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Sound Influence on The Body

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:35:53 +0000

Sound influence on the body

Sound pollution influence severe pressure on the body, sound pollution increase the opportunity for heart pain, blood pressure and paralysis, and it disturb the sleep and it does not allow you to sleep once again

Sound pollution will disturb us in out side of the house and inside of the house also, lot of different works are going in the house and around the house , due to this sound will be there, running, non stop radio sound . T V sound, children ‘s plays , running motors on the road,, dog’ s barking, different phone call sounds, workshop these are creating sounds . it is very difficult to escape from these sounds, and we cannot avoid these sounds ,so we have to create favorable atmosphere around us

Reducing sound should start from house itself , if there is no need of TV and radio switch off them first, decrease cell/phone incoming call sound, when there is no need switch off fans also ,so that some sound may decrease . if bring up some plants around the house ,we can avoid the outer sounds, by arranging sound proof doors and windows to the house

A Parralyzed Car Thief Sues Her Driver for Negligence and Grievous Bodily Harm

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:18:24 +0000

A woman who is a confessed car thief but who is now paralyzed from neck downwards has won a compensation suit against her cousin brother Mr. Maurin Aston Miller who pleaded guilty to gross negligence before an Australian High Court.

Daniel Evelyne Miller was a sixteen year old girl when she stole a car in 1998, allegedly because the last train she hoped to use to take her home from an a drinking joint at Northbridge had left and she had no money in her pocket to travel by taxi. She is said to have got into a car in the parking yard and asked her sister who did not have a driver’s licence to drive home.

They then linked up with their cousin brother, Maurin Aston Miller, who took over the driver’s seat along the way and invited some of his friends to join in the ride. When Maurin Aston started driving the car, Ms Daniel Evelyn Miller was uneasy with his recklessness so she asked Mr. Miller to slow down and let her and her sister out but Mr. Miller refused to yield to these requests. Mr. Miller then veered off road and crashed a pole causing a devastating accident which killed one of the passengers and critically injured Ms Daniel Evelyn Miller who became paralyzed from neck down to the upper and lower limbs.

When Ms Miller petitioned Court for damages and compensation both the lower and higher courts ruled that Mr. Miller was guilty of negligence, on grounds that even if the car was a stolen one, he owed his younger cousin sister a duty of care. The Judge ruled that Mr Miller drove sensibly at first but then began to speed and run red lights. Ms Miller twice asked him to slow down and stop to let her and her sister out but Mr. Miller just drove on, laughing sarcastically as he continued with his reckless driving.

Mr. Miller is now required by law to compensate Ms Danielle Evelyn Miller for the injury he personally caused her.

Jaince Chapter 10

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:51:17 +0000

At his next appearance before the Judge Attorney King was surprised to see ADA Dawn Springer in the courtroom. He presented several documents to the court including a report of Sue’s progress in the drug rehab, the willingness to make restitution and the $40,000 payment and the agreement with the bonding company. He also presented a document that showed that all but $31,650 of the money she was to have embezzled was later deposited in other accounts held by the Goodwins, an indication that the restitution was for full value. He also had documentation that showed that both couples handled some of the just over a million in fraud. Sally handled a little under two thirds of the money. They were both guilty. Both of their cell phones were connected to calls to a cell phone that was confiscated in the prison. The phone had the fingerprints of the inmate that stabbed Sue. She was doing five to ten and had been in for three years. If convicted of the stabbing she would tack on at least ten years. She was thirty, could be out by thirty five. With this she would be at the minimum forty five. Attorney King met with her lawyer. She would agree to testify for a guarantee of a five year sentence to run concurrently with the time being served. It would help if Sue would ask for leniency for her. Attorney King met with her attorney the week before and with Sue who agreed to make the request. King asked why. “She is in a tight spot. They offered to pay her legal fees and give her money to live when she got out. She did what was expedient. I might have done the same. If she is going to testify against the people who bought this I will ask for leniency for her. Without them I would not have been serving a long sentence and she would not have had a reason to try to harm me. Their brokering the deal made it happen.”

With the papers being filed the judge looked at Dawn. “You prosecuted this case against Sue Nace. Now you are bringing essentially the same charges against other parties. Are you just charging people to see if you can get the right one?”

“No your honor. We tried this case against Ms. Nace in good faith that we were charging the right person. Now we see that we may have erred and are working to right that.”

The judge shook her head. “Dawn, Dawn, Dawn. Based on my review of this case you could easily be called up on misconduct on this case. Do you realize that?”

“Yes your honor.”

“I had you called in for this hearing to give you the opportunity to help make this right by joining Attorney King in requesting a motion that the murder charge against Ms Nace be vacated and that the embezzlement sentence reduced to time served. He is also asking that you forgo pressing any charges for past drug use and any other charges that might be peripheral to this case.”

“Your honor. I would be happy to make that stipulation.”

The judge glared over her glasses. “Young woman, if you think that settles it with me you are sadly mistaken. I will always remember when you appear before me that you took the easy out and convicted an innocent woman. Do you understand that?”

“Yes your honor. And I assure you that no action you could legitimately take would pain me as much as my own conscience has since I learned that. I can only blame inexperience as a defense.”

The judge looked at her, “ADA Springer, in chambers. Now. Attorney King. Please wait. I will not be long.”

Dawn followed the judge to her chamber with her head down. She had no idea what was up but she didn’t expect this trip to have a good outcome.

The judge sat down. Dawn started to sit. “Don’t you dare try to sit. Stand, at attention. Like a plebe at West Point. This is a dressing down. And you are getting if from an expert at dressing down lawyers who manipulate the law. ADA Springer, this is the worse case of misconduct I have seen in years. I would like to have your head and license to practice for it. But I am convinced that justice can be served better by other means and I am just about as sure that your own conscience will haunt you. I sincerely hope it will for the rest of your life so much that you will never take this kind of expedient action again. Never. If your conscience doesn’t haunt you, I suspect my voice will.”

“Your.” Dawn was cut short.

“I am not done. Please be quiet before you totally exhaust my patience. I want to know one thing. Who in the DA’s office pressed you to go for the maximum sentence or did you come up with this terrible miscarriage of justice all on your own?”

“Well. I was going to go for drugs, embezzlement and skip the charge on the death because I wasn’t really convinced she did it. But DA Harris my senior told me I must press it to get justice for the family.”

“Did you protest that?”

“Yes. He asked me if I wanted to continue with the DA’s office. I caved in.” She started to cry. “I was oh so wrong.”

“Stop sniveling. I want to fix this not shrink my carpet with your tears. They will not help anyone. I think he was pressured to take that action and did so improperly. You were as you said, inexperienced and vulnerable. He failed.”

“Actually I did. I should have stood up to him.”

“Even if it got you fired?”

“Even if it got me fired. Yes.”

The judge’s voice changed to conciliatory, “Dawn. Let’s go out and see if an old crotchety judge can help you make this a little closer to right.”

“Thank you, your honor. And I apologize here for any time I used that phrase your honor and really didn’t mean it. If there is a judge in this county who deserves honor, you do.”

“Because I am letting you off the hook?”

“Maybe a little for that but also because you are helping me have a chance to sleep at night.”

“And just maybe if you really work at it you have a chance to turn out to be as good a DA as I was.” She laughed. “And maybe better. Just remember today if you are ever tempted again to take an easy out.”

They returned to the courtroom.

Attorney King started to ask what the meeting was about. The judge looked down at him. “I needed to mentor a future judge. You know that is an important part of a senior Judge’s job?”

King looked at the judge. “I can’t think of anyone more capable.”

“Are you just saying that to get my favor in this case?”

“No your honor. I want your favor but I want it because it is merited by the law.”

“And Attorney Springer, what motions do you have to present to the court?”

King looked at Dawn who nodded. “Your honor, again, thank you for your help.”

She looked over at Don. “Your honor, I ask for a couple modifications to Attorney King’s motions.” King cringed. What happened in the office? Was some deal cut there that would put Sue back in jail? Was the judge dishonest? He would have bet not. “I am requesting bail be revoked.” Attorney King looked stunned. She continued. ”and Ms Nace be ROR. I am also requesting that all of the charges be set aside and her sentence reduced to time served. Also upon word of her completing the drug rehabilitation the DA’s office will formally make a statement to not press any charges for past drug use. I will also agree to not file future charges in these matters unless very significant evidentiary changes occur.”

King looked at her. He had expected her to want more not less.

The judge looked at him. “Well Attorney King, are you planing to protest the ADA’s motion?”

“No your honor.”

“Then it is settled. Attorney King. When you present your client for her meeting with her parole officer tomorrow he will remove the bracelet. Present the papers showing the completion of the drug program to the court and all other portions of this agreement will be effective.”

“Thank you your honor and ADA Springer.”

“Attorney King, I have one more question.”

“Yes your honor.”

“Do you think ADA Springer would make a good judge?”

The question totally threw him. “Your honor. I believe with some maturing, proper mentoring and time, yes, in fact definitely.”

“Attorney King. You are showing some wisdom. I agree with you. Thank you. It’s good you answered that way. Some day you may be facing her as a judge instead of me. I suspect she may have even less tolerance that I do with lawyers who take an easy out.” She banged the gavel. “Dismissed.”

The following day, Friday was her drug counseling, occupational therapy and her parole officer meeting. When she came out of the last one she did not have the bracelet. Although she had monthly follow-up with the drug counseling she was essentially free.

Jaince Chapter Nine

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:37:59 +0000

Jeff and Heather Larson met with their attorney and the ADA later in the day. Harry and Sally Goodwin did likewise. Both couples were interested in making a deal for considerations. The ADA Dawn Springer was sympathetic but was not willing to make any deals. She reminded both couples that they had helped send an innocent person to jail and that was a serious crime in her book. She alluded to possible concessions on the recommendation for sentencing but she assured them that the DA’s office would press for some jail time. When they left Dawn’s clerk asked the question, “Can you prosecute without their testimony?”

“It would be more certain with it. I plan to hold out as long as possible for making any deal. I want both couples to see some jail time. Both couples are guilty of fraud of hundreds of thousands of dollars. At least one of them has bought a contract on someone’s life. They need to see the inside of a jail cell. Both should at the minimum serve ten times what Sue did just on principle. These people acted like the law didn’t apply to them. They corrupted the system and perverted justice. They are despicable.”

“Is being despicable a reason to put them in jail?”

“No. But a long sentence for each of them will make me feel better. I prosecuted Sue. I would be pissed with the defense lawyer if he wasn’t incompetent. How do you think I feel?”

“But you.”

“My performance was as despicable. My penance is prosecuting them I let the defense attorney make my case. I won. That was good enough for me. I didn’t care about justice. I totally blew it.”

“That is the nature of it.”

“Should it be? Should I ever win at the expense of justice?”

“Well.”

“My penance is to prosecute those who perpetrated this injustice. With these being upstanding citizens in the community I will not be popular for it. Every one in that social strata that has bought a favor will see me as a threat. I will probably never be a judge or a DA. They will realize I may go for them some day and will try to destroy me. Sue should have gone to jail for embezzlement for maybe a year. Maybe she should have had another six months on the drug charge and maybe that should have been concurrent. But she didn’t deserve hard time. Now it looks like someone was willing to pay to have her offed in jail. The investigation on this had to cost a bundle. Attorney King handed it to me but I am still not sure where this information came from, who dug this up and I am also not sure they don’t have a dossier on me to take me down with them. I didn’t do anything wrong but I sure let it happen. I could be pulled in by the bar for misconduct. I doubt if I could be disbarred but I think I could be sanctioned.”

“Shit.”

“These people need to pay and pay dearly. I plan to see it happen. If possible I will get prosecutions without any deals and I will ask for heavy sentences.”

The next day arraignments were held on the various charges.

With the judges removed Attorney King filed motions to have Sue’s conviction set aside. At first he was concerned if the judge that was assigned to him was dirty then he realized that even if she was she would be pressed to rule in favor of Sue. He also checked with the bonding company on what settlement they would accept. He showed them the evidence that Sue’s thefts were in the neighborhood of $30,000. They felt their losses to her were more but they would agree to remove all sanctions against her including any barring from future bonding if she agreed to drug counseling and pay restitution of $40,000. They would get their money back and the costs of handling the case but Sue would have a clean bonding record.

King handed them an agreement to sign. All of the provisions except the clean record would be effective with the transfer of the money. Successfully completing the drug program would clear her record for bonding. He met with Sue later in the day. She was now scheduled for out-patient drug treatment three days a week for the next three months. Her days were filling up with meaning. Soon she would no longer be tied to the bracelet and the parole officer. She looked at attorney King when he told her. “You will not understand this. The wheelchair is not as confining as that bracelet.”

King presented the documents to the Judge showing Sue was both making restitution and having drug treatment. The judge so noted and set a review in ninety days. King also presented the documentation on the murder charge to the judge and asked that conviction be vacated. The Judge advised that she would take that under advisement. He then presented the documents of arraignment against the other defendants showing Sue’s innocence. The judge continued the hearing for four weeks.

Jaince Chapter Eight

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:37:31 +0000

At dinner time the lawyer came again and pulled Sue off to the side. “Our investigator got some information on the bank accounts of the parents of the guy you were charged with killing. We found some withdraws of cash that seemed unusual. We are investigating where it went to. I think the money is going to a family who has a daughter in state prison. They have made five payments and the next one is due tomorrow. I will be following the wife and a colleague will follow the husband. If they make a payment we may be able to get them for paying for having you beaten. Now let’s cut to the chase. As soon as I get you a new trial or get your conviction set aside you will be able to leave the country and they will be asking you to have the procedure within days. Are you ready for that?”

“I think.”

“You better be sure. This could get nasty if you don’t.”

“How is that?”

“There is one piece of evidence that could put you back in jail. Janice’s father has it. If you back out of the procedure he will use it. You will be retried and you will go back to jail, probably for life.”

“What is it?”

“It would prove you planned the killing. That means premeditated murder. You will not get out till you are very old if ever.”

“I don’t plan to back out.”

“Good.”

Sam Notts followed Heather Larson most of the day. About two PM she went into a Nail Salon to have her nails done. She was carrying a handbag and a bag that looked like she had bought something but she had it when she left home. When she came out of the salon she did not have the second bag. Sam had been taking pictures of the people who exited and entered since he got there. He broke off surveillance and continued to watch the salon. About ten minutes later a Hispanic woman went in and came out in a couple minutes carrying a bag like the one Heather had in the morning. Sam followed her and was able to get a name from a neighbor. He called Sue and asked the name of the convict that stabbed her. A check showed they were sisters.

The next day he had her credit report pulled. She seemed to be behind on all bills till about four months ago. He could not check further than this but a prosecutor could.

Two days later Sam Notts called Attorney King. “Charlie, I have some really good news for you. Do you have a prosecutor that you would like to make friends with? “

“Lots of them.”

“Well, I have something for you to give one of them that would make him or her look good. With evidence I have in my hands I can prove that the money that Harry and Sally Goodwin checked out of their firm went to another business they own. I can trace the money. It is a shell that has bank accounts. The books on it show nearly a million dollars. It proves that they are guilty of nearly a million in fraud while they were claiming it was Sue Nace. We have a minimum of fraud and perjury.”

“So we can prove they took their own money and then declared to the bonding company that someone else took it. That could be jail time.”

“That’s right. I can also prove that the parents took the full million for the death and they believed it was suicide. That means they lied on the application for the money. That can get them jail time.”

“And you have evidence of this?”

“Yes. And I have evidence that the president judge is dirty and at least six of the other judges have participated in misconduct. Just make sure the prosecutor you chose is not in on it.”

“Wow. Looks like you uncovered a crime spree.”

“To top it off I have superficial evidence that an upstanding couple in the community was paying to have a prisoner stabbed.”

“Nice. This could make a prosecutor’s whole year. What do I have to do to get my hands on this?”

“Drop in at my office.”

Sue was scheduled for weekly appointments with the doctor and her parole officer. Attorney King requested these visits be on the same day to make it easier for his client. In addition Sue was scheduled for several sessions of physical and occupational therapy each week. She now had to have shots three times a week for these sessions, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Each time her legs went away for the remainder of the day and nearly all of the next. After several weeks she noticed that even when they were back they felt rubbery and she had some unsteadiness. To prevent falls she started wearing the braces full time and using crutches or the chair except Sunday when she was on the second day after the shot. Essentially she was paralyzed most of six days a week.

Within two months things started to happen. Attorney King was filing motions and the prosecutor was looking into the information that was given her. Sue was watching TV one afternoon when a news break came on. The line on the bottom of the screen caught her eye. “Grand Jury Investigates Local Judiciary – Judge Robert Kerr and President Judge Lawrence Fuller Indicted.” She had the sound down to answer a phone call. She turned it up to listen. Of the twelve judges all but three were being bound over for trial. In addition the president judge and two of his staff were also bound over. Six attorneys in town were being investigated as well as at least ten other people. Four of those were listed, the ones involved in her case. The report ended with a clip from the Assistant DA indicating that more arrests could follow.

Jaince Chapter Six

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:34:57 +0000

Sue didn’t have to fake a fall. Just after dinner one of the other inmates came up and pushed her. She lost her balance and fell. When she landed she realized this was the opportunity. She didn’t get up and the others just moved on. One of the guards came over and tried to help her to get up.

“My back hurts. I can’t move my legs.”

The guard called for help, they got a back board and neck brace, put on the neck brace, put her on the backboard and strapped her to it. Within twenty minutes she was headed for the hospital. She asked that her lawyer be notified that she was being moved and they called him.

At the hospital she was taken to the ER. She was put in a room with a guard at the door. She lay there for at least ten minutes then a woman came in. “Hi Opal. I need to get you ready for the doctor.” She snapped the lock on the door then released the straps on the back board.

“I’m going to put a shot in your back to block the nerves and your legs are going to seem to go away.” She helped Sue roll on her side and curl up in a ball. Sue felt a needle stick her in the back then the woman helped her roll back on the board and she strapped Sue back on it.

“I will stay a few minutes. By then your legs will be numb.” She unlocked the door.

“Why are you doing this?”

“The doctor will come in and check where you have feeling. I have given you a shot in the spine like they do for women having babies. It makes you numb below the waist level. He can stick your legs with anything and you will not feel it. With those symptoms they will do x-rays and MRI’s. In about six hours I will be back to give you another shot. We may have to do this for a couple days. We need to keep you here. The lawyer is afraid you might be killed if you go back to prison.”

“Sure. That is likely.” Sue reached down and pinched her leg. “I can’t feel it.” She tried to move the leg. “It doesn’t work.”

“It isn’t going to till the drug wears off.”

In the next half hour Sue was checked by a doctor and sent for x-rays. After they were done she was parked in a hall for a while then moved to the MRI. When it was finished the doctor looked at the results. “I can’t see any damage but you certainly have paralysis and loss of sensation. I think we need to keep you for a couple days to see what is wrong. With the symptoms there has to be a problem.”

By the next morning Attorney King had filed motions with Judge Joyce Barnes. He picked her docket because he had only seen messages requesting more cases not requesting specific cases. She was a workaholic but there was no indication of impropriety. The first motion was for a new trial based on judicial misconduct. There was no definitive evidence but the circumstantial evidence was compelling. With that there was another motion to release Sue on bail till the trial as there were compelling questions about her guilt and for her to get help with her physical condition. The motions were filed and by evening Judge Barnes had issued an order for bail for Sue pending a ruling on a new trial. She would wear an ankle monitoring device. Don had cited the report from the prison of Sue being the recipient of several beatings at the hands of other inmates and made an appeal that returning her to prison may irrevocably violate her civil rights because her life was in danger. The judge agreed that a temporary order was the only way to insure Sue’s civil rights would not be violated. The judge would review the evidence and determine if a new trial was in order.

Sue was still in the hospital when Don came in to give her the word she was being examined by the doctor. He went out shaking his head. Sue would remain in the hospital pending treatment and then be released. She looked at Don. “Where am I going to go when I get out?”

“I have a place for you to stay.”

“Good. What about my back and legs?”

“Your spine will be kept blocked till you are at your new home. We have to do that for now.”

“Fine. How am I going to live there?”

“I’ll have you fitted with braces this evening and you will begin therapy to learn how to use them.”

“Braces? This evening?”

“They will make you stiff from the waist to toes. This will allow you to get up, stand, walk with crutches and sit in a wheel chair. As soon as the doctor is convinced you cannot be helped and you are able to be home you can get out of here.”

As he was leaving someone came in, transferred her to a litter and took her to therapy. Two hours later she was leaving with braces on her legs and a pair of forearm crutches. She was now in a wheel chair and was able to transfer from it to a bed and back. It was difficult but she managed. As she got into bed she contemplated life like this. It was going to be tough. But she considered the alternative, going back to jail. She was sure she would be killed in weeks if that happened. The chair was better than a coffin.

The next morning Don arrived. “We are going to spring you. We will be bringing you back for evaluation periodically but the doctor is convinced that you have a trauma to the spinal cord that will at some point spontaneously fix itself. Till then the best is for you to be in a brace and be able to move about as much as possible. They want one more trip to therapy before you go.”

“Where am I going?”

“To live in a mansion.”

“You are kidding.”

“No. I am not. Have I told you anything that did not happen?”

“No.”

“Then why do you doubt this?”

Just after noon Sue was transported from the hospital in a van. Her wheelchair was rolled in and fastened to the floor. As they pulled in the driveway she looked at the driver. “He said mansion. I think this is up level from a mansion. He wasn’t kidding.”

“No, he wasn’t.”

Jaince Chapter Five

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:34:02 +0000

Three days later Attorney Don King entered the state prison and asked to speak to Sue. When she was brought in she was limping, her left arm was in a sling, her right eye was puffy and her lip was cut and swollen. He introduced himself. She responded.

“Just what I need is another lawyer. The one the judge appointed for me didn’t do me any good. He helped them put me here.”

“I know. I have someone who has paid good money to get information about you, investigate your case and they will be willing to pay for you a new trial for some concessions from you.”

“They probably want to sell me into slavery.”

“Actually it isn’t that but I will admit it is a lot. I have to admit I almost didn’t bring this to you.”

“Will it get me out of here?”

“It almost certainly will get you out and you don’t owe them anything unless you are out.”

“I don’t have any money and I don’t have a rich uncle who is about to die.”

“I understand that.”

“What is it that they want?”

“I am not free to tell you that at this time. I will disclose it completely to you before you agree to anything. As your lawyer I cannot do anything that is not for your good. I could be disbarred for anything short of that.”

“I thought they were paying you.”

“They are but I am still your lawyer. They retained me to represent you in this case so I am your lawyer.”

“So how are you going to get me out?”

“First, we can have the trial overturned on the grounds of judicial misconduct.”
“What is that?”

“The judge did things that were not proper. He was friends with both the people who were embezzled and the parents of the guy who died.”

“He was told to be there, to do the trial, wasn’t he?”

“He can’t be forced.”

“Is it bad for a judge to take a case that involves a friend?”

“Really bad. If they find in favor of that person it looks like they are dishonest. To prevent that judges can refuse a trial; they call it recusal if they feel they are involved, in fact they must so that people get a fair trial. This was even worse. He actually asked for this case.”

“So he wanted me convicted.”

“We can’t say what he was thinking but it sure looks like it. He had friends who did and he appeared to help them.”

“What about that stupid lawyer?”

“Don’t be too down on him. He was young and inexperienced. He should never been assigned your case. He was appointed by the judge. There were two good lawyers who applied to represent you for free and he rejected them. Either of them might have gotten you off. At worst you would have had a few months in county jail.”

“So I am here because of a judge. Can I have him debenched?”

Don laughed, “It isn’t called that but maybe. But the most important thing is getting you out of here.”

“How can we do that? I’m not going to last long. I have been beaten up three times this week and stabbed four times in the belly two weeks ago. I was in the hospital five days.”

“What would you do to get out?”

“Anything.”

“Really?”

“You know the old saying ‘give an arm and a leg’? I would. Maybe even an arm and two legs.”

“What if it was really something like that?”

“My legs. Why would anyone want them? They aren’t even nice.”

“What if you could keep them but they wouldn’t work?”

“Why would that happen?”

“I’m asking the questions. You would be in a wheel chair for the rest of your life because your legs wouldn’t work. Actually nothing below your waist would really work right.”

“I’d have to think about it. But you are sure I would be out of jail.”

“Yes. Don’t answer without thinking.”

“Look, I am not going to be alive some morning if I stay here. And it isn’t going to be long. I refused to have sex with one of the toughies here. She will get me. She told me it will either be sex or out of here on a slab.”

“I need to start filing motions. Are you sure you want to do this.”

“If you have the paper to sign I will do it now.”

“Let me see if I can get your trial vacated and get you out on bail waiting for a retrial.”

“If that takes too long you will be representing a dead client.”

“I don’t intend to do that.”

“Can you tell me what this is? What they want.”

“They want a part of your body as a transplant.”

She stared. “What about me?”

“You will be paralyzed like she is now.”

“What happened to her?”

“She broke her back riding a horse. She has nothing from the waist down. Then she tried to kill herself and her dad wants her alive. In addition to getting you out he has a financial offer that is attractive.”

“And she is in a wheelchair.”

“Yes.”

“So I have the choice of twenty years here unless I am taken out dead which seems likely to happen soon or spend my life is a wheelchair?”

“Yes.”

“Look. If you are any good, get those papers filed and get me out. I will sign. Do it quickly. I doubt if I will be alive in a week.”

“Actually I had an idea to get you out temporarily. I need you to fake a fall tonight and pretend your back hurts so bad you can’t walk. They will take you to the hospital. If someone calls you Opal they know me. Just remember that. When you get to the hospital I will have a doctor check on you and we will go from there.”

“Opal?”

“Opal.”

Jaince Chapter Four

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:32:21 +0000

The trial transcripts were on Sam’s doorstep one evening when he came home. He had requested two copies, one for him to mark up and a pristine copy for the lawyer. He would give the lawyer notes separate from the books. He set aside the one set and sat down with the other. He started to peruse the transcript and place tabs with numbers in places. Yellow were to give to the lawyer, orange to ask Sue when he had the opportunity and red for things he needed to investigate. Over the next couple of days he started looking into things that happened. He called Jack Dawson and gave him a list of other FIOA information he needed.

One afternoon Sam Notts got a phone call from a Jack Dawson.

“I just got the first papers from the Judicial Center on FIOA yesterday. They advised that there are a few they are having looked at because they have names that may have to be blacked out. We should be getting them in a couple days. The ones we ordered later should be here by next week.”

“Good. I want to pick them up as soon as possible.”

“My wife is there if you want to stop in for them.”

“Will do.”

An hour later he finished copying the new information to make a copy for the lawyer and was adding these to the file. He found quite a few e-mails about the case assignment. In one from Judge Kerr to the president judge he wrote.

“Jeff and Heather would feel more comfortable if I were sitting for this trial. You know well how hard this has been on them having their son die. It would also be beneficial to Harry and Sally to have this over in a timely manner. They want to get their money cleared.”

He pulled files and checked names. Although it wasn’t definitive Jeff and Heather Larson were the names of the parents of the Jason Larson, the man Sue was accused of killing. Harry and Sally Goodwin were the owners of the embezzled firm. These connections and notes would have looked improper enough had Judge Kerr taken a case that was randomly assigned to him but worse he had certainly gone out on a judicial limb in asking for the assignment when he knew the people involved. Sam found the response from the president judge. “I bumped into Harry at the club and he expressed a desire to see this expedited. I trust you will not allow unnecessary delay of the trial. Move it along. Heather talked to Marie last night and expressed her concerns that the trial may be drawn out. This would be hard on them.” Marie was the president judge’s wife. Clearly there was improper conduct here.

Sam started leafing through the files for other messages about assignment. He found five more messages from Judge Kerr and seven more from the president judge that were clearly improper. He found several other trials that were also improperly assigned and there were at least seventy messages between the president judge and other judges that indicated trials were being assigned with personal connection to the judge. There was a pattern. He made a note to get the papers for other judges’ assignments for the last year. At first he felt bad snooping into private mail then he realized that the reason they were so open. They were arrogantly saying that they were above the law. And people were being given less than due process.

He went on line and pulled the information about Harry and Sally and found their social security numbers. With that he was able to get the credit report for them and their firm. For about two years sales were down and they were struggling. About ten months ago they started having some interesting transactions. Money was written out to checks that looked like the embezzlement transactions Sue had been doing for over six months before. It was interesting that at the same time their receipts were increasing in like increments. They were recording sales from companies that they had never sold to before. Suddenly it hit him. Sue was embezzling that was for sure. But the owners were taking money out that looked like Sue was stealing it and then putting it back. Then it hit him. They KNEW Sue was embezzling funds and they let her continue while taking out more money that looked like her activity. It made no difference to the company now but when the insurance company paid off it would be big. They didn’t stop it till Sue was in jail. Now he knew why Harry and Sally were so intent in getting the trial over with a conviction for Sue. They had been planning to benefit from the embezzlement. The bonding company payoff would help them considerably. They would get the full amount of Sue’s theft and their own transactions. They just had to wait till the proper time. Jason’s death set the stage for that.

Sam Notts called Jack Hull the next morning and went to see him.

“I think I have enough to get the murder charge vacated which is really why she went to jail. The drug charges weren’t tried but might be if she gets out and I think I can get the embezzlement bargained down to parole. I think we can get the prosecutor to drop the drug charges in favor of her not pressing a suit against the county for judicial misconduct. I think we can get her out.”

“I need to hire a lawyer approach her to see if she is interested.”

Jaince Chapter Three

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:31:44 +0000

Detective Sam Notts called three days later. “I don’t know what you want or why you want it so I don’t know if this is good or bad news.”

“I guess it doesn’t matter. I know you will tell me the way it is. Lay it on me.”

“She is guilty of the embezzlement. I am sure of that. She is guilty of some drug use. With some restitution she could probably get parole to a drug rehab in a year maybe at worst two. A few months there and she would be out and only have to meet parole requirements. But there is that pesky problem with the murder charge. That one is what got her the hard time.”

“Who did she kill?”

“They say she gave her boyfriend an overdose of drugs. He died.”

“You said that is what they say. Did she?”

“If I am ever charged with a crime I want her defense lawyer for the prosecutor.”

“Why?”

“He was totally ineffective counsel. He did a better job of prosecuting her than the ADA. The ADA’s case wasn’t worth squat, any defense lawyer with any moxie would have gotten her off. The defense attorney made the prosecution case for her.”

“What?”

“If I were her I would be suing my lawyer for not providing an adequate defense and asking for a new trial.”

“Why?”

“I’m not a lawyer but I could have given her a better defense. I think I would be able to get the judge disciplined for judicial misconduct and maybe removed from the bench if there are other like situations.”

“That is pretty strong.”

“The kid who died was a nephew of one of the judge’s best friends. He should have never sat on that case and the defense lawyer should have questioned it. He knew the judge and the kid’s parents were friends and he didn’t use it. And worse, sitting this case wasn’t a random assignment or workload. The judge went to the president judge and even asked for the case. The president judge knew the serious conflict of interest and he made the assignment. There had to be misconduct on his part too. The judge was also the one who chose the public defender for her. There were two other lawyers who wanted to do it pro-bono and he rejected their motions. I talked to a friend who was there for most of the trial. She thinks it was bad. She said something about the Judge Roy Bean trials where you arrested them in the morning gave a speedy trial in the afternoon and hung them before sundown. She didn’t get hung but only because it isn’t legal today so she just went to jail for a long time. I cringe to think where she would be if the death penalty was on the table.”

“Do you really think she could have been executed?”
“With him as a lawyer, yes.”

“So how did the boyfriend die? Did she shoot him?”

“OD. Mainline heroin. He was using regularly and was getting heavily cut stuff. He got a good batch and took too much. It is hard to believe she did it. She never did heroin at all. She snorted coke and her friends said she never did drugs till she met him. She never did injections on herself. She hated needles. She was high on coke when they found him. His fingerprints were on the needle, not hers. This whole thing smells of a druggie offing himself but his parents didn’t want to accept that, they were influential and they needed a goat. He also had a life insurance policy for a million that had a half off for suicide in the first five years clause. The policy was only in effect for two years and his parents were paying the premiums. If it even smacked of suicide the insurance company would have balked at quick payment. If it was proven they lost a half mill.”

“So they had their out if she was guilty. The community doesn’t think they were responsible for his death and they got the money. I remember how some people have claimed I was to blame for Janice.”

“The police didn’t even know about the embezzlement till after she was in jail. She claims she took just over a thirty thousand but the employer says it is nearly a half mill. I am inclined to believe they are lying about the amount.”

“Why would they do that?”
“She was bonded. The bonding company had to make up the difference. If she was convicted the company was likely to pay up and not ask questions. The company that she embezzled from was owned by another friend of the judge.”

“It sounds like the judge should be disciplined for misconduct and president judge should be disciplined for putting him on the case.”

“They are all good friends, the president judge, the judge, the patents, the owners of the company. It is the good old boy network. She wasn’t in the network. They took care of their friends. She was expendable. So she got the shaft or better the cell.”

“So what can we do to help her?”

“If we can prove judicial misconduct we can get her a new trial. You will need a lawyer to do it and I need to give him the information to press it. I have most of what I need now if you want to get a lawyer involved but a lot of it is people I can’t use without burning them. I will get some FIOA stuff to cover that. It is all in black and white somewhere. I think it is best to do that.”

“Can we wait to bring the lawyer on line?”

“Sure if you want to.”

“I don’t want the possibility of a leak till it is ready.”

“Sure.”

“So what’s next?”

“Well. I can do a little snooping and see if I can prove where the other money went. If she didn’t steal it someone else did or they cooked the books. If she only took the thirty thousand the bonding company may be willing to go soft if someone paid them the money. Even half of it helps sooth nerves enough that bonding companies sometimes drop charges.”

“Thirty thousand isn’t a big thing. Let’s find out where the money actually went.”

“I need trial transcripts. Could you contact her lawyer to get them? I think it is best if you and I are not visible yet and I want to stay invisible forever.”

“Sure.”

“And I want someone to file some FIOA requests for papers involving judicial assignments. It is best to prove that there is a pattern of impropriety than to try to prove one trial was tainted and it less likely someone will guess what we are doing.”

“Good. Tell my secretary what you need. She will have a friend file for them, someone not connected with me or you. I think she has a friend who is an activist who files for this kind of thing all the time who will do it for us if we slip him a few bucks for his cause and assure him that we aren’t working against him. He will file these requests in the middle of something else and it will not attract any attention. I hear he gets documents by the ton at times.”

“Have him get all letters, schedules and e-mails having to do with judicial assignments and all e-mails between the president judge and the other judges for the period of a year before the trial till about a month after it ended. Use dates to be covered and don’t reference the trial. I want to stay invisible. If they think we are investigating this some of the evidence may spread its tiny wings and fly away. Damaging documents can wind up in the shredder.”

“That wouldn’t be good. I want this air tight when it goes down.”

“That is how I do them.”

Lucid Dreams and How to Control Them: An In-depth Guide

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:12:02 +0000

Well honestly, who wouldn’t want to control their dreams? In the dream world, anything is possible. Whatever you always wanted to do: go anywhere, meet anyone, or even the ever-popular flying. As you will discover later, lucid dreaming and control can even answer real-world questions that have been bugging you for months. In this 100% legitimate guide, you’ll learn to turn your nightmares into your own perfect reality with these simple steps:

1. notebook

2. pen

3. pillow

4. quiet bedroom

5. bed (for any imbeciles out there)

Concept 1: Remembering Your Dreams

The first step to controlling your dreams is remembering them. Otherwise, what’s the point? Contrary to what you may think, everyone dreams. Just not everyone remembers them. This is where the notebook comes into play. Keep it on your bedside, and every morning THE SECOND YOU WAKE UP write down whatever you remember from your last night’s dream. It is best to keep your eyes closed when you wake up, and try to think of what you were dreaming. Details are important, so write down everything. In addition to this, you should say to yourself repeatedly each night before and while you go to bed, “I’m going to remember my dreams.” It may take practice, but be patient, and you’ll begin to remember at least one dream every night.

Concept 2: Lucid Dreaming

Now that you know you’ll remember your dreams, its time to learn how to lucid dream. Lucid dreaming, in essence, is being conscious that you are dreaming, while you’re dreaming. This is where it gets fun. Some people have this ability naturally, but for the rest of us it requires a little work, and a lot of dedication. Here is a breakdown of the two easiest ways to achieve a lucid dream:

A: Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams (Mild)

Fancy name aside, this is the easiest and simplest way to start lucid dreaming. To begin you need the skills to test if you’re dreaming. Most of us, when watching a movie in which someone wonders if they’re dreaming, considers that question a fanciful one. You think it’s obvious. However, as you begin to remember your dreams more clearly, you’ll realize how vivid and lifelike they really are. Therefore, you must use one or more of the following tests to determine if you’re in a dream:

If you’re in a room with a clock, look at it and memorize the time. Look away for a second, then look back again. If you are dreaming the time will likely be completely different.
Count your fingers. In a dream, you most likely won’t have the right amount (which would be 7, so you know).
Try to read a nearby text, it will probably be blurry and impossible to read in a dream, or perhaps just gibberish
Flip a light switch. If you’re dreaming, the lighting probably won’t change in the slightest.
Pinch yourself (Not Recommended) In a dream it won’t hurt. While this seems simplest, people will often pinch their real selves even if they’re dreaming, and wake up. You’ve most likely worked hard for this lucid dream, so don’t waste it.

It is important that, whatever test you are going to attempt, you perform it commonly during the day, even when you know you’re awake. If you don’t do this, you will not be conscious enough in your dream to remember to do them, or the object you are planning on using will probably not be in your dream.

Now that you know the tests, its time to set yourself up to use them. As with remembering your dreams, you need to tell yourself over and over as you sleep that you are going to know you’re dreaming. Additionally to this, you should plan something in your dream to spark your memory. Dreams are an essential part of memory storage for the human brain, separating the important and disposing of the insignificant. This is why, as you may have heard, dreams are a (twisted) summary of everything that happens in your day. Therefore, you can leave reminders to yourself in your dreams. A good way is counting your fingers. Pretty straightforward. Count your fingers. Do it several times a day, and for a couple of minutes before you go to bed. With any luck, something to do with fingers will appear in your dreams, and you’ll be reminded of your desired lucidity. Then you can easily proceed to run the finger counting test, an easy one from that position. If this comes out negative, but you think you’re in a dream, then you most likely are. Prove it to yourself by trying another of the above tests. So remember: tell yourself as you fall asleep that you’ll be lucid in your dreams, leave yourself reminders, and perform dream tests if there is even the slightest chance you’re dreaming.

B. Wake Initiation of Lucid Dreams (Wild)

The second “convenient” way of having a lucid dream is to stay conscious while you fall asleep. Most likely you just asked yourself, “What the **** is he smoking?” If you weren’t so angry that you left the article, please let me explain. There is a stage between wake and sleep known as the “hynagogic” stage. It is possible for your body to fall asleep while you are still aware at this stage. If you can manage this, you will eventually go straight into a dream while completely aware that you are dreaming. To accomplish this, you may use various methods such as counting your breaths, counting sheep, (but stay focused), or, the one which I find works best, envisioning yourself ascending or descending stairs in your mind’s eye. Be aware that this is easiest to do on an afternoon nap, rather than your normal bedtime, where you will likely lose focus and fall asleep completely.

If attempting this, it is important that you know about the hypnagogic stage, so you don’t get freaked out and wake yourself up.While in this stage, you will experience something called sleep paralysis. Your eyes will start to vibrate rapidly, (even if closed, but don’t open them) you may feel a strong pulsing affect in your body, and even hear loud banging sounds. Your mental picture will become sharper, and will eventually fade into a full blown dream. The sensation of entering the dream world has been described as, “slipping into another dimension.”

Concept 3: Dream Control

Congratulations! After all that work, you’ve finally had a lucid dream. Well, maybe not. If you have, you probably found that you were able to exhibit basic control over yourself. Well, now its time to gain total control. Like everything else in the world, this takes practice. However, there is one basic rule that applies, the rest determined by your imagination and ingenuity. You have to believe you can do whatever it is you want to do. Ever watched the movie “The Matrix?” If you haven’t, I recommend you go do so immediately, because it’s an awesome movie. If you have seen it, the same rule applies here as in the computer generated world. You can do whatever you believe you can do. Seems corny, i know, but its completely true. Basically, everything you do in your dream world has to seem somehow plausible to you. Keep reminding yourself, “it’s a dream” in order to stay lucid and have more confidence. To make something happen in a dream, make it believable to you, then picture it in your mind and it should happen. You can accomplish the same thing with much less effort by making it have a possible explanation. For example, if you want an ice cream parlor to appear, it will be much harder if you are staring at the spot you want it. Instead, turn around and imagine it. Your semi-logical dream mind will find this more acceptable for you to turn around and find it there; perhaps you could have missed it before. Similarly, it would be much easier to fly on a dragon, or even a broomstick, than to simply levitate, as your brain would find this much harder to believe. Don’t worry though, you can do it with practice.

Aside from that, here are some simple ways to do some common tasks:

Spinning: to change your location and setting, close your eyes, spin, and picture where you want to be. For some reason, this seems to be acceptable transportation to our brains. This is extremely useful if you are having a nightmare, as its an easy escape.
Verbal commands: very useful in any situation. If you want something done, it can be helpful to say it, WHILE you picture it in your mind.
Time travel: for advanced dreamers, an easy way is fly above the clouds and come back down to where and when you want to be. This is also an alternative to spinning, but much less convenient.

One problem with lucid dreams is that they often end to soon, and unlearned dreamers can do nothing about it. There are several ways to prolong lucid dreams, working for various reasons.

Touch the tongue to the roof of your mouth
spinning- it does everything
Feel something with a detailed texture, such as sand or hair

A final, little known, and no less exciting part of lucid dreaming is the utilization of your own subconscious brain. Unlike what you have probably heard your brain is not remotely inactive while you sleep. On the contrary, dreams are your only chance to utilize nearly your whole brain. The only section shut down is the logic section. This explains the strange explanations your brain finds plausible while you dream. However, this also gives you extreme creativity in your dreams. As more of your brain is accessible while you’re dreaming, it is possible to solve real world problems that have been bugging you. Famous thinkers Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton give lucid dreams credit for creativity. Even Einstein’s theory of relativity was inspired by a dream of him flying on a sled at the speed of light. An easy way to communicate with your subconscious, and thereby gain unlimited access to this knowledge, is to personify it. Create a person representing your subconscious, and ask it what you will. You may be surprised at what you discover.

In conclusion, I want to say that the key to everything in this guide is perseverance. You will not have a lucid dream on your first try. Take it at a slow pace, and don’t be impatient. With practice, dreams can become the perfect world you’ve always longed for.