Purpose To HOPE - Exposing Injustice - NJ

Fixing An Injust Justice System - Purpose to HOPE

Response From Judges Secretary, Carolyn Madison, 1/9/2024:

Judge McBride has asked me to forward this message to you:



Please do not send any more emails directly to the judge. If you wish to communicate with the judge, you can do so by sending a letter and providing a copy to the prosecutor and the attorneys.



Per the judge’s instructions, copies of the emails you sent on January 1st, January 4th and January 5th are being provided to the prosecutor and the attorneys so that they can address any of the issues raised in the emails in open court.



Thank you,

EMAIL TO JUDGE ON 1/5/2024

Good Afternoon,

Aside from every issue that I have emailed you about that should have prompted my son's release by now, I'd like to bring this to your attention. Please request a phone conference, video conference, whatever you need to, to confirm what I am saying and have my son released TODAY, PLEASE.

- Remember, I had already informed Rachel Luban that there was a conflict of interest when Terrell Ratliffe became the attorney for Co-defendant Ananda Shanks. Mr. Ratliffe said he only met me once with Ms. Shanks and we hadn't discussed the case.
* question? If we weren't discussing the case, what were we meeting for? Right.
* I had been working with for almost a year and he had been helping me tell Mr. Hopkins what to do. I have documented proof and will testify, write a statement, whatever you need.

- This new pool attorney my son has. After he waived my son's appearance during the last scheduled court date, he had came to speak with me in the hall way as I was speaking with the co-defendant. He had let me know that he was trying to do his best and stated that if someone were to come forward and change their story, then we would be looking at a good chance because he is very good at trial would just have to convince the jury of who to believe.
* Yes, that happened. I'm sure if he were called in, he would have to admit it.
The co-defendant can attest as well.
* After he stated all of the above, the co-defendent asked if she could get a meeting the two attorneys, herself, and my son. He then told her that he was not able to speak with her.

Clearly, this causes an issue. This here, along with all of the other issues I mentioned, will prevent this case ever being able to try at a trial that will have the attention of the public. In addition to this, the grand jury indicted on the statement saying the co-defendant stated they were there but nothing happened. Sir, the co-defendant also supplied 3 other answers to the same question but those responses were conveniently left out of presentation to get the indictment. In fact, it appeared that the prosecutor made misleading statements on several occasions.

I am not sure if there is someone forcing your hand and preventing you from doing what should be done but it's evident that continuing to keep my son is not warranted. Please have my son released today. If it needs to be done when the court is closed, that is fine, I will pick him up later this evening. If you have to, perhaps ask Judge Rodriguez to sign his release. But it needs to be today.

Lastly, to get the ball rolling form, it would be helpful if I had the assistance of some people who are interested in seeing this system be turned around and finally, doing whats right by the people.

Email to the judge on 1/1/2024 Fixing An Injust Justice System - Purpose to HOPE

On Mon, Jan 1, 2024, 2:31 PM ThePeople's HOPE wrote:
Good Afternoon,

1. The leaking of interoffice memo referencing Livestock only serves to provide the motive behind the injust actions taking place within the system.
- 98% of cases in New Jersey result in a plea deal.
- Excludable Time removes the use of the 180 day rule and the 2 year rule. In the event that the post indictment date is missed or approaching, the rule is written that a judge can refuse to release an inmate based on the same factors that were already accounted for in the point calculation process and if 6 months or 2+ years have passed, how then can the same criteria be used for that person?

2. The law states that the responsibility of maintaing the discovery shall fall on the prosecutor. Please note on the Excludable Time criteria document, it states that failure of the state to provide complete and timely discovery shall NOT result in excludable time attributed to the defense.
- If the prosecutor loses any portions of discovery and is unable to reproduce the missing item, it is impossible to mark the discovery as complete again and should remain as the indicating factor that drives the post indictment release date to its end since Excludable Time cannot be attributed to the defendant in this case, per court rules.
- How is it possible that a jury can determine guilt beyond a reasonable doubt with the known knowledge of missing evidence? If 99 pieces of discovery favors towards guilt, the knowledge of missing evidence itself prevents any opportunity to eliminate doubt because there is now the possibilty that the missing piece could prove innocence but there is no way of knowing now. Also, the incident of the missing evidence that was once included in the full discovery raises red flags as to why it was the only part missing and that creates reasonable doubt of justice being served.

3. ISSUES WITH GRAND JURY INDICTMENT - purposely misleading the grand jury to indict by changing the statement of a person in questioning to appear as an admission of guilt. That has to fall under prosecutorial misconduct. Any version of a defendants statement that is being used to to idict, cannot be submitted in partiality. Especially when the full statement states several different responses to the same question being asked. I'm sure this calls for a review of all grand jury proceedings.

EMAIL TO JUDGE SENT 1/4/2024:

Good Afternoon,

The email sent on 11/22 is a request to allow me step in and do exactly what everyone has been waiting for. I received no response nor had there been any changes made to my son's case. It also appeared that you hadnt reached out to Mr. Helmer and associates.

I was under the impression that this much needed destruction of the current state of justice was inevitable yet, for 3 years there has been several opportunities for you to release my son and do the right thing. I have intentionally left you out of the spot light due to my overwhelming feeling that you were being forced to do the opposite of whats write.

I may have expected more from you than what was possible. I had provided you with a several options to choose from to break this horrible system. Please allow me to apologize. That is not something a judge would partake in.

I sent you a copy of initial reform on 11_22 for your reference and for you to experience relief that it would all end soon.

Please note that it not your job to correct the mistakes or others however, it is my job to protect my son from those tnat continue to do him wrong and do so with ni regard for justice.

The Project Hope Plan has focus on the entire system from the beginning of your process down to where we are now- inmates still being held longer than the law allows.

You don't need to concern yourself with any of the details of the plan to reform. I have a few resources willing to assist and hopefully many more will come forward tonight or tomorrow morning to do whatever necessary to ensure their stance on the correct side of justice. Anyone willing to come forward can email [email protected] with thier choice of email used and they will receive an invite to follow next steps and hopefully invite others as well. Subject Line: Hope 2 Help.
Unfortunately, I don't know who is considered corrupt or not in this system and I will not entertain the idea of figuring it out. I provided a direct way to eliminate any confusion, but i do remember almost exactly 2 years ago from today that my son was in your court room while Brent Hopkins surprised us all by coming prepared to present his motion to dismiss the indictment based on lost evidence and that resulted in your honor asking the defense attorney to prove that there was malicious intent on behalf of the prosecutor. I saw a piece of my son's soul die that day and other days as well.

I'm sure many of you will ignore the opportunity to right your wrongs. And that is a personal choice that is theirs to make.

I will send direct messages thru the app should you send an email request and will take it from there.

In addition to any items listed below, I will provide you with what you need to call a court appearance for all parties and finally dismiss tne charges confidently and give me back my son!

I will be in touch once request is made.

Thanks

SOOOOOO.....

MR. SALINGER HAS BEEN CAUGHT SEVERAL TIMES.

HE HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO LIE ON MY SON AND VERY RECENTLY TRIED GET AN INMATE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH ME.

MY SON IS GOOD PEOPLE TOO BUT THIS MAN HAS LET HIS PRIDE DESTROY HIM.

STEVEN SALINGER - COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY/PUBLIC DEFENDER AND NJ STATE PROSECUTOR

Initial prosecutor was changed. Haven't seen him in months and not sure why. We also need to know what was said to the grand jury to get the Indictment and why havent those transcripts been received yet since June when I had spoken to Megan Butler, manager, and her boss, the Deputy PD. They both said my son should be able to get a motion to reopen and more than likely be released since there was a change in circumstances. Public defender Steven Salinger never filed for the reopen as his superiors advised of him. He said they should not discuss what they don't know. He refused to speak on my son's concerns about Excludable Time Orders attributed to him and how his post release date was now in the past. The judge allowed my son a moment to speak in court and Salinger had yelled over my son for the judge to disregard. He told me himself that Excludable Time was irrelevant as he yelled at me and told me that I'm just a mom. I told him that I was more than just a mom. And that I was only there in his office regarding 1 inmate, but that I would be back regarding hundreds. He told me to be his guest.

That brings me to yet another serious issue. Salinger had no regard for his superiors nor his clients. In fact, I witnessed 3 defendants other than my son ask the judge if they could speak on record and had ended up asking the judge to give them a new attorney because Salinger lied on them or to them. The judge responded each time that he had no jurisdiction in regards to court appointed attorneys(Public Defenders) and to contact the Deputy Public Defender, Lesley McNair. I had began to wonder how hard it must be on the judge to have to see those same defendants the next court appearance and the next sitting with Salinger still, as he plays "pen in hand" games with the female prosecutors, clearly seeing that there had been no change in the attorney. I suppose by not having any jurisdiction over court appointed attorneys that he wasnt even allowed to ask the defendant if the Deputy was reached. Honestly, it wouldn't make a different. Either she answered and made no adjustments or she didnt answer, didn't return the call and obviously still hasn't.

I had to use a bit of creativity and reached out to the Judge's Chambers with an email and all of my concerns again, but thus time added that both my son and I told Salinger not to try any not guilty by Insanity plea nor Diminished capacity. There has been no diagnosis in 2 years and no further incident. He wasn't even drug tested when he got to the county 2 years ago, so who can prove capacity? To try and now trick me into talking my son into a guilty plea is beyond me. So in that same email, I also let the judge know that Salinger has now postponed court 3 times for medical records and my son has signed the release form 4 times The records are at the jail and he just needed to go get them. After all of those court dates, Salinger told the judge that he needed 2 weeks to go over the full discovery with my son because he hadn't had a chance to review it all with him yet. Wow. For 6 months he had been defending my son without reviewing the case in its entirety.

At the end of my email, I had told the judge what an inmate told me about how his Public Defender, Salinger, lied to him and said that the state had his fingerprints and they did not. On top of that, he had offered another defendant a higher plea than the state's prosecutor had offered. I knew he was practicing for prosecutor when he would be sitting on their seat before the judge comes out but for the judge and prosecutors to be aware, who is guilty of the Injustice to the defendant? The next day, after I sent the email, Salinger went to the the jail and told my son he was no longer representing him. I had thought that meant he had been terminated but, I called the next week and found out he was still working there. I was thankful that it was not with my son, but it didn't feel good knowing that he was doing who knows what to someone else that had no voice.

Issue of Excludable Time and Discovery

IN THE "RULES THAT GOVERN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY", EXCLUDABLE TIME CRITERIA IS OUTLINED IN RULE 3.25-4 (I). LINK FOR COMPLETE RULE 3:25 - SPEEDY TRIAL... https://www.njcourts.gov/attorneys/rules-of-court/dismissal

THE FAILURE BY THE PROSECUTOR TO PROVIDE TIMELY AND COMPLETE DISCOVERY SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED EXCLUDABLE TIME UNLESS THE DISCOVERY ONLY BECAME AVAILABLE AFTER THE TIME ESTABLISHED FOR DISCOVERY

After reviewing countless rules and exceptions, I gathered that timely and complete discovery centers around the date a plea offer is provided by the prosecutor to the defense attorney. Also, there are times when a prosecutor does not need to provide complete discovery however, all parties will be made aware of this at the time discovery is due.

MY QUESTIONS AS A RESULT OF WHAT IS STATED IN THE PARAGRAPH UNDER #13 REGARDING EXCLUDABLE TIME CRITERIA

How many times has the Judge attributed an Excludable Time Order to the Defense because the state's prosecutor has failed to provide full discovery in a timely manner? Or better yet, how many times has the prosecutor provided additional discovery the day of a court proceeding and now the Excludable Time Order is attributed to the defense because the defense attorney now needs time to review what was JUST provided?

Is the defense attorney supposed to not review the materials that were just received so that the defendant can be updated and counseled accordingly? Why isn't there a "grace period" for review, even if it's just a few days? Again, it is not the defendant's issue that any department within the Judicial system is low on resources to maintain the proper expectations to meet the processing deadlines that are written in black and white and numbered as Rule 3:25 - Rules That Govern The Courts in The State of New Jersey.
Why is the Prosecutor not being held accountable for possibly not meeting expectations in regard to timely request and follow up guidelines? Is there a document that outlines procedures and process flows for the role of Prosecutor? I would like to think that the judicial system has Standard Operating Procedures down to the department level as well as job descriptions and performance expectations for all roles within the system., as well as departments that are put in place to ensure the system is functioning properly by performing routine maintenance checks. Without clear expectations, there is no accountability. No accountability results in no repercussions or opportunities to improve. Then we are left with a system of people that continuously break their own rules yet pass judgement on others for allegedly breaking rules while detaining them under the assumption of guilt. When there are no repercussions to one's actions, that person tends to repeat the same behaviors which in this case, works for the benefit of the majority. The Prosecutor has more time, the defendant suffers, and the "Court Appointed" Attorney gets to move this file down a few weeks on the tickler system and review again the day of the next court appearance.

MOTION TO DISMISS INDICTMENT
PRIVATE ATTORNEY BRENT HOPMI

Brent Hopkins, from Helmer, Kasselman, & Conley Associates. This law firm charges $25,000 base. I will provide a detailed description of their performance which led to me retaining their services. I welcome all to comment their opinion regarding the performance as well as any questions that may arise. Please keep in mind that Mr. Hopkins is a former prosecutor. In fact, the whole firm appeared to be former prosecutors. Being a former prosecutor is not an issue, I suppose, unless of course the attorney is unable to change his mind-set and repeatedly prosecutes his client.

However, last year Mr. Hopkins filed a motion to dismiss the Indictment based on the FACT that the state’s prosecutor had lost audio discovery. During the court hearing via zoom, Mr. Hopkins provided supported case studies and stated that the state should be held accountable for maintaining evidence. Camden County Court Judge McBride countered that there was other evidence that could point to the defendant and he told $25K defense attorney Mr. Hopkins that he would need to prove that the state lost the initial police audio recordings from 3 different police departments with malicious intentions. The expensive attorney had no response regarding malicious intent and the Motion to dismiss the Indictment was denied.

* How can we prosecute, defend, or even Indict a case that has missing discovery?
* How are we to assume if the info on the recordings either supports or goes against other discovery?
* How do you prove someone else's intentions were malicious or beneficial? To me, The answer in the case if missing discovery would the same.
* Why wasn't there a motion to have these recordings resent? Or to subpoena those officers to coutt?
* In order to get an Indictment Dismissed in New Jersey, you would need to prove that the prosecutor had lied to the Grand Jury. So, how come the transcripts from the Grandy Jury hearing have not been reviewed? I've now asked 3 different attornies from the Public Defenders office and nothing ..
* A couple weeks after that Motion was denied, it was time for Mr. Hopkins to now defend the motion to suppress clothing and the arrest. He had tool me that the prosecutor had subpoenaed an officer from the scene and he was hoping it was the officer that stated that the suspect was 6ft tall. Hmmm... could we assume that the lost audio contained that info?

Good Morning! I guess its that time. These posts are on the website as well bit wanted to share here also.

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