tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post164590981646615723..comments2023-10-22T09:32:13.417-04:00Comments on Big Trial | Philadelphia Trial Blog: "You're Killing My Case"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116104602505815614noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-53302670007537461852017-03-07T05:28:55.173-05:002017-03-07T05:28:55.173-05:00Re: 'The judge, ...... gave the attorneys in t...Re: 'The judge, ...... gave the attorneys in the case deadlines for filing briefs before she would rule March 1st on the motion to dismiss.'<br /><br />What was her ruling????<br />Read more at http://www.bigtrial.net/2017/01/youre-killing-my-case.html#vqi1EZ7B7dYUsHuF.99"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-2063715722476420302017-01-19T11:39:58.985-05:002017-01-19T11:39:58.985-05:00ah, it's refreshing to see the $ 62,000 fine i...ah, it's refreshing to see the $ 62,000 fine imposed on Seth Williams yesterday for his ethics violcaiton for all the bribes he took from his friends in high places....now since he can't raid the bogus non-profit and his friends I'm sure will not lend him any more money, what rock will he turn over to pay the fine....(NO INSTALLMENTS PLEASE)<br /><br />also, haven't seen it yet but I know I'll also love the FOP <br />"HELP WANTED for a DA" billboard up on I-95 ...the FOP should make their choice and put every resource available to defeat this corrupt District Attorney...<br /><br />now if only the feds can complete their ongoing investigation and bring this thug up on charges like the other political hacks that are on their way to jail....<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-31814939142858830522017-01-18T17:08:10.587-05:002017-01-18T17:08:10.587-05:00Considering her attempted tampering with a court r...Considering her attempted tampering with a court record, it's hard to believe that Judge Hughes wasn't disbarred.<br /><br />But - then again - this is Philadelphia.....Snapdoodle.....so, suck it upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-34608719820810918082017-01-18T10:54:55.682-05:002017-01-18T10:54:55.682-05:00indicted before the investigation was even begun b...indicted before the investigation was even begun by the DA's detectives including Joe Walsh<br /><br />Railroaded by Hughes during those early hearings mentioned above, ah, I can still hear those famous words: somebody's going to jail for this abuse....convicted long before their day in court by the likes of Hughes, convicted in the court of public opinion by the likes of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News...<br /><br />didn't matter what the defense offered particularly those arguments concerning Danny gallaghers claim he was molested in "5th grade" while a member of the bell crew, a claim clearly refuted on the stand in the Engelhardt/Shero trial by several St Jerome's teachers and a Nun, who I believe was either the principal or asst principal..<br /><br />Reasonable Doubt, plenty of it but those ignorant jurors in these cases chose to convict based on a pack of lies by Danny Gallagher and a deceitful and deliberately false & malicious prosecution by all connected to the Philadelphia DA's office...the corruption starts at the top with Seth Williams......<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-70688771188194617142017-01-16T11:26:32.254-05:002017-01-16T11:26:32.254-05:00@anonymous 8:55
Justice??
Justice in Philadelphi...@anonymous 8:55<br /><br />Justice??<br /><br />Justice in Philadelphia??<br /><br />Does anyone remember Judge Renee Cardwell Hughes? She was supervising judge involved with the ‘intellectually dishonest’ the Grand Jury Report that precipitated the indictment of Lynn, Avery, Engelhardt, Shero and Brennan. <br /><br />In spite of what is described below, Hughes is still an active lawyer (member 43146), with no disciplinary actions recorded by the Philadelphia Bar Association. <br /><br />Excerpted from the Catholic World Report - February, 2012….<br /><br />The first judge to oversee the case’s hearings, Renee Cardwell Hughes, was quite antagonistic to attorneys for the accused clerics. <br /><br />In a hearing last spring, Hughes repeatedly berated the defense attorneys, addressing them as “baby” and angrily ordering them to “shut up and sit down.” When a defense attorney legally challenged the judge on a particular point, Hughes snapped, “Well, snapdoodle!” <br /><br />At one point during another hearing, Judge Hughes blurted out, “Avery, Engelhardt, and Shero (three of the defendants) picked a child and singled him out.”<br /><br />Well, that bold assertion sure seems like something for a jury to decide. Yet Hughes appeared to betray her impartiality and opine that the issue had already been settled.<br /><br />……………..The Pennsylvania Supreme Court chastised the judge last May after it was learned that Hughes ordered a court reporter to illegally alter a court transcript in a 2008 death penalty case. Hughes wanted the transcript altered to remove derogatory remarks she had made about a defendant. The Supreme Court said Hughes’ actions were “reprehensible” and “should be condemned universally.” Judge Hughes left the bench last April to take a leadership position with the Red Cross.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-72999784339462504152017-01-15T20:55:06.576-05:002017-01-15T20:55:06.576-05:00Today's headlines reads "Trump Team May E...Today's headlines reads "Trump Team May Eject Press Corps,Alarming Reporters" which rightly so,astonished the media. We the readers of bigtrail have been pleading, imploring, begging, beseeching the media to get involved, to see what we are seeing, to listen to what we are listening to in court, of grand juror testimony and at sentencings.<br /><br />All words have been exhausted in asking for your assistance in helping to level the playing field for defendants. We need help, defendants need help, the public needs help, we need the help to teach good people what absolute power prosecutors have over ever one of us, whether we believe it or not. To help educate them to the horrors of the current judicial system, listen to what you are being told, listen to what people have been trying to tell you. <br /><br />Women having the right to vote, the civil rights act,same sex marriages,would at one time have been unheard of, until people fought for their rights. Defendants deserve more from the media, my idea is that no media outlet be allowed to write one word about a defendant before a trial.<br /><br /> We should not allow the abuse by the media to continue,condemning a defendant before they step inside a court room , its just unacceptable, its how the feds are so highly successful with their high rate of convictions.<br /> <br />We are we allowing the prosecution to teach the public how to think and what to feel, there is no filter, it spews forth from the pages. <br />There is so much information the Inky is not sharing with its readership, real life stories of lives ruined by the greed and corruption of the prosecution. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-13417707736696611442017-01-14T13:37:04.160-05:002017-01-14T13:37:04.160-05:00Hi Ralph - as usual, excellent reporting.
Looks l...Hi Ralph - as usual, excellent reporting.<br /><br />Looks like that first comment may have been from Kopride - or perhaps from another sympathetic lawyer - but it's hard to tell. For sure, though, it wasn't from Slade McLaughlin.<br /><br />It's interesting how the Inky is now taking at least token interest in the case. I guess they don't want to be viewed as disinterested or uninformed whenever this case finally busts wide open. They should have been involved from the get-go. <br /><br />Were it not for your dogged efforts, this manifest Philadelphia Criminal Justice travesty would have remained under the proverbial rug in the DA's office.<br /><br />I - among many others - have long been praying and hoping for an expeditious and totally satisfactory end to this fiasco. To me, this would mean the recovery of the 5 million dollars paid to Doe and his legal team by Checkbook Charlie, whatever else Avery, Shero and the Oblates may have forked over, proper financial compensation for their legal fees and for the public humiliation and time they spent incarcerated followed by the appropriate punishment for those involved.<br /><br />I wonder if Mariana Sorensen will again grace this blog with her comments.<br /><br />Mariana - I double dog dare you (pun intended)!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-22115962976338359712017-01-14T12:05:40.837-05:002017-01-14T12:05:40.837-05:00Excellent reporting. Crystal clear. What an utter ...Excellent reporting. Crystal clear. What an utter disgrace this whole pantomime has been. As an expat living in the US I have been sharing this site with friends back home - several of whom work in the legal field. Their response has been uniform: disgust. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-44786766869848746082017-01-14T09:59:56.845-05:002017-01-14T09:59:56.845-05:00That's always been my position. A fraudulent v...That's always been my position. A fraudulent victim such as Gallagher undermines every real victim. <br /><br />Meanwhile, the Inky is making great progress. After calling Gallagher Billy Doe for seven years, Gallagher is now known in the columns of the Inky as "the accuser."<br />bigtrial.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188557653424544411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-76087806925971662562017-01-14T07:28:56.207-05:002017-01-14T07:28:56.207-05:00Great reporting Ralph. It's a total disgrace ...Great reporting Ralph. It's a total disgrace what the DA's office did in this case. It's also sad for the victims in other cases where their allegations were true. What the DA did here minimizes their cases.. Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10940960551969709602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-24899587103835114212017-01-14T05:44:51.612-05:002017-01-14T05:44:51.612-05:00Nobody told Seth Williams to prosecute this case...Nobody told Seth Williams to prosecute this case again, only Seth made the decision. Who will lose licenses to practice law will be Seth Williams , Blessington, Sorenson, Judges Sarmina and Ceisler . All that is left is for Judge Bright is to close the pathetic act of a legal charade that would be so funny if it was not for a priest who died in prison. If Bright continues this charade on to trial, she will be added to the list. The Archdiocese will have plenty to reasons to sue the City of Philadelphia for their egregious case of legal abuses over multiple trials. Any other judge would have killed the case on the spot if not for Bright who must consult with her minders because of political correctness issues involving a black DA.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12578737874188115992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-45883516877639353122017-01-13T18:42:42.558-05:002017-01-13T18:42:42.558-05:00Nice coverage Ralph. I see the Inquirer found it i...Nice coverage Ralph. I see the Inquirer found it interesting as well.<br /><br />None of this is particularly surprising, but it's a big deal that it got in front of the judge. I don't see any way this trial can move forward without Sorensen becoming a witness, and your point about why she wasn't called is probably spot on. The DA looks bad either way if Bergstrom calls her - if the DA fights it, he's hiding something. If he allows it, she either contradicts her own detective or admits. <br /><br />Maybe the biggest question isn't whether this goes to trial but rather who loses their law license along the way and what exactly motivated Sorensen in particular to 1) keep pushing the first trial and 2) quit afterwards <br /><br />Not the kind of shit Seth Williams needs right now either. Maybe he should have let this go when he had the chance. Now we have a falsified grand jury presentment and a detective testifying for the defense in the middle of a primary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com