Enthüllungen über Justizmanipulationen zu Marks Lasten

"This affidavit is further proof of what I've always maintained, that Reinhardt was/is a corrupt/dirty judge not worthy to wear a robe! This proves my trial was not fair and could not ever have been fair with the collection of individuals vested by the public to oversee my trial. So far, these miscreants have not been punished for other criminal acts, but I foresee a day of accountability, which has been a long time coming! I need your help, as Reinhardt and his cronies are trying to stop all such enquiry into their dirty tricks! Namasté and onward, Mark H. Lankford" Mark Lankford, erhalten 10. Juli 2006

Dougall.pdf, 496 kB: eidesstattliche Erklärung einer langjährigen Assistentin des Richters Reinhardt zu dessen Ungereimtheiten und heimlichen Abmachungen zu Lasten Marks (affidavit = eidesstattliche Erklärung). Sie erklärt ihn in Absatz 8 als den am wenigsten fachmännischen Richter, mit dem sie je zusammengearbeitet habe

Wiretap.pdf, 817 kB: Eidesstattliche Erklärung über illegale Telefonabhörungen durch Sheriff Baldwin, Idaho, der auch in Drogengeschäfte verwickelt war. Reinhardt soll ihn dabei unterstützt haben. In der Kopie fehlen auf Seite 3 die Zeilen 1-6 und 14. Marks Botschaft dazu an die Öffentlichkeit im Originalwortlaut, datiert 21. Juni 2006:
This affidavit of Ronald D. Howen, Former Assistant, United States Attorney has a great deal of relevance in my case, Mark Henry Lankford v A. Arave. George Reinhardt III was the judge in my case and in other forums; I've accused him of being dirty and a criminal. Randy Baldwin was the Detective Sgt. For the Idaho County Sheriff's Office and was integral to my case. I say he perjured himself at my trial. This document speaks for itself and a full investigation needs to be started in every case on which Reinhardt sat as judge. The corrupt culture of Idaho County has not changed to this day only the names are different.

Letter by Rick Bollman to the Idaho Statesman, sample for all supporters to send to the same address, issued 30th November 2006, after the Ninth Circuit Court had demanded Mark to be retried on Idaho County expense or else released (see Newssheet entry of 8th November 2006)

"The State of Idaho needs to release Death Offender inmate Mark Henry Lankford immediately and compensate him for the loss of over 23 years of his life while being incarcerated. On Tuesday, 7 November [2006], the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Mr. Lankford must receive a new trial or be released due to errors made by his attorney at his original trial. How could it have taken so long to discover this error? Does Idaho not have any other competent judges that could have discovered this fact many years ago? It is criminal that the State of Idaho has held this innocent man captive for a crime that he didn't commit and that it has taken this long for anyone to take proper action. The state would be in error again, if they were to retry this man. It would be a waste of time and resources as all the evidence points to his innocence. Let's hold the state responsible for this error. How many other innocent people are being held in US prisons? Think about it!" [See more below]

Criminal Complaint by Mark, filed to me in mid January 2007

The attached criminal complaint was filed with the U.S. Justice Department on 27 December 2006. The state of Idaho should be ashamed that these criminal acts were (and continue to be) done in their name. There are many other illegal and quasi-legal acts done by the named miscreants, which will be fleshed out shortly. Those that know these facts, yet do or say nothing, are not afforded the luxury of neutrality. They are complicit, for knowledge carries with it obligation. This philosophy seems to be in tatters today, but beats strongly in the hearts of those that possess real character, principle and ethics. It is possible to commit a sin by omission! Investigate and report! Damn the torpedoes! Fight the good fight and make a difference! I ask that you file a complaint to the U.S. Justice par Department, using this as a guide in my behalf! This cannot stand! Let's boycott Idaho!

Onward, Mark H. Lankford, December 27, 2006

U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division - Criminal Section
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530
RE: Criminal Complaint v George R. Reinhardt III (Judge), Dennis Albers (Former Idaho County Prosecutor) and Gregory Fitzmaurice (Former Idaho County Public Defender)

I, Mark Henry Lankford, a 50-year-old American man and citizen, hereby request a criminal investigation and prosecution of the above-named individuals. My charge against these criminals is well-documented and I avow that they violated my civil and constitutional rights as an American citizen by conspiring to convict me of murders committed and confessed to by another and by having me condemned to death. These individuals should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, as they have brought shame and disrepute to the American system of justice, which ostensibly is designed to search for the truth, promote order and give the citizenry a sense of safety and well-being. Those entrusted with this honorable responsibility should be held to a higher standard and when they violate the constitution, which they have sworn before God and man to uphold and defend, they should be strenuously held accountable.

The attached documentation [Dougall.pdf and Wiretap.pdf, see links on the top pf this sheet] is only the tip of the iceberg indicting these lawbreakers. On November 7, 2006, the Federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, in an Opinion (No. 99-99015), reversed and remanded my legal matter, ordering I be retried in a reasonable time or released. This, after being incarcerated for crimes I did not commit, since October 2, 1983. I am factually innocent and without the obvious conspiracy, I would have spent these 23 plus years as a free man, a productive citizen.

POINT ONE: George R. Reinhardt III, as a judge of the Second Judicial District of Idaho, is a criminal and should be in prison. The attached affidavits from a well-respected court reporter, Gloria McDougall and a former Assistant United States Attorney (Federal Prosecutor), Ronald D. Howen, easily depict a rogue jurist with no respect for the law or citizens. In the aforementioned 9th Circuit Opinion, Reinhardt approved and submitted an obviously illegal jury instruction (Idaho Statute 19-2117), which was not an oversight, but in conformance to his desire, stated to the court reporter, Gloria McDougall, (#4 in affidavit) about "Looking forward to giving Mark Lankford the death penalty." This statement was made with malice prior to the beginning of my trial. Reinhardt, during the trial, was actually the Prosecutor, as has studiously been documented in my more-than-20-year appeal process. He also denied two new trials, one in which my brother confessed, in open court and in detail, about how and why he killed Mr. and Mrs. Bravence and that I was not present. Such arrogance and criminality should not be countenanced in America: it must be punished.

POINT TWO: Dennis Albers, in concert with Reinhardt, conspired to violate my civil and constitutional rights on several legal grounds. The attached Exhibit, dated October 16, 2001, easily depicts Albers lying on the record and to the jury at my trial. Even after the Idaho Supreme Court Ruled that Albers had made a deal for sentencing with my brother, for his perjured testimony against me, Albers and Reinhardt continued to deny such a deal existed.

Poor Lamont Anderson, Idaho Deputy Attorney General, had to stand before a State District Judge at my brother's third sentencing and recommend Life With Parole, "According to the original deal." A deal Albers and Reinhardt still deny ever existed. Bryan's (Lankford) original attorney also divulged, under oath, that a sentencing deal did exist. I submit Albers also suborned perjury by various inducements and coercive tactics used against my brother to testify against me, which the 9th Circuit deemed, "Vital to the Prosecution." Amazingly, this idiot says he wants to spend the entire county's budget to try me again! This Idaho County Prosecutor's Office, I hereby request, along with the entire, tainted Second Judicial District of Idaho, should be disqualified from any and all legal proceedings having to do with me.

POINT THREE: Gregory Fitzmaurice, my original, inexperienced and unintelligent Public Defender, really abandoned me at trial and submitted an illegal jury instruction to Reinhardt to which neither Reinhardt nor Albers objected. What is their excuse for not knowing plainly-stated law? Fitzmaurice also cannot use ignorance of the law to evade the consequences, which similarly applies to Reinhardt and Albers. By sheer ignorance, Fitzmaurice is complicit in the conspiracy. There is no Defense. par I also request that a special Prosecutor be assigned to this case, as my attorney submits Tom Moss (U.S. Attorney - Idaho) is a former State Prosecutor who knows Albers and Reinhardt. Idaho is really corrupt in too many ways to enumerate. It's judicially incestuous. I filed two complaints against Reinhardt with The Idaho Judicial Council, which is like urinating in the wind. This alone, disqualifies Reinhardt and Albers from any of my future legal proceedings.

As an aside, before I wrap this up, I wish to voice my admiration for Alberto Gonzales and his achievement in reaching the Office of U.S. Attorney General. I am from Houston, Texas and call myself a "real Texan". My father was killed in an auto accident on May 23, 1981, on Highway 59 right there in Humble, Texas. I don't agree with A. G. Gonzales on the death penalty, but his recent "USA TODAY" profile concerning the terrible, pathetic, horrible child molesters, pedophiles and child porn purveyors really conforms to my views. Unfortunately, I have had to live around such as these, hearing them talk among themselves about their exploits and fantasies. A.G. Gonzales will know what I mean when I use an old Texas expression about my feelings and reactions to such people: "It's enough to get a bad man about half-hot!" Something more needs to be done to stop this cancer in this society, as little children and women are supposed to be cherished and protected, not abused, beaten, molested and raped. What should happen is not legal, for just desserts would be for such miscreant males that are duly convicted to relinquish their "hanging-down parts"! That's deterrence!

In conclusion, I respectfully request the aforementioned Reinhardt, Albers and Fitzmaurice be prosecuted under any and all Federal Statutes. Proceedings should also ensue in their disbarment, as who knows how many Other citizens they continue to harm? Contact me for any further information you may need, as the case history is voluminous.

Thank you for your consideration, Mark H. Lankford

Die nachfolgenden Adressen haben den Text von Mark erhalten. Bitte schreibt in eigenen Worten und unterstützt Marks Forderungen / The addresses below have received the above message. Please write in your own words and support Mark's demands / Seeuraaville osoitteille Mark lähetti viestinsä. Olkaa hyvät ja kirjoittakaa omin sanoin ja avustakaa Markin vaatimukset / Nendele aadressitele on Mark selle kirja saatnud. Palun kirjutage oma sõnadega ja toetage Marki nõudmist

Cc:
1. USA Today, Craig A. Moon, Publisher
2. New York Times (Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr) 229 W. 43 St., NY 10036, www.nytco.com, [001 212 / 5 56 12 34]
3. Senator Larry Craig (Idaho), US Senate, Washington, DC 20510, www.senate.gov
4. Associated Press, Chairman, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, NY, NY 10020, www.ap.org
5. Federal Bar Association, 2215 M St. NW, Washington, DC 20037, www.fedbar.org
6. US Conference of Catholic Bishops, 3211 4th St. NE, Washington, DC 200017, www.nccbuscc.org
7. ACLU, 125 Broad St, 18th Floor, NY, NY 10004, www.aclu.org
8. American Judicature Society, 2700 University Ave., Des Moines, IO 50311, www.ajs.org
9. Society of Professional Journalists, 3909 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46208, www.spj.org
10. Idaho Statesman, Chairman, PO Box 40, Boise, ID 83707-0040, 001 208 / 3 77 64 32, local@idahostatesman.com
11. Richard S. Neubarth, Attorney and Counselor at Law, 233 Broadway, New York 10279, [001 212 / 3 46 77 77]
12. Eric A. Seiff, Seiff, Kretz & Abercrombie, 645 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor, New York City, NY 10022-1010 [001 212 / 3 71 45 00]
13. Gerry Spence P.O. Box 548 Jackson, WY 83001, gerryspence@gerryspence.com

Leserbrief im Idaho Statesman / Reader's correspondence in the Idaho Statesman / Lukijankire Idaho Statesman-lehdessä / Lugeja kiri Idaho Statesman-ajalehes, 5.7.2007

In articles dated 25 and 29 June 2007, the Idaho Statesman has encouraged the public to revisit the capital conviction of Mark Henry Lankford, a prisoner who has for more than two decades resided under sentence of death for a crime of which he has for more than two decades averred innocence. No evidence links Mark Henry Lankford to that crime.

That crime has, however, been solved. Bryan Lankford, an individual who accepts full culpability for two tragic homicides, will remain in prison for life. Idaho has got its man.

No amount of grandstanding or of posturing by Kirk MacDonald, prosecutor of Idaho County, or by Lawrence Wasden, attorney general of Idaho, can or will alter what will ultimately as fact be acknowledged - that is, that there can be no retrial of Mark Henry Lankford because there is no case to retry. Although Randy Doman, commissioner of Idaho County, commiserates with officials purportedly agonsing about whether or not they should proceed with a case which does not exist, the current victims of this administrative dilemma are Mark Henry Lankford, wrongly convicted and still incarcerated, and the people of Idaho whose communal aspirations for justice and for safety are through legal delays being consciously and cynically manipulated.

Mark Henry Lankford will be released. That release is impending. That release is inevitable. When, moreover, it occurs, what can and should be celebrated is not the system but is instead persistence. A system which for two decades has perpetuated an error is not a system which works.

Signed K. Bandell, 11065 East Imperial Highway, Apartmant 17, Norwalk California 90650

Idaho County Free Press newspaper, 9.7.07

[...] = Inserts by the publisher

The State of Idaho last week [2nd to 8th July] asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordering the release or retrial of convicted murderer Mark Lankford.

"We are asking the Supreme Court to reverse this decision because it is legally flawed [fehlerhaft / virheellinen / puudusega]," according to Attorney General Lawrence Wasden. "Mark Lankford was charged with felony murder [Kapitalverbrechen / vakava rikos / murettekitav kurjategevus]. Under Idaho law, participation in a robbery in which a person is murdered constitutes felony murder. The state's evidence corroborated [bestätigte / vahvisti / kinnitas] Bryan Lankford's testimony that Mark Lankford participated in a robbery in which a murder was committed. Contrary to the conclusions of the Ninth Circuit, Idaho law does not require proof [!] that Mark Lankford himself did the killing, only that he participated in a robbery in which a murder occurred". [Mark didn't even participate in the robbery!]

Lankford and his brother, Bryan, were convicted of first-degree murder in Idaho County in 1984. Their victims, Marine Captain Robert Bravence and his wife, Cheryl, were camping in the mountains near Grangeville. The Lankford brothers [no, Bryan only!] decided to steal the Bravence's van, and during the robbery, the Bravence's were beaten to death.

Bryan Lankford gave different accounts of the murders. At Mark's trial, Bryan testified that Mark hit the Bravence's in the back of the neck with a nightstick or small club. Mark never testified but maintained, in statements to the police and his attorney, that Bryan had confessed to the murders and asked Mark to help him hide the bodies. Following separate trials, both Mark and Bryan were found guilty. After the trials, but before sentencing, Bryan recanted his testimony, stating that he had killed the Bravences with a rock. Later, Bryan testified his confession was a lie that Mark directed him to make so "he would get out, therefore, they would have to let me out." Both of the Lankford brothers were sentenced to death. Following appeals, Bryan's sentence was reduced to life in prison. The Idaho Supreme Court affirmed Mark Lankford's conviction and death sentence in 1989. U.S. District Judge William Fremming Nielson denied his appeal before the United States District Court in 2003. On Nov. 7, 2006, more than 22 years after Mark Lankford's conviction, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Judge Nielson's decision and ordered the state to give Lankford a new trial or release him. The Ninth Circuit concluded there was "a reasonable probability" he would have been acquitted [freigesprochen / vapautettu / vabastatud] if his defense attorney had not submitted an improper jury instruction. The instruction related to the legal requirements for corroboration of the testimony of Mark Lankford's accomplice, Bryan Lankford. "We are asking the Supreme Court to accept this case [as finished and irreversible] and reverse the Ninth Circuit's action in the interests of justice for the Bravences, for their survivors and for the citizens of Idaho County," Attorney General Wasden said. "The state's evidence met the requirements of the law in Lankford's trial. Under these circumstances, it is fundamentally unfair to require a new and costly trial 23 years later [= keep Mark in prison for life]."

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