Open Letter to Lexington Judge Ernesto Scorsone

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LexingtonChristopher Hignite

Open letter to Lexington Judge, Honorable ErnestoScorsoneNovember 19th, 2010 2:31 am ET

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I have been following the false arrests of Pleas

Lucian Kavanaugh for some time now. I recently re-

posted Lucian's blog detailing the shenanigans that

he has dealt with in his most recent attempt at

freedom. This has led to some interesting new

developments.

The police officer that accused Lucian has been

reprimanded. Detective Elizabeth Adams was

charged with unsatisfactory performance and

violation of DOP Gen. Order 73-2H Operational rule

1.11. Her punishment is 40 hours suspension withou

pay and an employee development program to be

completed within 6 months. I don't know about you

but that leads me to question the reliability of her

testimony and decision to single out Mr. Kavanaugh.

Bobby Gullette just filed a motion to put Lucian in jail

until trial (February 23) because of what he wrote in

his blog and I re-posted. He even submitted a

photocopy of his blog into the record. Lucian hascourt today, November 19, at 1pm to decide what

Scorsone is going to do. Lucian has the right to air hi

case and/or write about it on the internet. Gullette's

attempt to punish him for this should be considered a

First Amendment violation.

What follows is a letter from Mr. Kavanaugh to the

judge in this case, Ernesto Scorsone:

Wednesday, November 17, 2010A Letter to the

Judge Ernesto ScorsonePhoto: Matt Goins, Lexington Herald-

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While bias is understood to be an intrinsically human

characteristic, that urge to presume on the basis of

often erroneous information such as criminal history

and passing innuendo, one can only hope that Lady

Justices eyes remain shrouded as they should and

implore that the prosecution and the defense beregarded equally so that no quarter be provided Mr.

Gullette which isnt summarily endowed upon myself

as well. It seems a most humble and reasonable

request; a mere reiteration of the most fundamental

inherence of any worthwhile legal system.

Which isnt to suggest that one good foul deserves

another or any such twist of illogic, but only that in th

totality of this specific circumstance, it is difficult tofathom how one could arrive at the conclusion that

my incarceration is the proper remedy for an isolated

incident of inconvenient scheduling by arbiters.

Furthermore, if the respective sides are to be held to

an even remotely comparable standard, then it is

noteworthy that Mr. Gullette has failed to appear at

multiple appointments during the course of the last

year without so much as a verbal reprimand or even

an apology.

This most recent mishap, for which I am currently

held responsible, is more accurately, a hybrid of both

the prosecutors failure to appear on November 4th

and a rather perplexing failure to acknowledge my

lack of availability on November 8th.

If the court will pardon the insistence, I deliberately

submitted that I would be out of town in order to avoi

the very dilemma in which I presently find myself.That the point has gone unnoticed and that I came to

be regarded as the primary culprit of this mishap

contradicts even the most unrefined conception of

fairness and alludes to a major point of concern in m

mind

It has been the experience that my extensive

involvement with the Lexington Police Department

has served to disrepute me among certain members

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of the local establishment. Incidentally, the suspicion

has been confirmed on several occasions over the

years by a myriad of officials, both on and off the

record, to include a former member of the judiciary.

And while it would be far from me to insist that such i

the case in this particular example, I must admit to

regard the question with no small measure of

trepidation.

Studies have highlighted the multitude of challenges

confronting an indigent defender in the criminal

justice system ranging from the typical lack of access

to resources and overloaded public advocates to

unabashed disparities in rates of detainment pending

trial, conviction and even capital punishment.

In such a flagrantly lopsided system, a temperate

arbitrator serves as perhaps the greatest barrier

between a less fortunate socio-economic status and

injustice. To condone the denial of that single respite

is to sanction the deprivation of justice altogether.

Without it, I am lost before the first word was ever

uttered on my behalf. And if the police have

succeeded as the saboteurs of my life, then the

judiciary should now play the role of my executioner.

But I remain hopeful that all has not been lost in a

swift gust of disparaging conjecture and have faith

that my liberty should not be stamped out with

calloused indifference and shameless preferentiality.

I maintain my innocence and have no doubt that time

will readily disprove my accusers as it unseats all

things shoddily founded. In the interim, I hope to be

allowed the benefit of the doubt due a presumably

innocent man and respectfully request to remain free

until such time as a jury of my peers should decide

otherwise.

Sincerely,

Pleas Lucian Kavanaugh

Lucian's letter is not meant to enflame the courts,

Judge Scorsone nor prosecutor Gullette. It is merely

a plea for fairness and consideration. Lucian is no

threat to society. The court is in no danger of Lucian

murder

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attempting to flee and fail to face his trial.

Honorable Judge Scorsone please show the wisdom

of Solomon and use your bench to ensure justice not

punishment. Lucian, I believe the evidence will show

is innocent of the charges brought against him. One

mistake navigating the mazes of the criminal justice

system should not mean Lucian's loss of freedom

until his trial date of February 23d.

Lucian's point is well taken. Members of the airport

board, upper white middle-class, were treated with

kid gloves even after being convicted of their crimes.

Lucian has shown repeatedly that bias in the police

department is the cause of his repeated arrests. His

only crime, it could be said, is filing a civil suit agains

the city for false arrest. At least, it seems, elements in

the police department think so.

Please allow Lucian the dignity of his freedom and

the ability to fight his case until he can prove his

innocence at trial.

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