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| Drawing: Kathe Kollwitz, (1867-1945). Kollwitz is a major anti-fascist artist who lived in Germany, and never recovered from the death of her young son killed in World War I. |
Both Avery and Dassey were framed, unjustly charged, unjustly prosecuted and unjustly convicted of murder in two different trials where two mutually exclusive tales of the murder were presented to the juries. [See WorkwithKZ for updated legal filings.]
God is not responsible. There was no rule of law. This injustice is the unlawful work of corrupt cops with a frightening capacity to prey on children. Read Michele LaVigne and Sally U. Miles' paper, Under the Hood: Brendan Dassey, Language Impairments, and Judicial Ignorance, and consider how Wiegert, Fassbender, and in a different capacity, one Judge David F. Hamilton of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, can live with themselves.
Law enforcement is carried out by individuals for whom empirical rigor, rules of logic, social justice, civil liberties, human rights and intellectual honesty are seen as either barriers to overcome or academic pursuits irrelevant to their jobs.
Perverse will without the rule of law guided events leading to Avery and Dassey's conviction, and now the quest for freedom and exoneration.
The men and women of the Manitowoc County Sheriff Office, the Calumet County Sheriff Office, district attorneys, corrupt judges worked to convict innocent men, with no public dissent from cops.
The Wisconsin Dept of Justice led by Attorney General Joshua Kaul (D) has enlisted the help of corrupt prosecutors Mark Williams, Asst Attorney General and Special Prosecutor Thomas J. Fallon and Special Prosecutor Norman Gahn to keep Avery in prison, and to protect Wisconsin law enforcement.
"Despotism is a plan alone, without law and without rule, leading all its will and caprices," wrote Montesquieu. Montesquieu's characterization of tyranny presages sex offender and prosecuting trial attorney Ken Kratz, Kratz' legal champion Joshua Kaul, Williams, Fallon and Gahn.
This weekend advocates for Dassey and Avery vowed to see Avery and Dassey exonerated. Only a fool would underestimate their determination.
From Kathleen Zellner, Avery's post-conviction attorney:
Steven's loyal supporters will never give up. We HEAR you and it gives us the strength and courage to fight on. #TruthWins #Makingamurderer #Onward pic.twitter.com/sCCoXyQKC0— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) June 16, 2019
The Avery and Dassey injustices would not occur everywhere in Wisconsin. Not in Dane County today, for example. [Note in 1994-95, some of the major elements and dynamics in police misconduct were used to arrest, charge and convict an innocent woman, Penny Brummer, in Dane County though in Ms. Brummer's case she drew the attention of law enforcement because she is an out lesbian, hence suspicious in the minds of late 20th century law enforcement. Brummer remains in prison.]
But it remains convenient, good for a career in law enforcement, to frame innocent people in many jurisdictions in Wisconsin.
Writes John Ferak in the book, Wrecking Crew, Demolishing The Case Against Steven Avery (Wild Blue Press):
Being a sheriff's deputy in a small town means something. It means clout. It makes you somebody. You are given enormous power to mess with somebody's civil rights and freedoms. Want to harass somebody? Want to make somebody's life miserable? Want to intimidate someone? Want to rough someone up? Most cops who operate on the dark side of the law know what they can get away with. (Page 75. Chapter Nine, Shady Department)
Stay tuned. Steven Avery, Brendan Dassey, attorney Kathleen Zellner and millions of supporters worldwide are not going anywhere.
See WorkwithKZ for updated legal filings.
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