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Alton h. Maddox, jr. Tel.: (718) 834-9034
Chairman Fax : (718) 834-1275
16 Court Street
Suite 1901
Brooklyn, NY 11241
December 8, 2009
Gov. David A. Paterson
State Capitol
Albany, NY12224
Re: In re Glenda Brawley
Dear Gov. David Paterson:
Pursuant to Article 4, sec. 4 of the New York State Constitution and Executive Law § 15, I am respectfully requesting that you exercise your constitutional and executive authority to pardon Glenda Brawley for her refusal to testify against her daughter, Tawana Brawley, on May 24, 1988 before a Dutchess County grand jury.
I was disciplined, among other things, for counseling Glenda not to testify against her daughter and violate the parent-child privilege which has been recognized by case law in New York. More importantly, the grand jury had been convened to sanitize the criminal conduct of Steven Pagones who, according to a petit jury, afterwards, found that Pagones had been involved in the kidnapping and rape of Tawana Brawley.
You do not have to take my word. You may inspect the verdict sheet in Pagones v. Maddox, et. al., Index No. 4595 (Sup. Ct. Dutchess Co. 1988). Moreover, Dutchess County Court Judge Judith Hillery testified that she wrote your predecessor, Gov. Mario Cuomo in January 1988, that Pagones was a suspect. This memo should be in your files.
When Gov. Cuomo employed his authority under the Executive Law to appoint New York State Attorney General Robert Abrams as special prosecutor to investigate the claims of Tawana Brawley, Abrams immediately and summarily contradicted the findings of the office of District Attorney of Dutchess County by publicly claiming that no suspect was known to law enforcement officials. This was a lie and he made it on or about February 29, 1988.
Several articles in Poughkeepsie Journal, as early as December 1987, will document that I had warned Dutchess County District Attorney William Grady that an employee in his office was involved in the kidnapping and rape of Tawana Brawley. Grady chose to engage in a cover-up by subpoenaing the Brawleys.
On the return date of the subpoenas, I appeared at the courthouse in Dutchess County and stated that the Brawleys would not participate in this cover-up. At the same time, a white postman, Tim Losee, was in the district attorney’s office fingering Pagones, Harry Crist, Scott Patterson and Eugene Branson. He was never permitted to tell this grand jury about his observations. Later, he lost his job. This confirmed my accusation. Dutchess County had a hot potato in its hand.
When I convened a press conference on March 13, 1988 and informed the press that Abrams was not only lying about the lack of a suspect but also that Harry Crist, Jr. had been murdered, Abrams now had five targets of his grand jury witchhunt: Tawana Brawley, Glenda Brawley, Alton Maddox, C. Vernon Mason and Al Sharpton.
We were and still are the victims of state-sponsored defamation with an international reach. Tawana and Glenda Brawley had to involuntarily leave the state and seek sanctuary in a sovereign member of the Confederate States of America: Virginia. In addition to a wrongful loss of income for nearly twenty years, I am about to lose my rent-stabilized apartment of thirty-three years in a kangaroo trial scheduled for December 15 in Manhattan Housing Court.
The “landlord” has initiated three baseless summary proceedings without any semblance of a deed and without rent-stabilized leases for a decade. The Division of Housing and Community Renewal has buried its head in the sand despite the Rent Stabilization Code. In New York, no landlord can initiate a summary proceeding without a deed and collect rents without a rent-stabilized lease. Three dispossess petitions have been riddled with perjurious statements with impunity.
To add insult to injury, the office of New York State Attorney General informed the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 2005 that I had been disbarred without due process of law. There has never been a disbarment hearing. This could not happen to a white lawyer. This damaging admission can be found in Maddox v. Prudenti et. al. Civ. Act. No. 5444 (U.S. D.C., E.D.N.Y. 2004).
In the event that a pardon cannot be effected before December 15, I am requesting that you permit Tawana and Glenda Brawley to travel in the state for a specific period of time without being subject to arrest. December 15 is Tawana’s birthday. Her supporters are planning to celebrate her birthday at the Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building in Harlem and to witness the kangaroo trial on the same date in Manhattan Housing Court.
I hope that you will give me an immediate and favorable reply.
Very truly yours,
Alton H. Maddox, Jr.
AHM:sr
cc: New York State Attorney General
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
Alton h. Maddox, jr. Tel.: (718) 834-9034
Chairman Fax : (718) 834-1275
16 Court Street
Suite 1901
Brooklyn, NY 11241
December 8, 2009
Gov. David A. Paterson
State Capitol
Albany, NY12224
Re: In re Glenda Brawley
Dear Gov. David Paterson:
Pursuant to Article 4, sec. 4 of the New York State Constitution and Executive Law § 15, I am respectfully requesting that you exercise your constitutional and executive authority to pardon Glenda Brawley for her refusal to testify against her daughter, Tawana Brawley, on May 24, 1988 before a Dutchess County grand jury.
I was disciplined, among other things, for counseling Glenda not to testify against her daughter and violate the parent-child privilege which has been recognized by case law in New York. More importantly, the grand jury had been convened to sanitize the criminal conduct of Steven Pagones who, according to a petit jury, afterwards, found that Pagones had been involved in the kidnapping and rape of Tawana Brawley.
You do not have to take my word. You may inspect the verdict sheet in Pagones v. Maddox, et. al., Index No. 4595 (Sup. Ct. Dutchess Co. 1988). Moreover, Dutchess County Court Judge Judith Hillery testified that she wrote your predecessor, Gov. Mario Cuomo in January 1988, that Pagones was a suspect. This memo should be in your files.
When Gov. Cuomo employed his authority under the Executive Law to appoint New York State Attorney General Robert Abrams as special prosecutor to investigate the claims of Tawana Brawley, Abrams immediately and summarily contradicted the findings of the office of District Attorney of Dutchess County by publicly claiming that no suspect was known to law enforcement officials. This was a lie and he made it on or about February 29, 1988.
Several articles in Poughkeepsie Journal, as early as December 1987, will document that I had warned Dutchess County District Attorney William Grady that an employee in his office was involved in the kidnapping and rape of Tawana Brawley. Grady chose to engage in a cover-up by subpoenaing the Brawleys.
On the return date of the subpoenas, I appeared at the courthouse in Dutchess County and stated that the Brawleys would not participate in this cover-up. At the same time, a white postman, Tim Losee, was in the district attorney’s office fingering Pagones, Harry Crist, Scott Patterson and Eugene Branson. He was never permitted to tell this grand jury about his observations. Later, he lost his job. This confirmed my accusation. Dutchess County had a hot potato in its hand.
When I convened a press conference on March 13, 1988 and informed the press that Abrams was not only lying about the lack of a suspect but also that Harry Crist, Jr. had been murdered, Abrams now had five targets of his grand jury witchhunt: Tawana Brawley, Glenda Brawley, Alton Maddox, C. Vernon Mason and Al Sharpton.
We were and still are the victims of state-sponsored defamation with an international reach. Tawana and Glenda Brawley had to involuntarily leave the state and seek sanctuary in a sovereign member of the Confederate States of America: Virginia. In addition to a wrongful loss of income for nearly twenty years, I am about to lose my rent-stabilized apartment of thirty-three years in a kangaroo trial scheduled for December 15 in Manhattan Housing Court.
The “landlord” has initiated three baseless summary proceedings without any semblance of a deed and without rent-stabilized leases for a decade. The Division of Housing and Community Renewal has buried its head in the sand despite the Rent Stabilization Code. In New York, no landlord can initiate a summary proceeding without a deed and collect rents without a rent-stabilized lease. Three dispossess petitions have been riddled with perjurious statements with impunity.
To add insult to injury, the office of New York State Attorney General informed the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 2005 that I had been disbarred without due process of law. There has never been a disbarment hearing. This could not happen to a white lawyer. This damaging admission can be found in Maddox v. Prudenti et. al. Civ. Act. No. 5444 (U.S. D.C., E.D.N.Y. 2004).
In the event that a pardon cannot be effected before December 15, I am requesting that you permit Tawana and Glenda Brawley to travel in the state for a specific period of time without being subject to arrest. December 15 is Tawana’s birthday. Her supporters are planning to celebrate her birthday at the Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building in Harlem and to witness the kangaroo trial on the same date in Manhattan Housing Court.
I hope that you will give me an immediate and favorable reply.
Very truly yours,
Alton H. Maddox, Jr.
AHM:sr
cc: New York State Attorney General
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