On the death of yet another "trouble-maker". It is dangerous to address judicial corruption in the United States: a disbarred and detained California attorney Patrick Massud is dead, and the government attorney Massud accused of corruption is claiming a suicide

I wrote previously about the tendency in the U.S. for persecution and prosecution of whistleblowers of official misconduct and corruption.

I reported at least two suspected murders that nobody wants to investigate - of Sunny Sheu in New York who reported judicial corruption (somebody sold a home from under him, and, even when that person was caught and convicted, a judge refused to cancel his eviction, and Sunny Sheu found some information on the judge shortly before his suspicious death that raised questions about the judge's role in the eviction situation and in Sunny Sheu's death), and of Adam Rupeka, a vocal critic of New York police.

Sunny Sheu actually made a video shortly before his death expressing his concern that he will be killed shortly for his investigation of corruption.  Still, nobody is investigating his apparent murder, and it was reported that medical witnesses quickly changed their statements and the body was quickly disposed of.  And, questions whether Sunny Sheu was murdered for investigating judge Joseph Golia remain.

A disbarred and detained California attorney #PatrickMissud,

• detained and awaiting trial for allegedly making "criminal threats" against a judge (he reportedly has sent emails threatening to detonate a bomb near a judge),
• an attorney who reportedly made "frequent insults" against the Chief U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts (of course, in the U.S., any criticism of a judge is perceived by judges as an "insult" requiring retaliation) on his website, and who
• repeatedly sued judges for corruption and repeatedly had his lawsuits denied on the grounds of absolute judicial immunity - which means, courts never reached issues raised by Patrick Missud on the merits and let judges escape responsibility no matter whether they actually acted maliciously and corruptly -

was reported dead in jail by the jail system (Santa Clara County jail) where he was held without bail awaiting trial.

And, of course, it was reported by the jail authorities that he committed suicide.

Yet, it is apparent that there may be more to that story than just a simple solution of a suicide.

As a former intern for New York Prisoners Legal Services, I do know how inmates are battered by prison guards or prison gangs outside of the reach of cameras in retaliation for reporting misconduct against public officials, and then are accused of beating their own torturers and locked up in solitary confinement for years.

In this case, it was reported that "was found early Saturday on the floor of a common area in the men’s wing, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, who added that his injuries were consistent with a fall from the upper level".

And, by the way, it was reported in correctly that Patrick Missud was an "inmate" in a correctional facility.

In fact, he was a detainee, detained before trial and presumed innocent.

In view of his standoff with the judicial system, he should have been placed in protective custody, but apparently, he wasn't, and then he was conveniently found dead to prevent his trial where he could make further statements against judicial corruption.

And this is happening in the blessed state of California, where attorney Dr. Richard Fine was incarcerated for over 14 months for CORRECTLY claiming judicial corruption - that Los Angeles Judges received an addition to their salaries from Los Angeles County of over $50,000 a year while the County appeared in front of those judges.

The State of California finally came up with a "solution" of this "problem":

• it disbarred and incarcerated the 70+ whistleblower Dr. Richard Fine;
• gave retroactive CRIMINAL immunity for corruption to its judges - which should really boost public confidence in the integrity of the California judicial system and judges;

and then

• refused to allow the California State Bar (that disbarred Dr Richard Fine) to collect member dues because of corruption within the California State Bar;
• but, of course, the California State Supreme Court quickly overruled that and gave that lucrative money-making opportunity right back to the corrupt California State Bar.

Makes a lot of sense.

By the way, as another piece of interesting information on the subject of judicial corruption in California that supposedly does not exist (because attorneys are viciously persecuted when they heretically raise the issue of the presumed-honorable with a self-given gift of immunity for corruption judges) - recently, a court clerk was convicted in federal court, on a plea bargain, just 6 months after the start of criminal proceedings, for fixing over a 1000 DWI cases.

The public needs a collective lobotomy to believe that he did that without judges presiding over such cases being on the hook, but even the feds did not dare to touch judges.

Just read the book "Operation Greylord"

written by a then-prosecutor and mole for the FBI who brought about that sting against over 100 judges and lawyers in the Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, for corruption and fixing cases - to see how big that business is and how it works.

There was simply no possibility that such a vast operation was handled just by a court clerk, and did not involve judges.

The plea bargain struck with the court clerk means that there will be no trial, and the local judiciary will be spared the testimony about possible involvement of judges in that same scheme.

There was no hope to strike any plea deals with Patrick Missud who, I am sure, was looking forward to a trial forum to address the issue of judicial corruption.

And, under a U.S. Supreme Court case Dennis v Sparks, even if a judge is covered by absolute immunity for corruption in a civil lawsuit against himself, he can still be called to testify about that corruption.

Patrick Missud could make that happen.

Now he can't.  Because he is conveniently dead.

A person who, for years, asserted issues of corruption in the government, dies in the hands of the government.  And the government claims he committed suicide.  As I said, how convenient.

Looks like silencing of a critic to me.