by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Mon, 2017 | Licensed to Lie |
Chapter 19: The Last Chance They filed an appeal of Judge Werlein’s denial of a new trial on the perjury and obstruction convictions. A few weeks later, Nicholas Marsh committed suicide, as already mentioned in Chapter One. That brought the prosecutorial misconduct...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Mon, 2017 | Licensed to Lie |
Chapter 16: Truth Be Told Long before the Barge trial, Ruemmler, Friedrich, Weissmann, and Hemann knew exactly what evidence the Merrill defendants needed for their defense. They knew that a “best-efforts” agreement to remarket the barges was lawful. These prosecutors...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Mon, 2017 | Licensed to Lie |
Chapter 14: Another Try Ms. Powell received denials on their motions of double jeopardy for Brown and their petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court. So they were looking at going to trial again for the same indictment. She then reached out to Deputy...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Sun, 2017 | Licensed to Lie |
The Mother of All Corruption–DOJ Chapter 12: The Mother of All Hearings April 7, 2009—a momentous day in legal history—especially for anyone who cares about individual rights. The prosecutorial misconduct in the Stevens case was before Judge Sullivan. He began...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Sun, 2017 | Licensed to Lie |
The Department of INjustice: Polar Pen Melts In late 2008, young FBI agent Chad Joy filed a complaint with the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility claiming that the prosecutors hid evidence in the Stevens “Polar Pen” case. He had to request...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Sun, 2017 | Licensed to Lie |
The not knowing made the holidays extremely stressful for the defendants and their families. But finally, on January 7, 2008, Judge Werlein denied Spencer’s motion to remand Jim into custody. He punted the case back to the Fifth Circuit, to ask them if it would be...