Welcome to the US where the Truth is Irrelevant

The US criminal justice system and all of its many paid participants are nothing but trash, with a few exceptions of course. In the case of Paul Bergrin and case of William Baskerville, which is connected only by the murder of Kemo Deshawn McCray, the only judicial exception is the Honorable US District Judge William Martini. There are no government or prosecution or FBI exceptions. Defense attorneys are another subject and it's a mixed bag!

I know exactly what they all did to William Baskerville and so does William. Neither one of us was born yesterday. The entire evidentiary hearing was one big setup with the goal of easily disposing of his many claims in the 2255 petition. To know this, one must only look at the November 2018 court Opinion that gave William the evidentiary hearing. The Opinion whittled his long list of claims down to what amounted to a few minor points. The Opinion filed in PACER late on October 9, 2019, easily chipped away those few claims William was allowed to address in the evidentiary hearing. 

At the conclusion of the just filed Opinion, Judge Sheridan threw William Baskerville a bone. The issue is that William is not a dog and has no interest in their decaying bone. And don't think it is not easily noticeable that William was, once again, cheated out of presenting witnesses in his defense. The November 2018 Opinion whittled the witnesses down to only two: Hakeem Curry and Rakeem Baskerville. It was relatively simple to knock off these two witnesses in the hearing, but the reasoning behind knocking down the witness list to these two men is suspect to say the least. 

I did not speak openly about the court's November 2018 Opinion for reasons that should be obvious. William had won an evidentiary hearing, which is supposed to be a major accomplishment in our lousy, sorry excuse for a justice system. At that point we were unsure if it was a setup to get rid of all of William's claims or a real attempt to find truth. Now we know. 

Just let this post sit. I'm too angry to discuss this whittling exercise care of the US government and  the court right now and have been since the night of the 10th when I discovered the Opinion in PACER. This post is to let the perpetrators of this long game of injustice know that I know, and that William knows. Everything will be addressed soon.

Nothing has changed in the William Baskerville case and as a matter of fact, the government, US District Judge Sheridan, and the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals panel have now all stated that it doesn't matter if Anthony Young was the shooter or not and it doesn't matter if Young lied in testimony in four (4) federal trials. Imagine that ---- the freakin' truth doesn't matter! It literally doesn't matter that the government created a false narrative and LIED throughout four federal trials!

Welcome to the US, where the truth is irrelevant!

It's like dealing with the flimflam man! It's a major con job on all fronts, and let's face it... If you have to hide behind convoluted language and assert that false narratives are facts, constantly reinforcing your government colleague's obscure statements as you go along, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR CASE! You're a con artist, the flimflam man, and worst of all, you are swindling lives, stealing decades, cheating life. 

Another thing about these District court rulings and appeals court opinions... every single one that I read assumes the government's version of the entire case as facts. They have the pretense of arguing about the one point you're allowed to appeal and then say but this fact, but that fact, but the next fact and on and on... but the facts are not facts at all. They make it sound like you are making some tiny point in an ocean of FACTS. As with the statement that AY lying is irrelevant, because there's this fact, that fact, lots of jailhouse informants fact, Manson made a tiny mistake surrounded by hundreds of facts.

Anyway, I'm not sure how to address this. Even concerning the Johnnie Davis ID of Lattimore at Newark PD after the shooting... Davis was stating that he didn't know if the guy in the picture was the shooter or not. He just knew the shooter had dark skin and dreadlocks. DITTO on every single point discussed, including Lou and the attorney visiting Davis and obtaining a statement... they turned it into something nefarious on behalf of the government, when it was not any such thing. Lou was a retired FBI SA, not some street clown!

Just saying that I don't know how to address the constant nonstop twists of reality by judges and the government attorneys. They do it for each other.. judge x said this fact etc... when judge x was just parroting the government attorneys. It's a sorry shit scam. 

Baskerville Appeal Ruling August 13 2021

Rest In Peace Rakeem Baskerville

Rakeem Baskerville died either on Friday, September 3, or Saturday, September 4, 2021. What happened in the week prior to Rakeem's death is in dispute and therefore I will not discuss it here. Anyone else with knowledge is welcome to discuss the situation in comments, though I would advise that you comment anonymously. The only thing that we know for certain is that Rakeem Baskerville died of COVD-19 in the custody of the federal Bureau of Prisons.

Rakeem was a good man. We were not in contact often in the last few years, but I would like to tell you how I came to know Rakeem Baskerville. It should be obvious to anyone that I know Rakeem from this case. In the first couple of years our messages were short and basic. To me he was just a polite man who had a case connected to the Paul Bergrin case. By later 2013, our contact was frequent as an attorney on the Bergrin case needed the files and transcripts from the Hakeem Curry and Rakeem Baskerville case and trial. No one would give this attorney access to all of the files. Rakeem desperately needed specific documents and transcripts for his 2255 and any attempt to obtain the stuff only resulted in games from one party or another. An idea was born.

Yes, I was the one with the idea that failed on a grand scale, but I'm not sorry that I tried. I really tried. The attorney on the Bergrin case also tried. Maybe Rakeem's trial attorney tried. One of Rakeem's brothers tried. Nevertheless, the idea failed. This great idea was for Rakeem to allow this attorney to get custody of everything ---- all of the documents and transcripts ---- and then pull the specific listed items that Rakeem needed for his 2255, copy, and then send to him in the mail. Sounds simple enough, right? Ha. 

 First, we all underestimated the size of this massive trove of documents. The attorney, Rakeem and I were all thinking that we were talking about a car full of boxes at most. Nope, closer to a large van or bus would be needed. At first it looked like Rakeem's brother could pick it all up, but then the attorney and I realized that he wouldn't be able to pick the specific items on Rakeem's list. And then the trove of documents was in Pennsylvania and the attorney and Rakeem's brother were in two entirely different areas of New Jersey. It was not workable on his one day off to accomplish this mission.

The law office offered to have it all delivered for a price. Deal. First big hurdle was over. The next major issue was pulling and copying the specific documents on Rakeem's list. Way more complicated than most could imagine, though eventually it was done.

The next hurdle was getting the stuff on Rakeem's list into his hands at Victorville USP out in California. This proved to be impossible, even with the attorney from the Bergrin case delivering the large, heavy box to Rakeem's trial attorney's law office in Pennsylvania to ship. Someone, and I believe it was the law office partner, made the colossal error of shipping this big heavy box via UPS to a warehouse address for staff package receiving in Victorville. Do you think the CO that answered the main phone at Victorville USP or Rakeem's counselor in the facility would help to get these important documents to Rakeem? We should all know better than to believe in fairytale endings.

To add to the issues, before long Rakeem was transferred to Yazoo City USP in Mississippi. I have no clue where the box ended-up. It was not shipped back to the law office. Huge fail on the entire fiasco. There was so much arguing between the attorneys and I by that point that I don't even remember if the massive trove of documents and transcripts made it back to the original law office, and actually I do not believe they wanted any of it returned.

Through all of the events I've described here there was never so much as a harsh word from Rakeem Baskerville. He was always polite and a perfect gentleman. Rakeem was truly a unique individual. He never blamed any one of the rest of us for this massive failure. 

After the big fiasco I was only in contact with Rakeem infrequently; perhaps 5-6 times a year by messages or by phone occasionally. However, I did get to know Rakeem and the details of his case in the process of all the mess and that's the main reason why I am not sorry I tried. 

Rakeem will truly be missed. He was a good man. Rest In Peace Rakeem Baskerville.