{"id":9754,"date":"2014-08-07T13:26:02","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T17:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=9754"},"modified":"2014-08-07T13:28:56","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T17:28:56","slug":"quitman-102-third-trial-set-for-19-august-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/quitman-102-third-trial-set-for-19-august-2014.html","title":{"rendered":"Quitman 10+2 third trial set for 19 August 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nWill three strikes against the prosecution\r\nmake it give up on trying to convict the Quitman 10+2?\r\nDear prosecutor, we know you read this blog, because\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/the-quitman-10-retrial-prosecution-reads-this-blog.html\">\r\nyou asked potential jurors at Lula Smart&#8217;s second trial<\/a>,\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\nHave you read or talked to or followed a blog called &ldquo;On the\r\nLake Front?&rdquo;\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nSo, dear prosecutor, when is enough enough?\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Quitman-Free-Press\/466588646685216?fref=nf\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"https:\/\/fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net\/hprofile-ak-frc3\/t1.0-1\/c57.15.185.185\/486760_608796789131067_626149776_n.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nFannie MJ Gibs\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/teamrural\/permalink\/10152615924681941\/\">\r\nnotes that<\/a> Quitman Free press\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=847559388588138&#038;id=466588646685216&#038;fref=nf\">\r\nposted on facebook yesterday<\/a>:\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\nThe retrial voter fraud case has been set for August 19 at Brooks\r\nCounty Courthouse. See this week&#8217;s issue for details.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nSo far as I know, Quitman Free Press only prints on paper and\r\ndoes not post any articles online,\r\nso we have to guess they&#8217;re referring to the Quitman 10.\r\n<p>\r\nWhen George Rhynes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2010\/12\/south-georgia-gbi-roundup-of-blacks-in-quitman.html\">first posted about the arrests\r\nof the Quitman 10 in December 2010<\/a>, he remarked:\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\nToday&#8217;s arrest will surely end up in the courts.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nWho would have expected it to be in the courts <em>three times<\/em>?\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/brooks-county-board-of-elections-2012-07-17.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017616917ad0970c-pi.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nIn July 2012, the Chair of the Brooks County Board of Elections\r\ntried to throw George Boston Rhynes out of her board&#8217;s meeting<!--more-->\r\nfor videoing, betraying ignorance of state open meetings law.\r\nThen she unilaterally declared an executive session without a reason\r\nor a vote, also betraying her ignorance of state law.\r\nThis is the same Board of Elections that permitted the losers\r\nin the 2010 Board of Education primary to run in the general,\r\napparently in violation of state law, after calling in the GBI\r\nto investigate the winners.\r\nIt took some digging just to find out who is on that Board of Elections,\r\nbut\r\nthe Chair who tried to throw George Rhynes out was\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/who-are-the-brooks-county-board-of-elections.html\">\r\nNancy Duncan<\/a>.\r\nAnd the man at the head of the table who was put on suspension by the board was Ken Collins, Election Supervisor.\r\nHe had been in place for six months after the previous one,\r\nJohnny Spearman, resigned &#8220;Due to an unforseen illness&#8221;.\r\nThere do seem to be a lot of elections irregularities in Brooks County,\r\nbut a lot of them appear to be on the part of the Board of Elections.\r\n<p>\r\nThe first mistrial of Lula Smart\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/mistrial-in-first-quitman-10-trial.html\">\r\nended 28 September 2013<\/a>, in which we larned the GBI\r\nhad little training in voting investigations and they took ballots\r\nhome from the Board of Elections, plus the judge told George Rhynes\r\nno cameras were permitted in the courtroom, yet he let WCTV in.\r\n<p>\r\nThe second mistrial of Lula Smart\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/second-mistrial-of-lula-smart-of-the-quitman-10-2.html\">\r\nended 20 April 2014<\/a>, in which\r\nwe discovered the judge was directly involved in the case on trial:\r\nhe let the losers in the primary run as write-in candidates in the\r\ngeneral election, which appears to be in violation of state law.\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AGomVMSMOGI\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/AGomVMSMOGI\/mqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nAnd here&#8217;s George Boston Rhynes on YouTube 1 August 2014,\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AGomVMSMOGI\">\r\nQuitma 10+2 Introduction to 3rd Trial August 19, 2014<\/a>\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\nDistrict Attorney David Miller and the Quitman 10+2 must be\r\nquestioned along the lines of why a U.S. Postal Clerk along with a\r\nregistra have not been called out for correction or has a new\r\nprecedence been set for all times that workers can do whatever they\r\nwant without being called to a standard of professionalism.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AGomVMSMOGI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nNearly four years and on the third trial, what happened to\r\nthe Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial?\r\nWhat happened to the Fifth Amendment protection against double jeopardy?\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\n[N]or shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice\r\nput in jeopardy of life or limb&#8230;\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nSure, this is not a capital case, but it has dragged on so long one\r\nof the defendants has died.\r\n<p>\r\nDear prosecutor, when is enough enough?\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will three strikes against the prosecution make it give up on trying to convict the Quitman 10+2? 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