Newark schoolyard slay suspect in court today (lawyer: "not given access to Nicaraguan consulate")

nj.com ^ | Friday October 05, 2007 | J. Scott Orr

[Liz]

AP File Photo Triple murder suspect Rodolfo Godinez, center, was escorted by Prince George's County officers for his first extradition hearing on Sept. 19.

UPPER MARLBORO, Md - A second extradition hearing was slated for this morning for Rodolfo Godinez, a 24-year-old Nicaraguan national and Newark resident charged in a brutal schoolyard triple murder in August. During a hearing last month, Godinez' court-appointed attorney, Brian Denton said he would argue that the extradition should be blocked because his client was not afforded access to officials at the Nicaraguan consulate after his arrest.

[Liz]

LINE-UP OF EVIL These three are the scum that mutilated three victims w/ machetes then shot them execution-style. Carranza from Peru is also a child rapist (let go scot-free); another scumbag is from Honduras.

Melvin Jovel, Jose Carranza, Rodolfo Godinez (L to R)

NEWARK FIENDS FIRST FAILED AT SEX ATTACK: REPORT
By AUSTIN FENNER NY POST August 23, 2007

The thugs who shot four college students in Newark reportedly preceded their sick attack by trying to sexually assault their two female victims. The group of six assailants - who shot two men and a woman dead and wounded another woman - failed in their attempt at a sexual attack, and then decided to kill their victims, according to 1010 WINS radio. Six suspects have now been charged in the Aug. 4 atrocity, in which the victims were blasted execution-style.

Yesterday, a family member of one of the slain victims described the level of savagery of the attack. He said the thugs used a machete to hack their victims.

"They cut my niece's face off," said John McClain, who is Iofemi Hightower's great-uncle, and the chaplain of the Newark Police Department. "They cut her from cheek to cheek. They left her head hanging." McClain said the mortician had to work for three days to put his grand-niece's face back together. "Most people couldn't tell, when he was done, but the family could tell," he said. --SNIP--

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08232007/news/regionalnews/newark_fiends_first_failed_at_.htm

NOTE: Machetes are the signature weapons of violent MS-13 gangs from South America who are now in 42 states according to a FBI report.

[texgal]

They all look like thugs but the one in the middle looks like evil personified. I hope they get the same “humane” treatment they gave their victims.

[Gay State Conservative]

Godinez' court-appointed attorney, Brian Denton said he would argue that the extradition should be blocked because his client was not afforded access to officials at the Nicaraguan consulate after his arrest.

And lawyers wonder why they're held in lower esteem in this country than are used car salesmen.

[1rudeboy]

Those same people would howl like banshees if an American citizen was denied a consular visit when arrested in Nicaragua. Just sayin’ . . . .

[Gay State Conservative]

Those same people would howl like banshees if an American citizen was denied a consular visit when arrested in Nicaragua.

And Nicaraguan courts...and Mexican courts....and Chinese courts....and Iranian courts...and Venezuelan courts...and Russian courts are similar to US courts in what ways?

[wideawake]

The law is the law.

If these police and prosecutors f*** up a slam-dunk conviction of these dangerous animals because they forgot to do their paperwork, they should be imprisoned for malfeasance.

Let the Nicaraguan consulate hire an attorney for him. Let a Nicaraguan diplomat sit at the defense table. Who cares?

[1rudeboy]

I don’t see this as an issue of “reliability,” or whatever you want to call it. If I’m arrested in Germany, I want to speak to an embassy official. Period.

[Little Ray]

They HAVE to do this; its their job, no matter how evil their clients may be.

In fact, if they failed to do this, its possible any verdict could be overturned on the basis of “incompetent defense.”

I despise lawyers and have serious problems with the legal system as it is currently implemented, but give credit where it is due.

[Gay State Conservative]

I don’t see this as an issue of “reliability,” or whatever you want to call it. If I’m arrested in Germany, I want to speak to an embassy official. Period.

And you obviously feel that if you're charged with murder in Germany and were denied contact with the embassy then the murder charges should be dropped.

(Shaking head in amazement)

[1rudeboy]

You might want to read the article and revise your last comment.

[Red in Blue PA]

These people are no longer entitled to precious air and resources after what they did.

[Scotsman will be Free]

There is a pesky little thing called the Vienna Accord that requires consulates be advised when one of their nationals is arrested in a foreign country. I believe that the U.S. is a signatory to that agreement. A couple of years prior to my retirement from LE we were advised that we were legally required to notify a foreign criminal suspect’s consulate shortly after arrest. I can not recall what the penalty was for failing to do so.

[LRS]

During a hearing last month, Godinez' court-appointed attorney, Brian Denton said he would argue that the extradition should be blocked because his client was not afforded access to officials at the Nicaraguan consulate after his arrest.

Send Nicaragua the bill for all of his legal expenses. Why should should we have to pay a penny for this POS?

[Gay State Conservative]

In fact, if they failed to do this, its possible any verdict could be overturned on the basis of “incompetent defense.”

It's my understanding that courts in this country have consistently held that no defendant is entitled to a perfect trial.These scumbags haven't even had their first day at trial and the lawyer's saying that the charges must be dropped? C'mon!

Here's how I see it.I've traveled all over the world.I've visited civilized countries and Fourth World countries (check my profile for details).Among the many risks I took in visiting these Fourth World countries....in addition to malaria and typhoid...is the fact that it was possible that I could run afoul of some obscure law and find myself in prison for 30 years (in fact,a Tanzanian soldier once pointed a rifle at me after I photographed an Army truck).

So when you're in a civilized country....the US,Canada,Western Europe,etc,etc.....the inability to contact your embassy after you've been arrested isn't gonna make any difference.It's when you arrested in Iran,or China,or Mexico,or Nicaragua or in certain other countries that you have a problem.

[boxerblues]

Send Nicaragua the bill for all of his legal expenses. Why should should we have to pay a penny for this POS?

< snip > Godinez became a permanent legal U.S. resident in 2001, after entering this country in 1992.

[Gay State Conservative]

A couple of years prior to my retirement from LE we were advised that we were legally required to notify a foreign criminal suspect’s consulate shortly after arrest. I can not recall what the penalty was for failing to do so.

OK...so the cop/police force in question pays a fine or something.But drop the charges in a triple murder case? BALONEY!

[Little Ray]

As I said, the lawyer HAS to make the motion. It is the lawyer’s job to get his client off, if he possibly can. If there is ANY evidence he failed to so, it can compromise any guilty verdicts.

Blame the way the legal system is implemented and the judges who, in too many cases are liberal scumbags.

[LRS]

Thanks. I must plead guilty to not reading the article this time...

[montag813]

Brian Denton said he would argue that the extradition should be blocked because his client was not afforded access to officials at the Nicaraguan consulate after his arrest.

If an illegal alien has the right to counsel from their native consulate, then they clearly are not "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States, and any children they sire on our soil, are therefore NOT American citizens.

Every single day, the evidence and case law supporting a SCOTUS challenge to the "Anchor Babies" scandal grow...the Administration must make the first move.

Deport Saul Arellano NOW, in order to force a lawsuit by the ALCO and MALDEF, and therefore bring this matter before the Supreme Court. We will never again have a Court this favorable to reverse the travesty of "anchor babies". We must make this fight TODAY.

[NTHockey]

Hello - Jesse and Al

Are you listening?
Do you care about the murdered kids?
Are you too busy preening for the cameras to worry about real racism?

I guess I’m talking to .......... nobody.