Corruption is so ingrained in Illinois politics that thousands of indictments won't change anything. Corruption croses party lines and invades the 1/10 Illinoisans who work for the State, Counties, or local governments.
There have already been hundreds of convictions and as the corrupt are ousted more step into replace them. Until corruption sees the light of day; until back room deals are exposed and stopped; until meetings can no longer be confidential or "executive"; until corruption also known as patronage or inherited office in Illinois is exposed, corruption will continue.
All contracts will continue to require 10% kickbacks to political funds. Whistle blowers will be defamed, falsely arrested, wrongfully convicted, and destroyed. Political offices will be inherited.
The only solution is a truth commission. Like in South Africa if people are given immunity for confessing fully their involvement in fraud, patronage, corruption, back-room dealings, etc., then fear of losing a job, not getting a promotion, or retaliation will be eliminated. Thousands will testify to the true workings of Illinois government and will feel better for it. Faith in government will be restored.
The masses will come out of the woodwork and state how they have been coerced to pay kickbacks, campaign on government time, put campaign signs in their lawns even if they didn't like the candidate, and intimidate and harass all that tried to expose them.
This will cost a LOT less and take a LOT less time, than endless indictments, accusations, and status quo. Fear is the driving force behind corruption in Illinois. The light of day will destroy it.
I endorse the reform commission. The inspector generals and internal affairs offices, etc., are part of the corruption. They don't reveal their findings. Everything is confidential. They keep the facts in the dark and are therefore only able to cover up instead of expose.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
State's Attorney Anita Alvarez Condones Nifong-Like Prosecutorial Misconduct - Federal Judge Coar Rules IL Appellate Court Violates Rights to Appeal
I, Dr. Linda Shelton, was wrongfully convicted of aggravated battery to a correctional officer on December 3, 2007. I have tried to appeal but the Illinois Appellate Court has illegally impeded my appeal. Fortunately Federal Judge Coar has agreed with me and my case is now before him on a petition for writ of habeas corpus. I am optimistic that it will be granted. Cook County State's Attorney Alvarez should withdraw the charges and ask for the case to be expunged due to extreme Nifong-like prosecutorial misconduct and perjury of the state's witnesses as well as actual innocence. She is defending the state in the habeas proceedings. She should be held accountable if she fails to acknowledge these facts. See:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/10325794/Shelton-Federal-Petition-for-Writ-of-Habeas-Corpus-Aggravated-Battery-2009
Judge Coar in federal district court on 1/14/09 agreed with my petition for writ of habeas corpus that by refusing to enforce the trial courts order for the court reporter to prepare transcripts and file them with the court clerk, the state has impeded my right to a direct appeal and collateral state remedies and therefore has waived their right to insist that I exhaust state remedies. This is allowed under 28 U.S.C. section 2254 (b)(1)(B)(ii) and Lane v. Richards, 957 F.2d 363, 365 (7th Cir. 1992).
This means he has ruled that Appellate Judge Sheila O'Brien and P. Scott Neville Jr. by denying my multiple motions to compel court reporters to follow the trial court orders to prepare and file my transcripts with the court clerk, have committed an act that amounts to the state waiving their right to insist that I exhaust state remedies before seeking a fed writ of habeas corpus. This is also a violation of their oaths of office.
Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez has been ordered to reply within 21 days and reply to my motion for stay of sentence (parole) within 20 days.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/10325794/Shelton-Federal-Petition-for-Writ-of-Habeas-Corpus-Aggravated-Battery-2009
Judge Coar in federal district court on 1/14/09 agreed with my petition for writ of habeas corpus that by refusing to enforce the trial courts order for the court reporter to prepare transcripts and file them with the court clerk, the state has impeded my right to a direct appeal and collateral state remedies and therefore has waived their right to insist that I exhaust state remedies. This is allowed under 28 U.S.C. section 2254 (b)(1)(B)(ii) and Lane v. Richards, 957 F.2d 363, 365 (7th Cir. 1992).
This means he has ruled that Appellate Judge Sheila O'Brien and P. Scott Neville Jr. by denying my multiple motions to compel court reporters to follow the trial court orders to prepare and file my transcripts with the court clerk, have committed an act that amounts to the state waiving their right to insist that I exhaust state remedies before seeking a fed writ of habeas corpus. This is also a violation of their oaths of office.
Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez has been ordered to reply within 21 days and reply to my motion for stay of sentence (parole) within 20 days.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
How Best to Achieve Change and Throw Out Corruption?
THE POWER OF SELFLESSNESS, NON-VIOLENCE, UNITY, AND SACRIFICE
As I've said elsewhere, I don't believe Illinois will change and disgard corruption, patronage, and bribery until the U.S. Attorney holds "Truth Commissions" like in South Africa, to encourage confession, transparency, forgiveness, and moving on. However, Rev. King has handed us a path that if we truly follow we can move mountains!
Martin Luther King Jrs. birthday is January 19. He has been a driving force in my life. Most people think his “I have a dream” speech is his best, and it certainly is the most famous.
http://www.mlkonline.net/dream.html
But, I am most profoundly moved and inspired by the last speech he made on the night of April 3, 1968. In this speech he expresses the POWER of SELFLESSNESS and NON-VIOLENCE.
See: http://www.mlkonline.net/promised.html
“For when people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping point short of victory. . . .
But either we go up together, or we go down together. . . .
But I’m going to tell you what my imagination tells me. It’s possible that these men were afraid. You see, the Jericho road is a dangerous road. I remember when Mrs. King and I were first in Jerusalem. We rented a car and drove from Jerusalem down to Jericho. And as soon as we got on that road, I said to my wife, “I can see why Jesus used this as a setting for his parable.” It’s a winding, meandering road. It’s really conducive for ambushing. You start out in Jerusalem, which is about 1200 miles, or rather 1200 feet above sea level. And by the time you get down to Jericho, fifteen or twenty minutes later, you’re about 2200 feet below sea level. That’s a dangerous road. In the day of Jesus it came to be known as the “Bloody Pass.” And you know, it’s possible that the priest and the Levite looked over that man on the ground and wondered if the robbers were still around. Or it’s possible that they felt that the man on the ground was merely faking. And he was acting like he had been robbed and hurt, in order to seize them over there, lure them there for quick and easy seizure. And so the first question that the Levite asked was, “If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?” But then the Good Samaritan came by. And he reversed the question: “If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?”.
That’s the question before you tonight. Not, “If I stop to help the sanitation workers, what will happen to all of the hours that I usually spend in my office every day and every week as a pastor?” The question is not, “If I stop to help this man in need, what will happen to me?” “If I do no stop to help the sanitation workers, what will happen to them?” That’s the question.
Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be. We have an opportunity to make America a better nation. And I want to thank God, once more, for allowing me to be here with you.
You know, several years ago, I was in New York City autographing the first book that I had written. And while sitting there autographing books, a demented black woman came up. The only question I heard from her was, “Are you Martin Luther King?”
And I was looking down writing, and I said yes. And the next minute I felt something beating on my chest. Before I knew it I had been stabbed by this demented woman. I was rushed to Harlem Hospital. It was a dark Saturday afternoon. And that blade had gone through, and the X-rays revealed that the tip of the blade was on the edge of my aorta, the main artery. And once that’s punctured, you drown in your own blood–that’s the end of you.
It came out in the New York Times the next morning, that if I had sneezed, I would have died. Well, about four days later, they allowed me, after the operation, after my chest had been opened, and the blade had been taken out, to move around in the wheel chair in the hospital. They allowed me to read some of the mail that came in, and from all over the states, and the world, kind letters came in. I read a few, but one of them I will never forget. I had received one from the President and the Vice-President. I’ve forgotten what those telegrams said. I’d received a visit and a letter from the Governor of New York, but I’ve forgotten what the letter said. But there was another letter that came from a little girl, a young girl who was a student at the White Plains High School. And I looked at that letter, and I’ll never forget it. It said simply, “Dear Dr. King: I am a ninth-grade student at the Whites Plains High School.” She said, “While it should not matter, I would like to mention that I am a white girl. I read in the paper of your misfortune, and of your suffering. And I read that if you had sneezed, you would have died. And I’m simply writing you to say that I’m so happy that you didn’t sneeze.”
And I want to say tonight, I want to say that I am happy that I didn’t sneeze. Because if I had sneezed, I wouldn’t have been around here in 1960, when students all over the South started sitting-in at lunch counters. And I knew that as they were sitting in, they were really standing up for the best in the American dream. And taking the whole nation back to those great wells of democracy which were dug deep by the Founding Fathers in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. If I had sneezed, I wouldn’t have been around in 1962, when Negroes in Albany, Georgia, decided to straighten their backs up. And whenever men and women straighten their backs up, they are going somewhere, because a man can’t ride your back unless it is bent. If I had sneezed, I wouldn’t have been here in 1963, when the black people of Birmingham, Alabama, aroused the conscience of this nation, and brought into being the Civil Rights Bill. If I had sneezed, I wouldn’t have had a chance later that year, in August, to try to tell America about a dream that I had had. If I had sneezed, I wouldn’t have been down in Selma, Alabama, to see the great movement there. If I had sneezed, I wouldn’t have been in Memphis to see a community rally around those brothers and sisters who are suffering. I’m so happy that I didn’t sneeze.
….
And then I got into Memphis. And some began to say that threats, or talk about the threats that were out. What would happen to me from some of our sick white brothers?
Well, I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn’t matter with me now. Because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land. And I’m happy, tonight. I’m not worried about anything. I’m not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.”
My own grandfather was a Baptist minister, Rev. William Tatter, and he was of like mind to the Rev. King. I grew up emotionally and philosophically by the words of Rev. King and my grandfather and from those days committed my very soul to the concepts of selflessness, non-violence, unity, and sacrifice for others are ALWAYS more important than self. I hope you join me in this commitment that is also so well embodied in our founding father’s statement in the Declaration of Independence: “[W]e mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our Sacred Honor."
For the Declaration of Independence see:
http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/document/index.htm
I renew the commitment of our founding fathers and I renew my acceptance of the guidance of Rev. King and my grandfather today and hope you will join me.
As I've said elsewhere, I don't believe Illinois will change and disgard corruption, patronage, and bribery until the U.S. Attorney holds "Truth Commissions" like in South Africa, to encourage confession, transparency, forgiveness, and moving on. However, Rev. King has handed us a path that if we truly follow we can move mountains!
Martin Luther King Jrs. birthday is January 19. He has been a driving force in my life. Most people think his “I have a dream” speech is his best, and it certainly is the most famous.
http://www.mlkonline.net/dream.html
But, I am most profoundly moved and inspired by the last speech he made on the night of April 3, 1968. In this speech he expresses the POWER of SELFLESSNESS and NON-VIOLENCE.
See: http://www.mlkonline.net/promised.html
“For when people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping point short of victory. . . .
But either we go up together, or we go down together. . . .
But I’m going to tell you what my imagination tells me. It’s possible that these men were afraid. You see, the Jericho road is a dangerous road. I remember when Mrs. King and I were first in Jerusalem. We rented a car and drove from Jerusalem down to Jericho. And as soon as we got on that road, I said to my wife, “I can see why Jesus used this as a setting for his parable.” It’s a winding, meandering road. It’s really conducive for ambushing. You start out in Jerusalem, which is about 1200 miles, or rather 1200 feet above sea level. And by the time you get down to Jericho, fifteen or twenty minutes later, you’re about 2200 feet below sea level. That’s a dangerous road. In the day of Jesus it came to be known as the “Bloody Pass.” And you know, it’s possible that the priest and the Levite looked over that man on the ground and wondered if the robbers were still around. Or it’s possible that they felt that the man on the ground was merely faking. And he was acting like he had been robbed and hurt, in order to seize them over there, lure them there for quick and easy seizure. And so the first question that the Levite asked was, “If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?” But then the Good Samaritan came by. And he reversed the question: “If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?”.
That’s the question before you tonight. Not, “If I stop to help the sanitation workers, what will happen to all of the hours that I usually spend in my office every day and every week as a pastor?” The question is not, “If I stop to help this man in need, what will happen to me?” “If I do no stop to help the sanitation workers, what will happen to them?” That’s the question.
Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be. We have an opportunity to make America a better nation. And I want to thank God, once more, for allowing me to be here with you.
You know, several years ago, I was in New York City autographing the first book that I had written. And while sitting there autographing books, a demented black woman came up. The only question I heard from her was, “Are you Martin Luther King?”
And I was looking down writing, and I said yes. And the next minute I felt something beating on my chest. Before I knew it I had been stabbed by this demented woman. I was rushed to Harlem Hospital. It was a dark Saturday afternoon. And that blade had gone through, and the X-rays revealed that the tip of the blade was on the edge of my aorta, the main artery. And once that’s punctured, you drown in your own blood–that’s the end of you.
It came out in the New York Times the next morning, that if I had sneezed, I would have died. Well, about four days later, they allowed me, after the operation, after my chest had been opened, and the blade had been taken out, to move around in the wheel chair in the hospital. They allowed me to read some of the mail that came in, and from all over the states, and the world, kind letters came in. I read a few, but one of them I will never forget. I had received one from the President and the Vice-President. I’ve forgotten what those telegrams said. I’d received a visit and a letter from the Governor of New York, but I’ve forgotten what the letter said. But there was another letter that came from a little girl, a young girl who was a student at the White Plains High School. And I looked at that letter, and I’ll never forget it. It said simply, “Dear Dr. King: I am a ninth-grade student at the Whites Plains High School.” She said, “While it should not matter, I would like to mention that I am a white girl. I read in the paper of your misfortune, and of your suffering. And I read that if you had sneezed, you would have died. And I’m simply writing you to say that I’m so happy that you didn’t sneeze.”
And I want to say tonight, I want to say that I am happy that I didn’t sneeze. Because if I had sneezed, I wouldn’t have been around here in 1960, when students all over the South started sitting-in at lunch counters. And I knew that as they were sitting in, they were really standing up for the best in the American dream. And taking the whole nation back to those great wells of democracy which were dug deep by the Founding Fathers in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. If I had sneezed, I wouldn’t have been around in 1962, when Negroes in Albany, Georgia, decided to straighten their backs up. And whenever men and women straighten their backs up, they are going somewhere, because a man can’t ride your back unless it is bent. If I had sneezed, I wouldn’t have been here in 1963, when the black people of Birmingham, Alabama, aroused the conscience of this nation, and brought into being the Civil Rights Bill. If I had sneezed, I wouldn’t have had a chance later that year, in August, to try to tell America about a dream that I had had. If I had sneezed, I wouldn’t have been down in Selma, Alabama, to see the great movement there. If I had sneezed, I wouldn’t have been in Memphis to see a community rally around those brothers and sisters who are suffering. I’m so happy that I didn’t sneeze.
….
And then I got into Memphis. And some began to say that threats, or talk about the threats that were out. What would happen to me from some of our sick white brothers?
Well, I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn’t matter with me now. Because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land. And I’m happy, tonight. I’m not worried about anything. I’m not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.”
My own grandfather was a Baptist minister, Rev. William Tatter, and he was of like mind to the Rev. King. I grew up emotionally and philosophically by the words of Rev. King and my grandfather and from those days committed my very soul to the concepts of selflessness, non-violence, unity, and sacrifice for others are ALWAYS more important than self. I hope you join me in this commitment that is also so well embodied in our founding father’s statement in the Declaration of Independence: “[W]e mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our Sacred Honor."
For the Declaration of Independence see:
http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/document/index.htm
I renew the commitment of our founding fathers and I renew my acceptance of the guidance of Rev. King and my grandfather today and hope you will join me.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Dr. Linda Shelton physically threatened by Officers
Please Avenge me and Fight for Justice to be Brought Against Perpetrators if you hear I have been killed or severely injured by police or sheriff staff.
I have received many threats over the last eight years in retaliaton for my activism behind the scenes and now public whistle blower activities. I wish now to share them with you. So far the FBI and US Attorney are doing nothing to protect me. They are slow and inept, lacking sufficient staff, green in many ways, with warped priorities. I don't expect their help. I do expect a short life. All of this information has been forwarded to the US Attorney and the FBI.
I answer questions on a commercial web site set up by companies to sell services to inmates and their families. The Cook County Jail web site is very useless and poorly done. I believe ALL inmates and their families deserve humane treatment and answers. So I answer as many questions as possible as a public service at this web site, where I write under the name "Linda". They have even impersonated me and used the name "Linda":
http://www.cookcojail.com/questions.php
The following are copies of posts on this web site threatening me with physical harm by officers pretending to be family of inmates or released inmates:
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This Linda lady who all you people are writing to and asking questions is a complete fraud. Look at how many times she has been charged and locked up. She has on numerous occassions assaulted many law enforcement officials and has a rap sheet longer than your arm. This lady is not stable she has no life or purpose. She stays with drama and propoganda in her life. People wake up if you need answers about Cook County go to the official web site. I work at the jail and have come into contact with Linda Shelton she is violent uncontrolable and very abusive both verbally and physically. You Ms. Shelton are a SHAM!!!! because the next time you get locked up, and there will be a next time, if you act they way you have been you will be delt with firmly and swiftly. just know that Ms. Shelton they now have tasers and pepper spray for people just like you. Remember, don't forget you heard it here first.
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AugistineMonday, January 12, 2009
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Officer "Augistine" - Yes,I will remember your lies and your threats of physical harm. I am forwarding them to the FBI and US Attorney. It is a federal felony to threaten a federal witness. For those who want to know who I am, I have nothing to hide. I am a non-violent pacifist, disabled, and a federal witness agaisnt corrupt officers and officials at the jail. Any officers that wish to confess and perhaps get leniency, I suggest you contact Asst. US Attorney Joan Laser of the US Attorney's task force on civil rights violations in Chicago. I also suggest any inmates who have been illegally abused with unnecessary injections of drugs to shut them up or retaliate against them should contact the Illinois Human Rights Authority - Director Parks. They will be coming to the jail again to again investigate the illegal use of drugs against inmates which is a criminal violation of Illinois Law. It reminds me of what the Soviets used to do to dissidents and activists who patriotically fought for their rights and their country. Nazi's like you Officer "Augustine" will be taken down!
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LindaMonday, January 12, 2009
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E-mail to FBI from Shelton:
Please investigate the following from the web site listed as follows and inform AUSA Joan Laser. I believe the posters are guards pretending to be inmates. I have also received other death threats by phone in the past - "you better stop what you're doing or you're going to end up in the Cal Sag Canal" and "you better look under your car before you start it." One officer in Evergreen Park told me to watch my back as the 80% of the officers who back me up can't do anything against the "7 thugs the chief has assigned to get you any way he can."
I don't care if they kill me or hurt me. Just know if this happens you could have prevented it! I am going to post this on my web sites to document your failure to protect me or to act on the evidence I gave you. Dr. Hamilton is still wrongfully incarcerated at CCDOC now on her eighth month. The same applies to her.
I don't know why I bother to tell you all this. I suppose I just want it documented when something happens to me. I'm appalled at your lack of action. We live in a totalitarian police state and you're part of it. I know I can't trust you.
http://www.cookcojail.com/
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If you go to jail and throw yourself on the floor,pretend like you can't breath, and all together fake poor health (ie. walk with a cane) can you get to a medical dorm ? I knew this Dr. that claimed the guards beat her and her judge put false contempt charges on her and all she did was fake a bunch of illnesses to presude people to release her from jail. I even heard she gets on this website and give people bad advice...best bet is to consult an attorney before you take advice from some crack pot doctor.
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T-BoneTuesday, December 2, 2008
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T-Bone. I am the doctor you are talking about. I did not fake anything. They denied my medications and tortured me. I underwent a heart procedure in August. I have congenital spinal stenosis and had neurosurgery on my spine where they broke all the bones and reconstructed them. I now walk with a walker due to the injuries received in prison that worsened my conditions. I have a very severe form of asthma due to me being caught in an environmental accident/gasoline spill and overcome by fumes which damaged my lungs. I suggest you read my blogs including: illinoiscorruption.blogspot.com and the links to my other blogs. I am a federal witness against corrupt officials and officers at the jail. I don't know where you get your information, but you clearly are the person who should not write on this site. If you this garbage info from the officers then you clearly are just being manipulated to further defame me. I suggest you also go to the federal court clerk's office and look up the suits I have against state officials and police. If you want also go on the Circuit Court Clerk's web site and look up my cases in Chancery and Law Division against IDOC for torture, violations of ADA, excessive force, violation of civil rights, failure to provide medical care, etc. Perhaps you are even a staff member at the CCDOC who is trying to discredit me!
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By the way T-Bone, I turn over copies of all such false statements against me and death threats to the US Attorney. It is a federal felony to threaten a federal witness as others have done on this site. I can also subpoena the records of this web site and sue you for defamation of characteer. See you in court!
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JESUS..... Lemme just say a few things here.... Try working there. you have to remember 99% of the people coming and going are assholes,un educated, and just f*ckin rude w/ no respect. Therefore unfortunatly some of that nasty attitude gets reflected back to the whole 1%. Brittany, his bond is 2000.00.. Linda, either you work here or you spend too much time here. As for medical attention, 75% of these inmates do not take care of themselves in the world... they come to the County, and CRY and BITCH about everything from, headlice to toothaches... therefore ((% of the problems the medical staff has to deal with is BULLSHIT, just so the inmate can take a walk, or get a lil more attenetion. Get a f*ckin job there... and we'll see day to day, how the GUARDS are treated. Also person looking for info on Div 4.. it is now a mens division, probably due to the OVER-CROWDING of these nice, sweet, innocent individuals...
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erinThursday, October 30, 2008
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Erin - aren't you talking about the guards? They are poorly educated, undertrained, bullies, psychopaths, sociopaths, who have no supervision except by those that have been violating the law and abusing others for decades. I suppose you think Burge is a Saint also! If you read the recent US Attorney's report at http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/pr/chicago/2008/pr0717_01a.pdf there are also a significant number of guards who are murderers and felony civil rights violators. Even dogs are treated more humanely than inmates at CCDOC per the US Attorney. I'm just waiting for the indictments. Once we clearn up the place the officers who are left may be able to do a better job and then they will receive the respect they will have earned.
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LindaSunday, November 2, 2008
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linda,get a life.you do not have a clue as to the type of people that are incarcirated in the ccdoc.some are there for petty,non-violent crime and the majority you would not want to bring home for turkey day dinner.nasty,violent,murderous individuals that mame,kill,rape,rob,hit granny over the head for her purse and have no remorse.the people that have legit medical problems,I.E.diabetes,high blood pressure,etc are given proper medical care.these people bitch and moan about a sniffle,their toenails are to long,the one they havent clipped in 5 years on the street,their woes from their 30 year herion addiction,the bullitt in their leg from the 1999 drive by,etc.most of the correctional officers are fine people and there is a majority with college degrees that try to give every detainee their basic needs and respect.some of these people spit at us,throw urine on us,physical and verbal abuse.its obvious you or your family has not been a victim of a violent crime.in many countries these inmates would not survive,they throw them in a hole and let them rot,sounds good to me.but rest assured if you have a criminal at the county jail,he or she is eating a sandwich toasty and warm watching a movie.you and people like you are what is wrong with this country.make sure you lock your doors,wouldn,t want to see you get carjacked tonight.
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letskeepitrealWednesday, November 26, 2008
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My relatives are correctional officers, state police, military. I suggest you read the 98 page report from the U.S. Attorney sent to Stroger that documents the totally inadequate medical care,, the murder of inmates by guards beating them. I turned over to the affidavits from 40 inmates detailing how they were raped by guards, beaten by guards gratuitously, denied medical care (seizing on the floor for four hours for example). The US Attorney documented one man with a broken leg in a cast with an open wound where the "doctors" cut off his antibiotics and CCDOC staff refused to take him back to the orthopedic doctor. A month later when pus was oozing out of the cast his leg had to be amputated. Also what about May Molina who the CCDOC staff killed by denying her medical care while in a wheelchair when she needed asthma and diabetic care. The biggest problem is that the officers are not trained properly and as the US Attorney said there is an atmosphere of corruption and violence BY THE GUARDS. In Japan jail guards get three years training! You get two months after High School - that's ridiculous. You barely have time to learn how to shoot and put on handcuffs. I feel sorry for the 90% of the officers who are trying to do a good job even though they don't have half the training they need. If they would stop covering up for the psychopathic bully guards who are more dangerous than the inmates and if their union would demand better training. I have received death threats from many officers. I have been beaten up by Sgt. Salemi and Ofc. Johnson in the Cermak infirmiry. I have been denied medical care. Guess what! I'm now a federal witness! I won't stop until the place is cleaned up. I have informed the US Attorney of your threat against me. It is a federal felony to threaten a federal witness. I hope you enjoy your time behind bars!
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LindaWednesday, December 3, 2008
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Hello, My sister recently passed away in prison. August 4th 2008. Her name Tiffany M. Bradley. Her crime, petty. She was in the Phyciatric unit of the jail I was told that her doctor gave her medication. After her did around 8:42 pm she was rushed to St.Anthony's Hospital where she was she was pronoced dead. The nurse I spoke with that worked on her said she was pretty much doa but he still worked on her and pronced her dead at 8:50 pm. Later, at 1:40 a.m I get a phone call from my mother than she had 2 officers from elk grove in her home telling her her daughter has been dead.l The hours between seem to confuse me. Something is definatly wrong with this. No one will get back to me when they say and I am help-less. My sister didn't and was not supose to die. I believe if the jail was run better and not corrupt that she would have lived. If you would like more info, please feel free to ask, Sincerely in devistation, Noelle Kwiatek
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noelle kwiatekThursday, August 28, 2008
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I have a couple of questions, I have been visitng my grandson every visiting day since May, he hasn't received a haircut in all that time, his uniform is filty too large, he said that is the same uniform he received when he first went in which was April, he said he was told that the inmates get a different uniform each week, when he first went in there, the pants and shirt fitted him, but since he has been in there he has lost a lot of weight, now the clothing look like they are hanging on a stick, and he has a medical condition where he is unable to eat certain food, the acid in his stomach has burned his esophagus real bad, so that caused the inside of his esophagus to look like it is raw and has big lumpy looking bumps or blisters, he had a test done in GI clinic and they took pictures, we starting crying it look so bad,due to the acid that keep coming up in his throat and he has no where to spit so he has to swallow it, and it causes him a lot of chest discomfort, he was on medication before he was locked up, he said that he tells someone there that he need medication, but he still hasn't seen a doctoe there, so in th meantime he is just wasting away due to the problem that he is unable to eat properly or take his medicine, also he is getting really dark, and I dont see why, because he is not out in the sun, i think it is because of his condition. Please can I have some answers. a caring and concern grandmother.
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shelbyFriday, August 15, 2008
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I have received many threats over the last eight years in retaliaton for my activism behind the scenes and now public whistle blower activities. I wish now to share them with you. So far the FBI and US Attorney are doing nothing to protect me. They are slow and inept, lacking sufficient staff, green in many ways, with warped priorities. I don't expect their help. I do expect a short life. All of this information has been forwarded to the US Attorney and the FBI.
I answer questions on a commercial web site set up by companies to sell services to inmates and their families. The Cook County Jail web site is very useless and poorly done. I believe ALL inmates and their families deserve humane treatment and answers. So I answer as many questions as possible as a public service at this web site, where I write under the name "Linda". They have even impersonated me and used the name "Linda":
http://www.cookcojail.com/questions.php
The following are copies of posts on this web site threatening me with physical harm by officers pretending to be family of inmates or released inmates:
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This Linda lady who all you people are writing to and asking questions is a complete fraud. Look at how many times she has been charged and locked up. She has on numerous occassions assaulted many law enforcement officials and has a rap sheet longer than your arm. This lady is not stable she has no life or purpose. She stays with drama and propoganda in her life. People wake up if you need answers about Cook County go to the official web site. I work at the jail and have come into contact with Linda Shelton she is violent uncontrolable and very abusive both verbally and physically. You Ms. Shelton are a SHAM!!!! because the next time you get locked up, and there will be a next time, if you act they way you have been you will be delt with firmly and swiftly. just know that Ms. Shelton they now have tasers and pepper spray for people just like you. Remember, don't forget you heard it here first.
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AugistineMonday, January 12, 2009
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Officer "Augistine" - Yes,I will remember your lies and your threats of physical harm. I am forwarding them to the FBI and US Attorney. It is a federal felony to threaten a federal witness. For those who want to know who I am, I have nothing to hide. I am a non-violent pacifist, disabled, and a federal witness agaisnt corrupt officers and officials at the jail. Any officers that wish to confess and perhaps get leniency, I suggest you contact Asst. US Attorney Joan Laser of the US Attorney's task force on civil rights violations in Chicago. I also suggest any inmates who have been illegally abused with unnecessary injections of drugs to shut them up or retaliate against them should contact the Illinois Human Rights Authority - Director Parks. They will be coming to the jail again to again investigate the illegal use of drugs against inmates which is a criminal violation of Illinois Law. It reminds me of what the Soviets used to do to dissidents and activists who patriotically fought for their rights and their country. Nazi's like you Officer "Augustine" will be taken down!
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LindaMonday, January 12, 2009
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E-mail to FBI from Shelton:
Please investigate the following from the web site listed as follows and inform AUSA Joan Laser. I believe the posters are guards pretending to be inmates. I have also received other death threats by phone in the past - "you better stop what you're doing or you're going to end up in the Cal Sag Canal" and "you better look under your car before you start it." One officer in Evergreen Park told me to watch my back as the 80% of the officers who back me up can't do anything against the "7 thugs the chief has assigned to get you any way he can."
I don't care if they kill me or hurt me. Just know if this happens you could have prevented it! I am going to post this on my web sites to document your failure to protect me or to act on the evidence I gave you. Dr. Hamilton is still wrongfully incarcerated at CCDOC now on her eighth month. The same applies to her.
I don't know why I bother to tell you all this. I suppose I just want it documented when something happens to me. I'm appalled at your lack of action. We live in a totalitarian police state and you're part of it. I know I can't trust you.
http://www.cookcojail.com/
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If you go to jail and throw yourself on the floor,pretend like you can't breath, and all together fake poor health (ie. walk with a cane) can you get to a medical dorm ? I knew this Dr. that claimed the guards beat her and her judge put false contempt charges on her and all she did was fake a bunch of illnesses to presude people to release her from jail. I even heard she gets on this website and give people bad advice...best bet is to consult an attorney before you take advice from some crack pot doctor.
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T-BoneTuesday, December 2, 2008
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T-Bone. I am the doctor you are talking about. I did not fake anything. They denied my medications and tortured me. I underwent a heart procedure in August. I have congenital spinal stenosis and had neurosurgery on my spine where they broke all the bones and reconstructed them. I now walk with a walker due to the injuries received in prison that worsened my conditions. I have a very severe form of asthma due to me being caught in an environmental accident/gasoline spill and overcome by fumes which damaged my lungs. I suggest you read my blogs including: illinoiscorruption.blogspot.com and the links to my other blogs. I am a federal witness against corrupt officials and officers at the jail. I don't know where you get your information, but you clearly are the person who should not write on this site. If you this garbage info from the officers then you clearly are just being manipulated to further defame me. I suggest you also go to the federal court clerk's office and look up the suits I have against state officials and police. If you want also go on the Circuit Court Clerk's web site and look up my cases in Chancery and Law Division against IDOC for torture, violations of ADA, excessive force, violation of civil rights, failure to provide medical care, etc. Perhaps you are even a staff member at the CCDOC who is trying to discredit me!
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LindaWednesday, December 3, 2008
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By the way T-Bone, I turn over copies of all such false statements against me and death threats to the US Attorney. It is a federal felony to threaten a federal witness as others have done on this site. I can also subpoena the records of this web site and sue you for defamation of characteer. See you in court!
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JESUS..... Lemme just say a few things here.... Try working there. you have to remember 99% of the people coming and going are assholes,un educated, and just f*ckin rude w/ no respect. Therefore unfortunatly some of that nasty attitude gets reflected back to the whole 1%. Brittany, his bond is 2000.00.. Linda, either you work here or you spend too much time here. As for medical attention, 75% of these inmates do not take care of themselves in the world... they come to the County, and CRY and BITCH about everything from, headlice to toothaches... therefore ((% of the problems the medical staff has to deal with is BULLSHIT, just so the inmate can take a walk, or get a lil more attenetion. Get a f*ckin job there... and we'll see day to day, how the GUARDS are treated. Also person looking for info on Div 4.. it is now a mens division, probably due to the OVER-CROWDING of these nice, sweet, innocent individuals...
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erinThursday, October 30, 2008
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Erin - aren't you talking about the guards? They are poorly educated, undertrained, bullies, psychopaths, sociopaths, who have no supervision except by those that have been violating the law and abusing others for decades. I suppose you think Burge is a Saint also! If you read the recent US Attorney's report at http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/pr/chicago/2008/pr0717_01a.pdf there are also a significant number of guards who are murderers and felony civil rights violators. Even dogs are treated more humanely than inmates at CCDOC per the US Attorney. I'm just waiting for the indictments. Once we clearn up the place the officers who are left may be able to do a better job and then they will receive the respect they will have earned.
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LindaSunday, November 2, 2008
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linda,get a life.you do not have a clue as to the type of people that are incarcirated in the ccdoc.some are there for petty,non-violent crime and the majority you would not want to bring home for turkey day dinner.nasty,violent,murderous individuals that mame,kill,rape,rob,hit granny over the head for her purse and have no remorse.the people that have legit medical problems,I.E.diabetes,high blood pressure,etc are given proper medical care.these people bitch and moan about a sniffle,their toenails are to long,the one they havent clipped in 5 years on the street,their woes from their 30 year herion addiction,the bullitt in their leg from the 1999 drive by,etc.most of the correctional officers are fine people and there is a majority with college degrees that try to give every detainee their basic needs and respect.some of these people spit at us,throw urine on us,physical and verbal abuse.its obvious you or your family has not been a victim of a violent crime.in many countries these inmates would not survive,they throw them in a hole and let them rot,sounds good to me.but rest assured if you have a criminal at the county jail,he or she is eating a sandwich toasty and warm watching a movie.you and people like you are what is wrong with this country.make sure you lock your doors,wouldn,t want to see you get carjacked tonight.
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letskeepitrealWednesday, November 26, 2008
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My relatives are correctional officers, state police, military. I suggest you read the 98 page report from the U.S. Attorney sent to Stroger that documents the totally inadequate medical care,, the murder of inmates by guards beating them. I turned over to the affidavits from 40 inmates detailing how they were raped by guards, beaten by guards gratuitously, denied medical care (seizing on the floor for four hours for example). The US Attorney documented one man with a broken leg in a cast with an open wound where the "doctors" cut off his antibiotics and CCDOC staff refused to take him back to the orthopedic doctor. A month later when pus was oozing out of the cast his leg had to be amputated. Also what about May Molina who the CCDOC staff killed by denying her medical care while in a wheelchair when she needed asthma and diabetic care. The biggest problem is that the officers are not trained properly and as the US Attorney said there is an atmosphere of corruption and violence BY THE GUARDS. In Japan jail guards get three years training! You get two months after High School - that's ridiculous. You barely have time to learn how to shoot and put on handcuffs. I feel sorry for the 90% of the officers who are trying to do a good job even though they don't have half the training they need. If they would stop covering up for the psychopathic bully guards who are more dangerous than the inmates and if their union would demand better training. I have received death threats from many officers. I have been beaten up by Sgt. Salemi and Ofc. Johnson in the Cermak infirmiry. I have been denied medical care. Guess what! I'm now a federal witness! I won't stop until the place is cleaned up. I have informed the US Attorney of your threat against me. It is a federal felony to threaten a federal witness. I hope you enjoy your time behind bars!
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LindaWednesday, December 3, 2008
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Hello, My sister recently passed away in prison. August 4th 2008. Her name Tiffany M. Bradley. Her crime, petty. She was in the Phyciatric unit of the jail I was told that her doctor gave her medication. After her did around 8:42 pm she was rushed to St.Anthony's Hospital where she was she was pronoced dead. The nurse I spoke with that worked on her said she was pretty much doa but he still worked on her and pronced her dead at 8:50 pm. Later, at 1:40 a.m I get a phone call from my mother than she had 2 officers from elk grove in her home telling her her daughter has been dead.l The hours between seem to confuse me. Something is definatly wrong with this. No one will get back to me when they say and I am help-less. My sister didn't and was not supose to die. I believe if the jail was run better and not corrupt that she would have lived. If you would like more info, please feel free to ask, Sincerely in devistation, Noelle Kwiatek
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noelle kwiatekThursday, August 28, 2008
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I have a couple of questions, I have been visitng my grandson every visiting day since May, he hasn't received a haircut in all that time, his uniform is filty too large, he said that is the same uniform he received when he first went in which was April, he said he was told that the inmates get a different uniform each week, when he first went in there, the pants and shirt fitted him, but since he has been in there he has lost a lot of weight, now the clothing look like they are hanging on a stick, and he has a medical condition where he is unable to eat certain food, the acid in his stomach has burned his esophagus real bad, so that caused the inside of his esophagus to look like it is raw and has big lumpy looking bumps or blisters, he had a test done in GI clinic and they took pictures, we starting crying it look so bad,due to the acid that keep coming up in his throat and he has no where to spit so he has to swallow it, and it causes him a lot of chest discomfort, he was on medication before he was locked up, he said that he tells someone there that he need medication, but he still hasn't seen a doctoe there, so in th meantime he is just wasting away due to the problem that he is unable to eat properly or take his medicine, also he is getting really dark, and I dont see why, because he is not out in the sun, i think it is because of his condition. Please can I have some answers. a caring and concern grandmother.
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shelbyFriday, August 15, 2008
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Saturday, January 3, 2009
Criminal Acts IL Attorney General Lisa Madigan & Judge Kathleen Pantle
I believe the following Petitions to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division provide evidence of the felony conduct of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Cook County Circuit Court Judge Kathleen Pantle. Specifically their crimes are as follows and they should be prosecuted:
IL AG Madigan:
1. felony conspiracy to violate rights under color of law in conspiring with Bill Bradley, IL State Police Investigator William Reibel, Patrick Keenan, Nicholas Cozzolino, John Fearon, Patrick Murphy, and Judges Kathleen Pantle, Jorge Alonso, and Lon Schultz, as well as other unnamed or unknown individuals to intentionally retaliating against those who are whistle blowers against government corruption in Illinois and Cook County in that she conspired to illegally prosecute providers of mental health services to those on Medicaid so as to deny care for mental health services to those on Medicaid - this is a gross violation of her oath of office in that prosecutions without personal or subject-matter jurisdiction are forbidden;
2. violation of civil rights under color of law as above;
3. aiding and abetting felony forgery in that she permitted Inv. Reibel to forge the signatures of Dr. Maisha Hamilton on alleged fraudulent bills for psychiatric services used to indict Dr. Hamilton by cutting out the handwriting exemplars produced by Dr. Hamilton and placing them on phony bills which were faxed to the crime lab in Illinois;
4. felony subornation of perjury in that she and her staff assisted Inv. Reibel in making false statements to the grand juries that indicted Dr. Hamilton, Dr. Shelton, Naomi Jennings, and Mr. Glass, including false statements about the law and about evidence;
5. violating her oath of office in prosecuting Dr. Hamilton, Dr. Shelton, Naomi Jennings, and Mr. Glass for Medicaid Vendor Fraud without jurisdiction and in violation of the United States Federal Medicaid Code and the Constitution's Supremecy Clause, as well as prosecuting these persons when she had evidence they were not guilty of the alleged acts;
6. malicious prosecution against Dr. Hamilton, Dr. Shelton, Naomi Jennings, and Mr. Glass in that all these persons were whistle blowers against corruption in Illinois government and these fraudulent and malicious prosecutions amounted to retaliation for exposing the criminal conduct of members of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, as well as officials in the City of Chicago, County of Cook, and State of Illinois;
7. permitting her attorneys, namely AAGs Fearon, Murray, and Nimrod to grossly violate due process in not only prosecuting these persons without subject matter or personal jurisdiction, but also in doing so in a process indicative of gross prosecutorial misconduct in violating many rights required by due process under the Constitution;
8. other unnamed or unknown criminal acts.
Judge Kathleen Pantle:
1. felony conspiracy to violate civil rights under color of law as above;
2. violation of civil rights under color of law as above;
3. violation of her oath of office in blatantly violating the IL Constitution in incarceration Dr. Shelton on December 14, 2005 without legal process and with no bail, without a legal charge, and then repeating this act on January 6, 2006, while snubbing her nose at the IL Appellate
Court order freeing Dr. Shelton and overturning the previous illegal incarceration order, again without legal process and without formal charge or conviction, this time with an excessive and unconstitutional $500,000 bail;
4. kidnapping Dr. Shelton and Mr. Glass in that she held them for trial on fraudulent vendor fraud charges without personal or subject matter jurisdiction;
5. slavery concerning Dr. Shelton in jailing her without legal process in violation of the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution;
6. other unnamed or unknown offenses as described by the following documents.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/9694342/Shelton-Federal-Habeas-PetitionCriminal-Contempt-Conviction2008
IL AG Madigan:
1. felony conspiracy to violate rights under color of law in conspiring with Bill Bradley, IL State Police Investigator William Reibel, Patrick Keenan, Nicholas Cozzolino, John Fearon, Patrick Murphy, and Judges Kathleen Pantle, Jorge Alonso, and Lon Schultz, as well as other unnamed or unknown individuals to intentionally retaliating against those who are whistle blowers against government corruption in Illinois and Cook County in that she conspired to illegally prosecute providers of mental health services to those on Medicaid so as to deny care for mental health services to those on Medicaid - this is a gross violation of her oath of office in that prosecutions without personal or subject-matter jurisdiction are forbidden;
2. violation of civil rights under color of law as above;
3. aiding and abetting felony forgery in that she permitted Inv. Reibel to forge the signatures of Dr. Maisha Hamilton on alleged fraudulent bills for psychiatric services used to indict Dr. Hamilton by cutting out the handwriting exemplars produced by Dr. Hamilton and placing them on phony bills which were faxed to the crime lab in Illinois;
4. felony subornation of perjury in that she and her staff assisted Inv. Reibel in making false statements to the grand juries that indicted Dr. Hamilton, Dr. Shelton, Naomi Jennings, and Mr. Glass, including false statements about the law and about evidence;
5. violating her oath of office in prosecuting Dr. Hamilton, Dr. Shelton, Naomi Jennings, and Mr. Glass for Medicaid Vendor Fraud without jurisdiction and in violation of the United States Federal Medicaid Code and the Constitution's Supremecy Clause, as well as prosecuting these persons when she had evidence they were not guilty of the alleged acts;
6. malicious prosecution against Dr. Hamilton, Dr. Shelton, Naomi Jennings, and Mr. Glass in that all these persons were whistle blowers against corruption in Illinois government and these fraudulent and malicious prosecutions amounted to retaliation for exposing the criminal conduct of members of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, as well as officials in the City of Chicago, County of Cook, and State of Illinois;
7. permitting her attorneys, namely AAGs Fearon, Murray, and Nimrod to grossly violate due process in not only prosecuting these persons without subject matter or personal jurisdiction, but also in doing so in a process indicative of gross prosecutorial misconduct in violating many rights required by due process under the Constitution;
8. other unnamed or unknown criminal acts.
Judge Kathleen Pantle:
1. felony conspiracy to violate civil rights under color of law as above;
2. violation of civil rights under color of law as above;
3. violation of her oath of office in blatantly violating the IL Constitution in incarceration Dr. Shelton on December 14, 2005 without legal process and with no bail, without a legal charge, and then repeating this act on January 6, 2006, while snubbing her nose at the IL Appellate
Court order freeing Dr. Shelton and overturning the previous illegal incarceration order, again without legal process and without formal charge or conviction, this time with an excessive and unconstitutional $500,000 bail;
4. kidnapping Dr. Shelton and Mr. Glass in that she held them for trial on fraudulent vendor fraud charges without personal or subject matter jurisdiction;
5. slavery concerning Dr. Shelton in jailing her without legal process in violation of the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution;
6. other unnamed or unknown offenses as described by the following documents.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/9694342/Shelton-Federal-Habeas-PetitionCriminal-Contempt-Conviction2008
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