Letter from Antuan Bronshtein - I Need Help!

 

December 26, 2006

Dear Reader,

I'm writing this with the hope my unrelenting pursuit of justice, in the face of an overwhelming political machine, will inspire a courageous soul to help me in my struggle for justice.

To begin with: my name is Antuan Tony Bronshtein, I've been imprisoned in Pennsylvania since February 28, 1991 - 19 at the time of my arrest I'm 35 now.

I would start by telling you how I was badly framed by overzealous police and unethical prosecutors but I think you’ll find recent events more interesting and so I'll start there.

On April 14, 2005, in an opinion that is not only impeachable on its face but for what it covers up, newly seated Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito - then a Third Circuit Court Judge - made me a political prisoner in Bronshtein vs. Horn, and the following is an accurate account, in a nutshell, of the lengths many have gone to silence me and those who would help me ever since.

In July 2005, after I attacked Alito's opinion in Court filings as politically motivated and warned of going public after discovering it was also improperly influenced by a founding partner of, the very influential, and politically connected law firm, Cozen O'Connor - whose admitted malpractice Alito covered up - I began receiving letters from a purported "Prison Release Ministry" calling itself "The Forgiveness Foundation," which was set up a block away from the White House on 1700 Pennsylvania Ave.

Responding to my request for help in finding me a good attorney the supposed executive director Rodney Rexrode wrote (in a signed August 8, 2005 letter which I have since produced in court to blind eyes and deaf ears) "... God controls all and in fact can allow circumstances to grant you what you are seeking without an attorney." Immediately suspecting improper influence by the White House, I wrote Mr. Rexrode "You're awfully close to the White House. I wonder if in more ways then your address."

My suspicions would be confirmed by a reporter for The Forward in December 2005 who, after telling me his investigation found "Rodney Rexrode" does not exist and that The Forgiveness Foundation was the brain child of then White House Chief of staff Andrew Card. - wrote "There is little direct evidence to support Bronshtein's claims that Auto's high court ambitions colored his decisions - although the claim showed prescience if nothing else coming four months before Alito was named on October 31." Failing to mention The Forward hired an appellate expert to review the record, including my pro-se pleadings, which were filed in the aftermath of Alito's opinion, their story continues "But there is considerable support for Bronshtein's broader claims. Legal scholars say his conviction was flawed by blatantly incorrect rulings from the bench."

Card's attempted improper influence isn't the only thing the Forward's almost entirely inaccurate and shamelessly misleading sham of a story covered up and/or misrepresented.

Record evidence', which The Forward was able to confirm, will prove Alito's opinion is not only a politically motivated affront to justice - where he blatantly misrepresented the law, and the already badly tainted and previously misrepresented record facts, and evidence, in order to come to his absurd and credibility challenged conclusions - But where even more dishonorably as a favor to his good long time friend Patrick O'Connor, he misrepresented the panels on the record findings and brazenly covered up Cozen O’Conner’s admitted malpractice. Which was found and questioned during the April 22, 2003 oral arguments by Judge Stapleton. Who clearly found "tremendous prejudice was suffered by the admission of other crimes evidence" and that Cozen O'Connor attorneys were ineffective for failing to raise this meritorious issue on "Federal Constitutional Grounds" Before the attorney making oral argument (Louis Natalie) assured the panel I couldn't get back in on this meritorious issue, or on Cozen O'Connor's admitted ineffectiveness, if the panel decided to shoot me down.

Clear and convincing evidence will prove Alito's opinion was not only influenced by his impending nomination to high court which, as I would learn through Cozen O'Connor Senior partner and counsel of record Peter Rossi in 2002, was already promised Alito at least as early as 2002, but by his good long time friend Patrick O'Connor. Who, having had absolutely no prior involvement with my case whatsoever, entered his appearance as counsel for oral arguments to obviously improperly influence the panel to cover up his firms obvious malpractice. And the following facts, all of which were confirmed by The Forward, will support that conclusion.

Documented evidence which l shared with The Forward will prove Peter Rossi told me about Alito's promised nomination in 2002 while attempting to talk me into dropping my appeals as a favor to him in exchange for a life sentence.

Patrick OConnor’s appearance for oral arguments would be kept secret from me to this day if I didn't discover it on my own upon hearing the April 22, 2003 oral arguments audio-tape; more then 2 years after the fact after being fought all of that time first by Peter Rossi then by Judge Alito.

My correspondence with Peter Rossi will prove I began questioning his malpractice in the weeks leading up to oral arguments.

There is substantial evidence of actual innocence in the Horn matter which, as evidence of Cozen O'Connor's much broader and obvious malpractice, they never raised. Instead they misrepresented me in a conflict of interest with my former attorneys who I almost had to die to get rid of in 1999 before Peter Rossi brought them back in as ghost writers shortly thereafter. As death penalty opponents these attorneys only goal was to get me a new sentencing hearing rather than attacking the unconstitutionality of my wrongful convictions. Both of which, as the record will clearly reflect, were obtained in Kangaroo courts who, after going off the record in more than two dozen sidebars and chamber meetings when things weren't looking so good for the Commonwealth, among other egregious acts, accepted as credible the flagrantly obvious perjury and fabrication of evidence by detectives who, along with prosecutors fabricated and manufactured evidence; threatened and coached witnesses to lie; to make false identifications; and others, who could have helped exonerate me to disappear - while deliberately withholding material exculpatory" and impeaching evidence which could have easily established the same/ but more importantly, my innocence. All of which is supported by the record and could be found thoroughly explained in my pro-se pleadings to the Third Circuit which were filed between April 28, 2005 and June 13, 2005 - in the aftermath of Auto's opinion.

My pleadings which total approximately 150 pages not only attack Alito's opinion as the politically motivated affront to justice it truly is, but the unconstitutionality of my conviction. Moreover, they are very detailed with regard to Counsels malpractice - all of which was admitted during an April 22, 2005 visit by Peter Rossi. Who while sabotaging me behind the scenes continued to pretend to be my friend, before I was left with no other choice but to plead my own case on a 7th grade education; which is the last grade I graduate before dropping out of school to become a professionally trained jeweler by age 15.

Even though the most serious allegations against Mr. Rossi and his firm were made in court filings by June 13, 2005 - none of which they've denied - he would wait until May 10, 2006 to ask the court to dismiss him of his duties since, according to his letter neither he nor his firm could effectively continue to represent me due to those allegations. Incredibly neither he nor his firm felt that way while they continued to misrepresent me after Judge Alito denied my June 13, 2005 motion to dismiss them which was filed immediately upon discovering why they fought so hard to keep me from hearing the April 22, 2003 oral arguments audio-tape.

Several guards from SCI-Greene will swear that on June 9, 2005 they were arbitrarily ordered to deny me possession of and access to said audio-tape which I not only had to petition the court several times to receive but had authorization to keep.

Between Alito's nomination and his confirmation dozens of letters were sent to senate democrats and to the media. To this day I haven't received a single response or inquiry even though I made clear I was open to any and all.

Material and documented evidence will prove a doctored oral arguments audio-tape was produced sometime after June 13, 2005 which I received and was allowed to keep in May 2006 after creating a long paper trail in which prison officials are contradicting themselves and each other as well as Cozen O'Connor attorneys regarding the original.

After I warned Alito of going public in May 2005, several attorneys who expressed a serious interest to take my case were never heard from again after I spoke of them on the telephone.

On May 16, 2006, in response to Peter Rossi's May 10, 2006 letter, the Court of Common Pleas in Montgomery County appointed attorney Henry S. Hills III - a republican and former prosecutor from the office that maliciously prosecuted me.

On May 26, 2006, during what was supposed to be a status hearing Mr. Hills unethically called my competency into question. The next day The Norristown Times Herald had me claiming "The White House and Supreme Court Justices Set Me up" - a claim so outrageous it had to be scripted by those who would like to discredit me by slandering me. Another hearing was held on June 20, 2006 which, to the discontent of the Judge, allowed me the opportunity to get what I needed to get on the record.

On October 5, 2006, in a hearing that lasted less than 5 minutes the judge not surprisingly found me incompetent before ordering me drugged by force at a prison psychiatric hospital at Waymart.

Not a single question was asked during any one of these 3 hearings. The transcripts, as well as the reporting by The Times Herald, which was the only media there all three times, will reveal a blatant political cover up.

I was held at the County Jail from, May 22 until October 19, 2006. While there I was systematically denied law books. Dozen of letters were mailed to attorneys, politicians, and to members of the media; Many by certified mail without a single response. Worse yet, or rather more telling, although letters where sent to different law firms some return receipts came back signed by the same illegible signature. While other receipts never came back at all and those include certified letters that were sent to the A.C.L.U. office in New York, two to Philadelphia Law firms, and several to members of the media who given their recent lawsuits and reporting against the Bush administration would be considered liberal. And if that's not evidence of a political machine driving one cover up after another, then perhaps I am incompetent and the dishonorable William J. Furber only means for me to get better by ordering me drugged by force - to supposedly make me competent "to be able to assist" politically appointed counsel (Henry S. Hills) who, as the record will clearly reflect, to cover up what is easily confirmable by anyone who cares to look, unethically called my competency into question.

I don't know when they plan on transferring me to Waymart to begin drugging me against my will. But I fear if I don’t get help soon this perfectly sane and competent man - perhaps too competent for my own good - will soon be turned into an incompetent, or worse - with the White House obviously using their influence to silence me, and those who would help me, God only knows what that could be.

Finally, to add even more insult on top of already grievous and near grave injury, after being informed of these matters in a letter dated November 27, 2006, the Governor's office of Chief Counsel advised me to forward any future correspondence regarding this matter to my counsel in a letter dated December 15,2006 and signed by the Governor's Chief Counsel Albert H. Masland.

And now after nearly 16 years of having only myself to rely on I'm relying on my fellow prisoners to get this out to the right attorney, politician, and/or media organization. With a little help from God, I remain hopeful someone will emerge with the necessary courage to do the right thing, and with that I pray.

 

Sincerely,

Antuan T. Bronshtein
BU-0261
SCI-Greene
175 Progress Drive
Waynesburg, PA. 15370
USA

 

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