Egregious Prosecutorial Misconduct Freed Debra Milke From a Conviction and Death Sentence.

Phoenix, AZ—Prosecutors went to the Court of Last Resort to salvage their soiled reputations and that of a disgraced former cop. Finally Debra Milke is free even though she already paid a price far greater than that of most convicted murderers in America. 

It was not just Prosecutorial Misconduct that freed Milke but it was really about her innocence.  

Had there been a retrial there was not a scintilla of a chance they'd have re-convicted Milke.  This was just nothing more than an "Hail Mary" effort to limit corrupt official's liability under the doctrine of Collateral Estoppel.  That's legalese that would decree in a civil lawsuit that since the judge let the trial commence, that the cops and prosecutors were acting in good faith. 

This has been a 25 yearlong odyssey that began December 3, 1989.  That day I met Milke as she was being booked into the Madison Street Jail on a charge of murdering her four-year old son Christopher.

It was just two hours earlier when Former Phoenix police detective Armando Saldate claimed Milke confessed this horrible crime to him.  He was told to record any interview with her but didn’t. He kicked out fellow officers and medical personal from a nurse’s office at the Pinal County Sheriff’s Department headquarters to preclude any witnesses.

Now at the jail using a hidden tape recorder I asked Milke if she told the police she had anything to do with the death of her son.  She became angry and responded, “That’s crazy, who told you that?  I had nothing to do with the death of my son!”

Since Milke had not been allowed to make a single phone call or get advice from anyone in that short time space it was obvious that there was never a confession.

At her trial Milke had a grossly ineffective and pathetic lawyer.  I was  never called as a witness where I could have played my crucial audio tape for the jury.  If I could record Milke why could't Saldate? 

The only evidence that convicted Milke was Saldate’s perjury where he claimed that Milke Confessed. Milke was sentenced to the Gas Chamber and spent decades in solitary confinement on Death Row at Arizon's Perryville Prison.

This changed after Milke finally got better lawyers and after more than a decade their efforts culminated in this final ruling that the case must be dismissed with prejudice.  That effectively and finally ended the 25 year nightmare of Debra Milke.

Aside of the relief for Debra Milke other victims of prosecutorial and police misconduct will benefit from the Milke ruling.   The most immediate beneficiary with be convicted killer Jodi Arias.  That's because cops destroyed computer evidence that would have supported Arias’ claim she killed her former boyfriend in necessary self-defense.

Prosecutorial misconduct is rampant in America.  Prosecutors routinely hide evidence from the defense lawyers that points to the innocence of their clients.  

Since the police investigate the cases with people are killed or injured they control nearly all the evidence that exists.  It’s here were is where the cheating begins.

Prosecutors and cops have nearly blanket immunity for their misconduct and that’s why they rarely face punishment even after they are caught red handed.   That immunity is obviously the root of the problem.

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery went to the wall to protect the thugs in his office responsible for the Milke travesty.  Montgomery however could not succeed with the overwhelming evidence that exposed this epic misconduct.

Sadly the only people punished here with be the taxpayers.  There with be no discipline or criminal charges for cops or prosecutors. They won’t have to pay a single penny for their dastardly deeds. Taxpayer-funded lawyers will defend these creeps in court.

Milke now has serious legal help in the form of civil lawyers and they have filed a lawsuit on her behalf for the violation of her civil rights.

That 72-page complaint is a sordid saga of one outrageous act after another.  It should make every American’s blood boil.  We’d expect this kind of activity in Iran, North Korea or Hitler’s Germany but not here!

LAPD Police Recruit Wanted For Homicide?

Pamona, CA—It was in the early hours this morning when an altercation ended in the shooting death of 23 year-old Salome Rodriquez, Jr.

The apparent location of this incident is Third and Main Streets. Police say that 27 year-old LAPD probationary officer, Henry Solis who was assigned to the Devonshire Division.  Police say that he failed to show up for roll call today. 

Solis has absolutely no duty under any law to make himself available for interrogation by anyone.  He also had the right to flee from the scene if he felt endanger of criminal attack.

This case has an odor to it since they are so quick to treat Officer Solis as a fugitive. 

Solis needs help.  He needs a criminal lawyer who can’t do much for him beyond shutting Solis up and negotiating reasonable bail.  Lawyers can’t investigate because if they become a witness they must withdraw from further criminal defense.

What Solis needs is me to quickly conduct a defense investigation so his lawyer has the necessary information to defend him. 

This has all the appearances of a self-defense case like I specialize in conduction.  Solis or his family would do well by calling me for advice.  I specialize in self-defense cases and have won the last 14 toHof 14 cases in court.   Solis needs to make himself available to police not for interrogation but booking assuming there is probable cause to arrest him.  He should not do this alone under any circumstances. 

Despite departmental regulations requiring every officer's cooperation during investigations, Solis needs to say absolutely nothing.  He may lose his job but may well avoid decades in prison.

Right now Solis is understandably afraid.  I would be willing to get him safely to a lawyer and help end this manhunt before it gets out-of-control.

I happen know a great L.A. lawyer with success in self-defense cases that has represented cops before.  He certainly would be interested in this case. 

Camera Drones and Woman, Times are a Changing!

Los Angeles, CA—The wildly popular camera multi-rotor camera drones had few women admirers.  Advances in technology has facilitated and enabled the drone camera industry explosion just in the last two years.

I became hooked on drones was slightly over a year ago however I was really disappointed by a lack of interest by women in this incredibly exciting and creative endeavor. 

Going to model aircraft flying fields was always an all male event.  Not a wife, daughter, girlfriend of the drone pilots were in sight.  Okay, I have a fondness for women and not seeing any of them enjoying something I’m relishing so much was disappointing.

I suspect that the perceived technical issues and mechanics of the drones had intimidated women.   There are four things a successful drone camera pilot needs to learn.

The actual piloting of an unmanned multi-rotor aircraft is really not too difficult to learn.  The technical issues like GPS and physical intricacies of the aircraft are absorbed with time.  Knowing how the cameras work and enjoying photography is important. 

Knowing how to edit video is really a must.  That used to be difficult but with the modern software products it’s a snap. 

The last needed skill is writing or story telling.  Drone videos need either music or a voiceover to cover the annoying motor noise of the natural sound.  This is easily accomplished with the editing software.  

YouTube is loaded with tutorials on everything you need to know.  Some instructional videos are better than others. 

Notwithstanding the FAA ban on commercial use of drones you cannot see a TV program, feature film or even a commercial that does not have drone video incorporated.  Many producers are flying drone operators off shore to capture the stunning images. 

Flying a drone is fun, addictive and satisfying.  I can only describe this a close as you can experience flying on a magic carpet.  It’s so empowering to see things from above.   One significant benefit is that you’ll never have to fear losing your life operating a drone. 

One additional thing is certain, there will be plenty jobs for those people that have embraced this wonderful technology. 

Finally, the good news is that women are beginning to actually love flying drones!  The intimidation has been reduced by drone marketing efforts and of course their seeing pre-teens operating drones doesn’t hurt.

Women need to know that there are lots of men that would enjoy sharing this hobby and teaching women about the these amazing devices.

I’m putting a drone documentary together.  I still need to assemble some important interviews and video but I landed an interview from an elegant, conventional pilot Abbe Lyle that loves drones.  Abbe lives up in Sacramento and is also a high profile drone pilot.  You can meet Abbe here.

Finally! The Simpsons Meet Celebrated Dutch Actress Carice van Houten!

Carice van Houten Guest Stars on THE SIMPSONS!

Los Angeles, CA—It was no secret that my favorite actress, Carice van Houten loves The Simpsons! I knew she made a stop on her last visit to L.A. to the Pico Ave Fox Studios to the Simpsons sound stage.  Van Houten left proudly sporting a Simpson’s souvenir jacket.

Carice van Houten is probably best known as the Red Witch, Melisandre in the wildly popular HBO series, Game of Thrones.   She’s also the winner of five, Golden Calf awards (The Dutch equivalent of our Oscar Award).  

Van Houten’s amazing talent first blew me away as the star of my all time favorite dramatic film, Paul Verhoeven’s, Black Book.   Now van Houten has found herself as guest star on the Simpsons.    Her character named Anneke van Houten will debut on the May 3rd episode.

This incredibly talented actress comes from a gifted Dutch family that’s deeply routed in in art, music, television and theater.  Aside from having great music and acting chops van Houten has mastered several languages including German, English and French. 

The album, See You On The Ice is a hit in Europe but has not been promoted well in the USA.  It was a labor of love for van Houten along with co-writer, producer and master international musician, Ken Stringfellow.  I love that album that’s entirely in English and available on iTunes.

Van Houten has had limited success in the USA being cast in such films as Valkyrie, Repo Men and The Fifth Estate. 

In coming months van Houten will appear in the both the Jessie Owen’s biopic, Race and Blumhouse Production’s, Incarnate.  Of course there are other film in various stages of development waiting to exploit van Houten’s exceptional talents.

Comedy has never been lost on van Houten who was raised partially on Laurel and Hardy films. Her great sense of humor is showcased on many six second Vine.com films and pictures all over the Internet.

Hopefully Crimefile News can land a video interview of van Houten for this blog.  This actress is a real star that is Oscar quality in every respect.  I’m confident she will be cast in the right film where we will see that happen.

In the mean time very soon we will enjoy a bit of silliness that The Simpsons are known for with my favorite star! 

Why is History in Ruins In West Los Angeles?

Los Angeles, CA—Nestled between Brentwood and Westwood on the North side of Wilshire Blvd. is the sprawling Veteran’s Administration campus.

It contains the Veteran’s Cemetery, The West Los Angeles VA Hospital, a stadium and even a golf course. There is limited housing for some of our old soldiers riding out what time they have left on this earth.

Standing there is this grand old white Victorian designed building with peeling paint.  What it his building and what’s it’s story?

This old Army veteran had to take his little camera drone and check the place out.  Along the way I learned its history.

Sit back and watch my report on the old Wadsworth Chapel.

It’s a Sad Day For the Simpson’s and their FansT

Sam Simon and his family

Okay, I must confess to being a fan of The Simpsons...

Los Angeles, CA—One of the fathers of the Simpson family has left us too soon at age 59.   Award winning writer Sam Simon died here from colon cancer.

Simon was a writer and being a writer is a lonely occupation.  A writer’s only companion is his computer while he struggles to put significant words on paper. 

Sam Simon was an amazing and talented man.  He was also legendary philanthropist that enjoyed sharing his substantial wealth.

Simon was a true friend of animals, funding veterinary care for critters in need.  Simon also funded a vegetarian food bank for the needy.  He constantly donated money to a long line of very deserving causes through his Sam Simon Foundation.

After being diagnosed with cancer in 2012, Simon started buying zoos and circuses just to free their animals.

Simon went public with his cancer fight and battled it as nobly as anyone ever could.   I always wonder what additional works we lose when prolific creators like Simon leave us so early.

Simon’s clever writing brought him fortune and fame.  He’s a co-creator of The Simpsons and wrote for so many other projects on the small or large screen.   Simon left his pen scratches on shows like, Taxi, The Tracy Ullman Show, Anger Management and many others.

We must always remember that the talented actors we seem to enjoy so much exist only because of the words people like Sam Simon put on paper.

Every great film or TV show begins with a book or script written by storytellers.  For Sam Simon and his fans, sadly, there are no more stories.

Black Lives Don’t Mater, at Least to Blacks and their White Liberal Masters!

Chicago, IL—Let me say I’m no stranger to the African-American community. As a Chicago cop, I became intimately familiar with the inner city Blacks along with their lifestyle and culture.

The new slogan, “Black Lives Matter.”  Is disingenuous at best when delivered by Blacks and White Liberals.   The few incidents of cops killing young troubled Black young men are only a microcosm of the monumental reality of Black on Black genocide. 

This is not about race or skin color but a cruel, savage and subhuman culture.  That defective culture is a millstone around America’s inner city Black's necks and that’s every bit as evil as slavery!

I learned firsthand that this violent, ignorant and narcissistic culture was and is totally bankrupt.  It’s easy to predict that this group will eventually vanish through self-inflicted genocide. 

This mutant, subhuman African-American inner city stereotype is the product of, Communists, Socialists, and assorted White Liberals.  The teacher’s unions are no small part of this epic disaster.  We can’t really blame the Black victims for this blatant and covert racism  

It’s our social engineers that programed this stereotype from Hell.  The hip-hop generation of ignorant, violent, cruel, drug infested, immoral and incredibly disrespectful creatures are themselves the victims. 

Inner city Blacks are heavily influenced by professional race baiting extortionists like Al Sharpton that pulls the Race Card at every opportunity.   Blacks are taught to channel their hatred to political conservatives and White people. They are encouraged to inflict violence upon them at every opportunity.

This stereotype was nurtured by a public educational system rife with union corruption and solid Communist leanings.  They turned schools into a genocide mills that manufactures criminals, losers, hate-mongers and unemployable people.

Our public schools encourage inner city Blacks to maintain their stereotype by shunning the learning of English.   Instead they strive to maintain the vocabulary bankrupt Ebonics language.  This in itself guarantees Blacks will never succeed in an academic environment or professional workplace.

Nobody can succeed in this world without literacy including solid written and verbal communication skills.  However there are those exceptions in sports, entertainment or operating within a criminal enterprise.  Blacks are encouraged and channeled into the “educational detour” by White Liberals.

The White Liberals have demanded that Blacks be given handouts to keep them totally dependent on government.  It’s much easier to control people with government being their single source for housing, food and medical care.  The terminally dependent have no other choice because of the intentionally engineered ignorance.

It’s incredibly ugly that thousands of blacks can be led to massive protest and violence when cops or non-Blacks kill lawless thugs like Travon Martin or Michael Brown.  The truth is that Black lives never matter as long as the slaughter is at the hands of fellow Blacks. 

Today ignorant Black mothers name their fatherless children with names based either Muslim or African sounding and often misspelled names.  That only guarantees a large amount of employment applications will never see daylight let alone fair consideration. 

There is only one cure.  The Blacks must learn how they’ve been led and bred into this death spiral by clever but incredibly racist social engineers.  They were intended to be nothing more than expendable soldiers groomed by manipulative politicians to fight their Communist revolution.

Blacks have every right to be a big part of the American Dream.  However to do so they must shed themselves of the vile inner-city stereotype. 

Blacks can only succeed through real education, discipline and productivity.  Our public schools have degenerated into nothing more than day care centers that provide free lunches. 

Inner city Blacks need to learn that manners; respect and simple kindness will always give them a much better life. 

It’s a major scandal that Blacks are so far behind in joining the ranks of doctors, lawyers, engineers and college professors.  This is not about genetic inferiority or skin color but a defective manufactured culture.   

My last statement is about hatred.  If the inner city Blacks constantly demonstrate their hatred of each other through war zone style deadly violence, how can they ever expect any other race to accept them? 

Frankly, Whites fear Blacks.  Barack Obama was complaining that in his youth he could hear automobile door locks clicking when he walked by White people.  That fear is absolutely justified.  Survival dictates that we all avoid today’s inner city Black population.

Will we see a cure in our lifetimes?  Sadly the answer is no.