judge Scheinblum. Denied, replied the Judge.
I would ask for an ADA Coordinator, I have attention deficit disorder.
I'm requesting
accommodations per the Americans with Disabilities Act. What's your
disability?
Attention deficit.
He then responded that I had to file a brief within one week's time
and that
I would not have the help of my attorney because he was dismissed from
the case.
I then finally responded, Your Honor, I would ask for an immediate
jury trial. I
believe I'm being, he interrupted me with a denied. So my motion,
again, this
is a third request for a jury trial after two and a half years.
I supply testimony from my ex-wife that she wasn't home at the time. I
supplied
the laws, which clearly state in the legislative intent that custodial
interference
does not apply to a father trying to return his kids to a mother who
is not home
at the time.
I then provided the Court with transcripts of Judge Kaplan stating I
absolutely
admit, I put on the record beforehand, I would be contacting Family
Services Office
in Enfield. And I ended up talking with Peter Myers here at Family
Services Office
because he's a supervisor.
He then goes on to say, I also spoke to the State's Attorneys in
Enfield because
the State's Attorney's Office is always in the position that a Family
Service
Officer at the end of a family case.
And I believe it was an allegation of interfering with custody, or
something like
that he said was still pending.
He clearly states he should not be entering a nolle on a case if he
feels that was
the, that was what was alleged on December 30th was relevant,
referring to another
case.
And he clearly states I simply reported to the supervising State's
Attorney's
office, Mr. Parakilas, the new supervisor, that he's got that case
pending.
And it was in the hands of Family Services.
REP. LAWLOR: Mr. Kennedy, can I just ask you, how much more do you
have in your
statement?
CHRIS KENNEDY: Approximately five more minutes, if I may. I
understand.
REP. LAWLOR: Maybe it would be better, because I know some Members of
the Committee
have a question or two, Senator McDonald.
CHRIS KENNEDY: Sure.
SEN. MCDONALD: Just let me ask you, Mr. Kennedy, and, first of all, I
want to thank
you for waiting around all this time. I know it's been a long day.
One of the problems we have as a Committee in hearing testimony such
as yours is
that this is not a great forum to find out exactly what happened.
We appreciate your testimony. We heard, obviously, Judge Scheinblum's
prior
testimony. And that's actually why we have a system that is actually
sort of
structured for this kind of proper airing of a particular case.
So my question is, and we're really just focused on one judge here, my
question
is, did you ever file any complaints with the Judicial Review Council
with respect
to Judge Scheinblum?
CHRIS KENNEDY: I have one prepared for Judge Scheinblum. Every
complaint I have
filed has been dismissed, some without review. The last, against Judge
Kaplan, was
filed within several months of the allegations.
SEN. MCDONALD: But we're just focused on Judge Scheinblum. I
understand that
you have concerns and objections to Judge Kaplan's conduct as well,
but with
respect to the one judge that we are considering for reappointment,
have you ever
filed an actual complaint against him in that venue?
CHRIS KENNEDY: I have not, because it's pointless. They last told me
that the
complaint I was filed against Judge Kaplan, as I was saying, it was
filed timely,
they dismissed it as being untimely. And that's what they reported to
the state.
When I called back to find out why, they told me that they shredded
the documents.
So I don't believe the Judicial Review Council does review complaints.
But,
regardless, I wouldn't file one.
SEN. MCDONALD: I hear you, because the problem we have is that in
considering your
testimony, we would have to, we want to be fair to you but we also
need to be fair
to Judge Scheinblum.
And, frankly, one of the best ways for us to do that type of review is
to look at
a record through a formal structure as administered by the Judicial
Review Council.
So I would just, I mean, I'm happy to hear your testimony, and I'm
glad
you came, but I would recommend that you observe that process. And I
understand
you feel it's going to be a fruitless process but, for better or for
worse,
it is the process we have.
And I hope that the Judicial Review Council is not, is not short-
circuiting that
process. And I suspect that they will give your concerns a full
hearing at that
time. So I would commend you to observe that process.
CHRIS KENNEDY: Yes, and this isn't the first time that you've heard
this
complaint against Judge Kaplan. I gave the same testimony a year ago.
And I met
with you in person.
And even with you, Representative Lawlor, I presented you with the
transcripts and
you told me flat-out that you're not interested, twice, on two
occasions.
And this involves racism, not just by Judge Kaplan or by Judge
Scheinblum, but these
are serious issues of a prosecutor lying to the Court. And I don't
understand
how you're not interested in these issues.
The Judicial Review Council, they dismiss cases. They don't review
them. And
there's no point in going through it, especially when they dismiss a
case as
being untimely when it's nary a month or two months old.
So that process is clearly not working. This is the only avenue that I
have other
than bombarding you with e-mails and letters and picketing outside the
courthouses
which, as you know, I do.
But you have a judge, to continue, at one point, when I alleged of the
charges against
Chris Parakilas lying to the Court, Judge Scheinblum ordered the Court
Reporter
to shut off the recording device and then threatened me that he would
punish me
for my complaints against any officer in this Court.
Now, he's not acting as a judge when he does that. He's a minister of
his
own justice at that point. And he's not presiding as any judge in this
case.
It really doesn't fall under the Judicial Review Council that I could
see. It
more falls under just an individual threatening another person. I
don't understand
how he could get away with these things. And this is in a full
courtroom.
But it goes on and on. This is, and, as you can see, despite me being
the only one
here, obviously Governor Rell's Office found some merit to it.
They wouldn't have issued a request for investigation. My case
continued for
two and a half years, as I said, going before Judge Scheinblum.
He's threatened my repeatedly, as I said. He's done it off the record
as
well. I mean, these are serious allegations, I do agree with that. And
the last,
the last bit of issue or the last document that I do have is a
grievance I filed
against Chris Parakilas.
And he replied to that grievance. And he clearly states in his
response, after denying
it three times, that Judge Kaplan did contact him on two occasions,
that he instructed
him quite specifically that I was not a fit father, that I was, that I
had manipulative
and controlling behaviors that he observed in his courtroom, that he
should not
nolle my case but he should prosecute me.
And he also commented on a Family Relations officer who also contacted
Chris Parakilas,
Theresa Wassenberg out of Rockville, to see to it that I was
prosecuted at Enfield
as well.
And this case went on for two and a half years, until it was brought
to trial in
New Britain at the cost of taxpayers' money. And then it was dismissed
or I
was acquitted with a jury trial.
And it's the same, been the same with the charges Judge Kaplan brought
against
me in Rockville, where I was acquitted with a jury trial for
allegations of abuse
that he know, knows were incorrect.
And shortly after my attorney was withdrawn and I supplied the
documents to Judge
Scheinblum about Chris Parakilas and Judge Kaplan's conversations, and
after
the Governor's request for an investigation, within days, I was
arrested in
Hartford and charged with perjury from over a year and a half ago.
That case is, after requesting $500,000 bond on me, apparently that's
what I'm
worth, $500,000, the case is now set to be dismissed. So these are
serious issues.
I don't know what other venue to bring this to. I have filed
complaints with
the Judicial Review Council, multiple complaints. There's no, there is
no regard.
I've gone through the appellate process. And the appellate process,
even in
this case, when my attorney was removed, the case was dismissed as
well. So, you
tell me, how do I see my children?
You talk about removing your children for termination of parental
rights. Well,
my parental rights were terminated after my case, I was acquitted from
my case.
They denied me, removed all visitation rights. I have no contact with
my children
whatsoever. And there is no allegations of abuse. There is no
allegations of an
unfit parent.
There is nothing other than Judge Kaplan or Judge Scheinblum and their
record of
retaliation against me. So, if this isn't the right venue, I will
certainly
forward these transcripts to every one of you.
And you can review them. But I would like to see, I just don't
understand the
review process when a judge comes before you.
I understand they fill out a questionnaire and maybe they get some
recommendations
or some comments by other attorneys, I they're brave enough to say
something
about a judge or against a judge.
As you can see, I've been arrested three times for my complaints. I've
had
blank restraining orders issued against me, taking away my children.
And this has been going on for three years. And every one of you knows
about it.
I've contacted you repeatedly. And so I don't know what else to
proceed
with, so.
REP. LAWLOR: Representative Green.
REP. GREEN: Yeah, I just want to get some clarification. If this was
a, it sounds
like a family issue and possibly some custody issues. You had a case
in Juvenile
Court or Adult Court?
Was your case a family matter? I'm just trying to figure out how you
originally
got involved in the court system.
CHRIS KENNEDY: It began as a family matter. Every motion that I
brought before the
Court was denied. Every motion brought by the mother was granted
until, finally,
sole custody was granted to the mother.
After we ended our divorce with a shared joint-custody arrangement,
she immediately
filed for sole custody and the Judge granted it against family
relations, against
a full family study, child counselors, children's school, against
every recommendation,
while the mother was on trial for stabbing me.
REP. GREEN: Thank you for the answer. I just was trying to get at what
Court you
had originally, so.
CHRIS KENNEDY: It's gone to every Court in the state. My son was
arrested, as
was I, right after my complaint against Judge Kaplan.
It's been in Juvenile, Criminal, Family, the Appellate Court. There's
now
two cases in the Supreme Court for restraining orders.
REP. GREEN: Let me, let me tell you that it is one issue that I do
definitely agree
with you on, and I am concerned about. And that is I reviewed a number
of judges
for [Gap in testimony. Changing from Tape 3B to Tape 4A.]
--Judicial Review Council. And I've got to tell you, in my little
quick analysis,
about 95% to 98% of those get dismissed.
And I just get concerned when I see so many filed and very few that
there's
any finding of some kind of fault from judges. So it just has me
concerned that
the dismissal rate is so high, so I am concerned about that.
However, I do believe that that is the system that individuals have to
go through
because that's the system that we have. And I think it's up to us to
look
at the number of complaints that come.
And I would hope that there's some awareness of whether a case was
dismissed
or not, at least a number that might have been brought. So I just
wanted to make
that comment. Thank you.
CHRIS KENNEDY: Thank you.
REP. LAWLOR: Are there other questions? If not, thank you very much,
Mr. Kennedy.
CHRIS KENNEDY: Thanks for the extra time. And I will say, just in
closing, believe
it or not, I have judges that I do respect greatly. Andrea Guinness
was certainly
one of them.
She has ruled against me, but I do respect her fairness. And that's
all I've
ever asked for, is just fairness in the court system. Thank you.
REP. LAWLOR: Thank you, Sir. Next is John Del Vecchio.
JOHN DEL VECCHIO: Good evening, Members of the Judiciary Committee. My
name is John
Del Vecchio. I am the Workers' Compensation Organizer for District
1199, New
England Healthcare Employees Union.
We have about 20,000 members in Connecticut in both the public and
private sectors
employed in hospitals, nursing homes, mental health, mental
retardation, correctional
health, patient transportation, social services and related fields.
Because of the hazardous conditions many of our members face on the
job, I'm
involved in workers' compensation cases on a daily basis, representing
our members
at informal, pre-formal and formal hearings.
In that capacity, I've appeared before Commissioner Belkin on numerous
occasions
in Waterbury and, most recently, Hartford.
I have found him to be the soft-spoken, consummate gentleman, a fair-
minded mediator,
a man with a sense of compassion and an adjudicator with the necessary
knowledge
of the law and the skills of persuasion to help the parties resolve
disputes, qualities
that all those involved in our workers' compensation system deemed
vital to
a Commissioner, making the system work properly and equitably.
Although sometimes adversarial, workers' compensation is not generally
an antagonistic
system, and Commissioner Belkin's demeanor and personality contribute
to parties
coming to amicable resolutions of problems associated with
compensation claims.
I strongly urge the Members of the Judiciary Committee to endorse the
reappointment
of Howard Belkin as Workers' Compensation Commissioner.
REP. LAWLOR: Thank you, Mr. Del Vecchio. Are there any questions? If
not, thanks
for coming in. It's good to get the input of someone who has had
firsthand experience
as well.
There you go. If there's no other persons in testifying today, we'll
call
this public hearing to a, oh, I'm sorry, Representative Hovey.
REP. HOVEY: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Before you, I'm not sure what the
protocol
is, do you want to close the public hearing? I have a comment I want
to make.
REP. LAWLOR: Oh, sure, I can close the public hearing. No problem,
it's okay.
REP. HOVEY: Okay, I just wanted to say that I respect the,
respectfully object to
the delay in the votes on these judges because it's my understanding
that the
delay is due to one of the nominees specifically.
And, from my perspective, we've appointed and appraised judges who
have had
significant issues with demeanor.
They're arrogant, pretentious and even dishonest, and that we have
recently
approved a judge who knowingly put children back into harm's way
instead of
using their judicial latitude to protect these children.
And the particular individual that we had earlier today, I believe the
terms willful
neglect and this or that about their circumstance, personal
circumstance.
And what I would say is, someone who sits on this Committee with a--
[Whereupon, the hearing was adjourned.]====
“Whereupon, the hearing was adjourned.” ???
I was present for the 21 March 06 Judicial Approval Hearing and I
found there should
have been a notice posted at the door to the hearing room to “Enter At
Your Own
Risk. Barf-bags Recommended.” You approved judges who had no
experience in the
criminal courts, and no trial experience at all. All we heard was
schmoozing by
the legislators. It was repulsive. One member of your committee
admitted to having
only set foot in a courthouse once in her lifetime!
3) It’s becoming ever more clear that we need to ask for an
investigation by the
US Department of Justice from OUTSIDE Connecticut due to the
corruption in the local
USDOJ. From the Hartford Courant 06 November 05:
"On another occasion, a sober Rowland adviser was deputized to warn
another
Republican she ought to start wearing underwear beneath her short
skirts when she
was around the governor. Mrs. Rowland was said to be especially
insistent that the
message be delivered."
Connecticut's political world is tiny and given to ennui. Witness the
fact
that the U.S. Attorney, Kevin O'Connor, was barred from participating
in the
prosecution of the Rowland scandals because of his and his wife's
close ties
to the former governor. Kathleen O'Connor worked in the office of
Rowland's
legal counsel. In most places, that would raise an alarm. Connecticut
only shrugs.”
--- Whole Truth Left in Shadows - Courant’s Kevin Rennie
All of the above means we have exhausted all means for redress of
corruption in
the CT court system, color of law abuses, complete denial of all civil
and constitutional
rights. There is no restraint whatsoever on the criminal behavior of
Morano’s staff,
the DCF, the judges, and now clearly the legislators are incompetent.
Mr. Lawlor,
the Committee Chair, said to Mr. Kennedy,
CHRIS KENNEDY: “Yes, and this isn't the first time that you've heard
this
complaint against Judge Kaplan. I gave the same testimony a year ago.
And I met
with you in person.
And even with you, Representative Lawlor, I presented you with the
transcripts and
you told me flat-out that you're not interested, twice, on two
occasions.”
There appears to be nothing left to be done except take this to
Washington and the
United Nations.
Again.
Kathleen M. Dickson http://actionlyme.org
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Pawcatuck, CT 06379
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Subject: WHEREUPON, I got a letter from the Capitol Police....
Date: Sep 18, 2008 8:43 AM
...informing me that if I attempted to contact the Judiciary
Committee again, I would be arrested for harassment.
(You *have* to read the hearing transcript because it's really funny.)
Kathleen M. Dickson
http://www.actionlyme.org
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http://actionlyme.org/CRIMINAL_JUSTICE_FARCE_HEARING_25_March_06.htm
Senator Andrew
McDonald
25 March 06
Representative Michael Lawlor
Judiciary Committee
State of Connecticut
See Also: http://starkravingviking.blogspot.com/2006/03/liar-liar-pants-on-fire.html
And http://www.walrradio.com
COMPLAINT: Judicial Corruption, the Hartford Courant’s and
Connecticut Law Tribune’s
lawsuit, and the following transcripts from your previous hearings:
As I stated in my 21 March 06 testimony submission to the Judicial
appointment hearings
which I characterize as “Being present at the State’s autopsy” (the 21
March 2006
farce of a “hearing”), “ What we need is an entirely new and
separate Division
of Criminal Justice to investigate and prosecute the crimes of the
Connecticut Division
of Criminal Justice and other State of Connecticut employees.”
1) I would also like to point out the illegality of gag orders by
DCF and DCF
judges and threats of incarceration against people who exercise their
rights.
I know of 3 sets of parents who were issued illegal gag orders and the
newest among
them, the Inkels, were warned last week that AAG William Wholean would
seek the
arrest of Meredith Inkel for talking to the press and revealing
documents which
are in the public domain, namely the federal lawsuit by the Inkels
against the CT
Department of Children and Families staff. Such an arrest would be
illegal under
Statute 17a-28 and the US Constitution and Bill of Rights.
The DCF defrauded the court with their Order of Temporary Custody in
the Inkel’s
case (as they had in my “case”) and said Meredith had a positive
marijuana test
at the time of the birth of her last child, when the test result from
the lab was
not positive, but uncertain. The DCF staff person who defrauded the
court was
a one Susan Wax. The documents are on my website and they are on the
website of
American Liberty Radio, www.walrradio.com.
Last night we heard a national radio webcast of a program entitled
“Intimidation
by Connecticut Juvenile Court and DCF,” featuring Tom Dutkiewicz of
ConnecticutDCFWatch.com,
Phil Inkel, and Steven Erickson. The show was recorded and can be
replayed again
and again, but the point is, how many times do we have to make the
same point before
SOMEONE in Corrupticut starts acting accountably? It appears
Corrupticut is incapable
of controlling corruption in the courts, because the judgeships
granted not upon
a condition of merit and experience but of schmooze, incompetence, and
zero accountability,
and allows criminal lawbreaking on the part of CT Judges.
======
2) Regarding the following text from the transcripts from the 06
March 06 hearings,
we would like to know how the following transpired “off the record,”
and where Mr.
Christopher “ $500,000-Bond-for-a-False-Arrest-for-Filing-Complaints-
about-the-Corruption-in-the-Corrupticourts”
Kennedy was clear in his complaints and actions, the Judicial
Committee offered
Mr. Kennedy no recourse?:
REP. LAWLOR: Thank you, Mr. Del Vecchio. Are there any questions? If
not, thanks
for coming in. It's good to get the input of someone who has had
firsthand experience
as well.
There you go. If there's no other persons in testifying today, we'll
call
this public hearing to a, oh, I'm sorry, Representative Hovey.
REP. HOVEY: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Before you, I'm not sure what the
protocol
is, do you want to close the public hearing? I have a comment I want
to make.
REP. LAWLOR: Oh, sure, I can close the public hearing. No problem,
it's okay.
REP. HOVEY: Okay, I just wanted to say that I respect the,
respectfully object to
the delay in the votes on these judges because it's my understanding
that the
delay is due to one of the nominees specifically.
And, from my perspective, we've appointed and appraised judges who
have had
significant issues with demeanor.
They're arrogant, pretentious and even dishonest,…..
(EARLIER)
REP. LAWLOR: We have two members of the public who have signed up to
testify. And,
I would just point out, if there are Members listening in their
offices and didn't
hear the earlier announcement, we plan on holding a vote on these
nominations on
Wednesday at, following our Committee hearing on two additional
Judicial nominations,
which I believe begins at 2:00 p.m. So, with that, first is Chris
Kennedy.
CHRIS KENNEDY: Hello, and good evening. It's gotten very late. I came
here today
to testify specifically on Judge Scheinblum, but I've also heard the
testimony
of several judges.
And it just surprises me that myself, out of three million people in
Connecticut,
I'm the only one who would come to speak out about what tactually
happens in
the court. That surprises me.
As I said, my name is Chris Kennedy. I live in Ellington, Connecticut.
And I represent
the Connecticut Civil Rights Council. Essentially, you heard some
testimony by Judge
Scheinblum, I was arrested in July, 2003 in Enfield Court by a warrant
for custodial
interference.
The charges were over a month old and the claim was that I refused to
return my
children to a mother who was not home. She was gone for the evening
with her boyfriend,
and that was in the police report.
And it was in testimony that I supplied to the court. For two and a
half years,
my case was delayed. I sat through the Court in Enfield. Over 50
hearings, at some
point twice a week, depending on Judge Scheinblum's mood.
I watched Scheinblum abuse blacks, Hispanics, minorities. He would
deny people their
right to a proper defense and he would threaten them. They would
either take the
prosecutor's offer or they would go to jail.
I personally witnessed him take advantage of poor and uneducated
people who have
no understanding of the law to plead guilty of crimes they insisted
they were innocent
of.
In my case, he initially reviewed it after three months, saying that
it's a
family case. And, in his transcript, he says why are you bothering the
Court with
a family matter? Why is this wasting the Court's time and why are you
wasting
the time of Family Relations?
He then proceeded to issue a protective order against me which forbid
me from contact
with my children, whom I have not seen in three years. Shortly
thereafter, in 2003,
Chris Parakilas offered to nolle my case because there wasn't enough
evidence.
Judge Kaplan called him from Rockville Court and instructed him that
he wanted me
prosecuted. He did not want my case nolled. In January of '04, Chris
Parakilas
obliged.
The original offer was that if I went to counseling for eight weeks,
he would nolle
the case. After 16 weeks of counseling at two different counselors and
programs,
I went back to Court. Chris Parakilas refused to nolle the case.
That was right after Judge Kaplan's call. That case proceeded. I would
ask for
a few more minutes, if that's possible. That case proceeded again.
It was, Chris Parakilas, as I said, refused to nolle the case. He
would not give
a reason why. I immediately asked to go to trial. It was denied. I
asked for a speedy
trial and it was denied.
My defense attorney asked to withdraw from the case. He did not want
to go to trial,
and it was granted. So I was defenseless. I had no attorney. I
represented myself
for several months until I hired a second attorney.
That attorney did file a motion to dismiss. It was denied by Judge
Elgo. The grounds
were that probable cause or that the warrant was signed by a judge and
so there
was no grounds to dismiss a case under those conditions.
So, again, my case continued on for another year of going to court, as
I said, sometimes
twice a week, sometimes more than my attorney was in court himself.
Come July of, June of 2004, I'd been consistently contacting
Legislators and
the Governor's Office. And, finally, I met with the Governor's Office
Chief
of Legal Staff, Kevin Rash.
He issued two documents, or several documents. He requested an
investigation be
done into allegations of unethical and illegal activity to Judge
Pellegrino, specifically
citing Judge Kaplan of Rockville Court, Judge Klaczak of Rockville
Court and also
Judge Graziani of Rockville Court.
He issued a second request to Chris Morano asking for an investigation
into Chris
Parakilas and the actions that he was taking in this case in Enfield,
also into
Matt Gadansky and to Elizabeth Leaming, who are now prosecuting me in
Enfield, in
Rockville Court.
I pulled transcripts from my files out of Rockville in June, in June
of 2004, right
after the Governor's request for an investigation. I brought them to
my attorney's
attention, of Judge Kaplan's calls to the prosecutor, which he had
denied.
The prosecutor, at that point, the prosecutor met with my attorney and
Judge Scheinblum
in chambers. My attorney came out and filed a motion to withdraw. That
withdrawal
was granted. Judge Scheinblum just testified today that I've insisted
on being
pro se.
But the transcripts that I will provide you clearly state that I do
not want my
attorney removed, that my attorney's being threatened by the Court,
that he's
being pressured to withdraw from this case because of Judge Kaplan.
I clearly, and I have filed an appeal requesting that my attorney not
be removed.
The motions that Judge Scheinblum referred as far as being frivolous,
they were
motions for a speedy trial, motions for a jury trial, motions to have
my case transferred
out of Enfield Court, motions to modify the protective order so I
could see my children.
They were denied. Motions to recuse him as a judge for abuse of
process, but they
were denied as being frivolous. On June 6th, 2005, again, this is at
the time of
the Governor's request, I stated to my attorney, my attorney was
withdrawing
from the case.
I clearly asked the Court that I have attention deficit disorder, as
does my son,
and I would ask for some accommodations. And I would ask that my
attorney not be
allowed to withdraw from the case.
As part of the transcript, I allege that Chris Parakilas was lying to
the Court,
that Chris Parakilas did contact or was contacted by Judge Kaplan,
that he did have
a, several conversations with him which Chris Parakilas denied.
In Chris Parakilas' statement in June 6th, he says it's unfounded as
far
as I can tell. I don't know what transpired in GA 19, which is
Rockville Court,
with Judge Kaplan. All I know is the track record here and this case
here.
Judge Scheinblum asked him have you ever represented that this case
was going to
be nolled?
No, Chris Parakilas stated to the Court. I then asked, now that my
attorney was
being removed from the case, I asked to address the Court, to Judge
Scheinblum.
I asked, I said, Your Honor, if I may. No, you may not, was Judge
Scheinblum's
response. I would like to exercise my constitutional right to address
this Court,
Your Honor. You may not, I've given you plenty of opportunity. No, you
have
not, Your Honor, I replied.
The Court, Judge Scheinblum, said it's obvious to me there's a
material
breakdown between the lawyer-client relationship and Mr. O'Brien can
no longer
represent you. His motion to withdraw is granted.
I would ask that this case be dismissed on the grounds of your denying
my constitutional
rights, I asked Judge Scheinblum. Denied, replied the Judge.
I would ask for an ADA Coordinator, I have attention deficit disorder.
I'm requesting
accommodations per the Americans with Disabilities Act. What's your
disability?
Attention deficit.
He then responded that I had to file a brief within one week's time
and that
I would not have the help of my attorney because he was dismissed from
the case.
I then finally responded, Your Honor, I would ask for an immediate
jury trial. I
believe I'm being, he interrupted me with a denied. So my motion,
again, this
is a third request for a jury trial after two and a half years.
I supply testimony from my ex-wife that she wasn't home at the time. I
supplied
the laws, which clearly state in the legislative intent that custodial
interference
does not apply to a father trying to return his kids to a mother who
is not home
at the time.
I then provided the Court with transcripts of Judge Kaplan stating I
absolutely
admit, I put on the record beforehand, I would be contacting Family
Services Office
in Enfield. And I ended up talking with Peter Myers here at Family
Services Office
because he's a supervisor.
He then goes on to say, I also spoke to the State's Attorneys in
Enfield because
the State's Attorney's Office is always in the position that a Family
Service
Officer at the end of a family case.
And I believe it was an allegation of interfering with custody, or
something like
that he said was still pending.
He clearly states he should not be entering a nolle on a case if he
feels that was
the, that was what was alleged on December 30th was relevant,
referring to another
case.
And he clearly states I simply reported to the supervising State's
Attorney's
office, Mr. Parakilas, the new supervisor, that he's got that case
pending.
And it was in the hands of Family Services.
REP. LAWLOR: Mr. Kennedy, can I just ask you, how much more do you
have in your
statement?
CHRIS KENNEDY: Approximately five more minutes, if I may. I
understand.
REP. LAWLOR: Maybe it would be better, because I know some Members of
the Committee
have a question or two, Senator McDonald.
CHRIS KENNEDY: Sure.
SEN. MCDONALD: Just let me ask you, Mr. Kennedy, and, first of all, I
want to thank
you for waiting around all this time. I know it's been a long day.
One of the problems we have as a Committee in hearing testimony such
as yours is
that this is not a great forum to find out exactly what happened.
We appreciate your testimony. We heard, obviously, Judge Scheinblum's
prior
testimony. And that's actually why we have a system that is actually
sort of
structured for this kind of proper airing of a particular case.
So my question is, and we're really just focused on one judge here, my
question
is, did you ever file any complaints with the Judicial Review Council
with respect
to Judge Scheinblum?
CHRIS KENNEDY: I have one prepared for Judge Scheinblum. Every
complaint I have
filed has been dismissed, some without review. The last, against Judge
Kaplan, was
filed within several months of the allegations.
SEN. MCDONALD: But we're just focused on Judge Scheinblum. I
understand that
you have concerns and objections to Judge Kaplan's conduct as well,
but with
respect to the one judge that we are considering for reappointment,
have you ever
filed an actual complaint against him in that venue?
CHRIS KENNEDY: I have not, because it's pointless. They last told me
that the
complaint I was filed against Judge Kaplan, as I was saying, it was
filed timely,
they dismissed it as being untimely. And that's what they reported to
the state.
When I called back to find out why, they told me that they shredded
the documents.
So I don't believe the Judicial Review Council does review complaints.
But,
regardless, I wouldn't file one.
SEN. MCDONALD: I hear you, because the problem we have is that in
considering your
testimony, we would have to, we want to be fair to you but we also
need to be fair
to Judge Scheinblum.
And, frankly, one of the best ways for us to do that type of review is
to look at
a record through a formal structure as administered by the Judicial
Review Council.
So I would just, I mean, I'm happy to hear your testimony, and I'm
glad
you came, but I would recommend that you observe that process. And I
understand
you feel it's going to be a fruitless process but, for better or for
worse,
it is the process we have.
And I hope that the Judicial Review Council is not, is not short-
circuiting that
process. And I suspect that they will give your concerns a full
hearing at that
time. So I would commend you to observe that process.
CHRIS KENNEDY: Yes, and this isn't the first time that you've heard
this
complaint against Judge Kaplan. I gave the same testimony a year ago.
And I met
with you in person.
And even with you, Representative Lawlor, I presented you with the
transcripts and
you told me flat-out that you're not interested, twice, on two
occasions.
And this involves racism, not just by Judge Kaplan or by Judge
Scheinblum, but these
are serious issues of a prosecutor lying to the Court. And I don't
understand
how you're not interested in these issues.
The Judicial Review Council, they dismiss cases. They don't review
them. And
there's no point in going through it, especially when they dismiss a
case as
being untimely when it's nary a month or two months old.
So that process is clearly not working. This is the only avenue that I
have other
than bombarding you with e-mails and letters and picketing outside the
courthouses
which, as you know, I do.
But you have a judge, to continue, at one point, when I alleged of the
charges against
Chris Parakilas lying to the Court, Judge Scheinblum ordered the Court
Reporter
to shut off the recording device and then threatened me that he would
punish me
for my complaints against any officer in this Court.
Now, he's not acting as a judge when he does that. He's a minister of
his
own justice at that point. And he's not presiding as any judge in this
case.
It really doesn't fall under the Judicial Review Council that I could
see. It
more falls under just an individual threatening another person. I
don't understand
how he could get away with these things. And this is in a full
courtroom.
But it goes on and on. This is, and, as you can see, despite me being
the only one
here, obviously Governor Rell's Office found some merit to it.
They wouldn't have issued a request for investigation. My case
continued for
two and a half years, as I said, going before Judge Scheinblum.
He's threatened my repeatedly, as I said. He's done it off the record
as
well. I mean, these are serious allegations, I do agree with that. And
the last,
the last bit of issue or the last document that I do have is a
grievance I filed
against Chris Parakilas.
And he replied to that grievance. And he clearly states in his
response, after denying
it three times, that Judge Kaplan did contact him on two occasions,
that he instructed
him quite specifically that I was not a fit father, that I was, that I
had manipulative
and controlling behaviors that he observed in his courtroom, that he
should not
nolle my case but he should prosecute me.
And he also commented on a Family Relations officer who also contacted
Chris Parakilas,
Theresa Wassenberg out of Rockville, to see to it that I was
prosecuted at Enfield
as well.
And this case went on for two and a half years, until it was brought
to trial in
New Britain at the cost of taxpayers' money. And then it was dismissed
or I
was acquitted with a jury trial.
And it's the same, been the same with the charges Judge Kaplan brought
against
me in Rockville, where I was acquitted with a jury trial for
allegations of abuse
that he know, knows were incorrect.
And shortly after my attorney was withdrawn and I supplied the
documents to Judge
Scheinblum about Chris Parakilas and Judge Kaplan's conversations, and
after
the Governor's request for an investigation, within days, I was
arrested in
Hartford and charged with perjury from over a year and a half ago.
That case is, after requesting $500,000 bond on me, apparently that's
what I'm
worth, $500,000, the case is now set to be dismissed. So these are
serious issues.
I don't know what other venue to bring this to. I have filed
complaints with
the Judicial Review Council, multiple complaints. There's no, there is
no regard.
I've gone through the appellate process. And the appellate process,
even in
this case, when my attorney was removed, the case was dismissed as
well. So, you
tell me, how do I see my children?
You talk about removing your children for termination of parental
rights. Well,
my parental rights were terminated after my case, I was acquitted from
my case.
They denied me, removed all visitation rights. I have no contact with
my children
whatsoever. And there is no allegations of abuse. There is no
allegations of an
unfit parent.
There is nothing other than Judge Kaplan or Judge Scheinblum and their
record of
retaliation against me. So, if this isn't the right venue, I will
certainly
forward these transcripts to every one of you.
And you can review them. But I would like to see, I just don't
understand the
review process when a judge comes before you.
I understand they fill out a questionnaire and maybe they get some
recommendations
or some comments by other attorneys, I they're brave enough to say
something
about a judge or against a judge.
As you can see, I've been arrested three times for my complaints. I've
had
blank restraining orders issued against me, taking away my children.
And this has been going on for three years. And every one of you knows
about it.
I've contacted you repeatedly. And so I don't know what else to
proceed
with, so.
REP. LAWLOR: Representative Green.
REP. GREEN: Yeah, I just want to get some clarification. If this was
a, it sounds
like a family issue and possibly some custody issues. You had a case
in Juvenile
Court or Adult Court?
Was your case a family matter? I'm just trying to figure out how you
originally
got involved in the court system.
CHRIS KENNEDY: It began as a family matter. Every motion that I
brought before the
Court was denied. Every motion brought by the mother was granted
until, finally,
sole custody was granted to the mother.
After we ended our divorce with a shared joint-custody arrangement,
she immediately
filed for sole custody and the Judge granted it against family
relations, against
a full family study, child counselors, children's school, against
every recommendation,
while the mother was on trial for stabbing me.
REP. GREEN: Thank you for the answer. I just was trying to get at what
Court you
had originally, so.
CHRIS KENNEDY: It's gone to every Court in the state. My son was
arrested, as
was I, right after my complaint against Judge Kaplan.
It's been in Juvenile, Criminal, Family, the Appellate Court. There's
now
two cases in the Supreme Court for restraining orders.
REP. GREEN: Let me, let me tell you that it is one issue that I do
definitely agree
with you on, and I am concerned about. And that is I reviewed a number
of judges
for [Gap in testimony. Changing from Tape 3B to Tape 4A.]
--Judicial Review Council. And I've got to tell you, in my little
quick analysis,
about 95% to 98% of those get dismissed.
And I just get concerned when I see so many filed and very few that
there's
any finding of some kind of fault from judges. So it just has me
concerned that
the dismissal rate is so high, so I am concerned about that.
However, I do believe that that is the system that individuals have to
go through
because that's the system that we have. And I think it's up to us to
look
at the number of complaints that come.
And I would hope that there's some awareness of whether a case was
dismissed
or not, at least a number that might have been brought. So I just
wanted to make
that comment. Thank you.
CHRIS KENNEDY: Thank you.
REP. LAWLOR: Are there other questions? If not, thank you very much,
Mr. Kennedy.
CHRIS KENNEDY: Thanks for the extra time. And I will say, just in
closing, believe
it or not, I have judges that I do respect greatly. Andrea Guinness
was certainly
one of them.
She has ruled against me, but I do respect her fairness. And that's
all I've
ever asked for, is just fairness in the court system. Thank you.
REP. LAWLOR: Thank you, Sir. Next is John Del Vecchio.
JOHN DEL VECCHIO: Good evening, Members of the Judiciary Committee. My
name is John
Del Vecchio. I am the Workers' Compensation Organizer for District
1199, New
England Healthcare Employees Union.
We have about 20,000 members in Connecticut in both the public and
private sectors
employed in hospitals, nursing homes, mental health, mental
retardation, correctional
health, patient transportation, social services and related fields.
Because of the hazardous conditions many of our members face on the
job, I'm
involved in workers' compensation cases on a daily basis, representing
our members
at informal, pre-formal and formal hearings.
In that capacity, I've appeared before Commissioner Belkin on numerous
occasions
in Waterbury and, most recently, Hartford.
I have found him to be the soft-spoken, consummate gentleman, a fair-
minded mediator,
a man with a sense of compassion and an adjudicator with the necessary
knowledge
of the law and the skills of persuasion to help the parties resolve
disputes, qualities
that all those involved in our workers' compensation system deemed
vital to
a Commissioner, making the system work properly and equitably.
Although sometimes adversarial, workers' compensation is not generally
an antagonistic
system, and Commissioner Belkin's demeanor and personality contribute
to parties
coming to amicable resolutions of problems associated with
compensation claims.
I strongly urge the Members of the Judiciary Committee to endorse the
reappointment
of Howard Belkin as Workers' Compensation Commissioner.
REP. LAWLOR: Thank you, Mr. Del Vecchio. Are there any questions? If
not, thanks
for coming in. It's good to get the input of someone who has had
firsthand experience
as well.
There you go. If there's no other persons in testifying today, we'll
call
this public hearing to a, oh, I'm sorry, Representative Hovey.
REP. HOVEY: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Before you, I'm not sure what the
protocol
is, do you want to close the public hearing? I have a comment I want
to make.
REP. LAWLOR: Oh, sure, I can close the public hearing. No problem,
it's okay.
REP. HOVEY: Okay, I just wanted to say that I respect the,
respectfully object to
the delay in the votes on these judges because it's my understanding
that the
delay is due to one of the nominees specifically.
And, from my perspective, we've appointed and appraised judges who
have had
significant issues with demeanor.
They're arrogant, pretentious and even dishonest, and that we have
recently
approved a judge who knowingly put children back into harm's way
instead of
using their judicial latitude to protect these children.
And the particular individual that we had earlier today, I believe the
terms willful
neglect and this or that about their circumstance, personal
circumstance.
And what I would say is, someone who sits on this Committee with a--
[Whereupon, the hearing was adjourned.]====
“Whereupon, the hearing was adjourned.” ???
I was present for the 21 March 06 Judicial Approval Hearing and I
found there should
have been a notice posted at the door to the hearing room to “Enter At
Your Own
Risk. Barf-bags Recommended.” You approved judges who had no
experience in the
criminal courts, and no trial experience at all. All we heard was
schmoozing by
the legislators. It was repulsive. One member of your committee
admitted to having
only set foot in a courthouse once in her lifetime!
3) It’s becoming ever more clear that we need to ask for an
investigation by the
US Department of Justice from OUTSIDE Connecticut due to the
corruption in the local
USDOJ. From the Hartford Courant 06 November 05:
"On another occasion, a sober Rowland adviser was deputized to warn
another
Republican she ought to start wearing underwear beneath her short
skirts when she
was around the governor. Mrs. Rowland was said to be especially
insistent that the
message be delivered."
Connecticut's political world is tiny and given to ennui. Witness the
fact
that the U.S. Attorney, Kevin O'Connor, was barred from participating
in the
prosecution of the Rowland scandals because of his and his wife's
close ties
to the former governor. Kathleen O'Connor worked in the office of
Rowland's
legal counsel. In most places, that would raise an alarm. Connecticut
only shrugs.”
--- Whole Truth Left in Shadows - Courant’s Kevin Rennie
All of the above means we have exhausted all means for redress of
corruption in
the CT court system, color of law abuses, complete denial of all civil
and constitutional
rights. There is no restraint whatsoever on the criminal behavior of
Morano’s staff,
the DCF, the judges, and now clearly the legislators are incompetent.
Mr. Lawlor,
the Committee Chair, said to Mr. Kennedy,
CHRIS KENNEDY: “Yes, and this isn't the first time that you've heard
this
complaint against Judge Kaplan. I gave the same testimony a year ago.
And I met
with you in person.
And even with you, Representative Lawlor, I presented you with the
transcripts and
you told me flat-out that you're not interested, twice, on two
occasions.”
There appears to be nothing left to be done except take this to
Washington and the
United Nations.
Again.
Kathleen M. Dickson http://actionlyme.org
23 Garden Street
Pawcatuck, CT 06379
860-599-5451
CC: USDOJ, Civil Rights Division, Criminal Section, United Nations
Human Rights
Commissioner, Geneva, Switzerland, US Senate, House Ways and Means, NY
AG Eliot
Spitzer, Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, Alberto Gonzales,
Margaret Spellings,
The White House, Hartford Courant, The Washington Post,
Representatives Kenneth
Green and William Dyson
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