Pyongyang on the Prairie, Part I

By Michelle Malkin

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- A criminal justice system that operates in the dark is arbitrary, unjust and criminal.

In Oklahoma this year, a Kafkaesque set of sealed motions, secret orders and closed-door hearings completely shut out a criminal defendant, his public defenders and the public. A trial judge served as handmaiden for the prosecutors, even failing to notify the defendant and his lawyers of the kangaroo court proceedings until after they had occurred.

The defendant, who is appealing his convictions and maintains his complete and actual innocence, was denied an opportunity to challenge the state’s legal arguments for hiding information about a crime lab analyst’s shoddy work on his case that could be exculpatory and key to his exoneration. His public defenders were also denied the opportunity to cross-examine witnesses — all government employees from Oklahoma City and the Oklahoma City Police Department.

Welcome to Pyongyang on the Prairie.

The Oklahoma attorney general’s office claims that the trial judge, Timothy Henderson, conducted an “exhaustive” review of the protected materials and “deeply explored” their contents with government witnesses who only represented the government’s side of the story.

Don’t worry, be happy, comrades.

Here’s the thing: While the defendant was denied representation at the secret …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand