THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
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Volume IX, Issue # 10, January 17, 2007
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
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NIFONG, FITZGERALD, & EARL: AMERICAN JUSTICE DENIED
By Christopher G. Adamo
PUBLIC PROSECUTORS' ABUSE OF THEIR AUTHORITY & DENIAL OF JUSTICE TO AMERICAN CITIZENS: PUBLIC
PROSECUTORS EXERCISING THEIR AUTHORITY NOT IN THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE, BUT, INSTEAD, IN THE PURSUIT OF
PERSONAL & POLITICAL AGENDAS -- PURSUIT OF INVESTIGATIONS WHEN PROSECUTORS ARE WELL AWARE OF THE LACK
OF EVIDENCE TO WARRANT THE INVESTIGATIONS -- DISTORTATION OF CASES THROUGH THE PROSECUTORS'
SUPPRESSION OF HIGHLY PERTINENT EVIDENCE -- SMEARING & DEFAMING TARGETED INDIVIDUALS IN PRE-INDICTMENT &
POST-INDICTMENT PUBLIC STATEMENTS -- GRAND JURY SHOPPING TO FIND A JURY THAT WILL INDICT THE INDIVIDUAL
UNDER INVESTIGATION -- PROSECUTORS WHO ARE PARTISAN DEMOCRATS TARGETING REPUBLICAN OFFICEHOLDERS IN
ORDER TO UNDERMINE THEM POLITICALLY & OBTAIN THEIR REMOVAL FROM OFFICE
FULL STORY:
A pattern of abuse is spreading and escalating throughout America, at the
hands of out-of-control public prosecutors, who are clearly pursuing their
“duties” with no intention towards justice, but with personal and political
agendas. As such, they undermine hope for justice to result from any
situation.
Since the perpetrators of this malignancy work so closely in league with
those who must hold them accountable, little has been done to restrain or
control them. To date, only cursory efforts are being suggested to address
the problem. Clearly, those entrusted to enforce the law must be held to the
highest standards of conduct, lest by exceeding the boundaries of that law
they become the worst version of the threat they are sworn to avert.
No doubt the loudest and most publicized event of this nature involves
Durham County, North Carolina, prosecutor Michael Nifong and the Lacrosse team
from Duke University. Lately, details of Nifong’s malfeasance have come to
light, representing a degree of injustice and malice so outrageous that
Nifong has finally been forced to recuse himself from the case.
Yet in the course of his malevolent pursuit of the Lacrosse players, he
engaged in no less a crime than to knowingly suppress vital evidence
sufficient to totally vindicate the accused. Had any private citizen (with
the possible exception of Sandy Berger) been involved in so extreme of an
effort to distort a case through the suppression of highly pertinent
evidence, that citizen would surely be on his way to the “big house.”
It is noteworthy that in the same week Michael Nifong was forced to abandon
the Duke Lacrosse case, the trial of Lewis I. “Scooter” Libby has begun.
Libby, who has already been convicted in the court of public opinion (at
least within the ranks of the “Drive By” media), is accused of lying during
testimony before a grand jury investigation of the Valerie Plame/Joe Wilson
“scandal.”
During two years of testimony, Libby transposed a couple of dates and events
and thus, we are told, for the good of society, he must be put away. Yet,
recently revealed information inarguably proves that Special Prosecutor
Patrick Fitzgerald knew from the beginning (1) that no crime had been
committed and (2) the identity of the individual who revealed Valerie Plame’s
inconsequential employment status to the media.
Nevertheless, Fitzgerald zealously pursued this non-criminal “investigation”
as if some dark truth of wrongdoing awaited his expert ability to uncover
it. In the end, all he could muster was a comparatively negligible
accusation of perjury against Libby, with no possibility of Libby’s actions
having compromised Plame’s position, or the national security of the U.S.A.
Even Nifong did not engage in such excesses. Had he wanted to, he could have
endlessly questioned the Lacrosse players regarding every detail of the
evening when the “rape” ostensibly took place, and finding any discrepancy
in the testimony, he could have thrown the book at the “offending” player.
In the aftermath, he would likewise be able to claim to have heroically
protected the rights of “exotic dancers.”
Despite having full knowledge that no security breach had been committed by
Libby, in the post-indictment press conference, once in front of the
cameras, Fitzgerald treated the entire episode as a great and sinister
effort to undermine a covert CIA agent. By any intellectually honest
standard, Fitzgerald’s deceit vastly eclipsed the presumed missteps of
Libby.
Ultimately, Fitzgerald perjured himself to a far greater degree than Libby
ever could have, though no statute or directive, other than his oath of
office, apparently holds him to accountability. Clearly, in Fitzgerald’s
world, such quaint concepts as oaths and honesty are completely situational.
As amazing as it might seem, Fitzgerald’s unethical conduct pales in
comparison to that of Travis County, Texas, Prosecuting Attorney Ronnie Earl,
who, last Spring, was able to bring then U.S. House Majority Leader Tom Delay under
indictment. For although it would be difficult to avoid the ugly conclusion
that Fitzgerald was motivated by self-serving political concerns, Earl
actually went public with an announcement, prior to gaining the Delay
indictment, that such was his intended purpose.
Having been unable to convince more than one grand jury of any criminal
action by Delay, even after angrily threatening the jurors, Earl engaged in
an action that can only be termed “grand jury shopping,” whereby he simply
moved from one panel to another until he was able to find a grand jury that
would uphold his accusations against Delay.
Such a reprehensible abuse of the powers of his office did not represent any
departure from Earl’s past behavior. As a shameless partisan Democrat, his
past track record is one of selective inquiry, based on the political
alignment of his intended target. In one particularly despicable case, his
hunt was suddenly followed by a complete reversal, once the organization in
his “crosshairs” agreed to financially support a cause of his choosing.
Unlike Nifong, or even Fitzgerald, certain fallout from Earl’s actions has
already adversely affected every American citizen. Abetting Nancy Pelosi’s
campaign ploy of hanging the “culture of corruption” label on Republicans
(an exercise in hypocrisy worthy of its own discussion), Earl’s deceit and
misuse of his office clearly played a part in the November, 2006, congressional elections that
elevated Pelosi to the position of third in line to the Presidency.
The rightful purpose of prison in a just world is twofold. First, it is
intended to remove from a healthy society those individuals who would render
harm to decent and law-abiding citizens. Secondly, the incarceration of
dangerous individuals serves as a warning to any who might be tempted to
follow in their footsteps.
For the sake of the good people of this country, those who exploit the law
as a weapon with which to bludgeon their fellow citizens ought not to be
allowed to escape accountability. Clearly, the unscrupulous actions of such
out of control prosecutors as Nifong, Fitzgerald, and Earl exceed any
standard warranting removal from decent society.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
Criminal Justice Policy Issues
Legal Issues, Lawyers, & America's Judiciary
Appointment of U.S. Federal Judges
U.S. Constitutional Law & Political Philosophy
The Constitution of the United States of America
Christopher G. Adamo is a freelance writer who lives in southeastern Wyoming and works in the field of industrial instrumentation.
He is actively involved in Wyoming's political process, serving as a delegate to successive Wyoming State Republican Conventions
and as a member of the Wyoming State Republican Central Committee. He has assisted Republican candidates for local and state
legislatures and for the United States Congress. His articles, which appear regularly in The Progressive Conservative, U.S.A.,
and on a number of other websites, reflect a major concern with the damage being done to Conservatism and Conservative causes by
the Liberal Leftist faction in the Republican Party as well as by the much larger and more powerful Liberal Leftist faction in the
Democratic Party. During the early and middle 1990s, Adamo was Editor of the Wyoming Christian Coalition's official news organ,
The Wyoming Christian.
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