We cannot have Tunnell and his former lawyer, Glenn Hess, controlling the State Attorney’s Office.

I just watched the NASA enhanced videotape of the execution of Martin Lee Anderson by the thugs hired by Guy Tunnell exercising Tunnell’s established policies and practices.

http://www.martinleeanderson.com/mpg/video1.wmv

If this was your child being executed and the Boot Camp nurse finally intervening to verify the execution was successful, and you said the guards did nothing wrong, then let God have mercy on your soul.  Again, to have Tunnell and his former lawyer, Glenn Hess, back in the State Attorney’s Office would by a travesty and the end of civil rights in the 14th Judicial Circuit.  Come on folk, wake up.  Meadows ain’t no perfect choice, but he he’s the lesser of two evils compared to Hess and Tunnell.

I recall the Stockton Hess PTI agreement made no mention of the payoffs and the Hess payoffs were concealed from the court.  The law considered by the Grand Jury was that a State Attorney, individually or with law enforcement involvement, is unauthorized to monetarily fine a defendant.  Only a court can issue a fine as a sentence.  “Cash Register Justice” was akin to those speeding traps in little towns where the cops pull you over and will drop the speeding ticket there on the spot if you pay the cop directly.  This is a practice that has been outlawed and is considered “bribery” made a criminal felony offense in Florida, Section 838.015, Florida Statutes since 1974.  It includes offering a bribe, such as the Sister Milligan/Stockton Hess offer and payment, as well as accepting a bribe, as did PCPD and the Guardian Ad Litem Office where Lynn Hess once worked.  Glenn Hess is trying to put a kabosh on the Grand Jury as part of his platform by screening complaints by committee.

The “donation” (or payoff) was found by Grand Jury to be unlawful citing to other court decisions and recognized that after the GJ investigation started, Appleman voluntarily stopped the illegal scheme.  Appleman, Sister Milligan, Stockton Hess of Ebro Dog Track, PCPD officials, and court officials (Guardian Ad Litem) escaped an indictment by the GJ because the GJ recognized Appleman voluntarily stopped it BEFORE the GJ issued its critical Presentment in which the GJ advised that illegal practice never be revived.  Another explanation of why nobody was indicated is the the Special Prosecutor Harry Lee Coe had his own ties to Dog Tracks as was later investigated.  After the investigation began and was published in the media, Coe committed suicide.  The last explanation for no indictments is that such indictments would have cleaned out as a major scandal those in the state attorney’s office, law enforcement, and the Guardian Ad Litem office involved in the illegal practice.

Well truthfinder I see that you are up to your usual misleading statements. Wasn’t that “payoff” part of a pre-trial diversion program in which the perps had to make a contribution to a local charity and reimburse the law enforcement agency for thier investigative expenses???? This was done instead of paying a fine to the court system. The perp then had to complete a period of unsupervised probation in exchange for the charges being dropped. This was a standard practice of the State Attorney’s Office under Jim Appleman who employed Steve Meadows at the time. Didn’t the Grand Jury find this practice was unethical but not illegal and call it “Cash Register Justice”? And didn’t Appleman discontinue the program right after the Grand Jury published its findings??? No back room deals!!! No payoffs!!! Just you making misleading statements. But I’m up again and off to work to protect YOUR right to make them.

The Grand Jury is the most important and powerful function we have to protect us as citizens from government oppression, retaliation, corruption, and crime.  When properly functioning the twenty one (21) members of a Grand Jury has a veto power over every public office from dog catcher to Governor in the Florida.  When controlled by the State’s Attorney’s office, who advises the Grand Jury under Chapter 905 F.S., it is as well corrupted.  State Attorney Glenn Hess announced at a recent that he wants to establish a handpicked “committee” to screen and filter out complaints by citizens to the Grand Jury.  This is terrifying.  Every complaint filed with the Grand Jury should be forwarded to all 21 members.  In 1993 the Grand Jury found Stockton Hess, owner of Ebro Dog Track, made a payoff to PCPD and the courts to have cocaine charges reduced.  Glenn Hess’s law firm represented Alexis Ebro Dog Track Services.  Sister Martha Milligan arranged the payoff for Hess.  We cannot vote for Hess.