Updated Tuesday, January 27, 2015
to include correspondence and activities
during the month of October 2014
Letter (12-30-14) to Grady L. Balentine Jr.
James E. Williams, Jr. -- Orange County Public Defender and
Chair of the N.C. Public Defender Committee on Racial Inequity (01-20-15)
to include correspondence and activities
during the month of October 2014
Letter (12-30-14) to Grady L. Balentine Jr.
James E. Williams, Jr. -- Orange County Public Defender and
Chair of the N.C. Public Defender Committee on Racial Inequity (01-20-15)
525 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 401 – 525 of 525Oh no ... You leaving again? Well you weren't missed last time, it was actually quite refreshing, so you won't be missed this time.
Lance said: Be careful Abe or Ken will have to get snooty.........."I weep for your future"
Anonymous said: "Oh no ... You leaving again"........................... "I'm not going anywhere"
You just said "I am so outta here."damn, here I was getting excited you were taking your delusional, paranoid, iditotic self away again. I'm sorry you are staying. You add nothing to the discussion because you are an idiot.
Oh Kenhyderal,
I'm so glad you're not leaving us. Your presence here is so much fun!
Oh, Ken. You just sounded like Dirty Harry just then.
Ken's very popular. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude.
Abe Froman
Chicago, IL
Pardon my French, but Ken is so uptight, if you stuck a lump of coal up his ass, in 2 weeks, you'd have a diamond.
Anonymous said...
"With regards to the lawsuits, you would have to refer to a specific one in order for me to comment."
Oh come on, Sid -- everyone knows about your litigious history.
But, for starters:
What about your lawsuit against Anthony Bestart?
What about your libel lawsuit in W.Va?
Since I don't have access to a law library I am unable to look up those suits. If you have a link I could refresh myself with them.
As I responded to the hatchet job article in the Indy Week, I punched my ticket to perdition and have met Satan and his disciples. Had I not had those experiences, including the legal ones, I would not be able to offer assistance to Crystal.
My concerns are focused on Mangum, and I will not be distracted by events that happened two decades ago. That does nothing to benefit problems Tar Heelians face with today's justice system issues.
@ Abe and Fake Hey, it's probably time we took "a day-off" on this back and forth. It is confusing some posters like the one at at 10:44 PM yesterday. I think we need to forget movies get back on the serious discussion about a lack of justice in N.C.
Really, Sid? You need access to a law library to look up cases you filed to see if you won or lost the case?
I don't have access to a law library either, but I can definitively tell you that you lost.
Just as you did with the (at least) 28 other lawsuits you filed.
That, Sid, is failing.
Oh, you can still access NCCU's law library with just a bus ride. So your complaint about having no access to a law library is not true.
Ken:
If there is (or ever has been) a serious discussion here about anything I have yet to see it. This is a decidedly unserious blog (or whatever it is that Sid calls it) by an unserious person.
Abe Froman
Chicago, IL
Dear Dr. Harr can we apply your censorship rule to the juvenile poster at 9:16 AM?
Um, Sid's sick. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Sid pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.
@ Abe..... Perhaps "people like you"; with tolerance and forbearance can bring some measure of decorum to the discussions. One can only hope.
"Just because you're offended does not mean the material is offensive.
Perhaps, and I'm just spitballing here.....
Perhaps you're just a self-important prick and need to get over yourself"
-George Carlin
Sid:
I heard that you were feeling ill,
Headache, fever and a chill
I came to help restore your pluck
Cause I'm the nurse who likes to . . .
The Nurse Who Likes to . . .
All the guys at the station are rooting for Sid.
Abe Froman
Chicago, IL
Sid wrote: "Had I not had those experiences, including the legal ones, I would not be able to offer assistance to Crystal."
Oh the help you have been. Breaching her confidence in you and telling the state her expert agreed with Dr. Nichols. Compromising her chances at a successful MAR. Poor Crystal doesn't need that kind of assistance.
Walt-in-Durham
Mangum may not need Sid's kind of assistance, but she definitely deserves it.
Marvin Stanwyk
Provo, UT
Na na na na, na na na na, hey ken-ny, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey ken-ny, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey ken-ny, goodbye
Anonymous said...
Mangum may not need Sid's kind of assistance, but she definitely deserves it.
Marvin Stanwyk
Provo, UT
Hey, Marvin.
Welcome to the site. Believe me, Mangum needs my help because all ot the defense attorneys who have been representing her have been turncoats who've done their best to protect Duke University Hospital at the expense of their client.
kenhyderal said...
Dear Dr. Harr can we apply your censorship rule to the juvenile poster at 9:16 AM?
The comment falls well within the violation of the kenhyderal Doctrine. It will be expunged with expediency.
Anonymous said...
Sid:
I heard that you were feeling ill,
Headache, fever and a chill
I came to help restore your pluck
Cause I'm the nurse who likes to . . .
The Nurse Who Likes to . . .
I like a good limerick as well as the next guy, but an Ogden Nash you ain't.
Anonymous said...
All the guys at the station are rooting for Sid.
Abe Froman
Chicago, IL
Hey, Abe.
Tell the fellas at the station that I appreciate their support.
Walt said...
Sid wrote: "Had I not had those experiences, including the legal ones, I would not be able to offer assistance to Crystal."
Oh the help you have been. Breaching her confidence in you and telling the state her expert agreed with Dr. Nichols. Compromising her chances at a successful MAR. Poor Crystal doesn't need that kind of assistance.
Walt-in-Durham
Hey, Walt.
Believe it or not, I have been a big help to Crystal. The problem is that I'm going up against the State, the media-types, the politicians, and the unenlightened. I have not achieved the results of success yet, but it'll be only a matter of time before Mangum is released and her conviction overturned... sooner rather than later.
Just be patient.
Anonymous Fake Kenhyderal said...
Um, Sid's sick. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Sid pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.
Fake Kenhyderal, whatchootalkin' bout? Last night, and every night for years, I've been at home alone. I don't do the night scene. Must've been a look-alike.
Sid wrote: "Believe it or not, I have been a big help to Crystal."
Jail time is a help to Crystal. She had just proven to be unable to behave. She resorts to violence when her problems start to pile up. In prison, she is getting the chance for rehabilitation. If it works, is solely up to her. But, at least in prison, she has the chance. Life on the outside just wasn't working for her.
"... I have not achieved the results of success yet, but it'll be only a matter of time before Mangum is released and her conviction overturned... sooner rather than later."
In about twelve years, she'll be released. Assuming good behavior. The only way her conviction gets overturned is on Rule 404(b) grounds. Issues that you have ignored completely.
Walt-in-Durham
But try to understand
Try to understand
Try, try, try to understand
Ken's a magic man
Since I don't have access to a law library I am unable to look up those suits. If you have a link I could refresh myself with them.
You can't remember the results of lawsuits you filed?
OK, try this question: did you ever file a lawsuit which you didn't lose?
Sid:
Since you can't seem to remember any of your prior lawsuits, is it safe to say you didn't learn anything from them?
Marvin Stanwyk
Provo, UT
Sid:
If you have reached a point where you can no longer remember significant events in your own life, like the outcome of lawsuits filed by and against you, how can you be competent to help Mangum?
Abe Froman
Chicago, IL
Na na na na, na na na na, hey ken-ny, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey ken-ny, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey ken-ny, goodbye
Sid:
Did any of the myriad lawsuits you filed end with someone giving you a big, fat check? I am sure you would remember that if it happened.
When do we get a new shlog?
Anonymous said...
Sid:
Since you can't seem to remember any of your prior lawsuits, is it safe to say you didn't learn anything from them?
Marvin Stanwyk
Provo, UT
Hey, Marvin.
That is not a safe assumption. I learned an immense amount from the lawsuits in which I was involved. Prior to the lawsuits I placed all my faith in attorneys.. I believed all lawyers worked diligently on behalf of their clients... in short, I was extremely naïve. Now I believe that the great majority of attorneys are unreliable, avaricious, and will sell out their clients for financial and/or political gain in a second.
There are many more intangibles that I learned from those experiences... not as many as you might be led to believe by that hatchet job August 22, 2013 article in the Indy Week.
Anonymous said...
When do we get a new shlog?
The new sharlog is almost completed. I sequestered myself in my apartment the past two days working on it. It's been written, narrated, and more than half-way finished with applying images to the audio tract which has been laid out. This is a fairly large sharlog, and I may have to separate it into two parts... which could lengthen the time for me to get it posted. Conservatively, I would say that it should be posted no later than Saturday, but I am trying to get it posted much sooner.
Anonymous said...
Sid:
Did any of the myriad lawsuits you filed end with someone giving you a big, fat check? I am sure you would remember that if it happened.
No, but then again, not all lawsuits are filed seeking monetary gain. Some are filed on principle.
Sid wrote: "No, but then again, not all lawsuits are filed seeking monetary gain. Some are filed on principle."
And you didn't win any of those either.
On to Sid's current lawsuit against Duke, he has filed a motion for rehearing en banc. That should be fun. Of course Sid gives the court his usual whine about not being able to access a law library. He also tries to equate his miserable failure in pleading with successful Title IX litigation. It has long ago been explained to Sid why his original case failed so miserably. But, Sid has never before evidenced an ability to learn from his mistakes. I don't expect him to do much better this time around.
As is, Duke and Sid are litigants who deserve each other. It is fun to watch Sid spin his wheels making the same error over and over, while Duke enriches some lawyers. Both entertaining outcomes.
Walt-in-Durham
Anonymous said...
Sid:
If you have reached a point where you can no longer remember significant events in your own life, like the outcome of lawsuits filed by and against you, how can you be competent to help Mangum?
Abe Froman
Chicago, IL
Hey, Abe.
Parts of my life has been so harrowing and traumatic that what I do recall of it I expend much energy trying to forget. Nonetheless, my experiences encountered during my journeys through the bowels of hell have prepared me with the knowledge to comprehend the pitfalls and obstacles within the legal system and how to recognize and make strategies to help those victimized by the system such as Crystal Mangum.
I try to discard the memories of the events in my past while holding on to pearls of wisdom therein... like casting off shuck from an ear of corn and retaining the kernels.
Believe me that I am more than competent to help Crystal.
How long does it take for you to produce a sharlog that says "they claim all my comments about experts are wrong, but that's just part of the conspiracy, because I'm never wrong and they are scared of Duke"?
Walt said...
Sid wrote: "No, but then again, not all lawsuits are filed seeking monetary gain. Some are filed on principle."
And you didn't win any of those either.
On to Sid's current lawsuit against Duke, he has filed a motion for rehearing en banc. That should be fun. Of course Sid gives the court his usual whine about not being able to access a law library. He also tries to equate his miserable failure in pleading with successful Title IX litigation. It has long ago been explained to Sid why his original case failed so miserably. But, Sid has never before evidenced an ability to learn from his mistakes. I don't expect him to do much better this time around.
As is, Duke and Sid are litigants who deserve each other. It is fun to watch Sid spin his wheels making the same error over and over, while Duke enriches some lawyers. Both entertaining outcomes.
Walt-in-Durham
Hey, Walt.
Glad you're amused at the proceedings, because when the final resolution comes, you're going to be one sad puppy.
And, you're going to need that crying towel, too. Let me know what color you would like it to be.
Anonymous said...
How long does it take for you to produce a sharlog that says "they claim all my comments about experts are wrong, but that's just part of the conspiracy, because I'm never wrong and they are scared of Duke"?
I could do a rush job... but that's not my style. Besides, I believe that the viewers and commenters to this blog site deserve my very best. That's why I put my all into every sharlog that I post... to make it the most entertaining, educational, and enlightening experience online.
I want viewers to feel that they've gotten their money's worth when visiting my site and to foster in them the burning desire to return.
That should answer your question. Let me know if further elucidation is required.
Sid
You just confirmed that your entire Sharlog is going to be your batshit crazy conspiracy about the experts.
Even though it has been explained and debunked here (that you get expert funding from IDS), you are going to point to the one authorization in the court file for Dr. Roberts, and then use that to say everything else was a plot.
You do know you are mentally ill and we all know this blog is a joke right? We aren't laughing with you, we are laughing at you.
Sid:
You acknowledge discarding memories of past events, like "casting off shuck from an ear of corn."
Since you apparently cannot (or choose not to) remember the many lawsuits you have been a party to thru the years, how can you be sure that the 8/22/13 article in Indy Week isn't right?
Also, can you remember a lawsuit where your prayer for relief did not include money damages, or a lawsuit that you won but weren't awarded money damages? You should have a vivid recollection of any lawsuit you won, as such vindication would not be a traumatic event that you would try to purge from your mind.
I would appreciate a truthful answer from you.
Abe Froman
Chicago, IL
I learned an immense amount from the lawsuits in which I was involved. Prior to the lawsuits I placed all my faith in attorneys.. I believed all lawyers worked diligently on behalf of their clients... in short, I was extremely naïve. Now I believe that the great majority of attorneys are unreliable, avaricious, and will sell out their clients for financial and/or political gain in a second.
Which explains the great results you have achieved representing yourself in myriad lawsuits. Not.
Hey, Walt.
Glad you're amused at the proceedings, because when the final resolution comes, you're going to be one sad puppy.
And, you're going to need that crying towel, too. Let me know what color you would like it to be.
I wouldn't cry if your lawsuit against Duke were successful-- I have no feelings for Duke either way-- but, as a lawyer, I know that your lawsuit has zero percent chance of success (for reasons I spelled out on this blog when you first announced your suit). So let me pledge that, if you prevail in the 4th Circuit, I will donate $100 to the Justice for Mike Nifong Committee.
Did Nifong ever get his law license back? Just kidding.I know it will never happen and Mangum's conviction will never be overturned.
The Duke lacrosse season starts on Saturday.Let's wish those guys the best of luck.Threepeat.
Actually, I'd be quite happy to see Sidney get some money from Duke.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Sid
You just confirmed that your entire Sharlog is going to be your batshit crazy conspiracy about the experts.
Even though it has been explained and debunked here (that you get expert funding from IDS), you are going to point to the one authorization in the court file for Dr. Roberts, and then use that to say everything else was a plot.
You do know you are mentally ill and we all know this blog is a joke right? We aren't laughing with you, we are laughing at you.
I don't begrudge you a good laugh... get them in while you can, because when justice prevails shortly in Mangum's and my cases you, like Walt, will be crying like a baby.
Anonymous said...
Sid:
You acknowledge discarding memories of past events, like "casting off shuck from an ear of corn."
Since you apparently cannot (or choose not to) remember the many lawsuits you have been a party to thru the years, how can you be sure that the 8/22/13 article in Indy Week isn't right?
Also, can you remember a lawsuit where your prayer for relief did not include money damages, or a lawsuit that you won but weren't awarded money damages? You should have a vivid recollection of any lawsuit you won, as such vindication would not be a traumatic event that you would try to purge from your mind.
I would appreciate a truthful answer from you.
Abe Froman
Chicago, IL
Hey, Abe.
The Indy Week article of August 22, 2013 achieved its objective which was to discredit me in Mangum's eyes, and with the public in general. Unfortunately the article was to Mangum's detriment... had I been in contact with her during her trial I never would've advised her to go along with Turncoat Meier and not bring Dr. Roberts into the trial.
Regarding my other lawsuits, I learned from them... that's the important thing. They occurred more than two decades ago and I have absolutely little or no recollection of them. But as far as the Indy Week goes, it was based on rumor and gossip... and was isolated out of context.
My attention is on the future... you can focus on the past (the distant past) if you like.
A Lawyer said...
I learned an immense amount from the lawsuits in which I was involved. Prior to the lawsuits I placed all my faith in attorneys.. I believed all lawyers worked diligently on behalf of their clients... in short, I was extremely naïve. Now I believe that the great majority of attorneys are unreliable, avaricious, and will sell out their clients for financial and/or political gain in a second.
Which explains the great results you have achieved representing yourself in myriad lawsuits. Not.
Hey, Walt.
Glad you're amused at the proceedings, because when the final resolution comes, you're going to be one sad puppy.
And, you're going to need that crying towel, too. Let me know what color you would like it to be.
I wouldn't cry if your lawsuit against Duke were successful-- I have no feelings for Duke either way-- but, as a lawyer, I know that your lawsuit has zero percent chance of success (for reasons I spelled out on this blog when you first announced your suit). So let me pledge that, if you prevail in the 4th Circuit, I will donate $100 to the Justice for Mike Nifong Committee.
Hey, A Lawyer.
That's a gracious gesture regarding the donation, but I would not hold you to it. Especially since you state that I only need to prevail with the Fourth Circuit. However, the way I see it, if I prevail with the Fourth Circuit, then I most assuredly will prevail at trial as the only realistic hope that Duke University has of prevailing is with a summary judgment or motion to dismiss.
Have you had an opportunity to read my brief to the Fourth Circuit?
guiowen said...
Actually, I'd be quite happy to see Sidney get some money from Duke.
gui, mon ami,
Nice to hear that. After I prevail in my lawsuit against Duke, I will travel to the west coast at my earliest convenience and take you and your wife out to dinner.
Anonymous said...
Did Nifong ever get his law license back? Just kidding.I know it will never happen and Mangum's conviction will never be overturned.
I believe both goals are attainable, especially Mangum's. Her conviction will be overturned sooner rather than later. Nifong, I'm sure, will be reinstated to practice law... but I don't know how long that'll take.
HEY, EVERYBODY... LISTEN UP!!
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT AND UPDATE!
Work is coming along well on the sharlog... but it looks as though I will be forced to divide it into two parts. Looks like I might get it uploaded by Friday... no later than Saturday.
As you were.
I don't begrudge you a good laugh... get them in while you can, because when justice prevails shortly in Mangum's and my cases you, like Walt, will be crying like a baby.
Nope ... I think you screwed Crystal - she should have had manslaughter at worst, but you poisoned her relationship with her attorneys in your attempt to get her LWOP. Crystal was betrayed, but not by her attorneys, by you. Justice will only come when you find your next obsession and leave her alone.
Given that you are currently doing nothing that will help Crystal - if she gets a new trial, it will not be because of you (letters with CDs don't help).
As for Nifong, you have been doing nothing to help him either, and he doesn't want his license back, and has said if they offered it to him, he'd refuse it because he doesn't want to pay the fees.
You are still an idiot.
You do know the whole Abe Froman stuff is a joke, right? He's not real, he's a character from the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
It's sad when you take overt mocking seriously - and think anyone is actually doing anything other than teasing you.
"Mockers are proud and haughty; they act with boundless arrogance"---Proverbs 21:24. The posters who uses the user names Abe Froman, Marvin Stanwyk etc. are
plainly and simply trolls. I find it passing strange that those of you who have want to call me a troll, for agreeing with Dr. Harr, have not a word to say about those who are here simply to mock Dr. Harr. There is a terrible
injustice going down and making sport of those who are trying to correct it is perverse.
ken:
Quit trolling. You and Sid make outrageous claims to stir the pot.
If you want people to take you seriously, then act seriously. But, if you are going to continually shit embarrassment all over yourself, then - yeah - people are going to poke fun at you a little bit.
Kenny 3:09:
Abe and Marvin are obviously trolls. They don't deny that. You and Tin Foil are the only trolls who deny being trolls.
Anyone who sees you, Kenny, must be proud not to be like you.
By the way, stop quoting the bible et al. We are all aware that you are very good at cutting and pasting
Hold on a second. I admit I played along when people riffed off the Ferris Bueller connection, but I also posted serious comments and questions, to which I received unserious responses.
Abe Froman
Chicago, IL
Well Abe, I responded to a poster @ 12:45 who said: "It's sad when you take overt mocking seriously - and think anyone is actually doing anything other than teasing you". Then the poster at 5:06 said: Abe and Marvin are obviously trolls they don't deny that. Now, like me, you protest to being labeled as a troll. When you posted serious comments and questions I responded in kind. When you don't like the response you presumptuously label the reply unserious. Give us an example so posters can judge. By the way are you also posting as John D. Smith? Like Malek Williams you label your posts with a pseudonym. Why don't you stop posting anonymously and register under a user name?
Guiowen said: "Anyone who sees you, Kenny, must be proud not to be like you".........Huh? Guiowen, you throw out a lot of meaningless and witless comments.
Crystal's murder conviction will be overturned and Nifong's law license will be reinstated about the same time idiot Joe Biden wins the Nobel Physics Prize.In other words - it ain't gonna happen.
Kenny,
I'm just explaining why people mock you. Get it? They see you and your idiocy. They then say, "Thank God I'm not like that idiot Kenhyderal." They're proud not to be like you. Get my point?
Shall I explain it in one syllable words so that you can understand?
Guiowen said "Thank God I'm not like that idiot kenhyderal"..................God be merciful to me, a sinner
“The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
An evil soul producing holy witness
Is like a villain with a smiling cheek,
A goodly apple rotten at the heart.
O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!”
--Wm Shakespeare
The devil and his agents quote scripture, but twist the meaning to tempt one into wrong doing. Guiowen, like a Pharisee, thanks God he is not like me.
Let me explain something to you, Kenny. If the Pharisee had seen someone creating problems, letting everyone know he was a fighter, and essentially picking fights, he would have been well justified in saying, "thank God I'm not like that guy Kenhyderal."
As for pride, we all need some pride, but above all we need some good reason for pride. So far as we all can see, you are very very proud, with little reason for your pride. When we see someone like that, we are well justified in mocking such a person.
Have you understood, or would you rather go back to quoting scripture?
Hey ... today is the day Sid spews his latest shit on the sharlog (unless he is delayed again).
Is everyone else excited to have him say that he wasn't wrong on the experts, IDS is in cahoots with Duke also? And he will continue to point to the 1 expert request filed in the Court File by Woody Vann, and ignore all the times he was told that's because in Murder cases the requests get filed with IDS, not the Court (Woody Vann screwed up).
But, I'm sure it will be enlightening as ever, and contain no acknowledgment Sid was wrong.
Guiowen said: "Let me explain something to you, Kenny. If the Pharisee had seen someone creating problems, letting everyone know he was a fighter, and essentially picking fights, he would have been well justified in saying, "thank God I'm not like that guy Kenhyderal." As for pride, we all need some pride, but above all we need some good reason for pride. So far as we all can see, you are very very proud, with little reason for your pride. When we see someone like that, we are well justified in mocking such a person".........Your pathetic attempt to justify the unjustifiable is hilarious. I guess the truth hurts. Who picked this fight?--I quote: "Anyone who sees you, Kenny, must be proud not to be like you"
Why don't you address the substance of my argument, Kenny? Is there ever a reason for pride? Or is reasoning too hard for you?
Kenny -- Again, I find myself quoting George Carlin:
"...Perhaps you're just a self-important prick and need to get over yourself"
Guiowen, in order to extricate himself from his folly, has taken on the unenviable task of arguing that pride is a virtue.
Kenny,
Commenters questioned Sidney’s litigious background and whether he is qualified to provide “non-lawyerly” legal advice.
Sidney tried to evade these questions. He first asked that readers identify specific lawsuits. He then couldn’t say whether he won or lost suits he filed because he doesn’t have access to a law library. When asked what he learned (i.e., what legal concepts), he responded that it reinforced his view that all lawyers sell out their clients. Finally, he claimed they were irrelevant because they were a long time ago.
You came to the rescue, changing the subject. Identifying commenters as trolls and non-trolls provides no benefit to Mangum.
Although Sidney consistently loses lawsuits, with motions dismissed as without merit, his legal analysis is never flawed; losses are due to conspiracies. Although he has no legal training and lacks the resources or inclination to conduct research, he has nothing to learn. Anyone who disagrees lacks integrity, is a liar, conspires against him or is brainwashed. He does not respond with honest debate or address case law, other information or evidence provided. Critics deserve contempt and disrespect.
Consider:
1. DNA evidence which excluded all players was not exculpatory despite Mangum’s claim that attackers ejaculated without condoms
2. Nifong was not required to provide DNA evidence until the trial had been scheduled
3. Nifong was justified in designing an identification procedure that violated all standards
4. Carter acted in self-defense when he fired down a crowded street at a retreating target
5. The doctrine of transferred intent is rarely used
6. Esophageal intubation proves Mangum’s innocence—the chain of events is not relevant
7. The state would drop the charges against Magnum because they had no case
8. Larceny of chose charges triggered the felony-murder rule, even though larceny can never involve force and the rule was not included in the indictment or jury instructions
9. He did not violate the law when he filed motions on behalf of Mangum
10. He has standing to file other motions in Mangum’s case
11. Mangum could not be responsible for Daye’s death because she had no input into the decision to remove life support
12. Mangum is innocent because the initial prognosis was for a full recovery
13. Duke violated his 1st Amendment rights
14. The Bar has no jurisdiction over his actions
15. He can file the same lawsuit repeatedly until granted a day in court
16. Mangum’s lawyers conspired against her when they failed to file motions seeking a dismissal, even though not permitted by NC rules
17. Meier conspired against her when he failed to introduce Daye’s criminal record, evidence not admissible under NC rules
18. Brady v Maryland applies equally to defense attorneys and prosecutors
19. He has standing to file a writ of habeas corpus without Mangum’s consent
20. The lacrosse defendants are not “innocent” because their case did not go to trial and no jury found them not guilty, but Mangum and Carter are “innocent” because he disagrees with the jury’s “guilty” verdicts
Please explain whether Sidney’s experience as an ER physician and litigant qualifies him to address legal issues more than Mangum’s lawyers and lawyers who post here. Please explain why you, a close friend, did not publicly protest when he convinced her to fire Vann and represent herself.
I seek a serious response. Determining whether Sidney is qualified to provide “non-lawyerly” legal advice could benefit Mangum if she and her friends followed the conclusion.
John D. Smith
New York, NY
What exactly is "non-lawyerly" legal advice and how is it different from the unauthorized practice of law? If you are giving legal advice to another person, or you are preparing and filing legal documents on behalf of someone else, are you not practicing law? What is the practice of law, if not the rendering of advice and the preparation of legal documents? What exceptions to the NC rules on the practice of law enable Sid to provide such services to Mangum w/o being a lawyer?
Abe Froman
Chicago, IL
Abe,
You ask what constitutes "non-lawyerly" legal advice?
I simply repeated a phrase Sidney has used to describe the advice he has provided Mangum. He of course has never explained it. Cynics believe that Sidney added the adjective "non-lawyerly" because he believed that it would insulate him from more problems with the State Bar.
Perhaps Kenny can explain what the difference is.
More importantly, I hope that Kenny can explain whether he believes that the advice Sidney has provided, whether "non-lawyerly" legal advice or the unauthorized practice of law, has helped Mangum or made her case harder to defend.
Despite his enthusiasm and support for her, many question whether Sidney has any clue as to what he is doing. Perhaps Kenny can provide his thoughts.
John D. Smith
New York, NY
Kenny,
Sorry you won't stoop so low as to discuss something seriously.
Remember Lou Gehrig: "I'm proud to be a Yankee"?
I'm just glad I'm not like you.
@ John D. Smith:.... You know I have addressed all of the issues, you raise, relating to Crystal. The semen depositing rape was perpetrated by non-player attendees, whose identity is known to some of the Players in attendance and was aided and abetted by one of the Players. Besides the sexual assault other serious crimes were committed against her including kidnapping and theft. DA Cooper will not release the findings of his investigation that led him to declare Seligmann and Evans innocent. The chain of events leading to Daye' death had no nexus to the stab wound, Crystal administered in self defence. The Welch ruling does not apply in the circumstances; therefore, there was no murder. Besides given the facts about Daye's drunken rampage it's inconceivable that the jury had no reasonable doubt she was acting in self defence. The jury at her trial, thanks to a woefully inadequate defence, got it wrong. I can guarantee you that if you or I were to hand out business cards at Duke University we would not be kicked off campus. The no-solicitation rule is intended to protect students from sales people.
Yeah and I'm proud to be a Canadian. You're digging yourself in deeper Guiowen. There is a big difference between the pride expressed by Lou Gehrig and your statement of superiority ("Thank God I'm not like that idiot kenhyderal). Show a little humility and admit that your expression of superiority is the very thing The Lord was abhorring
Dear Kenny,
Just so you see what happens. You made a universal statement: "pride is evil". If you knew any logic, you would know that a single counterexample suffices to show that your statement is incorrect. This does not mean that all the counterexamples are the same. Simply that your statement is incorrect. I must conclude that EITHER you don't understand logic OR you do but are trying to pull one over on us: "Oh, you cannot be a counterexample because you're not Lou Gehrig."
In either case, whether you don't understand logic, or because you're trying to pull one over on us, you are a sorry person. In either case, I'm just happy I"m not like you.
I let you get away with something like this some years ago. I don't plan to do so again.
Kenny,
I am disappointed with your shallow and superficial response to my 3:34pm and 4:24pm comments. It was not really responsive to my questions.
In those comments, I asked whether Sidney is actually qualified to provide the "non-lawyerly" legal advice he provides. I listed a number of opinions to legal questions he has provided on this blog that have been questioned.
Many readers believe Sidney's legal judgment is consistently bad, and he refuses to learn from his mistakes. These readers believe that Mangum has poorly served by his advice.
I provided 20 examples of his legal opinions. Rather than provide a repetition of your opinions, a serious response would have examined each of the examples I cited.
In my comments, I did not say anything about your mystery rapist theory. Even Sidney has ignored it, apparently not regarding it as serious. Yet you feel compelled to repeat it despite the lack of reference to it.
Perhaps you can try again. This time, I suggest you examine each of Sidney's legal opinions I cited.
John D. Smith
New York, NY
Why should Kenny have to back up friggin' anything? This is a judicial case, and that should have been enough reason to not have repeated corrupted cases flowing from Duke point blank no questions asked. So stop trying to get Kenny or anyone else to prove to ya'll what the judicial system should be doing themselves in the first place. Seriously. You can watch the youtube video of the trial yourself if you are so truly interested in seeing how absurd that trial was. The second autopsy report withheld until the last day of the trial is proof of the outrage in and of itself.
You trolls need to get a grip and stop demanding these Duke related cases be tried in the news and courts or public opinion. That is not justice, and ya'll are fools to think that is in anyway the wise choice to make when the judicial system and public opinion are involved. Most of the public is not Duke driven nor do they appreciate all the corruption, lies, deceit, coverups, false prosecutions, media turmoil in lieu of a fair and reasonable court system, and the inability to receive equal and fair and uncompromised legal assistance as needed to even be part of a fair and reasonable court system if there was one.
So - why demand this blog be the court - or provide the Durham In-Wonderland KC lead whatever it is their doing gang anything. Get real.
sheeessshhhhh - this is seriously wholly ridiculous when viewed through the lens of what this evil duke troll gang from KC's blog is really doing.
Get real ...
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Anonymous 5:09:
Why don't you get real?
You falsely accused posters of demanding that legal cases be tried on this blog. No one has demanded that.
You are a despicable liar.
The poster at 5:09 makes a very enlightened comment. There is no need for kenhyderal to respond to trolls.
Right on kenhyderal supporter. Anyone who actually knows Ken Edwards rejects completely the vicious slander, that emananated from The Duke Lacrosse Defence, in an effort to destroy his credibility. These lies are ongoing and widely beleived. None of those who post their poison here have ever met Ken. I ask them, don't you find it strange that his friends, his professors, his classmates his teachers, his pastor, etc. all have a favorable opinion of him and have provided him with character references. Hearing these references caused Dr. Harr to declared that, from the evidence he heard, he believed him to be "a good friend" of Crystal. Ken is not and never was a drug addict or an alcoholic. Ken was a responsible parent. Ken was a responsible member of his community. Ken, having come from humble circumstances, was working hard to build a better live for himself and his children. His Pastor advised him not to choose cutting and pasting as a way to support his opinions because, regardless of his character,such a choice can be fraught with peril..
Malek Williams
Hillside H.S.
Class of 1996
What I still don't get about Kenny's "mystery rapist" theory - that he doesn't answer - if you are willing to concede that the 3 Defendants arrested didn't commit the crime (even if they knew about it, and won't talk, that's not a crime), then you have to concede that Nifong prosecuted "innocent" people and isn't the saint Sid claim.
That's why Sid ignore the mystery rapist theory. Kenny, I guess you aren't a Nifong supporter like Sid?
Anonymous said: What I still don't get about Kenny's "mystery rapist" theory - that he doesn't answer - if you are willing to concede that the 3 Defendants arrested didn't commit the crime (even if they knew about it, and won't talk, that's not a crime), then you have to concede that Nifong prosecuted "innocent" people and isn't the saint Sid claim.
That's why Sid ignore the mystery rapist theory. Kenny, I guess you aren't a Nifong supporter like Sid"............I concede that Colin Finnerty is innocent of the crimes of sexual assault, kidnapping and theft. DA Nifong threatened witnesses with prosecution if they did not come forward. I am not a Member of Justice4Nifong. Crystal feels that DA Nifong like her has been a victim of the Lacrosse Team their Trial Lawyers and the pro Duke Lacrosse lobby
Kenny - since you talk to her - does Crystal not understand that nothing that Duke may, or may not, have done, was relevant to whether she was at least guilty of a felony - that was only self-defense, or does she buy Sid's delusion that self-defense didn't matter at all?
Read the jury instructions - on manslaughter - she stabbed him with a deadly weapon, and he died. Absent self-defense, her best case was always manslaughter, yet Sid frequently told her to ignore self-defense. Why?
I mean, she denied prior abuse on the stand, repeatedly, even though that would have helped a self-defense claim. Seems like she didn't care about self-defense, which I attribute to Sid.
Why did she ignore self-defense?
Anonymous said...
Given that you are currently doing nothing that will help Crystal - if she gets a new trial, it will not be because of you (letters with CDs don't help).
As for Nifong, you have been doing nothing to help him either, and he doesn't want his license back, and has said if they offered it to him, he'd refuse it because he doesn't want to pay the fees.
You are still an idiot.
You do know the whole Abe Froman stuff is a joke, right? He's not real, he's a character from the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
It's sad when you take overt mocking seriously - and think anyone is actually doing anything other than teasing you.
Crystal's appeals attorney shouldn't be asking for a new trial... she should be asking for the conviction to be overturned. Furthermore, she should use ineffective counsel as the primary reason for her appeal as her trial attorney Meier was definitely a turncoat... that was the only way to get a conviction.
Regardless of whether Mr. Nifong wants a law license or not... that is not the point. The State Bar's disbarment was unjust, and it should be rectified with his reinstatement.
Finally, I did not see "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," and I have no plan to do so in the future. If someone wants to identify him/herself as a character in that movie, or even as Ferris Bueller himself, I have no problem with that. I will address commenters by any name they want. I don't know what the big deal is about that.
Anonymous said...
Hold on a second. I admit I played along when people riffed off the Ferris Bueller connection, but I also posted serious comments and questions, to which I received unserious responses.
Abe Froman
Chicago, IL
To Abe and all commenters,
I take all comments seriously, except for extreme ones that obviously aren't. Use whatever name you want because it gives consistency as to who the commenter is whereas with "Anonymous" it is impossible to tell one from another.
Anonymous said...
Crystal's murder conviction will be overturned and Nifong's law license will be reinstated about the same time idiot Joe Biden wins the Nobel Physics Prize.In other words - it ain't gonna happen.
Not only will Mangum's conviction be overturned, but the state will compensate her for her wrongful incarceration per General Assembly statute 148.82-148.84.
It's gonna happen!
Anonymous said...
Hey ... today is the day Sid spews his latest shit on the sharlog (unless he is delayed again).
Is everyone else excited to have him say that he wasn't wrong on the experts, IDS is in cahoots with Duke also? And he will continue to point to the 1 expert request filed in the Court File by Woody Vann, and ignore all the times he was told that's because in Murder cases the requests get filed with IDS, not the Court (Woody Vann screwed up).
But, I'm sure it will be enlightening as ever, and contain no acknowledgment Sid was wrong.
Unfortunately, I have not completed the sharlog yet. Because I had to prepare it as two parts, it took much longer than I had anticipated. Part One is completed, and Part Two should be finished tonight or early tomorrow morning (Sunday, the 8th). More likely than not, the sharlog will be posted tomorrow afternoon some time after the library opens at 1:00 pm EST.
Crystal's appeals attorney shouldn't be asking for a new trial... she should be asking for the conviction to be overturned. Furthermore, she should use ineffective counsel as the primary reason for her appeal as her trial attorney Meier was definitely a turncoat... that was the only way to get a conviction.
She can't - your lack of legal knowledge is standing in the way of any sort of effective advocacy again. For a Doctor, you seem incapable of learning the rules (and you can google them, you don't need a law library), so you convince Crystal that her lawyers are betraying her because they are doing what the law allows, not what it doesn't.
That's why you are a disgrace. The Appellate Court cannot set aside the conviction, other than to set it aside and order a new trial. They cannot simply dismiss it.
This is why you are an idiot and a harm to Crystal. You tell her that since the attorney isn't doing X she is a traitor, so Crystal doesn't trust her, but the attorney can't do X, she has to do Y.
You are an idiot, an ass, and a mentally ill disgrace.
Anonymous said...
What exactly is "non-lawyerly" legal advice and how is it different from the unauthorized practice of law? If you are giving legal advice to another person, or you are preparing and filing legal documents on behalf of someone else, are you not practicing law? What is the practice of law, if not the rendering of advice and the preparation of legal documents? What exceptions to the NC rules on the practice of law enable Sid to provide such services to Mangum w/o being a lawyer?
Abe Froman
Chicago, IL
Abe, I would describe "non-lawyerly advice" as being advice that is given not as an attorney, paralegal, or under the pretense of being one. The First Amendment protects free speech and liberally allows individuals to opine on a myriad of topics (politics, religion, and, yes, even law). If a friend has a legal problem and seeks advice from a friend who is a layperson, such advice should not be taken as legal... especially when no fee or recompense is involved.
Let me know if further edification is required.
Clearly that argument worked for you Sid, hence the Consent Order for your actions.
Again, you are a joke, a disgrace, and your refusal to actually make sure you are doing things right is disgusting and harmful to Crystal.
Even Kenny has admitted he thinks you are a joke on your Nifong obsession.
Have you ever sought a diagnosis for your paranoia (which has followed you for years), or do you just assume that anyone who disagrees with you is paranoid and scared?
Sid,
What is sad ... you clearly want attention, but everyone knows you are such a joke, no one you are defaming even bothers to waste the time to send you a cease and desist letter - they know that no one takes you seriously. You are just crying out for a defamation lawsuit, but you aren't worth it.
You really are mentally ill, and should seek help. You left California in disgrace after an affair, and left behind a lot of failed businesses and lawsuits.
I really hope you get the help you need so you can enjoy what should be your golden years - but you clearly have a mental illness, and I'm done mocking you on this blog. It was one thing when I though you could actually fight back, but you can't. You are just pathetic, and that's sad.
I'm not going to keep poking at you just to see your predictable, mentally ill, paranoid responses. You have a lot of talent as evidenced by your sharlogs, but you waste it because you clearly have paranoid delusions and a mental illness.
This site is no longer fun, it's just sad as we watch you fade further and further into dementia.
I'm done.
Please get the help you need.
Anonymous said:Even Kenny has admitted he thinks you are a joke on your Nifong obsession"......... I think no such thing. Both Crystal and Dr. Harr, members of Justice4Nifong, believe that DA Nifong was treated unjustly. Incidentally all three of them are victims of an on-going payback vendetta because they dared to go after some entitled sons of privilege.
to the 2:45:
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Kenny,
You admitted earlier that Nifong prosecuted without credible evidence. Are you backing away from that?
Kenny,
Why did Crystal falsely accuse Evans, Finnerty and Seligmann of raping her? Was she confused or was she lying?
Kenny,
Why didn't the DPD conduct a bona fide investigation? Why didn't Nifong demand one?
John D. Smith said: "Rather than provide a repetition of your opinions, a serious response would have examined each of the examples I cited"......... I have no legal training and unlike Dr. Harr I have no experience with the legal system. The perception I, and most others, have is that the American Legal System is absolutely corrupt and justice there is selective. High power attorneys can get anybody off no matter how guilty they are; think OJ Simpson, Casey Anthony, Robert Blake, George Zimmermann etc., etc., while the poor people and minorities are provided with a minimal and inadequate defence. Police and prosecutors roll over the half hearted defence mounted by reluctant and poorly compensated attorneys appointed by the Court. Bails are set impossibly high for the poor and the right to have a speedy trial is abrogated. Pleas deals are rampant and when an innocent person refuses to plead guilty to lesser charge vindictive prosecutions ensue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prijiQFZxtI
Anonymous said: You admitted earlier that Nifong prosecuted without credible evidence. Are you backing away from that"........When and where did I say that.
Kenny,
You still did not answer my specific questions.
I do not intend to respond to your narrative. Why does it take repeated attempts to get you to answer a simple question:
Is Dr. Harr qualified to provide legal advice?
John D. Smith
New York, NY
Where did you concede that Nifong prosecuted with no credible evidence. On this board.
When? Sometime in the last couple of months or so.
Anonymous said: "Why did Crystal falsely accuse Evans, Finnerty and Seligmann of raping her". Crystal was subjected to a flawed photo line-up and assured that her three assailants were present. She was then asked to pick them out. She did so to the best of her ability and in the case of Colin Finnerty she made an understandable error. It's not her fault that without a proper police investigation Finnerty was charged.
John D Smith said: Is Dr. Harr qualified to provide legal advice" ............... Not according to the laws of North Carolina. However Dr. Harr knows more about this case then anyone. Any Attorney committed to give Crystal the defence
d she deserves would seek to have his input.
Kenny,
Your answer at 3:41 demonstrates why no one takes you seriously.
As you know, the special prosecutors found Seligmann's alibi evidence so strong that he was the first defendant they cleared. The witness statements and electronic evidence almost certainly placed him elsewhere.
You noted that Nifong claimed after his disbarment that he found Seligmann's alibi to be contrived. As you know, Nifong's statement was entirely self-serving and not supported by any evidence.
Your refusal to concede that Mangum also erred in her identification of Seligmann demonstrates that your posts are intended only to provoke other posters.
Kenny,
How well do you think Sidney understands the law?
John D. Smith
New York, NY
Dr. Harr,
Too many posters at your blog fail to treat kenhyderal with the respect he deserves.
Kenhyderal supporter,
I beg to disagree. Most posters treat kenhyderal with all the respect he deserves.
Actually, a few treat Kenny with more respect than he deserves.
Please remember guoiwen that a sarcastic man is a wounded man.
I believe guiowen was being serious in his 8:57 comment. He was not being sarcastic.
Kenny - how can you say it's not Crystal's fault that the wrong people were charged? She identified them. And, she shouldn't have had to be assured that her alleged attackers were in the lineup - by your own admission, she just chose 3 random people, and was not the 100% sure she claimed to be.
Shoddy police work did not make Crystal lie about who attacked her. She did that herself. If she wasn't sure, why did she say she was?
And, Sid knows nothing relevant about this current case - the attorneys and their experts had all the information, and more (though as I am sure we will see shortly, IDS and all the other experts are part of the conspiracy as well).
You get all the disrespect you and Sid deserve.
to the 5:21 Anon,
You're quite right.
Anonymous said: " - by your own admission, she just chose 3 random people, and was not the 100% sure she claimed to be" ......................No she did not, she tried her best to be helpful. As far as, drugging kidnapping and assault, there are some who believe that she got one or two of them correct. Those who actually raped her were not in the line-up. Their DNA, extracted from sperm and unexplained by her checked out sexual history, was never identified or even attempted to be identified. The claim was, they did not wish to embarrass anyone. The innuendo being she was engaging in prostitution. As long as AG Cooper could claim the three charged were cleared the State was off the hook with the powerful Families and the Trial Lawyers could get on with their greedy lawsuits. The poor Minority woman, with no political power, working as an escort could be sacrificed.
Kenny,
Your 8:14 comment once again why no one takes you seriously.
You rely on completely unsupported innuendo. You should be ashamed of yourself for posting such tripe.
It's funny how allegations of prostitution have always followed Crystal, but according to Kenny, she is probably the only private dancer/stripper in history to never include extra services.
If she wanted to be helpful, she would have told the police that her alleged rapists weren't in the lineup. She didn't - she just piced 3 people, and Nifong went after them - and kept going even after he knew they were innocent.
I think it's funny how Kenny claims that allegations that Crystal was a prostitute are defamatory, but allegations that dozens of players covered up a brutal gang rape are not. The first has some credible, albeit circumstantial, evidence to support it. The second has no support except Crystal's confused allegation.
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