Tuesday, April 12, 2016

The Same Modus Operandi

In the news today, I read that a man named Vitaliy Krasnoperov has been convicted with the sentence of life without parole for aiding in a cover up of a murder.  This is his third trial in Orange County and who is the prosecutor?  It is the same one Dean had.  So being curious, I read his grant of appeal for a new trial after his second one.  In that appellate brief, it stated how the prosecutor somehow managed to get a snitch to say he lied in the first trial, and now he wants to tell the truth that this defendant did know about the hiring of a hitman.  This confession again happened during a recess in the office of the prosecutor with his investigator.(just like in Deans case)  That was the first misconduct by the prosecutor.  Then, the prosecutor used words said in a proffer agreement against the defendant which he was not supposed to do.   I am sure there were more lies to the jury; and the appellate court said he misrepresented things to the jury in his instructions as he did with Dean's jury.  So...the appellate court granted Vitaliy another trial.   In his third trial, he got a conviction again.  I wonder what the prosecutor did this time?  Maybe distract the jury every time an important defense witness was on the stand?  Remember Dean's trial?  Every time there was a good defense witness, the prosecutor played with his computer, beeping it , and had detectives walk in and talk to him with a paper in their hands like something important was going on.  This all done behind the defense attorney's back.  Every time the door opened and a detective strided in importantly to talk to the prosecutor, the whole jury turned and watched, and missed defense testimony.  He also played with the screen on his computer, and turned it so the jury could see terrible photos, while the defense was talking to a witness.    It's easy to find dumb jurors in Orange County to get a conviction.   At least some members of the appellate court are on to the the misconduct of prosecutors.  I just wish we had the same appellate judges read Deans appeal.    It is probably too late for Dean unless a miracle happens, and a snitch finally tells the truth.   Dean does not deserve the sentence "without parole" as this Vitaliy does not.  People who are serving life in prison for a crime they committed under the age of 24 (when we all make bad choices) deserve a chance at parole after 10, 15, or 20 years of prison if there has been good behavior and rehabilitation.  Jurors need to pay attention to what they are deciding.  Since the world is full of lazy morons, there will continue to be bad juror decisions and more appeals.   It's a circus.
  Meanwhile, Dean is writing stories, completing college courses, and managing his situation well. Taxpayers are paying for it, when he could be a very productive citizen.
I hope this Vitaliy can handle it also.   His first trial was in 2007, the second in 2011, and now this one.  Because the prosecutor somehow got it to be a capital offense (like with Dean), Vitaliy had to wait for his trial in jail until 2016.   What a joke.
Like I have always said, "Never commit a crime or hang around with those that do, because if you think you will get a fair trial, you are wrong.".