Interesting Loretta Nall Case Factoid

I mentioned earlier today that the DA prosecuting the case against me tainted the jury pool.

This is the second time in this case that an agent of the state has deliberately and maliciously tainted the jury pool. The first incident was when District Judge Kim Taylor commented about the facts of the case to the local media. I filed a complaint with the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission (see page two of the complaint here)and the Judicial Inquiry Commission reprimanded Judge Taylor for his actions.

I don't know what it is going to take to get it through the prosecution's thick skull(s) that I am documenting every mistake they make and that I will fight this all the way to the supreme court if I have to. They have lied and conspired every step of the way in this case. The whole case is a complete fabrication by the police and the DA's office.

I mentioned last week that the DA's office offered me a deal that kept me up all night laughing, but that I would refrain from commenting on the terms of that 'deal'. Well, today the gloves come off and I am going to share with my readers and the public what the 'deal' the prosecution offered was.

The Deputy D.A. (Damon Lewis) indicated that the State would probably grant Pre-Trial Diversion and even waive the costs (fee) if I would consider doing it. The hitch is, they are going to require me to drug screen occasionally.

My response was,

"HELL NO!
ABSOLUTELY NOT!
OUT OF THE QUESTION!
I am fighting this all the way through. Tell Damon Lewis I said blow
me! The only offer I will take from the state is sign a waiver not to
sue them if they dismiss the charges. Tell him that for me please.

When the witnesses did not show up in court the case should have been
dropped. They should have been arrested. I would have been.

But NO I am not taking any plea bargains, any pre-trial diversions,
any piss tests...none of that. If they convict me and sentence me to
it anyway it won't be because I caved in and I can still appeal any
conviction. Looks like this one may go all the way to the Supreme
Court. I am not doing anything that would allow those law breaking,
first and fourth amendment rights violators to save any face. They
deserve every humiliation I can think to heap upon them.

I don't really advocate pre-trial diversion. I mean it is better than
jail for people who have substance abuse problems. I don't have one.
What I advocate is the government and police leaving people who aren't
bothering anyone else alone regardless of what they might be
ingesting. Until we get to that point pre-trial diversion is about the
very best option for people addicted to hard drugs.

You know Damon Lewis has a great deal of nerve to even come at me with
that offer. He knows I'll never take a plea deal or agree to piss in a
cup or plead guilty. I think he must be smoking crack. Maybe he needs
pre-trial diversion. Mental help he needs most definitely."

And so, Damon Lewis and E. Paul Jones, in case my lawyer was courteous and diplomatic and left out the meat of my response to your desperate plea to let you torture me for free for 12 months, here it is in black and white. I will not deviate from my plan to expose all of you for the criminals and constitutional rights violators that you are.
BRING IT! I'm ready!

I have to be back in court on Wednesday. My attorney says he has no idea if my case will actually be called, due to the fact that the DA's office regularly refuses to produce a list of cases detailing the order in which they will be called in any given session. My attorney says the DA's office will wait until the night before they intend to call the case to let the defense attorney's know that their case is coming up on the next day's docket leaving the defense attorney's no real time to prepare.

Another reason the DA's office is doing this is because they know I can draw a huge crowd of supporters and media to the courtroom and they want ZERO witnesses to their illegal activities. If you aren't busy on Wednesday please consider coming to the Courthouse in Alexander City to attend my trial or bear witness to the continued misconduct of the prosecution.

D.A. Taints Jury Pool in Loretta Nall Case

I went back to court this morning and ultimately nothing happened as far as my case being called. The jury was picked for another trial and my lawyer told me that if they get to my case this week it will be Thursday or Friday. If they do not get to it this week it will be 6 more months before it comes up again.

While speaking with my attorney in the hallway outside the courtroom he informed me that last week the D.A., E. Paul Jones, brought up my name in voir dire jury selection in a case that is not in any way related to my case. The D.A. asked the jury pool if they knew Loretta Nall. The lawyer quoted him as saying, "Does anyone in this courtroom know Loretta Nall? She ran as the Libertarian candidate for Governor last year. Does anyone know her?"

The case the jury was being picked for was this drug trafficking case. The only connection is that the defendant in that case and I share the same attorney. In my case the attormey is appointed and not hired. I do not know if he is appointed or hired in the trafficking case.

There are two reasons the D.A. would bring up my name...or perhaps a better way to put it is that bringing up my name in front of the entire jury pool feeds two heads of the DA dragon...those being

1. To make the jury pool think that my lawyer is somehow evil and sinister for defending drug cases...even though in at least one of those cases he is an APPOINTED attorney.

2. To tie my name to a drug trafficking case when my case has NOTHING to do with drug trafficking.

When I heard this I said, "He tainted the entire jury pool against me by doing that."
My attorney enthusiastically agreed and is taking the necessary steps to see that this is addressed.

I am absolutely astounded that the DA would ask the entire jury pool about me when my case is close to being called and heard by some members of that same jury pool. Wow! To me this just reeks of desperation. They are willing to try every sneaky, dirty, underhanded trick in the book to get a conviction in this case. I hope they realize that I am keeping score and I am documenting every move they make, every slip up, every mistake.