Sunday, December 19, 2010

10-12-19 WikiLeaks Has the Goods on Bank of America // Wikileaks ha Dañar la información sobre Bank of America // 维基解密有关于美国银行不利的信息


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WikiLeaks Has the Goods on Bank of America, So Bank of America Helps to Try and Shut It Down

 
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You know, some days the news writes this column itself. This is one of days. Bank of America announced yesterday that it would stop processing transactions related to WikiLeaks. Why? Well, of course, because BofA doesn't want to be part of illegal activity, that's why. Well, unless they're getting a cut, that is. In the case at hand, they are not only not getting a cut, but are about to be cut and by WikiLeaks itself. Accounting to numerous knowledgable sources, WikiLeaks is sitting on a pile of BofA internal documents showing the bank may have been the biggest banking racketeering enterprise since BCCI.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange revealed that his whistleblower website intends to publish a trove of secret documents exposing the corruption of a major American bank. "At the moment, for example, we are sitting on 5GB from Bank of America, one of the executive's hard drives," Assange told the technology site Computer World in an article published on October 9, 2009.
Now, I'm not saying that BofA's decision to try to starve WikiLeaks of cash to prevent them from being able to make those documents public. I mean, that would cynical. But, from what is already known about BofA's part in the mortgage scams that played a key role in throwing the US economy into a near-depression, well, one could be cynical about the bank's motives.
Then there is the issue of states suing Bank of America for mortgage fraud. According to the New York Times:
In withering complaints filed in state courts in both states, the attorneys general accused Bank of America of assuring customers that they would not be foreclosed upon while they were seeking loan modifications, only to proceed with foreclosures anyway; of falsely telling customers that they must be in default to obtain a modification; of promising that the modifications would be made permanent if they completed a trial period, only to renege on the deal; and of conjuring up bogus reasons for denying modifications.
"Bank of America's callous disregard for providing timely, correct information to people in their time of need is truly egregious," Catherine Cortez Masto, the attorney general of Nevada said in a statement.
Just as a side note, this behavior by BofA stands in stark contrast to the what the bank's founder, Amadeo Giannini, did during the last Great Depression when homeowners fell behind in the mortgage payments. Giannini told them to pay what they could and to at least make the interest portion of their payment. That move alone saved the homes of tens of thousands of San Franciscans, including my immigrant grand parents.
Todays leaders at the bank turned Giannini's actions on its head. Instead of helping home owners, BofA pocketed $37 billion of the $45 billion in federal bailout funds then led delinquent borrows straight to the slaughterhouse.

What we have here, when you take in the whole landscape, is Bank of America and the US Justice Dept. on the same side. Both want WikiLeaks shut down and shut up -- and both for the same reason -- WikiLeaks is giving average folk a rare peek into exactly what these two giants are up to.
And now that we've seen some of their documents, we can see why they want WikiLeaks out of business, and out of mind.

10-12-18 Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz of Uri L'Tzedek - Orthodox Social Justice Movement - Endorsed the Petition: Stay the Execution of Kevin Cooper, Impose a Moratorium on the Death Penalty in California // Yanklowitz rabino Shmuly del movimiento ortodoxo Justicia Social - Dictamen de la Petición: No a la pena de muerte en California // 东正教拉比Shmuly Yanklowitz社会正义运动-赞同请愿书:停止在加州的死刑


Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz
Uri L'Tzedek
Orthodox Social Justice Movement


Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz Endorsed the Petition: Stay the Execution of Kevin Cooper, Impose a Moratorium on the Death Penalty in California

Los Angeles, December 19 - Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz of Uri L'Tzedek - Orthodox Social Justice Movement - endorsed  the call upon California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to stop the execution of Kevin Cooper and impose a moratorium on the death penalty in California.

The petition was also endorsed by Tikkun's Rabbi Michael Lerner and UCLA Hillel's Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller.

As noted in the petition itself, reasonable doubts remained regarding the guilt of Kevin Cooper, which led five federal judges to take issue with their colleagues' decision to put a stop to Cooper's appeals. 

Moreover, corruption of the justice system in Los Angeles County, California has been repeatedly documented for over a decade in official, scholarly and media reports. 

Thousand of Rampart-FIPs (Falsely Imprisoned Persons) - victims of court corruption of the courts in Los Angeles County, which was uncovered in the Rampart scandal investigation (1998-2000) remain imprisoned to this date, and judges of the Los Angeles Court were documented as objecting to their release, since it would lead to "collapse of the justice system".

"Corruption of the courts and the legal profession" in California was also noted in a recent report of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which called upon the US to abolish the death penalty.

Therefore, the petition called upon California Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger to stop the execution of Kevin Cooper and to impose a moratorium on the death penalty in California.

The Jewish community is vastly over-represented among judges and attorneys in California, and the Jewish community historically held itself committed to Human and Civil Rights in the United States. Therefore, Human Rights Alert repeatedly asserted that the Jewish community must deem itself accountable for the conditions of the justice system in California and the United States.

Asking leading rabbis of the day to voice their opinions on current issues has been a Jewish tradition for some 1,500 years.
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PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION AT:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-cooper-execution-end-death-penalty-in-caifornia/
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Target: California Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger:

We, the undersigned call upon Governor Schwarzenegger to stop the execution of Kevin Cooper and impose a moratorium on the death penalty in California:

1. Reasonable doubts remain regarding the guilt of Kevin Cooper
The legal effort to prevent the execution of Kevin Cooper has run its course. Unless the governor of California intervenes, Cooper is likely to be put to death next year for the brutal 1983 murders of a Chino Hills couple, their 10-year-old daughter and an 11-year-old houseguest.
Just one eyewitness survived the horrific scene, a 9-year-old boy whose throat had been sliced. His initial account of the attack is one of many disturbing contradictions that led five federal judges to take issue with their colleagues' decision to put a stop to Cooper's appeals.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/12/12/EDG81GP0I7.DTL#ixzz18BGZmaQA

2. Corruption of the justice system in Los Angeles County, California was well-documented for over a decade.
Official, scholarly, and media reports have documented the corruption of the justice system in California for over a decade. 
Reports of the Rampart corruption scandal (1998-2000) established that thousands of innocent persons were falsely imprisonment for long terms through framing of evidence, extraction of confessions under torture, and perjury of police.  The victims - the Rampart-FIPs (Falsely Imprisoned Persons) - mostly blacks and Latinos, were estimated by various groups at 10,000-30,000.  Regardless, judges of the Los Angeles Court have refuses to free the Rampart-FIPs, and the US Department of Justice refuses to take action either.

Read more: Rampart-FIPs (Falsely Imprisoned Persons) - Review; Rampart-FIPs - Rampart First Trial PBS Frontline: Rampart False Imprisonments; 06-07-15 Rampart Reconsidered: LAPD's Blue Ribbon Review Panel Report (2006);

2. "Corruption of the courts and the legal profession" in California was noted in a recent report of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which called upon the US to abolish the death penalty.
As part of the first ever Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Human Rights in the United States by the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, official report noted %u201Ccorruption of the courts and the legal profession%u201D in California.
The United Nations Human Rights Council also called upon the United States to abolish the death penalty.

Read more: http://www.scribd.com/doc/38566837/ ;http://www.scribd.com/doc/42218232/

3.  Therefore, the Governor of California should stop the execution of Kevin Cooper and impose a moratorium on the death penalty in California.
Under conditions that today prevail in the justice system in Los Angeles County and California, it is inconceivable to continue with executions.  California Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger should stop the execution of Kevin Cooper and impose a moratorium on the death penalty in California.
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PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION AT:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-cooper-execution-end-death-penalty-in-caifornia/
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Human Rights Alert - NGO
Human Rights Alert is dedicated to discovering, archiving, and disseminating evidence of Human Rights violations by the justice systems of the State of California and the United States in Los Angeles County, California, and beyond. Human Rights Alert focuses on the unique role of computerized case management systems in the precipitous deterioration of the integrity of the justice system in the United States.
Locations of visitors to this page
http://www.scribd.com/Human_Rights_Alert
http://inproperinla.blogspot.com/
http://human-rights-alert.blogspot.com/
http://www.liveleak.com/user/jz12345
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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES?
"On July 26, 2010, Laurence Tribe, Senior Counsel for the United States Department of Justice, Access to Justice Initiative, delivered an important speech to the Conference of Chief Justices, challenging them to halt the disintegration of our state justice systems before they become indistinguishable from courts of third world nations."Prof Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law School (2010), per National Defender Leadership Institute
http://www.nlada.net/library/article/national_dojspeechto%20chiefjustice07-26-2010_gideonalert
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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA?
*     "Innocent people remain in prison"*     "...the LA Superior Court and the DA office, the two other parts of the justice system that the Blue Panel Report recommends must be investigated relative to the integrity of the system, have not produced any response that we know of..."LAPD Blue Ribbon Review Panel Report (2006)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24902306/
*   "...judges tried and sentenced a staggering number of people for crimes they did not commit." Prof David Burcham, Dean, Loyola Law School, LA (2001)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/29043589/
*   "This is conduct associated with the most repressive dictators and police states... and judges must share responsibility when innocent people are convicted."     Prof Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, Irvine Law School (2001)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/274339
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WHAT DID THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL STAFF REPORT SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA?
*   "...corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California."
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38566837/

10-12-19 Welcome Austria - Last New Visitor! // Bienvenido Austria - Visitante Mas Reciente! // 欢迎奥地利- 最后的新访问者!

Last New Visitor

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10-12-18 New Evidence Filed with US Congress of Conduct of Invalid Litigation in SEC v Bank of America Corporation in Collusion with the US District Court in New York // Nuevas Pruebas de los Litigios Falsa Relacionada con Bank of America // 新的证据的虚假诉讼有关美国银行

  
Judge Jed Rakoff; _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _BAC Pres Moynihan;_ _ _ _ _ _ _SEC Chair Schapiro

New Evidence Filed with US Congress of Conduct of Invalid Litigation in SEC v Bank of America Corporation in Collusion with the US District Court in New York

Los Angeles, December 19 - Human Rights Alert (NGO) and Joseph Zernik, PhD, have provided US Congress with evidence of criminal conduct by Bank of America in collusion with SEC, Judge Jed Rakoff, and Clerk Ruby Krajick of the United States District Court, Southern District of New York. [[i]]

The evidence shows SEC, Bank of America, and the Court covered up alleged violations of the law by high-level corporate executives and US officers through conduct of invalid litigation in the US Court.

In 2008 the US government coerced the merger of Merrill Lynch and Bank of America.  Following investigation into the merger by New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, [[ii]] financial analysts called for "criminal indictments" in the "conspiracy".  The scandal was compared in significance to Watergate. [[iii]] The involved officers included, but were not limited to: Chair of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke, former US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, former BAC President Ken Lewis, and then General Counsel Brian Moynihan (today - BAC President). 

Starting August 2009 litigation of the matters under Securities and Exchange Commission v Bank of America Corporation (1:09-cv-06829) was extensively and incorrectly reported on by mainstream media as enforcement by SEC of corporate and banking regulation.  The litigation followed public concerns of dysfunctional regulation of financial markets in the United States.

Human Rights Alert claims that the invalid litigation was intended to create a false perception of enforcement of the law.  In fact, it covered up alleged criminal acts.  Human Rights Alert claims that the case also provides detailed documentation of the key role the US courts' electronic administration systems (PACER and CM/ECF) play in enabling dishonest conduct in the US courts.
The new records, including a notice and SEC Freedom of Information Act responses [i,[iv]], were filed as an addendum to requests for investigation previously filed with US Congress.  Investigation and impeachment proceedings were requested against US Judge Jed Rakoff [[v]] and Clerk of the Court Ruby Krajick, [[vi]] both of the US District Court, Southern District of New York, pertaining to their conduct in SEC v BAC in apparent violation of the law.
The Court has continued to deny access to litigation records under SEC v BAC, which Human Rights Alert claims is violation of First Amendment rights.  However, in response to FOIA-requests, SEC produced a record dated September 21, 2009, that is claimed to be the summons issued by clerk under SEC v BAC.

The record produced by SEC, as summons issued by the Clerk, was unsigned and had no seal of the Court. US law - 28 USC 1691 - requires that the summons be signed and under the seal of the Court. 

Human Rights Alert claims that the record, produced by SEC as summons issued by the Clerk in SEC v BAC, could not be valid
The docket of SEC v BAC in PACER includes a notation that the summons was issued over a month earlier, on August 3, 2009.  However, the summons was excluded from the PACER docket.  The Clerk of the Court has refused to provide a copy of the summons in response to requests, and senior staff of the Clerk's office explained that the Court routinely excluded the summonses from the dockets and denied public access. Only counsel in a given case were permitted access to the summons, according the Clerk of the Court.
The August 3, 2009 docket entry is claimed by Human Rights Alert as false, as violation of US law, which requires the docketing of the summons, and also a violation of the First Amendment right of public access to court records.

Human Rights Alert claims that the false docketing of issuance of summons also demonstrates the invalidity of the PACER docket in SEC v BAC, and a lack of accountability of the Clerk for the integrity of the PACER dockets in general and the false and deliberately misleading nature of the docket of SEC v BAC in particular.

Human Rights Alert further notes that nowhere in the docket of SEC v BAC was there any indication that service of the summons was waived, or that the service was executed.  However, the complaint in SEC v BAC was never dismissed by the Court. 
US law - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 4 (m) - requires that if the summons was not served within 120 days, the court must dismiss the complaint. The failure to dismiss the complaint of SEC v BAC, following the failure to execute or waive service of process within 120 days, is claimed to be in violation of the law.

The previous requests for investigation and a report, which was filed for international peer-review, detailed the invalid nature of the litigation: There is no record of a valid assignment order for Judge Jed Rakoff, minutes were not entered for the proceedings, motions were not docketed, but were purportedly ruled on,  unauthorized court personnel constructed the docket.  The Court denies access to the all the Clerk's authentication/ attestation records (NEFs) in the case, including, but not limited to the authentication of the purported Final Consent Judgment, making it impossible to ascertain the validity of the judicial records in the case, or lack thereof.

Human Rights Alert claims that the facts in the matter would lead a reasonable person to conclude that the conduct of the invalid litigation in SEC v BAC was the outcome of collusion by Judge Jed Rakoff, Clerk Ruby Krajick, SEC, and BAC, which was likely to have been coordinated prior to the filing of the complaint in SEC v BAC at the Office of the Clerk.

Accordingly, Human Rights Alert calls upon the US Congress to initiate investigation - and if appropriate - impeachment proceedings, against Judge Jed Rakoff and Clerk Ruby Krajick.

The US Congress has been called upon to initiate corrective actions relative to the accountability of the clerks of the US courts for electronic court records. 

Reform of the US courts is claimed as essential for the restoration of corporate and banking regulation in the United States and recovery from the current economic depression.

US media are called upon to correct their previous reports and inform the public of the true nature of the litigation in SEC v BAC.
  Human Rights Alert - NGO
Human Rights Alert is dedicated to discovering, archiving, and disseminating evidence of Human Rights violations by the justice systems of the State of California and the United States in Los Angeles County, California, and beyond. Human Rights Alert focuses on the unique role of computerized case management systems in the precipitous deterioration of the integrity of the justice system in the United States.
Locations of visitors to this page
http://www.scribd.com/Human_Rights_Alert
http://inproperinla.blogspot.com/
http://human-rights-alert.blogspot.com/
http://www.liveleak.com/user/jz12345

LINKS
[i] 10-12-19 Addendum to Request for investigation, impeachment proceedings where appropriate, in re: JED RAKOFF - US Judge, and RUBY KRAJICK - Clerk of the Court, US District Court, Southern District of New York
http://www.scribd.com/doc/45644678/
[ii] 09-04-23 RE: SEC v BAC (1:09-cv-06829) State of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo Letter to US Congress with attachments
http://www.scribd.com/doc/41079990/
[iii] Analysts' responses to Andrew Cuomo's letter to the US Congress
http://www.scribd.com/doc/41079990/
[iv] 10-12-17 RE: SEC Freedom of Information Response re: SEC v Bank of America Corporation (1:09-cv-06829)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/45502385/
[v] 10-12-04 RE: US Judges JED RAKOFF, VIRGINIA PHILLIPS, JOHN WALTER, US Magistrate CARLA WOEHRLE - Request for Investigation, Impeachment Proceedings Where Appropriate s
http://www.scribd.com/doc/44669382/
[vi] 10-12-08 Securities and Exchange Commission v Bank of America Corporation(1:09-cv-06829) - Request for Investigation, Impeachment of RUBY KRAJICK, Clerk of the Court, US District Court, Southern District of New York s
http://www.scribd.com/doc/44908376/ 

10-12-19 Arizona, Nevada sue BofA over loan modifications Arizona, Nevada AGs file civil lawsuits against Bank of America over failed loan modifications

, On Friday December 17, 2010, 7:17 pm EST

PHOENIX (AP) -- Attorneys general in Arizona and Nevada filed civil lawsuits Friday against Bank of America Corp., alleging that the lender is misleading and deceiving homeowners who have tried to modify mortgages in two of the nation's most foreclosure-damaged states.
Bank of America violated Arizona's consumer fraud law by misleading consumers who tried to reduce their monthly payments to keep their homes, state Attorney General Terry Goddard said. The bank also violated the terms of a 2009 consent agreement requiring its Countrywide mortgage subsidiary to implement a loan modification program, the Arizona lawsuit alleges.
Hundreds of homeowners kept making their mortgage payments because Bank of America repeatedly assured them that their loans were being modified, Goddard said. Instead, many lost their homes anyway.
"Those people could have used that money for something else," Goddard told The Associated Press. "They were deceived into continuing to make mortgage payments when they had no hope of saving their homes."
Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto told the AP that the Silver State's lawsuit was a last resort to try to get the bank to change its ways. It was filed after several discussions with bank managers led to assurances but little more.
"Clearly there is a disconnect between what Bank of America tells me at the management level and what's happening on the front line," Masto said.
Masto said separate lawsuits show the bank's problems with consumers are widespread.
"The only thing that I'm asking is that (Bank of America) give them a reasonable response in a timely manner," she said. "It is, in my perspective, a callous disregard for what we are telling them."
Nevada and Arizona are among the states hardest hit by homeowners who have defaulted on mortgages in the last few years as adjustable payments soared, people lost their jobs, and home values collapsed. One out of every 99 households in Nevada received a foreclosure notice last month, according to RealtyTrac Inc., and Arizona's rate wasn't far behind.
The Arizona attorney general's office was deluged with consumer complaints and launched an investigation more than a year ago, Goddard said. Settlement talks with Bank of America began in April but ultimately collapsed Thursday.
Goddard, a Democrat, is leaving office in January after an unsuccessful run for governor and will be replaced by Republican Tom Horne. A Bank of America spokesman criticized Goddard for filing the lawsuit in his last days in office while multistate negotiations on foreclosures were under way.
Dan Frahm, a senior vice president for the Charlotte, N.C.-based bank, said it shares the attorneys general's goal of helping homeowners. "We are disappointed that the suits were filed at this time, however, because we and other major servicers are currently engaged in multistate discussions led by Attorney General (Tom) Miller in Iowa to try to address foreclosure related issues more comprehensively," Frahm said in an e-mailed statement.
"Bank of America has been a cooperative partner with the attorneys general, has worked with state leaders to evolve programs and resources to broaden assistance to distressed customers, and we are already under way with further improvements to our processes and programs for Bank of America customers," Frahm said.
Bank of America has completed nearly 750,000 loan modifications and has foreclosed on fewer than half that many homes, Frahm said. Many of the foreclosures did not qualify for loan modifications.
The Arizona lawsuit, filed in Maricopa County Superior Court, alleges that the bank has repeatedly violated an October 2008 consent agreement between Bank of America and 11 states requiring the bank's Countrywide subsidiary to modify hundreds of thousands of loans. Arizona's agreement was finalized in 2009.
Countrywide was accused of engaging in widespread deceptive practices with its customers, and Bank of America agreed to reduce principal or interest payments by up to $8.4 billion on those loans.
But Bank of America, which had acquired Countrywide in July 2008, failed to make timely decisions on modification requests and went ahead with foreclosures, Goddard said.
Bank of America is the No. 1 loan servicer in both Arizona and Nevada. It's also tops in complaints to Arizona regulators, and not just because of its size, Goddard said.
"They're head and shoulders above any other financial institution," he said. "Nobody's got a great record, but Bank of America's is worse than any of them.
Friday's lawsuit in Arizona asks for contempt citations against the bank for violating the consent agreement. It also seeks restitution for consumers, civil penalties, legal fees, plus $25,000 for each consent agreement violation and up to $10,000 for each violation of the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act.
Nevada's complaint accuses the bank of operating its loan modification program in violation of the Nevada Deceptive Trade Practices Act. It seeks civil penalties and restitution along with other fees.
Bank of America shares rose 5 cents to $12.57 Friday.
Associated Press writer Oskar Garcia in Las Vegas contributed to this report.

10-12-19 Muslim Leaders are Asked to Join the Petition to Stay the Execution of Kevin Cooper, Impose Moratorium on the Death Penalty in California // Líderes de la muselina se le preguntó a unirse a la petición para poner fin a la pena de muerte en California // 穆斯林领袖们要求参加请愿停止在加州的死刑




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Jihad Turk _ _ __  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ Salam Al-Marayati                                          
The Islamic Center of Southern California _ _ _ _ MPAC

10-12-19      Muslin Leaders are Asked to Join the Petition to Stay the Execution of Kevin Cooper, Impose Moratorium on the Death Penalty in California

Los Angeles, December 19 – Human Rights Alert (NGO) and Joseph Zernik, PhD, have asked Director of Religious Affairs Jihad Turk of The Islamic Center of Southern California, and President Salam Al-Marayati of MPAC (Muslim Public Affairs Center) to join the petition [1] to stay the execution of Kevin Cooper and impose a moratorium on the death penalty in California.
The requests followed MPAC's stated mission of "promoting the Islamic values of mercy, justice, peace, human dignity, freedom, and equality for all." 
In its request Human Rights Alert has stated that by endorsing the petition, these Muslim leader would substantially strengthen the petition, and demonstrate the ongoing commitment of the Muslim community to Human and Civil Rights in California and the United States.
Tikkun Magazine’s Rabbi Michael Lerner and UCLA Hillel’s Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller have recently endorsed the petition.  Rabbi Seidler-Feller also described the petition as “important efforts”.
As detailed in the petition itself, reasonable doubts remained regarding the guilt of Kevin Cooper in the case that led to the death sentencing.  Five U.S. Judges have previously expressed their concern regarding the conviction in this case.
Corruption of the California courts has been repeatedly documented for over a decade in official, expert and media reports. 
A recent United Nations Human Rights Council report referred to “corruption of the courts and the legal profession in California”.
Under such circumstances the petition called upon Governor Scharzenegger to stay the execution of Kevin Cooper and impose an immediate moratorium on the death penalty in California.
LINKS:
[1] PLEASE JOIN THE PETITION:

Human Rights Alert - NGO 







Human Rights Alert is dedicated to discovering, archiving, and disseminating evidence of Human Rights violations by the justice systems of the State of California and the United States in Los Angeles County, California, and beyond. Human Rights Alert focuses on the unique role of computerized case management systems in the precipitous deterioration of the integrity of the justice system in the United States.

Locations of visitors to this page 






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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES?
"On July 26, 2010, Laurence Tribe, Senior Counsel for the United States Department of Justice, Access to Justice Initiative, delivered an important speech to the Conference of Chief Justices, challenging them to halt the disintegration of our state justice systems before they become indistinguishable from courts of third world nations."
Prof Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law School (2010), per National Defender Leadership Institute
http://www.nlada.net/library/article/national_dojspeechto%20chiefjustice07-26-2010_gideonalert
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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA?
*     "Innocent people remain in prison"
*     "...the LA Superior Court and the DA office, the two other parts of the justice system that the Blue Panel Report recommends must be investigated relative to the integrity of the system, have not produced any response that we know of..."
LAPD Blue Ribbon Review Panel Report (2006)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24902306/
*   "...judges tried and sentenced a staggering number of people for crimes they did not commit."
Prof David Burcham, Dean, Loyola Law School, LA (2001)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/29043589/
*   "This is conduct associated with the most repressive dictators and police states... and judges must share responsibility when innocent people are convicted."    
Prof Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, Irvine Law School (2001)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/274339
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WHAT DID THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL STAFF REPORT SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA?
*   "...corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California."
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38566837/