Nov 11, 2007

Innocent Jailed Wisconsin Navy Vet's Plight on Radio


- Lee Rayburn for a full hour discussing the Keith Roberts obscenity - [Give the show's file some time to load, long show.]

Madison, Wisconsin — Navy Airman Keith Roberts (1969-71) sits in a federal penitentiary in Minnesota, serving a 48-month sentence since March, awaiting news from the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit of his appeal for his conviction on federal wire fraud.

The honorably discharged veteran’s criminal conviction is based upon the U.S. Dept of Justice’s assertions, made through the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Stephen Biskupic, that Roberts lied about his relationship with and his actions pertaining to a fellow Navy airman who was crushed to death by a C-54 transport aircraft in a Feb. 1969 accident at a Naval airbase in Naples, Italy.

The Lee Rayburn show on Madison's The MIC (92.1 F.M., Madison, Wisconsin) has covered the case thoroughly.

Listen to Lee Rayburn for a full hour discussing the Keith Roberts obscenity.

- Listen to Wisconsin Public Radio News (May 10, 2007).

Oral Arguments in U.S. v. Roberts
Access oral arguments held Oct. 25, 2007. [Enter 07-1546 in the Case Number's fields by entering 07 in the "Year," and entering 1546 in the "Year Fragment's" field. Give the file some 45 seconds at least to load.]

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2 comments:

  1. A disturbing prosecution for me to learn about as a Korean Vet, that Wisconsin prosecutor Steven M. Biskupic chose Keith Roberts to pursue and gain a conviction. He and the court throws all of the earlier affirmative disability decisions out the window in order to hang Keith. Could it be that he would investigate all of the board members who approved Keith's disability and dig up some imagined mail fraud against each one for prosecution? Apparently, not impossible in Wisconsin. Railroading is still alive and well.

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  2. That's for sure.

    This is appalling.

    Here's a piece (the URL) related in subject matter that you might be interested in:

    http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_vas_claim_dodge

    "The VA's Claim Dodge"
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