"... A prosecutor who does
not understand proportionality and who regularly uses the threat of unjust and
overreaching charges to extort plea bargains from defendants regardless of
their guilt is a danger to the life and liberty of anyone who might cross her
path."
Petition here.
US Attorney Watch
Dedicated to exposing serious injustices committed by government prosecutors at the Massachusetts US Attorney's Office.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Monday, January 14, 2013
MA US Attorney Destroys Another Life
Carmen Ortiz, Aaron Swartz and Tarek Mehanna
"... It is not surprising that Eric Holder and Carmen Ortiz are
consistent in their overzealous prosecutions against individuals who are
engaged in political dissent: For Aaron Swartz, this dissent took the form of
challenging the electronic paywalls that prevented public access to work done
by scholars like myself, who will never see a penny from the tens of articles
that I have published. Mehanna’s speech at sentencing is worth reading; he is
clearly a politically aware young man. His dissent took the form of challenging
and criticizing the US government’s imperial war …"
Friday, July 13, 2012
Boston Phoenix Gives Carmen Ortiz 15th Annual Muzzle Award
"In a year marked by numerous instances of oppression and repression, the disturbing case of Tarek Mehanna leads the list. Last year the 29-year-old Sudbury (MA) pharmacist was convicted of federal terrorism charges — not because of what he did, but because of what he said, wrote, and translated. In April, he was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison.
Thus our top Muzzle goes to
US Attorney Carmen Ortiz, whose office ran roughshod over Mehanna's
constitutional rights … "
Read more.
Friday, April 13, 2012
The Real Criminals in the Tarek Mehanna Case
"In one of the most egregious violations of the First
Amendment’s guarantee of free speech seen in quite some time, Tarek Mehanna, an
American Muslim, was convicted this week in a federal court in Boston and
then sentenced yesterday to 17 years in prison. […] At some point in the
future, I believe history will be quite clear about who the actual criminals
are in this case: not Mehanna, but rather the architects of the policies he
felt compelled to battle and the entities that have conspired to consign him to
a cage for two decades."
Friday, September 16, 2011
No Justice In Auerhahn Case
A three judge panel—including Judge O’Toole (the presiding judge in the case that Auerhahn is prosecuting against Tarek Mehanna)—failed to apply even the weak two year suspension sought by Bar Counsel. The message is clear: federal prosecutors in Massachusetts have a green light to commit even criminal acts of misconduct with impunity.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Video: Framing the Innocent
Framing the Innocent: Crimes Under Color of Law at the Massachusetts US Attorney's Office
Forum held March 24, 2011 at Northeastern University School of Law
Michael Avery, professor of law at Suffolk Law School and former president of the National Lawyers Guild.
(Video no longer available.)
Forum held March 24, 2011 at Northeastern University School of Law
Michael Avery, professor of law at Suffolk Law School and former president of the National Lawyers Guild.
- On the history of the FBI and the Massachusetts US Attorney deliberately using false testimony by "cooperating witnesses" and informants to frame innocent people.
- On the FBI's Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO) and the use of federal prosecution to attack movements for social justice.
- On his political targeting by the Massachusetts US Attorney's Office and the FBI. Last public address before beginning a three year prison sentence for a crime he did not commit.
- On the case of Tarek Mehanna, who is currently being prosecuted by the Massachusetts US Attorney under terrorism charges, and the campaign to hold the US Attorney accountable for wrongdoing.
- Honoring Councilor Chuck Turner for his decades of political leadership.
(Video no longer available.)
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Community Organizing Meeting
Thursday, April 7, 7:30 p.m.
Community Church of Boston
565 Boylston Street, Boston MA
GOALS OF THE CAMPAIGN
Join us in building the campaign for accountability!
Community Church of Boston
565 Boylston Street, Boston MA
GOALS OF THE CAMPAIGN
- To expose the criminal collaboration of the FBI and the US Attorney in manipulating informants to frame innocent people.
- To call for a review of pending cases where FBI agents and government prosecutors responsible for a pattern of wrongdoing have been involved.
- To call for serious sanctions against government prosecutors involved in rights violations.
- To stop the use of federal prosecution as a weapon against immigrants, indigent defendants and people of color in the service of a racist political agenda.
Join us in building the campaign for accountability!
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