Posted on 05/31/2013 7:01:16 AM PDT by blam
Jail The Prosecutor: Zimmerman Case
Karl Denninger
May 31, 2013
It's time to get the sign out again -- you know the one:
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A court employee who retrieved photos and deleted text messages from Trayvon Martin's cellphone has been placed on administrative leave after an attorney testified that prosecutors didn't properly turn over the evidence to the defense, an attorney said Wednesday.
Former prosecutor Wesley White said he was ethically obligated to reveal that Fourth Judicial Circuit Information Technology Director Ben Kruidbos retrieved the data that weren't turned over.
Everyone involved in this needs to go into the dock now and face prosecution. Specifically, the question that must be answered is under who's direction was this intentional deception fomented, constructed and executed? This is grand jury material and one must be empanelled now.
The evidence in question? It's very material:
White said the photos Kruidbos retrieved were of a hand holding a gun and one depicted drugs. The content of the text messages wasn't specified.
"I'm an officer of the court and I'm obliged to inform the court of any misconduct or any potential misconduct coming before the court. Whether it's by the defense or prosecution," White said.
The folks over at theconservativetreehouse have been all over this; they (and I) have been watching developments in this case like a hawk. Rather than dribble it all out, however, I thought I'd wait until there was so much to present at once that a threshold was reached -- essentially irrefutable evidence of prosecutorial misconduct.
We're there at this point.
Among the material that apparently was in Trayvon's phone was a video he made of a homeless man being beaten by Trayvon and his friends. The State has thus known since that phone was forensically examined shortly after Martin's death that Martin had a history of committing crimes against other people, specifically, beating up other people, the precise event that would exonerate Zimmerman in that they had in their possession video evidence of him doing exactly that to another individual.
There is much more but no more is necessary. The fact of the matter is that the intentional failure to turn over exculpatory evidence, which the State knew of last summer, is a clear violation of both legal procedure and the law.
In addition to the Florida State legal issues that are raised here there is the issue of 42 USC 1983 and 18 USC 242, federal laws that provide both civil and criminal penalties attaching to individuals and thus not subject to being waved away by the State paying someone off when civil rights are violated under color of law or authority.
This is exactly the sort of offense that was often perpetrated on black people through the years when they were knowingly prosecuted and imprisoned even while the prosecution was in possession of evidence that they knew was exculpatory in nature.
Everyone involved in this scam, which I called up front as exactly that even before Zimmerman was arrested, needs to head directly to prison and the case against Zimmerman must be dismissed with prejudice.
Our justice system cannot survive nor does it deserve any respect or legitimacy from the public until and unless this wrong is righted.
Period.
For those who need a review on this story, and are signed into the comment system, you can click here for the article archive I've written on this subject.
For some reason I only get a 1/4 page of FR on my browser, is it me or is FR having problems.
I checked my computer, it’s plugged in.
Nah that would interfere with Zimmerman’s being railroaded for daring to shoot a low life scum because the “victim” looked like Obama’s son (if he had one.)
“I checked my computer, it’s plugged in.”
Me, too. I guess we should have donated more to the cause.
It does seem to happen on the weekends.
Same here...
Me, too.
ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE
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*sigh*
Sadly, believable.
When the Zimmerman trial starts on June 10, it seems pretty likely that there will be large groups of Martin and Zimmeran supporters outside.
I’m sure that racebaiter like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton will show up to whip the Martin supporters into a racist frenzy.
And I’m guessing that the trial will be covered by the news media that will constantly be discussing the subject of racism, and featuring guests who will be hurling accusations of racism.
So two suggestions:
First: For any Zimmerman supporter who will be attending the trial, keep a mirror handy that you can pull out and point at any person or group that calls you a racist.
I’m picturing a large crowd of Zimmerman supporters all with mirrors creating quite a glare. I think it would be great if mirrors became standard items at any showing of support for Zimmerman.
We need to start to match the left’s Alinsky-like approach fto street theater. And before you pooh-pooh the idea, consider how far the left has gotten in this country using street theater.
Second: The correct response to any accusation of racism is not: “I am NOT a racist.” The correct response is: “I am not THE racist.” One word makes a big difference.
Hold down cntrl/alt and hit F R. It works on my Commodore 64.
Zimmerman is screwed. He’s going to prison for something. The black mob demands it and Holder’s Dept. of Racist Justice is fully ready to fulfill that demand. If they can’t manage to convict him of something in FL Holder will file a civil rights case before Zimmerman leaves the courtroom.
Might I suggest a slight alteration:
“I am not THE racist in this conversation.”
Jackson and Sharpton wanted a white middle class conservative to beat up on - as did the press. Hispanic men shoot black men every day... this is ONLY a big story because liberals thought they had caught a Jew or a conservative to beat up on (Zimmerman's father is Jewish - hence the Jewish name).
I almost think the press wants this one over with - their hatred of conservatives was so blatant - especially on the part of NBC.
No wonder the judge wants to proceed without delay, dispite the defense request as to the lack of timely discovery !
The judge was so selective as to what information taken from Trayvon’s phone could be admitted into evidence.
I believe that the homeless man provoked a youth gang assault ( /sarc)
I believe that it was an accident that some data from the phone accidently got lost ( /sarc)
I beleive that the “race baiters” only want justice ( /sarc)
It’s only been 15 months since the assault , and still essential information is still comming out !
Drop the all the charges against Zimmerman !
Disbar the prosecuting attourney for ethics vilations !
Administrative review of the sitting judge by Florida Bar, and if found culpable and in collusion with the State’s prosecutor / persecutor , disbar the sitting judge as well .
People in the State of Florida have lost faith in the Justice system , and that needs to be restored .
(see my tagline )
Works for me.
I think some hot shot lawyer should find the homeless man, and have him sue the Attorney Generals office
The video on the phone of St. Skittles beating up the homeless guy is certainly exculpatory evidence, therefore I fully expect the “judge” to disallow it, as she did the pictures of the gun and pot plant.
She’s been working overtime trying to figure out how to stack the deck further against Zimmerman.
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