Wednesday, July 14, 2010

A bit of relief for Crystal Mangum in court

On Monday, July 12, 2010, Ms. Mangum attended court for a hearing in which she had the condition for house arrest removed, yet she remained under electronic surveillance. She is now free to leave the small confines of her residence and its porch, but is limited with respect to the time she is free, as she is under curfew from 5:00 pm until 8:00 am. These limits, which are supposed to currently in place, were set by individuals from the Pre-trial Jail Diversion program, specifically Ms. Christie Long. Attempts to reach her for an explanation have been unsuccessful. Wake County Superior Court Judge Michael Morgan gave the Pre-trial staff the discretion of parameters of her monitoring, including hours of curfew.

Judge Morgan was brought into the hearing when Judge Kenneth Titus, for reasons unknown, did not make an appearance. He seemed to be relatively unfamiliar with the case, which is to be expected, and was not specific about the monitoring. On both occasions when Ms. Mangum attempted to address the court, Judge Morgan inexplicably denied her the opportunity, telling her instead to confer with her counsel, who would then communicate with him.

Prosecutor Angela Garcia-Lamarca argued that Crystal Mangum’s three children were victim’s of Ms. Mangum because she set clothes on fire in the bathtub while they were in the house… a charge that Ms. Mangum has steadily denied. The judge appeared to side with Ms. Garcia-Lamarca by conceding to her request that the children’s visits with their mother are supervised.

At the trial’s end, Public Defender Clayton Jones requested that he be removed as attorney of record for Crystal Mangum. He cited meddling by members of the Committee on Justice for Mike Nifong as the reason, stating that it interfered with his ability to adequately represent his client. Judge Morgan granted this request, and the high ranking officer in the Public Defender’s Office is believed to be seeking other counsel for Ms. Mangum.

Well attended by the media, the hearing got off to a rather auspicious start when the location of the hearing was shifted from court to court, and it was learned that the judge who had scheduled the hearing a week earlier would not be sitting on the bench.

All in all, Ms. Mangum landed on the positive side of the ledger, having been removed from the stringent conditions of house arrest, and being to enjoy periods of unsupervised freedom. The process of obtaining justice for Ms. Mangum has been like peeling an onion… removing one layer at a time. Next on the agenda for Ms. Mangum’s justice is working to do away with all monitoring of Ms. Mangum. This monitoring is solely punitive, of no beneficial value to Ms. Mangum or the state, and is an unnecessary financial burden to the taxpayers. Social services or Child Protective Services should restore unbridled visitation rights of Ms. Mangum with her children without much ado.

Little by little the prosecution in this flawed and trumped up case is being pushed to the brink. Any leverage it had to force Ms. Mangum to accept a plea deal has been drastically whittled to the size of a toothpick. One thing is certain, and that is that what happened to James Arthur Johnson under the watch of the NAACP, will not happen to Ms. Mangum. The only question is whether the prosecutor will use common sense and take the initiative to drop all charges, or proceed naked into the blades of a whirlwind, fueled by the Committee on Justice for Mike Nifong. Pursuing the later course will put many of Durham’s Finest on the line and in the spotlight… facing the possibility of committing perjury in order to keep in lockstep with the Carpetbagger Jihad’s Plan of Retribution. The question… is it worth it? I don’t think so.

A link is provided below to take you to our website’s news directory. Click on the button that reads, “Posted: July 14, 2010” to see detailed examples of how the prosecution’s case falls apart.

LINK: http://justice4nifong.com/btnnews/btnnews.htm

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

nifongsupporter said-
"The only question is whether the prosecutor will use common sense and take the initiative to drop all charges, or proceed naked into the blades of a whirlwind, fueled by the Committee on Justice for Mike Nifong."

--Not much more wind than a fart I'm sure.

Anonymous said...

More racist bigoted bullshit from Sidney Harr!!!

Anonymous said...

Sidney Harr, the manster who applauded the hijacking, abduction rape, sodomizing, torture and ultimately murder of Shannon Christian and Christopher Newsom saying that they deserved it because they were White.

Anonymous said...

@ anon 12pm Where is the citation that Sid said this? I don't like his opinions, but that is rather extreme. Do you have a reference.

guiowen said...

I generally don't agree with Sid, but I honestly don't think he ever said this. If you have a reference, I'd like to see it.

Anonymous said...

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"Judge Morgan was brought into the hearing
when Judge Kenneth Titus, for reasons unknown,
did not make an appearance."

Sidney, Titus presided over some of those interminable
settings during the lacrosse rape pre-trial phase.

No doubt he wanted nothing to do with anything
lacrosse rape related.

The lacrosse rape experts here of course know this.

They of course will never lift a finger to help you.

It's all mis-direction, lies and lacrosse bullshit
from these lacrosse stripper people.

The victim has the credibility of Mother Teresa
compared to the crowd you get here.

Why is that?

.

Durham Witch Hunt said...

A judge making decisions on a case that they are not familiar with? Of course they are going to side with the prosecution.
The link you provided to the actual police reports showing the officer comments are telling.

Nifong Supporter said...


Anonymous said...
"Sidney Harr, the manster who applauded the hijacking, abduction rape, sodomizing, torture and ultimately murder of Shannon Christian and Christopher Newsom saying that they deserved it because they were White."


Thank you, Anonymous 12:27pm and guiowen, for your support. I know nothing about Shannon Christian or Christopher Newsom, or their cases. I would never applaud mistreatment of anyone, regardless of race.

I not only advocate for justice for Crystal Mangum and Mike Nifong, but also for others unfairly treated, like Gregory Taylor and Alan Gell. Gell should be released from jail immediately.

Nifong Supporter said...


Durham Witch Hunt said...
"A judge making decisions on a case that they are not familiar with? Of course they are going to side with the prosecution.
The link you provided to the actual police reports showing the officer comments are telling."


Police and fire reports obtained through discovery by defense, were never meant to see the light of day. Had it not been for Ms. Mangum being bonded out by a benevolent and generous bail bondsman, they would still be hidden and Ms. Mangum would still be languishing in jail on trumped up charges.

I will provide more additional documentation, to substantiate my claims of the bogus nature of the charges against Ms. Mangum, in future blogs with links.

The Louvre of DNA is a nasty-ass hoor said...

Durham Witch Hunt - Of course they are going to side with the prosecution.

Several decisions went in Crystal's favor on Monday.

Only the truly delusionals like Sidney might have thought that she would be released on Monday and all charges dropped.

She deserves the opportunity to prove her innocence in court! And if she is convicted, to 'sort things out' via appeal.

Anonymous said...

Louvre said...
"She deserves the opportunity to prove her innocence in court!"

Sorry pal, you got it backwards. The state must prove her guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in our system of justice. I'm not necessarily for CGM, but if you comment have your facts straight.
I'm against anyone getting railroaded by the legal system, and it seem to happen much more than I thought. I've been paying attention to the Tonya Craft affair in North GA and this was another attempt to railroad an innocent person, probably to garner federal dollars for the county legal system.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous 4:33,

Sorry pal, you got it backwards. The state must prove her guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in our system of justice. I'm not necessarily for CGM, but if you comment have your facts straight.

Louvre was obviously being facetious. His comment was making fun of Dick Brodhead, President of Duke, and Bob Steel, Chairman of the Duke Board of Trustees. Brodhead was quoted publicly that he looked forward to a trial so that his students could prove their innocence. Steel said that if the students were unfairly convicted that they could sort it out on appeal.

Perhaps you should take your own advice: "if you comment have your facts straight."

Anonymous said...

Correction: Steel is the former chairman. His term expired.

Anonymous said...

Correction correction:

New York City Deputy Mayor for Economic Development.

Darn those facts just keep changing.

Anonymous said...

Fair enough. But the fact remains we live in an innocent until proven guilty system. I do appreciate the subtle reference now that you've pointed it out. I've been following 2 cases in North GA where the prosecution took the same "prove their innocence" stance and it just galls me. How can supposedly educated people like Broadhead and others so fundamentally misunderstand our system of juris prudence? The DA of the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit said after a recent lost trial that the state did not receive a fair trial! What an ass! And what a perverted view of the legal system

The Louvre of DNA is a nasty-ass hoor said...

Sidney - the bogus nature of the charges against Ms. Mangum

Sidney, why is it that the black DA of Durham is continuing with 'bogus' charges against Crystal? What possible reason would the black DA of Durham have to join the 'jihad' as you like to call it. Tracey Cline, the black DA of Durham was a majot Nifong supporter, and his right-hand man.

While you're at it, can you explain why the Durham PD is joining in this 'jihad'? For what possible reason could the DPD want retribution against Crystal?

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Nifong Supporter said...

The Carpetbagger Jihad was launched by Rae Evans, and those in power plan to carry it out. The Durham Police Department, in the overall scope of things, is but a pawn.

Moving along, as you know, Duke University recently leveled the house at 610 North Buchanan Boulevard in Durham. It comes as no surprise to me.


In a few minutes, I will post a blog about it, and it will include a link to a quiz about the trumped up charges against Ms. Mangum.

Anonymous said...

A number of pro sidney posters have made statements to the effect that the Falsely accused Lacrosse team members should have gone to trial so they could prove their innocence or to exonerate themselves.

I believe Sidney Harr has posted statements on his blog to the effect that the lack of evidence against the falsely accused lacrosse team members was not exculpatory because it did not show that they did not commit the alleged crime. That would imply that Mr. Harr believed the falsely accused lacrosse team members were under some obligation to prove their innocence.