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| Disbarred prosecutor, Kenneth Peasley |
Phoenix, AZ—With the stunning
U.S 9th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion in the Debra Milke case it’s time to
ask serious questions.
For over 24 years Phoenix
Police officials and Maricopa County prosecutors knew full well that police
detective Armando Saldate was a habitual perjurer and allowed him to ruin innocent
lives anyway.
Public officials knew Saldate
deliberately interrogated suspects without recording devices. He was doing this so that juries would have
to guess who was telling the truth about confessions he claimed to have
obtained.
In the real world juries nearly
always believe cops over suspects any day.
The confessions become the objects of swearing contests. This is where cops and suspects tell their
stories after first taking a sacred oath to tell the truth.
Arizona is a hotbed of
corrupt prosecutions. Take the late top-gun
Arizona prosecutor from Tucson, Kenneth Peasley. Peasley had the distinction of having put
more people on Death Row than any other prosecutor in Arizona. Peasly was twice named as. “Prosecutor if the
Year.”
Finally Peasly’s horrible
conduct caught up with him when he was caught after he knowingly offered up to a jury the
testimony of a cop he knew was lying.
Peasley was brought by the
Arizona State Bar and stripped of his law license. Unfortunately Arizona’s then U.S. Attorney
Janet Napolitano again turned a blind eye and Peasley escaped criminal
prosecution.
One the biggest media
investigations I covered was the Buddhist Temple Murder case in 1991 near
Litchfield Park, AZ. Six monks and
three-temple helpers were executed in a botched robbery.
Maricopa County Sheriff’s
officers went on a search and destroy mission kicking down the doors of innocent
people. They rounded up five young men
and sweated false confessions out of four of them. Soon they knew they had the wrong suspects
but prosecuted them and demanded the death penalty anyway.
Soon I was aggressively telling
anyone who’d listen that the Tucson four were innocent. Many months later County Prosecutor Rick
Romley dropped the charges.
Eventually they were able to
arrest two of the real killers and let others escape. One young man Jonathan Doody who was falsely
convicted won a new trial after languishing in prison for many years.
Despicable conduct by cops
and prosecutors in the Temple Case so far has cost Arizona taxpayers some $5
million in civil damages. No cops were
ever fired or charged with crimes. Maricopa County Sheriff Tom Agnos lost his re-election bid and later committed suicide.
Then there was the 1991 case
of Ray Krone. Krone was a simple mailman with no criminal
history who got caught up in a Phoenix murder investigation. Krone was tried, convicted and sentenced to
death. He was later retried,
re-convicted and re-sentenced.
Prosecutors twice used the testimony of a so-called human bite expert who
falsely claimed Krone had bitten the murdered victim.
Finally in the Krone case the
expert was exposed and the actual killer, a registered sex offender was
identified by DNA evidence contained within the bite mark. The real killer was convicted but somehow
escaped the death sentence.
Prosecutors fought all
efforts at DNA testing requested by Krone’s defense lawyers for years. Again Arizona taxpayers had to pony up millions
to Ray Krone.
The framing of innocent people
by police is nearly always a perfect crime because of willing prosecutors that
will do anything to win a conviction. When these corrupt officials are finally
caught they always escape prosecution.
Now with the exposure of
Armando Saldate’s criminal conduct during his investigations prosecutors are
circling the wagons as they plan their self-serving appeal. The natural behavior of a cover-up is in full
swing.
We can’t tolerate cops and
prosecutors framing innocent people. Why
have we been allowing this conduct? I
personally have watched the corrupt cops and prosecutors give each other awards
for obtaining false convictions. Frankly
it’s beyond disgusting.
Read the disbarment order
against Kenneth Peasley.
5 comments:
Thank you Paul for your dedication to the truth, so so precious, and a real rarity in this society!
Paul said, " The framing of innocent people by police is nearly always a perfect crime because of willing prosecutors that will do anything to win a conviction.
When these corrupt officials are finally caught they always escape prosecution.
Now with the exposure of Armando Saldate’s criminal conduct during his investigations prosecutors are circling the wagons as they plan their self-serving appeal.
The natural behavior of a cover-up is in full swing.
We can’t tolerate cops and prosecutors framing innocent people.
Why have we been allowing this conduct?
I personally have watched the corrupt cops and prosecutors give each other awards for obtaining false convictions. Frankly it’s beyond disgusting."
Yes I have personally witnessed awards given for corruption & cover up too, via the Governor of California promoting a County Judge to become a Justice in the State's appeals court,
I believe the Judge received this promotion because he did his job well, which job was not justice but was to protect and serve corrupt police and California Officials who were part of "the arm of the California State."
Paul said,
"I personally have watched the corrupt cops and prosecutors give each other awards for obtaining false convictions. Frankly it’s beyond disgusting."
In my view thes corrupt prosecuters and police are attempting murder and should receive the same punishment as any other would be killer. Or worse. They deserve a fair trial and a public execution nothing less.
Just like at 26th and kali.or whatever they call it now.
Since these people are held to a higher standard, and the public should expect h less, I would think that punishment, upon conviction should be that much more severe than what is dished out to the public. Each case of course must be determined on it's own, But in the case of corruption in the DA's Office, Police Departments corruption should almost always be an automatic career ender. I'm appalled at the antics of the prosecutor in the Jodi Arias case...
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