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Bond between police and accusers. Corruption from compensation payments, hush money, extortion, blackmail.
Come into my parlour said the spider
This is Mark
(Editor: We are taking a risk with this story by publishing the real name of the man in question with his permission, and pictures of him. We hope that this will be read mainly by decent Americans who will not use this information to damage him further but who, upon realizing the injustice and corruption carried out against him, and the implications for American society, will stand up and be counted. Particularly called upon are the Akron Beacon, newspaper in Cleveland, and the local Wooster newspaper, and local radio and TV stations. His trial is set for August 29th, 2005 in Wayne County Ohio (City of Wooster). If anyone can help him, we have his telephone number.)
My name is Mark Jason Henning. My story begins in the State of Ohio in the US where local police forces are busting a large percentage of the young male population aged 20-30 on the internet for talking dirty and calling it solicitation. There are no actual minors involved in any of theses arrests: all minors are actually cops pretending to be horny or curious minors who only have one topic in which they wish to discuss on the chat room. That topic being something sexual in nature so they can get an arrest. As I have researched into the corruption as it has ruined my life and should I lose at trial it will brand me a sex oriented offender. These officers are motivated by money or governmental grants alone. What I have found out is that these small town local police forces receive bigger grants/bigger bonuses for making more arrests and convictions. I have contacted local newspapers regarding this shocking statistic but no one seems to care at all.
This all began on August 27th 2004. I had gotten off from a terrible day of work that day, I had broken up with my girlfriend the day before (I had the intent to marry her prior to breaking up) I entered into Yahoo chat that evening. Usually online I am swamped by so many people that I do not exactly have time to read every single thing that is typed to me so I have IM boxes popping up all over the place. Many of these people are of course gay men, not that I have anything against it myself but sometimes these guys get online under 'female' aliases to try to get pictures or men to say something to get their jollies - this is just something I deal and have dealt with for a long time on line. Well that night I was extremely bored and sorta wanted my now recent ex girl friend, who also posed as other females online to try to pick up on me so she could then call me up and chew my butt out for not having given an answer that she approved of. (Editor. This is interesting that even his girlfriend could engage in entrapment).
That night I decided to enter into a chat room titled "Ohio discreet fun and sex". This room is a joke in a lot of ways to me. It is all full of men, and 'women' who are men playing games. I entered into this room and sat idle for a good 15 minutes while I ate dinner at my computer. While sitting there and eating I noticed a female spamming the room for "any hot guys in NE Ohio" and "any hung guys in NE Ohio". After say another 5 minutes of watching that I decided to go ahead and say hello to this person while holding at least a dozen other conversations along with the porn bot pop up adds which occur at a rate of 1 every 2-3 minutes, or more I would say. During this conversation the chat listed below occurred. While I was chatting with this person and numerous others, I was not really paying too overly much attention to any fine details. I was bored and wanted to chat, go to bed, and then wake up for work the next morning. While the chats were occurring I was receiving semi-nude pictures (topless) of a woman I guessed to be 35-45 years of age. The pictures were coming from someone's yahoo ID that I was not chatting with, so this confused the heck out of me as to who was sending them (was it my ex again or was it yet another guy trying to get his jollies on the computer? Hell I didn't know).
I now know that the pictures were coming from the cop chatting with me (posing as a woman) and referred a couple times during the chat about the pictures. If you follow the chat conversation on the other website you will see what all transpired but I must add that the format the chat is in on the site is not the format that I received it. A yahoo IM box is rather tiny in comparison and once you X or close out of it, you can not go back to see what was said. I normally X out of conversations in which I do not care what was said to my non buddies. I do not even remember seeing the first mention of the person's age in the chat conversation and I remember the cop asking me not "what do you want to do" but "what do you want to do to me" and much, much more than just 2 times asking me that. I felt pressured to type something to get this person to shut the hell up on the topic already. I still remember the yahoo id that the pictures were coming from and that person's profile who I was not chatting with was the last yahoo internet profile that I looked at that evening trying to figure out who it was messing with me. This 'erica's profile age was also listed above the age of 18. (See below for Erica)
(Mark also sent the pictures of himself shown here on this web site)
By now you know that it was of course a police officer posing as Erika, who as my lawyer would say 'stroked' me as a paedophile strokes his victims after receiving my non-nude regular pictures stating that I was too hot to be real. The officer then went to work and not interested in chatting about anything but sex shot down every attempt at conversation that was not sexually explicit. He was in a lot of ways the one who actually solicited me. By repeated asking "WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?" over and over and over again until I finally said something that they could call a crime. This Chat conversation took a total of 15-20 minutes and has cost me everything, my job, my schooling at which I was PhD bound, every cent I had ever made, my mental health, (I am now seeing a psychologist to deal with having to live on the street almost all due to financial loss from this). So here I am, never been arrested before, captain of my high school football team, homecoming king, college track and football star, all-everything athlete - future sex offender of the United States of America, guilty of the crime of thought called IMPORTUNING, and even then I am not guilty of it as I wasn't even thinking about sex (you see I have not had sex in 4 years so thinking that that particular night was the night is absolutely ridiculous). The police in their statement do not make any mention of sending me the adult semi-nude pictures and seized and destroyed my computer which would prove that I did in fact receive those pictures while chatting with this person, nor do they mention in the chat conversation repeatedly asking me the question of WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? in a sex chat room for adults only.
(Below is the online chat that is at the centre of his prosecution. He also sent the images of himself shown on this web site during the chat).
Mark says: Keep in mind while reading this conversation, it is in a Yahoo IM box and 'X' d or closed out of or minimized and there are numerous other IM boxes popping up on the screen from my other chat buddies or from Yahoo Bots (you can see how much I am following the conversation by how many times the officers state their location. I did not ask for it, nor arrange the time.
(wolverine0304 is Mark and erica_baby_14 is the police officer)
wolverine0304: hi
erica_baby_14: Hey
wolverine0304: how are u doing?
erica_baby_14: good u?
wolverine0304: doing good
wolverine0304: so where are u from?
erica_baby_14: cool...asl?
wolverine0304: 26 m akron area
wolverine0304: u?
erica_baby_14: 14 f near wooster
wolverine0304: little young for this room....or are u looking for older?
erica_baby_14: just checkin it out...bored
wolverine0304: ok
wolverine0304: any other pics?
erica_baby_14: not on here
erica_baby_14: on my aunts computer
wolverine0304: ahhh
wolverine0304: ok
wolverine0304: pic on profile here if your interested
erica_baby_14: k hold on
erica_baby_14: is that really u?
wolverine0304: yeah
erica_baby_14: for real...
wolverine0304: heres another pic
erica_baby_14: k
erica_baby_14: that is u
wolverine0304_lol yeah it is me
erica_baby_14: cool.. u work out huh?
wolverine0304: lol yeah
wolverine0304: so where are u from?
erica_baby_14: shreve...near wooster
wolverine0304: ok
wolverine0304: so what are u doing tonight?
erica_baby_14: nothing being bored
wolverine0304: ok
erica_baby_14: U?
wolverine0304: me....being bored an horny
erica_baby_14: really
wolverine0304: lol yeah
wolverine0304: wanna cum take care of it?
erica_baby_14: take care of what?...
wolverine0304: of my horniness
erica_baby_14: what do u have in mind?
wolverine0304: what do u think
erica_baby_14: u serious
wolverine0304: well...yeah
erica_baby_14: no ur not? r u?
wolverine0304: hmmmmm
erica_baby_14: soory got booted
wolverine0304: ahhh
wolverine0304: its cool
wolverine0304: yeah im serious though
erica_baby_14: so what do u wanna do?
wolverine0304: fuck your tight hot lil body hard (this is where the crime was committed they say)
erica_baby_14: guess u r serious
erica_baby_14: lol
wolverine0304: lol well u did go into the descret meet for sex room (ummm...in this room, what would you expect my response to be-entrapment)
erica_baby_14: yeah
erica_baby_14: so ur really serious
wolverine0304: lol why wouldnt i be?
erica_baby_14: jus wonderin...
wolverine0304: are u?
erica_baby_14: maybe...when u thinkin
wolverine0304: ohhh...tonight if possible...a whole lot of nothing to do
erica_baby_14: yeah...know what u mean...
wolverine0304: u prob have to stay in though right?
erica_baby_14: i can say im staying with a friend....
wolverine0304: ahhh
wolverine0304: well shit what are you waitin for...times a waistin
wolverine0304: im mark by the way
erica_baby_14: oh...im erica...case u didnt know....lol
wolverine0304: lol i guessed that already
erica_baby_14: so how will we get 2gether
wolverine0304: well tell me where your at again?
erica_baby_14: im in shreve...south of wooster...know where thats at?
wolverine0304: na im sure icould find it though
erica_baby_14: cool i cant get out till bout 11 or so...that ok?
wolverine0304: how many older guys have you been with?
erica_baby_14: my x boyfriend was 17
wolverine0304: 11 is kinda late to be starting though to be honest...im an hour from u so i wouldnt even get there till midnight
erica_baby_14: i can meet u bout 11...
wolverine0304: ok
erica_baby_14: i can meet u at the IGA store...
wolverine0304: ok
wolverine0304: no clue where that is
wolverine0304: how tall are you...just wonderin?
erica_baby_14: its on south street, thats state rout 226...the main street in town..all the way at the end of town if u come from wooster
erica_baby_14: bout 5 4
erica_baby_14: u
wolverine0304: 5'9
erica_baby_14: u look alot taller in ur pics...
wolverine0304: so how long would u have?
erica_baby_14: long as im back by like 4 or so
wolverine0304: ok
wolverine0304: hotel then?
erica_baby_14: i guess..if u want
wolverine0304: well im sure u wont want to go at it for 4 hours in my blazer
erica_baby_14: depends...is it a pimp ride...lol
wolverine0304: its new
erica_baby_14: cool...what color
wolverine0304: blue
erica_baby_14: cool...thats my fav color
wolverine0304: u know u look pretty damn good in your pic
erica_baby_14: thanx...ur really hot 2
wolverine0304: thanks
erica_baby_14: it dont matter that im 14....
wolverine0304: shhh
wolverine0304: u didnt tell me
erica_baby_14: oh...ok...gotcha...lol
erica_baby_14: im gonna go get in the shower...ur gonna b here right...
wolverine0304: yeah for a few more min
erica_baby_14: no...at 11 silly
wolverine0304: your serious now?
erica_baby_14: i thought u were
wolverine0304: i am
wolverine0304: just checking with u
erica_baby_14: yeah..i just dont wanna stand out there waitin 4 nuthin...
wolverine0304: lol ill make it worth your while
wolverine0304: condoms or no?
erica_baby_14: i dunno...what do u think
wolverine0304: well i dont like wearing them dont like the feeling
erica_baby_14: we can c bout that later right...
wolverine0304: yeah
wolverine0304: so what do u think you will be wearing
erica_baby_14: probly jeans n tshirt..
wolverine0304: ok
wolverine0304: so where at do i pic u up?
erica_baby_14: at the IGA...theres a payphone there...
wolverine0304: and do u know a place to go stop for a a few hours there without anyone noticing?
erica_baby_14: i dunno..maybe the park or somethin
wolverine0304: well find someplace im sure
erica_baby_14: yeah thats cool
wolverine0304: ok well go jump in the shower
wolverine0304: send me a msg when u get done...im going to jump in the shower also
erica_baby_14: cool...c u in a little bit...
wolverine0304: ok
wolverine0304: bye for now erica
erica_baby_14: cya
wolverine0304: ok im back
wolverine0304: u there?
wolverine0304: ok ill wait about 10-15 more min for u to get on here
wolverine0304: back?
erica_baby_14: k...just got out of the shower...ill c u at 11
wolverine0304: if i get lost...dont wait too long
wolverine0304: iga on 226 right?
erica_baby_14: u cant get lost...its the main road in town...stay on 226 till u come to iga
wolverine0304: i mean getting lost going down there
wolverine0304: ok well im getting off here...see ya in a lil over an hour
erica_baby_14: ok...b careful
wolverine0304: ohhh will do
wolverine0304: blue blazer
wolverine0304: what color shirt are u wearing?
erica_baby_14: ok...ill b lookin 4 u.....pink with jeans...ok?
wolverine0304: ok
wolverine0304: see ya in a few
wolverine0304: bye for now
erica_baby_14: ok...cya
The meeting time was supposed to be at 11pm. I being the shy person that I am decided to be late and use it as my scapegoat for later by saying (sorry, got lost). This is not the first time that I have done such a thing as not make it to meet someone off the Net. Well, it was also raining that night I remember and as I was a good 30 minutes late I figured no one in their right mind would be out there waiting in the rain, except perhaps my psycho ex girlfriend who would then call me up and say "where are you? what are you doing?" so as to play innocent. My ex girlfriend also acted as I mentioned earlier like other women to find an excuse to fight with me about something (she had some security issues, I'll just say).
I had a picture folder dedicated for that sole purpose of collecting 'nancy's' fake pictures to be used when I caught her trying to get me. I know it sounds like a stupid game but that is what happened. The name of the folder on my computer was titled "nancyfakepics" and the pictures I received that evening of the topless lady went straight into that folder. As a graduate student in teaching, I studied literacy in a few classes and learned firsthand, so I know how kids type. They do not type 60+ WPM with correct grammatical skills.
OK, so I showed up at the scene and noticed to my disbelief that there was someone there. I was shocked as hell. A woman wearing a pink shirt as described in the conversation was standing next to her car and appeared to be just waiting for someone or something. I had made my mind up to be curious and drive but did not stop at the specified location and just drove right on by. I pulled a U-turn and proceeded to go back home. Shortly after pulling a U-Turn to go back home and get to bed, my new SUV was immediately surrounded by cars (unmarked police cars I know now) and several men wearing plain clothes jumped out of their vehicles after running me into a ditch almost to get in my way. You see I was kinda lost also. I didn't know what the hell was going on. The cops stood outside of my vehicle and held me at bay by gunpoint to my head from both sides of my car for several minutes. I normally don't admit this to ladies, but since I'm giving the honest truth I chew when I know no one but me is going to know about it. So yes I have a nasty habit of chewing, but no one will ever see me do it cause I only do it alone. Well I remember swallowing that when I saw the men pull their guns out and point them at me.
After getting out of my car I was thrown against my SUV and searched, and I do mean thrown, as in I'm lucky that I have some muscle to cushion the blow or I might have been hurt. The officer who I now know as 'Miller' then told me there was a runaway girl who was going to meet someone here and that she was a minor. I immediately pointed to the woman who was still waiting by her car and said, "There is no way that that woman over there is a minor". The officers then questioned me more, same questioning, different approach to get me to admit to going to see a minor to which I started crying uncontrollably and said, "That woman is at least 18 over there. There is no way she is a minor". While 'miller' was questioning me, my vehicle was searched, I was not asked, nor did I give permission for it to be searched. A souvenir driver's license plate from Kansas, which had expired several years ago, was found in my blazer. A souvenir old driver's license, which I had lost and then re-found while cleaning out my old car I had just sold for my new SUV was also found. I also remember that I had 2 weeks worth of dirty laundry and detergent in my laundry bags in the back. They took pictures of my dirty laundry, detergent, and note on my detergent which said something like this: "Mark, don't forget to do laundry today". I was then led to an unmarked car and along the way the officer 'Miller' began reading me my rights, but there was an odd twist to it. He mentioned in my Miranda's that if I did not cooperate that they would seize my car and it would be forfeit. I stopped officer 'james/jim miller' before he could finish his gibberish and asked "Am I under arrest or something?" He replied "no". While in the back seat of the cop car I noticed an officer jump in my car and drive it off.
I was taken to an undercover house. I'm kinda at this time under the impression that I have just ran into a scam of some sort. After arriving at this house my hands are cuffed to a chair. (I have had to see a psychologist for months and still have recurring dreams from the interrogation I am about to tell). Time is now roughly 12 midnight. While cuffed to the chair and unable to move my body much at all, I broke down and started begging the cops to release me, that I could not take being handcuffed like a dog to a chair. I remained cuffed to the chair. Officer 'Miller' appeared from a back room with another officer who was at the scene and they were holding my Kansas driver's license in their hands. They said "You are a long ways from home". I said "No, I live in Ohio". They did not believe me. Officer Miller then vanished and the other cop did the interrogating of me (they kinda switched off and on every 10 minutes or so). The officer (who was Latin/Mexican) said "We heard you would be making you way up north from South Carolina". This even further screwed my head up, cuffed to a chair, crying, then being accused of being from a state I have never even visited before. I said "no" I'm not from there. They didn't believe me. I gathered through this interrogation that a Mark Henning Jr. was a wanted sex criminal of some sorts. He was my height, weighed 135lbs, and had tattoos. Well I match all but one of those descriptions as I have one tattoo on my deltoid muscle/shoulder ( I weigh around the 215lb range). The cops during this interrogation of South Carolina told me: 'Unless you fully cooperate and tell us what we need to know, you will lose your car, be charged with possession of an expired tag, and possession of DLs from more than one state. Even though now suicidal I could not confess to being Mark Henning Jr. The cops gave up their interrogation of this at approx 1AM.
I was then uncuffed from the chair and my hands were cuffed and was lead upstairs. I noticed immediately in this room a couple signs which I though very odd. One sign said "Who's your daddy now" and the other had a police car and a cop bending some guy over it and spanking him on the bare butt. I was still cuffed and placed into a seat where the cops (the Mexican and Miller) began to question me about having sex with all sorts of little kids and calling me a paedophile over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. They again brought up the if you don't fully cooperate we will do this to you (dl, plate, lose car), but this time they added in 2 more charges of "attempted unlawful sexual contact with a minor" and "importuning". They said if I confessed I'd be free to go and would not be arrested for anything. Being as I did not attempt to have sex with anyone, I said 'no' I haven't had sex for 3 damn years" "I'm not a paedophile. I'm not a danger to children. I don't rape people. I don't have sex with little kids" over and over again. the officer then made some motion to the 'Mexican' after saying something about taking my car again, which lead me to think they were actually going to go take it this time to which I said "OK I'll make a statement".
My hands were un-cuffed and my Miranda rights were read off a piece of paper this time after finishing reading it, to which I paid zero attention, but to the last part which was not in writing about "them taking my car if I didn't", I initialled next to each right. Time is now like 2am after signing that.(there was a blank spot on the bottom for the officer to sign as a witness; the officer wrote down the time as 11:56PM. I found out at a suppression of evidence hearing which I will talk about later, the cop lied to make the judge not think they actually interrogated me for hours and hours). In my statement I mentioned receiving "pictures" of unknown origin to which I believed to be the person I was chatting with, my name was Mark Henning from the state of Kansas, I had not had sex for 3 years, I do not sleep with rug rats, and my chat name of wolverine0304, and that I couldn't remember the person's name I was chatting with only that her first name was Erica (they reminded me of this since I didn¡¯t remember).
They told me what to say on the statement or have all these things done to me. I couldn't confess to being from South Carolina, nor could I confess to having sex with kiddies, nor could I confess to soliciting sex from a minor on the internet. Hell, I was just joking anyways (the chat conversation was not very long to say the least and a one time thing). I said nothing admitting guilt of anything but did admit I chatted with an Erica.
They then began writing questions down and having me write an answer to them. They asked the same questions as before about me having sex with kids, child porn, etc, but during this conversation they added in "We are going to take your computer tonight" "if you don't agree to let us do this we will do this, and this, and this, and this, and you'll sit in jail tonight". I answered the questions as vaguely as possible regarding the conversation. Officer 'Miller' then left and came back a few minutes later with a printed out YAHOO chat conversation and pointed to a piece in the chat and said "Look what you said paedophile, you were talking to me not a minor, so confess now". I immediately said "I want a lawyer". Officer Miller then said "At 2AM you won't be able to speak with one unless you know him personally". I began crying and crying and crying and then asked if the cops would just take me out back and shoot me. They left me to cry for a few minutes then forced me to make another statement to confess. I repeated the first statement and underlined "I have not had sex in 3 years".
The cops then stood me up and put me against a wall and took my picture while I was crying my eyes out. They then sat me down in a chair and told me to "get myself together" cause I was going to go drive to my apartment". I again asked for them to just shoot me. I then told them I could not drive in my condition that I could not stop shaking. They left me alone for 15 minutes.
I was then led to my car and placed into it by myself and asked by the 'Mexican' "Do you have a cell phone?" to which I said "no" and he said "Good, cause we don¡¯t want you calling anyone". I then followed the officers at speeds of up to 85 miles per hour on the highway to my apartment. They made a pit stop at my local po dunk police station. Here I listened to them laugh and call me a paedophile, while I sat in my car alone. They picked up 2 additional officers from the Cuyahoga Falls police department and told me to drive to my apartment while they followed. About 3/4 of the way there I stopped at a closed gas station and got out and walked up to the cop cars following me and said "I do not want you going into my apartment", to which they said they were already there and going in anyways. I got back in my car and went to my apartment. After everyone was parked I got out and walked up to my door and began to open it. The Shreve (morality police) cops then put their hands on their guns and told me not to go in unless one of them was on my hip following me in. They followed me to my bedroom and the morality police began playing on my computer in front of me, .looking in the folder "nancyfakepics" and then shut the computer down.
I was then told to sign a piece of paper which had handwritten items on it which said computer equipment. I was also threatened again with the "lose your car" bit (but this time the Cuyahoga Falls officers heard it and put it in their police reports). I looked up at 'Miller' and said "Only the computer, right?" and 'Miller' said "yes, and computer related products". So knowing if I didn't I would lose my car and they would take my stuff anyways I signed knowing I had steroids in my apartment, but forced to sign the form. Time on search warrant is 3.40ishAM. The officers then immediately began tearing up my place and went to my freezer and began searching. This shocked me and I suffered the outrage of them looking through my food. 'Miller' said he was looking for computer software/CDs in my freezer. I was like what the hell ever. They then went through my garbage and tossing it onto the floor to which I said "I did not authorize this type of search" repeatedly. I was also repeating and in my head dreading what I knew I could not stop "Why would you search for computer parts in a freezer" to which a Cuyahoga Falls cop said "They aren't looking for computer parts: they are looking for weed. Well after hearing this I began telling them over and over again to "Stop, I didn't give you permission to rummage through my shit", but they kept on going. Well needless to say my expired anabolic steroids from years ago that I had never thrown away (now peanut oil but for like 5% probably) were found. (Under Ohio law, ANY mixture of anabolics is how it is termed. My attorney told me "Be lucky you didn't toss them in your bathtub full of water, cause you would be charged with a tub full of steroids and end up getting life the way the statute is written"). The police found 12 (which totalled 21ML but the charge paper said 23ML. Keep an eye on this as someone (one of the cops) took some steroids) 1 dose vials of anabolics (a very small dose) and 8 or 9 needles. I was arrested at 4:20AM and placed on suicide watch at the Cuyahoga Falls jail, charged with possession of drugs, felony of the 4th degree and possession of drug abuse instruments, misdemeanour of the 2nd degree.
story is not over......
In early November when I was working with the narcotics team to get a reduced charge on the steroids, the police came to my door at 7.30am with a warrant. The warrant was for Felony of the 5th degree check forgery and I was arrested and questioned regarding it. Upon booking down in Wayne County (Cuyahoga Falls is Summit County) I was then told they had made a mistake and they had given me someone else's warrant for arrest and the actual charge was that of Importuning, felony of the 5th degree (I have the police officers' report of the check forgery debacle). I wonder, if this wasn't false arrest, then our legal system totally sucks (which I already know as does the majority of America). I was also now facing two totally separate charges relating to the same incident. So yet I wonder again, DEFINE DOUBLE JEOPARDY? (I think it says, you shall not face persecution for the same crime twice, but as with the American justice system, they are above their own laws and rules).
Confident now that I have a misdemeanour after my lawyer told me to "get to work" on finding a drug dealer when I told him I did not know anyone, the DEA would be interested in knowing I'm sure that I knew a very large steroid dealer (even though I had given them up years ago) but the Cuyahoga Falls police didn't like it because the guy was not LOCAL. Despite this I found someone who sold marijuana to save my own ass and bought for the cops. The police then said "sorry, we will go with reducing your felony 4th to felony 5th degree only because your not very credible as a witness as you are now charged with CHECK FORGERY (that mistake had already been corrected).
Court battle over steroids, strike 1.
The prosecution and police were in favor of treatment in lieu of conviction, which means basically drug testing and be good and charge dropped after a year but the judge made a monumental ruling: STEROIDS ARE NOT AN ADDICTIVE DRUG AND ITS ABUSERS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE SAME TREATMENT RIGHTS AS OTHER DRUG ADDICTS. Motion for treatment denied despite what the National Institute of Health says and its labelling of bodily hormones as schedule III or "addictive" substances.
Steroids, strike 2.
The prosecutor at the last minute made a deal with me and said this: "Drop the motion and I will re-ask the judge for treatment and if she denies then you will get a misdemeanour". I asked my attorney with witnesses present "Worst case scenario misdemeanour, right? He said yes". Motion withdrawn and I horridly applied for financial aide for graduate school. President Bush in his recent attempt to limit people going to college changed some financial stuff - you are not eligible for financial aide if you have a drug conviction.
Steroids, strike 2, foul tip (OK, I find it important to bring up the baseball thing cause that is all that was on the news during this crap. I suspect it influenced the judge. Too bad she missed the part where the parents talked about the addictiveness portion)
NEW PROSECUTOR...ohhhh shit aahahahahahahahahahahah. Motion summarily denied by judge, no reason but she did admit to actually reading the evidence I provided my lawyer on the addictiveness of the drug. Motion denied, not her couple of days of the month, so let's take it out on the people who have never been in trouble before.
Steroids, strike 2, fouled
New prosecutor says, "The other prosecutor made no mention in her notes about a misdemeanour. I never want you to teach kids again". Then following that bullshit I appealed to the judge that I was guaranteed a misdemeanour. This angered her greatly and she said "Mr Henning you are lying." (Keep in mind I'm under oath, so to accuse under oath and not prove means consequences does it not - guess not in the US). She then followed it up with this (all of this is in the court transcripts) "Mr Henning you may plead guilty or you may plead innocent. Should you plead innocent and lose at trial although I am not supposed to I WILL PUNISH YOU MORE HARSHLY". I immediately plead guilty to felony possession of drugs and misdemeanour possession of drug abuse instruments. But I had hope still.
The BC&I report which for whatever reason had vanished from evidence (I did not have bulk possession and I knew the BC&I would prove it) was given to me 5 minutes before trial began and I couldn't make it out. It said I had 16.8grams of anabolic steroids and 9 vials (remember they took 12 from my apartment). Actual drug content as I know about steroids was 1.65grams. Motion to withdraw plea coming.
Steroids strike 3, I'm now a felon. Motion denied
Judge said this was very interesting, but said you had plenty of time to file this paperwork. My attorney filed it 5 minutes before sentencing. I had called him up at least 3 times a day to withdraw my plea ASAP. I wrote the brief up entirely myself on this. Feel free to check it out on the court documents. Summit County court of clerks. Mark J. Henning. Motion denied however, despite the possibility to explore the decimal being placed in the wrong place. 11months suspended sentence +$1000 fine +18 months of probation.
Importuning charge
Motion for suppression denied. My written statements saying I chatted with an 'Erica' will be admitted at trial despite the cops putting into evidence the APB of a Mark Henning Jr. and then going up on the stand and denying it. Guess perjury is not a crime if your a cop. They lied and lied and lied. I was finally arrested at 4.30AM. The Shreve/Wayne county officers said 1am. They doctored the Miranda rights paper to make it under 12 midnight and it was clear as day. The search warrant time which was actually in the evidence to also prove they lied, signed at 3.30ish am. Well, no mention of that was made.
Importuning trial. My attorney gave me exactly 2 days to get character witnesses for my defense on July 14. After I found them I could not get them here in time. I also found out my attorney did not file a witnesses to appear form, which means he tried to screw me to plead out. The prosecutor made a deal. The deal is there is no deal just no jail time, but you get to register as a friggin perv for 10 years with gps. Have a good life. Being as my attorney gave me no other options, he informed the prosecutor that I would be pleading out so they dismissed the jury. I came in that morning scared like I had never been before - no witnesses, no expert, no psychologist statement (I have seen one to use in court), nothing. I stood up there after realizing what was going on and said to the judge "I can not idly sit here and take a plea on a charge that I am not guilty of". The judge then informed everyone what happened to the jurors. Oohh this lovely prosecutor. I have had to go see a psychologist because she while walking by in the hallway outside court this to my attorney with me listening "You will get a jury full of nothing but Mennonites, your client will not be getting a fair trial". I am also shy as I said and one of the pictures I sent was a shirtless one to show off my hard work and dedication to my one and only hobby (working out). She looked at it and said "I think I will turn that into a poster of mine".
Apparently that night in Shreve Ohio, Wayne County I was arrested for importuning and attempted unlawful sexual contact with a minor, but after the grand jury read my repeated "I have not had sex for 3 years statements" they might have believed it. This raises one question though: how can a person solicit sex when there is no desire or attempt? You can't solicit sex without intent to follow through, so what you have is a single charge of importuning.
Many, many, many, many men that face and plead out to this - they are charged with both counts that I mentioned above. The definition of importune means to beg, repeatedly, urgently, and consistently.
My attorney for the steroid charge I fired for the importuning charge after the "misdemeanour worst case scenario" and acquired my new dismal legal failure of a law attorney that I have now. Neither are PhDs and as you will see my bill is ranging in the mid 10,000 dollar mark right now.
I will understand if after reading this long story if you do not respond. I have been and will be on my own aside from family and now my friend Carolyn (who is the Executive Director of SOhopeful International and who contacted him after reading his story here) makes me cry sometimes that someone actually believes in me. But since you do not know me I had better tell you something. I'm a boy scout all the way. In saying that I believe in doing things for the righteousness of it. I am solely ideologically motivated. I was an all everything athlete, captain, college athlete, no criminal or DMV record to speak of before this night. Sometimes it is extremely hard for me though to do this, but I am no pervert, nor am I guilty of this crime. ONLY I KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING WHEN THOSE WORDS WERE TYPED. ONLY ME AND NO ONE ELSE. So I will be a leader as I have been born to be. I will stand up to this and hopefully enough people hear about it so that it starts a ripple in a small pool that can not be stopped.
If you would kindly spread the word so that other innocent people are not caught up in this Internet sting by police. If I can be convicted or even arrested for this, then everyone and I mean EVERYONE is suspected pay bonus to the police.
Thank you for listening. Please do not hesitate to email me back if you would like more information or if you might know an organization that will stand up for my rights as a human being.
Mark Jason Henning
Reply from Editor
Dear Mark,
The media are part of the problem as they sell sex abuse stories, not stories of innocent men.
My first reaction is that you have a strong defence of believing that this was a fantasy game and not reality. Men and women are playing these games all over the world. I will now ask three UK colleagues to comment also and perhaps other US readers will also respond. This is a terrible situation and we are hearing an increasing number of similar stories from Americans.
At some stage soon the US media and politicians must respond to this menace.
Please feed me any more information you may have and let's see now what your story produces.
Stay strong!
Editor
www.inquisition21.com
Ireland
Our colleagues respond
1st picture sent by Mark
First UK colleague No.1 responds.
Editor,
Very, very sad, because while some of the guys in these chat rooms are genuinely soliciting minors, a hell of a lot are simply being entrapped.
I recall doing some work on this and the number of genuine 'internet grooming' cases being picked up by the UK police, who until (?) recently could not use these methods, was no different from the numbers of actual cases going through the US courts. Now I believe that there are huge numbers going through the US courts as a result of stings where no actual minors are involved. Of course the vast, vast majority of 14 yr olds are going to go 'Yuck¡' the minute they know the age of the person at the other end and are certainly not going to arrange a meeting.
See the articles below - 50 arrests in Kansas City population 150,000. On a US basis this would mean over 8000 arrests in the UK if the proportions are the same. In the UK there are about 20 such cases per year (actual underage victims), which should be 100 per annum in the US, adjusted for the US population.
Very sad,
Signed UK colleague No.1
These articles appeared today.
Internet paedophile entrapment methods "illegal"
By Nick Farrell: Thursday 04 August 2005, 08:53
The US equivalent of Inspector Knacker of the Yard is going to have to come up with a new way of feeling the collar of paedophiles.
The time honoured way for cops to catch internet paedophiles is to hang around on chat groups pretending to be potential victims. However, according to a federal court judge in Kansas City, Judge Dean Whipple they can no longer do that sort of thing. Whipple acquitted Jan Helder yesterday of using the Internet to try to entice a child into sex.
Helder's brief, JR Hobbs, said that his client, didn't break federal law because the person his client was accused of enticing wasn't a kid but a Platte County deputy pretending to be one. Helder, 42, had faced a sentence of five to 30 years, until the Judge agreed with the brief and let him walk free.
According to the Columbia Tribune, the prosecution is planning an appeal, but in the unlikely event that the decision is upheld, it does put the kibosh on police turning over paedophiles in this way.
It would also stop cops dressing up as women to catch kerb crawlers, handbag snatchers and spoil a lot of cop sit-coms where they seem to do that sort of thing all the time.
Has the world gone mad? [Yes, Ed.]
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25135
Judge tosses Internet sting
Platte County detective posed as young girl.
From staff and wire reports Published Wednesday, August 3, 2005
The practice has become widespread undercover agents pose as children on Internet chat rooms. When adults strike up online relationships and arrange for sexual liaisons, police are waiting at the rendezvous point with handcuffs and arrest warrants.
But a ruling of a federal court judge in Kansas City is calling the legality of the tactic into question.
U.S. District Judge Dean Whipple acquitted Jan Helder yesterday of using the Internet to try to entice a child into sex. Helder's attorney, J.R. Hobbs, had argued that his client didn't break federal law because the person his client was accused of enticing wasn't a minor but a Platte County deputy pretending to be a minor. The ruling came just minutes after a jury returned a guilty verdict. Helder, 42, of Mission Hills, Kan., had faced a sentence of five to 30 years.
"We will appeal this," U.S. Attorney Todd Graves said. "Our program is going forward."
Hoping to make a dent in what appears to be a widespread problem, the Platte County Sheriff's Department has made online child exploitation a priority. Suspects accused of crimes in Missouri are prosecuted at the state level. Federal prosecutors handle suspects from other states.
Federal prosecutors in Kansas City said about 30 men had been convicted on federal charges here using undercover officers or agents. Many more cases are pending.
Because most of the defendants have entered guilty pleas, Helder's case is among the first to have gone to trial. And Graves said Helder's defense had not been used before in Kansas City federal court.
Prosecutors said that several court rulings had upheld the use of undercover officers but that the U.S. Supreme Court has not spoken on the issue.
Hobbs disagreed, telling the judge that some cases had suggested that the undercover officers cannot be used.
A local detective who heads Internet sting efforts for the Boone County Sheriff's Department to catch would-be sex offenders said today he¡¯s comfortable with the way his agency operates.
All offenders caught under the Boone County effort are charged in state courts, which have upheld the use of undercover agents posing as children, Detective Andy Anderson said.
"One thing that would not affect us is that we're charging people under the state statute," he said. "Our law seems pretty clear that the state legislature does not want to put up with this particular thing."
The Boone County stings have netted eight suspects since October.
http://www.columbiatribune.com/2005/Aug/20050803News019.asp
Second response from the UK
Thanks for the email. Seems like a further sinister development. I'm concerned that he says the Police "seized and destroyed my computer " and then goes on to list the chat session. If he can get a copy of his computer hard drive, any reasonably competent expert should be able to confirm (or deny) what he says.
His main problem appears to be funding. I don't know how the system works in the U.S. - at least here we have legal aid (for the moment anyway). The only other suggestion that I can make is that he emails this message to as many places as possible in the hope of finding a sympathetic ear with sufficient interest to take up and further publicise his case.
Not a lot I know - pity he doesn't live closer.
Cheers
Expert opinion from writer
An experienced published writer and novelist has looked at the exchange between wolverine0304 and erica_baby_14 and gives the following opinion. This has been offered to the defence together with his name and address and publishing history.
The first comment is that as pictures were offered to Mark from the beginning described by him as 'semi nude pictures of an adult woman', it seems obvious that from that point he assumed that he was talking with an adult woman or some adult playing a game. Unless the police can prove that they sent him semi nude pictures of a minor, which is illegal to do, even erica_baby_14 saying she was 14 (in retrospect obviously to spring the trap) could be seen as part of the fantasy play, or a last minute joke before meeting.
Now for the actual exchange. Mark is a highly educated young man who had been looking towards a PhD. His story above is in his own words and it testifies to his literacy, intelligence and sensitivity.
Most 14 year olds would run at the first sight of Mark's older man's mature muscular body, and the accepted social theory is that young girls are groomed by older men pretending to be younger. Mark's pictures certainly would not give any 14 year old that impression. Here is the exchange when he says he would like some sex.
erica_baby_14: u serious
wolverine0304: well...yeah
erica_baby_14: no ur not? r u?
No, you're not are you? This is hardly a response that a 14 year old girl would make. This is a snap adult response.
Erica's immediate response to Mark's 'crime' statement of wanting to fuck is as follows: erica_baby_14: guess u r serious
'erica_baby_14: lol
Guess you're serious is immediately followed by 'laughing out loud'. This sounds more like a bad adult actor trying to ad lib in response to Mark sudden blurting out of his lustful fantasy.
When Mark responds with 'what would you expect my response to be-entrapment', this obviously catches Erica off guard as she is the entrapper, and her response is a weak yeah, followed by 'so ur really serious' as if to get back on track
Now for the sudden admission of being 14 - the springing of the trap.
erica_baby_14: it dont matter that im 14....
wolverine0304: shhh
wolverine0304: u didnt tell me
erica_baby_14: oh...ok...gotcha...lol
Not being American I can't be sure, but hope it will now be confirmed, but is Erica not saying here 'Gotcha! lol (laughing out loud)
Is this Gotcha! because you didn't know I was 14? Or Gotcha going there for a moment? No 14 year old would say the second, and it is hard to imagine any 14 year old who wanted to meet an older man forewarning him about her age. 'Gotcha! because you didn't know I was 14' is not a 14 year old speaking. 'Gotcha going there for a moment' especially with the lol is the most likely interpretation.
Development
From Mark
My court date has been postponed. The new date for the trial is set for September 26th. Also new information acquired. My computer has not been destroyed; my attorney had to file some sort of paper work to inquire about it. Also what is important - the chat conversation which is listed as the only evidence against me is not on my computer's hard drive. The chat conversation was apparently copied, cut, and then pasted from the IM box onto an AOL email to which the police just printed out after sending it to themselves, right after the chat conversation.
But, despite this, this chat conversation (6 words or so that I typed after being asked a question) is being used against me.
Mark
Editor: We have asked our UK colleagues for more advice, but can anyone in the US advise him? Does this latest information help him? See Contact in menu on left.
Another UK responder
Hmmm - strange isn't it?
Observations - If the chat is not on the hard drive, then either what the police have is the result of interception. In which case did they have legal authority to intercept?
Or: if they were controlling one end of the conversation and recording it, it looks very much like entrapment. Again the legality of recording someone without their knowledge becomes a valid question I would have thought.
If there is any trace of any of the chat on the hard drive, even things like the precise time it took place and so on, then comparison with what the police produce might be a
worthwhile exercise to confirm or deny the integrity of their 'evidence'.
This one really begins to smell - was Mark told that the evidence had been gathered by the police remotely rather than on his own computer? If he wasn't, then they appear to have been misleading him again.
To paraphrase - To mislead once is unfortunate, to mislead twice looks like carelessness.
Editorial written at this stage
Americans, are you aware of what is going on?
Is this the kind of man you now want to prosecute and put in prison? Think carefully before you decide. Look hard at this man. He is Mark Jason Henning of the State of Ohio in the US. Does he not look like a decent young American male, the kind that America is supposed to be proud of, the kind of young American who used to be proud to be American. Now he longs to flee from his country.
This is the kind of man your prosecution state is not just prosecuting, but maliciously entrapping, setting up, so that he can be prosecuted, imprisoned, ruined, changed from a patriotic American to a lost soul who wants to flee to a country of liberty and safety.
Americans, can you imagine the consequences of what you are letting happen to your own people, to your beloved country? Is Gore Vidal correct when he says you are all cowed? What will you have left to defend against the foreign fundamentalists when you have already introduced a prosecution-oriented police state in which the police and prosecutors entrap and lie and cheat? If you want some small measure of the dangers of alienating your intelligent citizens, such as Mark who had hoped to do a PhD, simply read the advice that another young man living in Great Britain now gives Mark below. He too was a victim of the new British prosecution state.
Here is the response from a British citizen to Mark's appeal for help from his US prosecutors
It is time not to run, but to confront the real enemy. I am aware of a similar case here in the UK, but the behaviour of the police was not just similarly corrupt; it displayed a human savagery I would not expect to witness in the animal kingdom.
The states in two corrupt nations have sought to divide and conquer their own people. It is therefore, for the people, to unite and conquer the state.
The UK has set up a database for 50,000 names to be available internationally. You do not have to be guilty: you just have to be chosen. It is called the violent sex offenders' database, and it is designed to follow you wherever you go. It is designed 'to protect the state'.
This depraved behaviour must be halted. Let man not seek to escape his own persecution, but to unite and contest where this persecution is coming from, that all men may walk free.
Let this man (referring to Mark), who has put his name forward, stand, stand with us, while we divide and conquer those who seek to destroy all humanity*. It is for the
fallen, for the oppressed, to stand up, and stand their ground, as they above all know what is happening. Together we shall march forward until each nation state has been returned to its people, and no government or police force should ever be allowed again, to work for anyone but the people and the values they are employed to protect.
* He is referring to a project such as Nemesis on the front page below, and to his own campaign of counter attack against police corruption.
(End of message)
This is a clear call for civil disobedience, or worse, from another intelligent and educated young man on the British side of the Atlantic. He was in a similar position to that of Mark's but the police, although ruining his life, failed to prosecute him. Now he is fighting them back ferociously. See the attack on Operation Ore and on the police on this front page.
Another excellent UK response
I suspect that you have had this advice before, but you must ask "What does this evidence prove?"
The police have a printout of a conversation that Mark is said to have with a police officer, in which Mark is said to commit an offence.
But what in fact links Mark with this police officer?
Is there any record of Mark's IP address while he was taking part in this communication?
No.
There is simply some text that the police copied from the chat window. Who is to say that that chat ever took place? How in fact can the police prove that the chat did take place and that they didn't type that conversation themselves, or edit it to add the six incriminating words?
To have any value whatsoever, there should be evidence from both computers, each exhibit being totally independent of the other, each thereby confirming the veracity of the other. There is no such cross-referencing.
If his attorney thinks that evidence convicts Mark, he should resign. It should be the work of five minutes to destroy it in court.
In a rational world this alone should scupper the prosecution. It does not get anywhere close to being 'beyond reasonable doubt'. Is it possible that another person was using Mark's computer? Yes. Is it is possible that another person, totally unlinked to Mark in anyway whatsoever, was typing that chat that the police officer was receiving? Yes. Is it possible that the chat was intercepted and someone else inserted those incriminating words? I don't know - is Yahoo chat secure? I don't think so.
But it may be that Mark has spoken to the police and told them everything they need to link him to the chat. It is probably best never to tell the police anything. And in fact, in the States, Mark should have the right not to incriminate himself.
Editorial comment
Very good advice. We still have one reservation. We have not asked this yet, but is Mark's defence lawyer any good?
We have established that he has not admitted typing anything which is good news especially if his IP address is not attached to the chat sequence. His attorney said, "It will be hard to convince a jury that an officer who has dedicated 20 years of service would jeopardize his career to lie over this." Now we begin to appreciate what kind of attorney he has.
Here is the latest from Mark: "I am the first in a very long time to not bend over and take this like so many others before and so many right now are doing (they are arresting hundreds and into the thousands for this in Ohio and only a couple dozen at most throughout the entire state over a period of around four years have stood up to fight it at the local level). I hope to set a precedent to all others who are like myself - to stand up and fight, kicking and screaming every bit of the way as far and loud as I can so everyone hears what is going on.
"If you read the TV broadcasts you will hear people like myself classified as pedophiles who are out to hurt the children of the nation. That is a slap in my face as I would before this have gladly laid down my life for the life of a complete stranger's kids - sadly enough those same values still exist in me today despite this happening to me."
More excellent advice from the UK
Mark
In order for the evidence presented to be any use, they would have to produce more than your IP address. They would have to produce evidence that the chat took place on your computer. Since they know that Yahoo chats are not automatically stored, they should be taking great pains to prove that everything you are alleged to have said in that chat came from your computer. To produce your IP address with the chat they could, basically, ask your ISP what IP address you were assigned at the relevant time. The IP address would thus prove nothing. Further evidence has to show that the IP address is linked to the chat.
Now your attorney said: "it will be hard to convince a jury that an officer who has dedicated 20 years of service would jeopardize his career to lie over this"
Would ANY jury nowadays believe, for example, a police officer who said "Yes, I overheard Michael Jackson saying he touched those boys". Some jurors MIGHT be tempted to believe, but the defence would quickly disabuse them of that belief.
It is NOT a matter of the police officer lying. They are basically saying something they cannot prove. It is not evidence that they have.
Editor adds: Mark, get your attorney to wake up!
For the record
2nd picture sent by Mark
We now have no confidence that Mark’s attorney is working properly on his behalf so we go on record now before the court case as follows:
A. We put on record here evidence that the attorney should use.
B. So that both the attorney/court and other readers can see the chat rules.
This has been posted on the 19 of September 2005 in case the attorney cannot remember seeing it before the case.
From: "mark henning"
To: bmppsu@yahoo.com, bmpierce@adelphia.net,
henningmarkjason@hotmail.com
Subject: evidence to use in trial, and evidence i want challenged
(4 total things)
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 22:13:48 -0500
Mr Pierce
Here is some unaltered evidence that i want presented as evidence for trial...i want the prosecution informed of this if they need to be informed of it. The important rules i want pointed out i have highlighted with 3 (*) marks next to it. Preferably, not done 5 minutes before my sentencing as my former attorney did as to not piss of the judge to get an instant denial for no just reason. It is my right under the Ohio Revised Code to challenge the validity of any evidence being used against me(denied that on the steroid charges though due to the 5 minutes before sentencing thing i
mentioned just above)
1.
CHAT RULES:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/guidelines/community.html
The Yahoo! community experience is best when people follow a few rules. Here are some key ones to remember:
*Do not harass, abuse, or threaten other members.
*Do not post content that is obscene or otherwise objectionable.
***Try to stay on topic. If you want to discuss a topic that is not related to the community area in which you are participating, try going to another topic area or create a new one.
*Refrain from using these community services for commercial or advertising purposes.
Don't post copyrighted content without permission from the owner.
***Adult-oriented content is permitted only in areas marked as "adult content" areas. You must be 18 years old or over to access these areas (for example, adult chat and adult groups). Note: Yahoo! GeoCities does not have an "adult content" area.
2.
more i want presented as evidence(this is a disclaimer of rights waiver that every person must sign before entering the adult rooms):
Listing user-created rooms
Warning: You are trying to access room lists created by users.
These rooms may contain topics that might be offensive to some users.
YES NO
3.
I want to challenge the validity of the chat conversation being used as evidence against me as it is a butched up cut, copy, and paste job (computer expert witness will likely testify to this also) (I always chat using 'yahoo emotions/smiley faces' as i like to call them to make it well known if im joking around).
4.
The profile for erica_baby_14 i also want challenged...the current profile is different than the one listed as evidence against me(feel free to check on this
http://profiles.yahoo.com/erica_baby_14 ) ( i will have the computer expert testify on this as well). To list this into evidence is the same thing as taking a picture of busting someone from drugs then not having the drugs when it comes time for trial, just a picture of them and an officers word...it can not be done legally unless the evidence can be duplicated (that goes for the chat conversation, in which yahoo 'could' have had to give up their records...but if you were a cop and announcing to the room full of adults when he said he was idle and left (lies to both) would you get this yahoo
evidence to purger yourself (and show the botched cut, copy, paste job)....NOPE.
More attempts to entrap him?
3rd picture sent by Mark
It seems that it’s not enough that Mark has been set up by the police, as daily attempts are being made to get him to respond to solicitations to look at or download child porn.
When asked to explain some reference he made to still getting CP solicitations, Mark replied, “Oh, this has been going on for some time now. Can’t say how long it has been happening. I can only take a guess that it has been going on for the past 6 months or so. Every day I receive crap in my email, which has some sort of reference to kiddie porn in the title itself inside of the email. I have as of yet never opened one of these emails, cause I am almost certain my activities are tracked on the Internet and I delete them as quickly as I can as they seem to be popping up in my email inbox.
What happened in court?
September 28 2005
Well it seems that there were some surprises for the prosecution so the case is put back till they recover. The main reason was that Mark had just met with his computer expert and his case now looks extremely solid. But as usual there is a twist to it. Here he is speaking:
“Case looks extremely likely that I will win and I go to bed thinking great things, but there is a twist to any corrupt system to not give in to their revenue getters. The prosecuting attorney objected to me being able to call an expert witness. She claimed that she had not been informed with enough time to get her own witness - as if 13 months was not already enough.
“I was informed of this objection and the judges ruling that I am allowed to call witnesses on my own behalf, but here is the twist in this corrupt system we have. To call my expert witness, as is my right by law, I had to voluntarily reject my right to a speedy trial so a witness could be called on their behalf (prosecution). (Their time was up). I did not know my rights were negotiable. I believe the constitution of the United States states that they are in fact not negotiable - but to call my computer expert I have to withdraw my right for a speedy trial. Everything postponed.
“So knowing I have the upper hand, I feel alright about things that are happening despite the fact I had to give up one right to get one. I was talking with my attorney about my appeal case coming up for the anabolic steroids. He informed me that he had withdrawn it. I was shocked as hell. He had sent me a letter last month stating he wanted more money and that if he did not receive it he would withdraw the appeal. He has sent me letters like this before to speed up the money coming to him. OK, so I’m pissed off here, not only did he withdraw the appeal, but he kept $1500 for what he claims was "research" for the case. I have seen no such research or even work being done on this appeal. I did some checking after I got back home. He withdrew my appeal nearly a month ago to the day and never even told me about it. Once an appeal is withdrawn it can not be reinstated.
I did call the Attorney General’s office and was forwarded to some supreme court disciplinary committee to inform them of all this crap that happened today. I do feel as if nothing will be done however.
(Editor – when will we wake up to the damage being done to our society by the greedy, incompetent legal profession?)
Success!
On 13 December 2005, thanks to the good work of the expert witness for the defence, the Midwest Data Group, LLC, Mark Henning was found not gulity on all counts.
Important lessons from Mark Henning's success
On 13 December 2005, thanks to good advice from our panel of supporters, especially those in the UK, and to a US forensics defence witness, the Midwest Data Group, LLC, which despite intimidation took the stand on his behalf, Mark Henning was found not guilty on all counts.
Before his trial a friend said to Mark Henning, "Make them remember you and make it sting - - - make them remember Mark Henning every single time they break the law or try to get others to break the law - - - make them think that there is another Mark Henning out there every time they get on their computers who will not bend over and take this."
Here now is Mark: “On the 12th December 2005, I was not only found not guilty of the sex crime of Importuning, but found to be not guilty due to police entrapment. This wrongful prosecution cost me everything.
“My computer expert pointed out something in court which I find extremely important for any civil liberties interested person to read up on. I set a precedent this day for everyone who is innocent of this charge to use to their advantage.
“My computer expert found that the police in their attempting to analyze computer hard drives actually overwrote the files by accident because they do not use the proper forensic computer programs. This severely taints the evidence. Evidence that could set some people free but is tainted. The prosecutor was informed of this tainted evidence and proceeded anyway, and by losing the case risks her career as a lawyer in the United States of America. The same (earlier) wannabe computer expert that looked at my computer also looked at the previous God knows how many people charged of the 77 in this particular county, but no one knew. THEY DO NOW.
“It goes deeper than that. What if these cops who think they know how to analyze computers, but do so incorrectly of course, are trained to do so by the same place that trains all local non-FBI police task forces in the state of Ohio. That means that you have the possibility that a large portion of those who plead out to this had evidence which could have possibly set them free - tainted/corrupted. (The number is in the thousands possibly?).
“This case is not over by a long shot. I will get my life back at the expense of the State, Wayne County Ohio, and the Shreve police department.”
Important lessons for others
Mark sought both advice and help. Through this web site he first found advisers as far away as Ireland and the UK and then through good forensics advice from the UK he found a decent US forensics adviser.
The original story is below. It’s very good news for Mark Henning. What is not good news is that attempts were made to stop MDG from defending him.
Police corruption
Come into my parlour said the spider
A charter for racketeers
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