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U.S. v. Sipe: Border Patrol agent David Sipe was charged in 2000 with
using excessive force as he attempted to detain an undocumented
immigrant crossing into Texas from Mexico. Three immigrants had ignored
orders to stop and had fled into a field of tall reeds. Sipe used his flashlight
to subdue one who was resisting arrest; the immigrant suffered a head
wound that required five stitches. After Sipe was convicted in 2001, his
defense attorney, Jack Wolfe, discovered that prosecutors failed to tell the
court that the immigrants had been granted Social Security cards, border-
crossing passes and money in exchange for their testimony.
Outcome: The trial judge ordered a new trial, a ruling upheld in 2004 by
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. At Sipe's 2007 retrial, the
evidence that the government had extended privileges to the victim was
introduced. A jury acquitted Sipe after two hours of deliberation. He
eventually won back pay from the Border Patrol, on condition that he never
work again for Homeland Security. Sipe has taught martial arts classes and
is seeking a job in law enforcement. "When I went into public service, I
expected honorable behavior would be the norm," Sipe said. "I wasn't
expecting an unfair investigation, an unfair trial."
Outcome: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit overturned Rivas'
conviction in 2004, ruling that prosecutors had violated Rivas's
constitutional rights by not revealing the roommate's admission. The court
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I DO NOT UNDER STAND HOW A THE ATTOURNEYS GENERAL OFFICE COULD HIRE A
DISTRICK ATTOURNEY THAT DID-NOT HAVE A LISENSE AND HAD NOT HAD ONE
SINCE 2003-2009 AND STILL DON'T HAVE ONE , WHY WASN'T A BACKGROUND
CHECKS DONE ,WHY DIDN'T HE HAVE TO SHOW DOCUMATION DAVID P FOLMAR JR
WORKED FOR ANNA MILLS WAGONER FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH
CAROLINA IN GREENSBORO AND HAS TRIED 10000'S OF CASES E=LEGALLY .HE
SHOULD NOT OF EVEN BEEN ABLE TO OPEN UP MAIL OR SEEN PAPER WORK ON
ANY CASE LET ALONE BE A DA THERE ARE 1000'S OF CASES HE TRIED .WHY HAS HE
NOT BEEN TRIED OR CHARGED FOR FRAUD ALL THE LIES HE STOOD UP IN COURT
AND REPSENTED THE FEDERAL GOV- CASE AFTER CASE AND NEVER TOLD ANYONE
ABOUT ALL THE FRAUD AND LIED HE WAS TELLING . AND TO DISCUSS SENTANCES
WITH JUDGES TO GIVE PEOPLE , HE COULD NOT HANDLE HIS OWN AFFAIFS AND
LIFELET ALONE DICTATE WHAT OTHERS SHOULD GET OR RECOMMEND
IF A POLICE OFFICER FROM KERNSVILLE POLICE DEPT, HADN;T CHARGED HIM WITH
A DUI THANKSGIVING 2008 , HE WOULD STILL BE COMMITING FRAUD THE COP
COULD OF SWEPT IT UNDER THE TABLE BECAUSE HE THOUGHT DAVID P FOLMAR
WAS A DA FOR THE ATTOURNEYS OFFICE, THANK GOD THERE ARE STILL SOME
HONEST POLICE OFFICERS DOING THE RIGHT AND HONEST THING HE NEEDS A BIG
THANK-U ALL THESE CASES WERE TRIED E=LEGALLY A ND FRAUDENTLY . HE KNEW
HE DIDN;T HAVE A LISENSE , IF ANNA MILLS WAGONER WAS DOING HER JOB SHE
SHOULD OF KNOWN, A LIE IS A LIE NO MATTER WHO TELLING IT IT'S SAME AS THE
DA FOR DUKE LACROSS THANKES L/WALKER
All citizens should be concerned about this. For example" read these stories, the go look at
the Houston Chronicle archives and you will see stories about fabricated evidence by the
Houston Police to put people in jail on false DNA evidence.
Go to www.ungagged.net and look at the abuse of the DOJ around the Enron case. You will
see a pattern of innocent people being indicted, being turned against others, guilty people like
Fastow and Kropper who were able to get reduced sentences when they did bring innocent
people down.
The DOJ/FBI routinely get witnesses to lie on the stand to save themselves. Plea Bargain is
not valid, it is guilty getting off to point the finger at others. Now it includes having innocent
people lie to get reduced sentences so they lie against other innocent people.
The ones who were innocent but would not lie end up getting convicted and then later end up
pleading guilty because they cannot stand up to a second or third trial. How can the
Government be right 99% of the time? Maybe 50% or 75 % but 99%.
This means you get convicted 99% of the time or plead guilty to something rather than go to
trial or go several times. Who can withstand this pressure? One percent of people charged is
the answer?
Please spread the word. Go to www.ungagged.net and watch the stories, You will not believe
how abusiveness. You will not believe how consistently abusive the DOJ is until you see
these stories.
Then read USA Today stories. It is the same thing over and over again.
Our system is corrupted by greedy, self absorbed, power hungry prosecutors and out of
control power crazed courts.
Spread the word, This is how America will survive. We need to put a stop to this and it starts
with education.
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Very good counter point. I suspect at least some of the poor innocent defendants included in
the 201 cases were actually guitly and the prosecutors knew it and the prosecuters were just
trying to get justice for the real victims. The cases mentioned were probably cherry picked to
be ones that were very simpathetic or were actual cases of misconduct.
maj
The government can probably take a lesson or two by reading a few parenting books, actually.
Any observant parent quickly learns that too many rules eventually leads to what is in effect
no rules since the child is a criminal practically from the minute he/she gets out of bed and
eventually doesn't even bother any more. So be it. I am still confident that gender balance will
make it all better in the long run and that things can only get better as we get closer and
closer to achieving gender balance at all levels of government and industry. Onward...
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So you think "good parenting" is permtting children to use drugs?
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Your analogy falls apart because of an invalid assumption. Not everyone exceeds the 55 mile
per hour speed limit and you know it almost as well as I do. I know it because I am one that
doesn't, you know it because you have certainly come up behind someone and got stuck
because there was no room to pass.
maj
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I guarantee that after reading this book that you will realize that the only way to prevent
yourself from being victimized once by the criminals, twice by the courts and a third time by
the penal system is to take matters into your own hands.
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