Originally published at: The State of New Hampshire Has No Right To Point Fingers At Robert L. Lamontagne | Free Keene
Back in 2011/2012 I posted at length here on FreeKeene.com about a case I was working on: State v. Jason Talley.
In that case a judge illegally ordered the arrest of a citizen journalist, Ademo Freeman, for literally asking questions about public policy and its enforcement… some of the most protected speech under the 1st Amendment. The judge lied to court bailiffs to have him arrested.
The Sullivan County Attorney at the time, Marc Hathaway, engaged in a word salad game to “clear” the judge of any criminal liability, but before that other high ranking judges in the New Hampshire Judicial Branch enacted rules restricting the state AND federal constitutions so that one of their own would never be embarrassed like that again.
I was interviewed by a now New Hampshire State Senator about this.
Now, Robert L. Lamontagne, who served nearly a decade in the state prison for a crime he never should have been convicted of, without a fair trial, is facing contempt charges for posting some “sealed” information.
See the hypocrisy here? This is just a “good’ole boys club” where THEY can break the law with impunity but YOU get hammered into the ground if you make a simple mistake.
I can’t speak for Rob’s lawyer, Michael J. Iacopino, but in my opinion New Hampshire needs a legal revolution in the court system. No longer should these questionable people be able to control your peaceful lives when they so glaringly are above the laws they are entrusted with administering. There are two classes of men in New Hampshire: the club, and YOU.
You pay their salaries while they are above the laws you must follow.
If I was representing Rob still in this case I’d make his contempt hearing about Part I, Article 10 of the New Hampshire Constitution and prove way past the requirement of preponderance of the evidence up to and even way beyond a reasonable doubt that the New Hampshire government is corrupted and complicit in covering up its own illegal acts while penalizing the common citizen for acts that really aren’t a big deal.
De minimis non curat lex, Grafton County Attorney Hornick and Governor Ayotte.
/rant