CCMS – California courts’ new case management system – ongoing concerns of serious Human Rights violations

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CCMS must be subjected to publicly and legally accountable validation.

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Los Angeles, February 24 – Following Corporate Counsel’s recent report, “Critics Cry 'Reboot' at Troubled Court Case Management”, [1] regarding the new California courts’ case management system, CCMS, Human Rights Alert has sent corrections and comments to the editor:

1) Please stand corrected regarding the opening statement: "...clunky legacies of the days when counties, not the state, funded courthouses."

In the late 2000s, the 70 year old former US prosecutor Richard Fine exposed, publicized, and rebuked the fact that all Los Angeles County Superior Court judges continued to secretly accept payment (~$45,000 per judge per year) for over a decade, failed to list the payments in their annual outcome income disclosures, and failed to disclose the payments to parties in cases involving the payer - Los Angeles County. In parallel, Richard Fine documented that it became practically impossible to win a case in court against Los Angeles County. Media described the payments as "bribes".

In 2008 such payments were ruled as "not permitted".

On February 20, 2009, the California governor hastily signed "retroactive immunities" ("pardons") for all judges, who received such payments at the behest of the California Judicial Council. Albeit, the California Constitution prohibits retroactive laws.

On March 4, 2009 Richard Fine was arrested in open court by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Warrant Detail, albeit, with no warrant at all. He was consequently held for 18 months in solitary confinement, while no judgment, conviction, or sentencing was ever entered in his case. [2]

In summer 2010, Human Rights Alert's submission regarding conditions in the Los Angeles County courts, including, but not limited to, large scale false imprisonments, [3] housing/financial institution fraud in the courts, and fraud opined in Sustain, the Court's current case management system, [4] led to official United Nations report, referring to "corruption of the courts and the legal profession, and discrimination by law enforcement in California". [5]

2) The new case management system of the California courts (CCMS) is a cause for serious Human Rights concerns.

In June 2010 Human Rights Alert issued the following statement: The April 12, 2010 Status Report by the California Judicial Council in re: CCMS development and implementation, must be a reason for grave concerns of Human Rights abuses, and must be subjected to publicly and legally accountable validation. [6]

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LINKS:

[1] 11-02-28 Critics Cry 'Reboot' at Troubled Court Case Management (CCMS) - Corporate Counsel

http://www.scribd.com/doc/49449647/

[2] 09-12-17 Richard Isaac Fine - Review

http://www.scribd.com/doc/24729084/

[3] 09-12-17-Rampart-FIPs (Falsely Imprisoned Persons) - Review

http://www.scribd.com/doc/24729660/

[4] 11-02-06 Sustain Technologies - Corruption of the State Courts Has Deep Roots in Los Angeles County, California

http://www.scribd.com/doc/48294934/

[5] 10-04-19 Human Rights Alert (NG0) submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2010 Review (UPR) of Human Rights in the United States as incorporated into the UPR staff report:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/38566837/

[6] 10-06-14 New Case Management System (CCMS) of the California Courts - Serious Human

Rights Concern

http://www.scribd.com/doc/33073055/

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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES?

* "On July 26, 2010, Laurence Tribe, Senior Counsel for the United States Department of Justice, Access to Justice Initiative, delivered an important speech to the Conference of Chief Justices, challenging them to halt the disintegration of our state justice systems before they become indistinguishable from courts of third world nations."

Prof Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law School (2010), per National Defender Leadership Institute

http://www.nlada.net/library/article/national_dojspeechto%20chiefjustice07-26-2010_gideonalert

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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA?

* "Innocent people remain in prison"

* "...the LA Superior Court and the DA office, the two other parts of the justice system that the Blue Panel Report recommends must be investigated relative to the integrity of the system, have not produced any response that we know of..."

LAPD Blue Ribbon Review Panel Report (2006)

http://www.scribd.com/doc/24902306/

* "...judges tried and sentenced a staggering number of people for crimes they did not commit."

Prof David Burcham, Dean, Loyola Law School, LA (2001)

http://www.scribd.com/doc/29043589/

* "This is conduct associated with the most repressive dictators and police states... and judges must share responsibility when innocent people are convicted."

Prof Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, Irvine Law School (2001)

http://www.scribd.com/doc/274339

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WHAT DID THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL STAFF REPORT SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA?

* "...corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California."

http://www.scribd.com/doc/38566837/