Janauary 6, 1999

Warren Times Observer
205 Penn Ave. W.
Warren, PA 16365

Re: Judicial / Prosecutorial Corruption

Dear Editor,

In reference to your Opinion / Commentary article of Jan 5, 1999 (Senate Trial Essential), what is your opinion of the current “prosecution” of Michael Brown? I believe every citizen in this county, and certainly every attorney, recognizes that Michael Brown was never so much as a witness in these matters, let alone a perpetrator, and that he was provided confidential crime scene information by the authorities, and duped into giving this information back to police in order to establish himself as the Commonwealth’s “eyewitness” in exchange for a reward. He was then double-crossed by these authorities, and arrested (solely) on the basis of these statements.

He was then coerced to carry on and expand upon these falsehoods by threat of the death penalty by the prosecution of these (knowingly) false charges, through the collusion of police, prosecutors, and, most insidiously, his own attorneys. The facts and circumstances supporting such a conclusion are simply undeniable. Judge Wolfe was himself “compelled to conclude the Commonwealth knew defendant’s assertion he was an eyewitness was without merit.”

The efforts to cover up the fact that Michael Brown was coerced by authorities to commit these perjuries, etc., include the district attorney’s refusal to prosecute these charges, and the Attorney General’s ludicrous appeals all the way to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in his determined effort to AVOID the prosecution of Mr. Buckley’s private criminal complaint, and including his attempt to abolish the right of every citizen of Pennsylvania for review of a prosecutors decision by the court.

The complicity of the courts in this matter is also quite apparent to the close observer, beginning with Judge Wolfe’s granting of Mr. Brown’s (original) Motion to Withdraw his Guilty Pleas to the reduced charges stemming from his purported involvement in the kidnap, rape and murder of Kathy Wilson. The fact of Mr. Brown’s perjuries against Jay Buckley, whether coerced or not, had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the validity of Mr. Brown’s guilty plea - a fact well known to every attorney in this county. This motion was granted simply for the purpose of sweeping this entire matter under the rug. And which would have been a done deal, except for attorney Barry Smith’s filing of a private criminal complaint on behalf of Mr. Buckley.

In the interest of brevity, I will simply mention, without extended comment, the absurdity of the Superior Court’s granting of the Attorney General’s request for reconsideration of their original decision, in which they found him to have “grossly abused” his discretion in refusing to prosecute these charges, and the Supreme Court’s even hearing such a meritless appeal, let alone permitting him, indeed, Ordering him, to proceed with the “prosecution” of these charges - after having found him to be operating “in bad faith” in refusing to prosecute said charges. It is clear our appellate courts have assisted in prolonging this ludicrous appeal for the past six years.

We also find it disconcerting (to put it mildly) that our letters to our Representatives, Senators, and Governor concerning these matters have been, for all practical purposes, utterly ignored. Given the current impeachment of the President of the United States, and pending Senate trial for his removal, we find this absolute disinterest by these elected officials to be quite inexplicable - particularly in view of a comparison of the underlying circumstances of these perjuries, i.e., the President’s attempt’s to cover up an affair, and this Commonwealth’s attempts to cover up the coercion of perjury by law enforcement officials in a capital murder case.

Another matter that has recently come to our attention concerns the scope of an apparent conspiracy to withhold and/or destroy crucial records in this case, as evidenced by the unlawful removal by the Attorney General of key physical evidence, the unlawful release of key documents to the Pennsylvania State Police “New Task Force” in Meadville, and, what further appears to be a concerted effort to withhold timely information from the public concerning the current proceedings against Mr. Brown.

Recent instances of this effort includes the falsification of the record and a failure by the Clerk of Courts to docket critical information, most recently the entry of Judge Millin’s Order of Dec 17, 1998, denying Mr. Brown’s Motion to Withdraw his Guilty Plea, and the granting of his Motion to Modify Sentence, and providing credit for time served (757 days) for the time he spent incarcerated on the original charges (murder, and accomplice to rape and kidnap). We note that this information has not been published

This Order is utterly unlawful, and one more example of the extreme lengths to which this Commonwealth is willing to go in order to prevent the public trial of Mr. Brown, and a further indication of the unlimited scope of the corruption within our Commonwealth.

We also note the fact that neither the filing of Mr. Brown’s Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea (Oct. 21, 1998), nor the Court’s subsequent Order of November 5, 1998 setting this matter for argument on Dec. 7, 1998, were published in this newspaper. I believe it is appropriate to request this newspaper’s explanation for these apparent oversights.

My primary purpose in writing this letter is to pose a question to the citizens of this county: How long are we going to permit this travesty to continue, and how absurd must these matters get, before we speak out collectively and demand a public trial on ALL charges in this case, or in the absence thereof, a federal investigation of this entire matter?

These matters are presented much more fully at the Village Law Review - http://www.instantweb.com/v/vlr. Those without Internet access are referred to the Warren Public Library, or write to us at Village Law Review PO Box 1742 Warren, PA 16365. Others with similar experience within this Judicial District are especially urged to contact us.