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>1307: Knights Templar Arrested on Friday 13th
"The cardinals dallied with their duty until 18 March 1314, when, on a scaffold in front of Notre Dame, Jacques de Molay, Templar Grand Master, Geoffroi de Charney, Master of Normandy, Hugues de Peraud, Visitor of France, and Godefroi de Gonneville, Master of Aquitaine, were brought forth from the jail in which for nearly seven years they had lain, to receive the sentence agreed upon by the cardinals, in conjunction with the Archbishop of Sens and some other prelates whom they had called in. Considering the offences which the culprits had confessed and confirmed, the penance imposed was in accordance with rule — that of perpetual imprisonment. The affair was supposed to be concluded when, to the dismay of the prelates and wonderment of the assembled crowd, Jacques de Molay and Geoffroi de Charney arose. They had been guilty, they said, not of the crimes imputed to them, but of basely betraying their Order to save their own lives. It was pure and holy; the charges were fictitious and the confessions false. Hastily the cardinals delivered them to the Prevot of Paris, and retired to deliberate on this unexpected contingency, but they were saved all trouble. When the news was carried to Philippe he was furious. A short consultation with his council only was required. The canons pronounced that a relapsed heretic was to be burned without a hearing; the facts were notorious and no formal judgment by the papal commission need be waited for. That same day, by sunset, a pyre was erected on a small island in the Seine, the Ile des Juifs, near the palace garden. There de Molay, de Charney, de Gonneville, and de Peraud were slowly burned to death, refusing all offers of pardon for retraction, and bearing their torment with a composure which won for them the reputation of martyrs among the people, who reverently collected their ashes as relics." (Note: the account varies by one day, not unusual for chronicles of the middle ages)
Jacques de Molay was not inactive in this decision of the Great Khan. This is proven by the fact that Molay was in command of one of the wings of the Mongol army. With the troops under his control, he invaded Syria, participated in the first battle in which the Sultan was vanquished, pursued the routed Malik Nasir as far as the desert of Egypt: then, under the guidance of Kutluk, a Mongol general, he was able to take Jerusalem, among other cities, over the Muslims, and the Mongols entered to celebrate Easter.
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https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/8/12/22622136/ex-merrill-lynch-adviser-stole-dixmoor-5-gets-3-1-2-years-3-million-fraud
Ex-Merrill Lynch adviser who stole from member of Dixmoor 5 gets 3 1⁄2 years for $3M fraud
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-dea-special-agent-sentenced-over-13-years-prison-corruption-related-charges
Former DEA Special Agent Sentenced to Over 13 Years in Prison for Corruption-Related Charges
A former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent was sentenced today to 160 months in prison for nine crimes related to official misconduct, including perjury, obstruction of justice, and theft.
According to court documents, Chad Allan Scott, 53, of Covington, Louisiana, perjured himself and directed others to commit perjury to obtain a conviction against an alleged drug dealer. He also falsified forms so that he could take possession of a truck bought for him by a drug dealer. When he and two other law enforcement officers began to worry that they would be investigated, Scott and the others conspired to throw evidence of their wrongdoing into the swamps outside New Orleans. Scott also stole money and possessions from defendants his DEA group had arrested. Scott was found guilty in August 2019 and June 2021 after his case was severed into two separate federal trials by Federal District Court Judge Milazzo.
“Chad Scott wielded his police powers to victimize the very citizens he had sworn to serve and protect, eroding the community’s trust in law enforcement and undermining the rule of law,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicholas L. McQuaid of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “Today’s sentencing shows that law enforcement officers who betray the public’s trust will be held accountable and punished accordingly.”
“Chad Scott took an oath to serve his community with integrity, but rather than use his badge to protect his community, he used it to break the law,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. “This goes against everything that the Drug Enforcement Administration stands for. Scott betrayed the very people he was entrusted to protect and today he is being held accountable for his crimes.”
“Corrupt officials who break the law and breach their oaths will be prosecuted and sent to prison, even if they come from within the ranks of federal law enforcement,” said Special Agent in Charge Douglas A. Williams Jr. of the FBI’s New Orleans Field Office. “Today’s sentencing demonstrates that Chad Scott will be held responsible and that no one is above the law. We thank our partners at DOJ, DEA-OPR, and DOJ-OIG for their strong partnership and unrelenting pursuit of justice.”
“While he was a law enforcement agent, Scott compromised cases and conspired to steal from the people he arrested,” said Special Agent in Charge Douglas B. Bruce of the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General (DOJ-OIG) Denver Field Office. “His actions were antithetical to the oath he swore to uphold. Now, he will rightly serve time for his many crimes.”
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/san-fernando-valley-man-found-guilty-terror-plot-bomb-rally-long-beach
San Fernando Valley Man Found Guilty in Terror Plot to Bomb a Rally in Long Beach
A federal jury convicted a California man today for attempting to bomb a rally in Long Beach for the purpose of causing mass casualties.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Mark Steven Domingo, 28, of Reseda, was found guilty of providing material support to terrorism and attempting to use of a weapon of mass destruction. The investigation into Domingo was prompted by his online posts and conversations in an online forum in which he expressed support for violent jihad, a desire to seek retribution for attacks against Muslims and a willingness to become a martyr. After considering various attacks – including targeting Jewish people, churches and police officers – Domingo decided to bomb a rally scheduled to take place in Long Beach in April 2019.
As part of the plot, Domingo asked a confederate – who was working with the FBI as part of the investigation – to invite a bomb-maker into the scheme. Domingo then purchased and provided to the confederate and the bomb-maker – who in fact was an undercover law enforcement officer – several hundred 3½-inch nails to be used as shrapnel for the bombs. Domingo specifically chose those nails because they were long enough to penetrate organs in the human body.
Leading up to the attack, Domingo called for another event like the October 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas. Following an attack on Muslims in New Zealand in March 2019, Domingo called for retribution in an online post.
Domingo selected the Long Beach rally as his target and, in April 2019, drove his confederate and the undercover officer to Long Beach to scout the location he planned to attack. While there, Domingo discussed finding the most crowded areas so he could kill the most people. On April 26, 2019, Domingo received what he thought were two live bombs, but were inert explosive devices delivered by an undercover law enforcement officer. He was arrested that same day with one of the bombs in his hands.
Domingo was convicted of providing material support to terrorism and attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 1 and faces a statutory maximum sentence of life in federal prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, Los Angeles Police Department, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Long Beach Police Department investigated the case.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/readout-attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-and-associate-attorney-general-vanita-guptas
Readout of Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta's Meeting with State Chief Justices
Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta met with over 35 Chief Justices of state supreme courts to discuss the housing and eviction crisis confronting the country. The Attorney General thanked the Chief Justices for their work on the issue and highlighted the Associate Attorney General’s recent letter outlining steps that state courts could take to raise awareness of emergency rental assistance and to implement eviction diversion strategies in their jurisdictions. The Attorney General applauded the work in states like Michigan, where the State Supreme Court has issued an order requiring courts to stay eviction proceedings for up to 45 days to allow a tenant to apply for rental assistance. In Texas, the Supreme Court modified the notices that are sent to tenants who are sued for eviction to make sure they are aware of the benefits available to them. Simple steps like these can increase the chance that tenants can stay in their homes and help courts that are being deluged with eviction filings.
The Attorney General also heard from the Chief Justices about the obstacles their courts face in combating the crisis and committed the Department of Justice to doing everything it can to support their efforts. He emphasized that the federal government has made funds available to state courts that are seeking to implement eviction diversion programs, including the $350 billion that the American Rescue Plan allocated to state and local governments and the $46.5 billion Emergency Rental Assistance Program. The President of the National Center for State Courts spoke to the Attorney General about the work the Center has done to support eviction diversion efforts, including creating a diagnostic tool that helps courts fashion diversion programs that best suit their jurisdiction.
The Attorney General asked the Associate Attorney General and Chief Justices to continue working together on this critical issue and to identify obstacles that the federal government can help address.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/clinical-researchers-sentenced-connection-scheme-falsify-drug-trial-data-0
Clinical Researchers Sentenced in Connection with Scheme to Falsify Drug Trial Data
A federal judge sentenced a Florida nurse practitioner and a Florida woman to prison terms today in connection with their participation in a conspiracy to falsify data related to clinical drug trials.
U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez of the Southern District of Florida sentenced Eduardo Navarro, 52, of Miami, to 46 months in prison, and Nayade Varona, 50, of Port St. Lucie, to 30 months in prison. The court also ordered the defendants to pay $2,134,503 in restitution. According to court documents, Navarro and Varona worked at a clinical research site called Tellus Clinical Research (Tellus). Navarro, a nurse practitioner, was a sub-investigator at Tellus, and Varona was an assistant study coordinator. As part of their plea agreements, Navarro and Varona admitted that they conspired with others to falsify data in connection with two clinical trials by, among other things, fabricating medical records to make it appear as though subjects were participating in the clinical trials when, in truth, they were not.
“By falsifying clinical trial data, the defendants undermined a crucial component of the drug approval process,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton of the Justice Department’s Civil Division. “The Justice Department will continue to work with its partners at the Food and Drug Administration to investigate and prosecute anyone who engages in this conduct.”
“Falsifying clinical trial data puts the public’s health at risk,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Juan Antonio Gonzalez for the Southern District of Florida. “Compromised clinical data jeopardizes the researchers’ ability to evaluate the safety and efficacy of new drugs. Prosecuting these cases will continue to be a top priority for our office.”
“The FDA will continue to thoroughly investigate and bring to justice those who try to undermine clinical trials, an important part of the agency’s regulatory review of new drugs,” said Assistant Commissioner for Criminal Investigations Catherine Hermsen of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “The agency will aggressively pursue violations that threaten the integrity of clinical trial data in order to protect the public’s access to safe and effective products.”
The FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations investigated this case.
Trial Attorneys Lauren M. Elfner and Joshua D. Rothman of the Civil Division’s Consumer Protection Branch are prosecuting the case. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida has provided critical assistance.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/missouri-man-indicted-federal-hate-crime-and-firearm-charges
Missouri Man Indicted on Federal Hate Crime and Firearm Charges
A federal grand jury in Kansas City, Missouri, returned a two-count indictment charging a Missouri man with hate crime and firearm violations for shooting a teenager with the intent to kill because of the victim’s sexual orientation.
According to court documents, Malachi Robinson, 25, is charged with violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, and with using a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. Robinson allegedly shot the victim with a 9mm handgun because of his sexual orientation, causing significant non-fatal injuries.
If convicted, Robinson faces up to life in prison on the hate crime charge and a mandatory minimum 10 years in prison, consecutive to any other sentence, on the firearm charge. Robinson also faces a fine of up to $250,000 with respect to each charge.
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The Dixmoor 5 are five African-American men who, as teenagers in Dixmoor, Illinois, were falsely convicted of the 1991 rape and murder of 14-year-old Cateresa Matthews. At the time of arrest, the defendants, Robert Taylor, Jonathan Barr, James Harden, Robert Lee Veal and Shainne Sharp were all between the ages of 14 and 16.
During high pressure interviews, three of them gave false confessions leading to convictions for all five. The teens alleged that they were coerced into confessing, claiming they were physically abused and threatened during their interrogations. One of the boys who confessed had an IQ of 56 and developmental disabilities. Two pleaded guilty and testified against the others in exchange for shorter sentences. Both men have since recanted their testimony. Each received at least 80 years in prison.
In 2011, DNA tests connected semen on Cateresa to another man, Willie Randolph, a felon who had recently been released on parole. Randolph, a convicted sex offender, was later charged on September 1, 2016, for the rape and murder of Cateresa Matthews. A suit filed by the men alleges police withheld exculpatory evidence, including the DNA, from their defense teams. Their convictions were vacated November 3, 2011, and those remaining incarcerated were released.
In 2014, they reached a wrongful conviction settlement with the state of Illinois for $40 million, the largest wrongful conviction settlement in state history.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/chi-isp-agrees-to-pay-40m-to-five-wrongly-convicted-of-dixmoor-rape-murder-20140624-story.html
$40M for five wrongly convicted of Dixmoor rape, murder
In what appears to be the largest wrongful conviction settlement in state history, the Illinois State Police has agreed to pay $40 million to five men who were wrongly imprisoned for the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in Dixmoor, a spokesman for Gov. Pat Quinn said Tuesday.
The amount exceeds the $36 million Cook County agreed to pay in 1999 to four men known collectively as the Ford Heights Four, who were wrongly convicted of the 1978 murders of a young couple in the south suburb. It matches the amount the city of New York recently agreed to pay to the Central Park Five, the men who were arrested and convicted of the 1989 rape of a jogger.
Individually, Thaddeus Jimenez was awarded $25 million by a federal court jury in January 2012 for his wrongful conviction for a 1993 murder of a teenager on the city's Northwest Side. Arrested at 13, Jimenez spent 16 years in prison before he was exonerated in 2009.
The Dixmoor Five settlement will compensate the men who were arrested as teens for the November 1991 murder of Cateresa Matthews and given lengthy prison sentences. The three men who received the longest terms were freed in 2011 after DNA tests connected semen on Cateresa to another man, a felon who had been recently paroled to Cateresa's grandmother's neighborhood.
Attorneys for the men declined comment, but have scheduled a news conference for Wednesday morning. A spokeswoman for the State Police, Monique Bond, declined comment as well. But Dave Blanchette, a spokesman for Quinn, said that the staggering settlement amount was included in a supplemental appropriations bill that already had been signed by the governor.
News of the settlement came the same day Cook County prosecutors asked a judge to vacate the convictions of two men who had served 15 years for a double murder in Chicago after their confessions were undermined by evidence that a co-defendant who also confessed was in a police lock-up when the crime occurred.
The Dixmoor Five, all teens at the time of their convictions, alleged in their federal lawsuit that Dixmoor police and State Police ignored evidence implicating another suspect, instead focusing on the five young men. They alleged, too, that police coerced a confession from Robert Veal, who was 15 at the time, had an IQ of 56 and developmental disabilities, a common theme in wrongful convictions cases.
The lawsuit also alleged that detectives physically abused and threatened some of the other teens to obtain confessions. In addition, the lawsuit alleged police misled the mother of Robert Taylor, then 15, into believing he was to be questioned as a potential witness in a drug investigation. Instead, police took him in for questioning and beat and threatened him until he confessed to the rape and murder, according to the lawsuit.
Officials in Dixmoor have apologized for what they called "tragedies" but have not yet settled the case against the town.
Besides Veal and Taylor, James Harden, Jonathan Barr and Shainnie Sharp were convicted as part of the Dixmoor Five. Sharp and Veal were released after serving 10-year terms. The others received longer sentences and served close to two decades in prison before they were set free.
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