by CDR Charles F. Kerchner, Jr. (Ret), blogging at CDRKerchner, ©2023 (Jul. 4, 2023) — Note: The following text is a transcription of the Stone Engraving of the parchment Declaration of Independence (the document on display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum.) The spelling and punctuation reflects the original. Online source: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript In Congress, […]
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TN Governor Says What Happened to George Floyd is Horrific
YET IGNORES POLICE BRUTALITY IN TN by George J. Raudenbush, III, standfast4truth (Jun. 1, 2020) — [Editor’s Note: The following was received Monday from Tennessee resident and Christian missionary George J. Raudenbush, III, who was falsely imprisoned in 2011 after police in Tellico Plains, TN apprehended him with excessive force, causing him to fear for […]
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25-Year Former Inmate Relates Stunning Story of Crime, Punishment, and a New Mission, Part 3
“I CREDIT ALL THIS TO GOD” by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 2, 2019) —In Part 1 and Part 2 of this title, former Tennessee inmate Andrew Ewing detailed his quarter-century of incarceration under the “felony murder” statute, sometimes referred to as a “rule” or “doctrine,” which implicates those not responsible for committing murder to harsh penalties […]
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George Raudenbush Requests Exoneration from Outgoing Gov. Bill Haslam
“I DID NOT COMMIT A CRIME” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 13, 2019) — On Sunday evening, Christian missionary George Raudenbush contacted The Post & Email to say that he very recently learned that an exoneration request he made last year to outgoing Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam might not have been received. Evidence forwarded to the […]
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Record Number of Government Readers on Thursday
TOPICS: OBAMA BIRTHPLACE, ELIGIBILITY; LISA PAGE; OTHERS by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 18, 2018) — According to an informal review of our daily statistics, a record number of government agencies have accessed The Post & Email’s articles today. Readers include the FBI, the U.S. Justice Department, U.S. Courts, two state governments, and a town government department. […]
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False Threats, Then and Now
ISN’T LYING TO THE FBI A CRIME? by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 15, 2018) — On Wednesday multiple outlets reported that actor T. J. Miller was arrested at LaGuardia Airport on Monday after he was identified as allegedly having called 911 last month to report that a woman had a “bomb in her bag” while riding […]
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Former Tennessee Prison Oversight Committee Reported “High Degree of Violence”
AT PRIVATELY-RUN PRISON by Sharon Rondeau (May 2, 2017) — A 2008 “Special Report” filed with the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, Division of State Audit conceded that there existed “a history of a high level of violence” at a privately-run facility. The prison identified was the South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF) in Clifton, one […]
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Walter Fitzpatrick Ejected From Witness Stand by Tennessee “Judge,” Part 3
A “CONDESCENDING COURTROOM VERBAL DISSERTATION” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 30, 2016) — As related in earlier articles with this title in part 1 here and part 2 here, TDOC inmate Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III described his having been subpoenaed to testify in an August 16 post-conviction hearing for an inmate from Shelby County. Fitzpatrick was […]
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Walter Fitzpatrick Ejected From Witness Stand by Tennessee “Judge,” Part 2
“MR. COFFEE IS ON THE RECORD” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 26, 2016) — On Sunday, The Post & Email published an article containing the first part of a letter from Tennessee inmate Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III describing his short-lived testimony in Shelby County on August 16 in response to a subpoena from inmate Jerome L. […]
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Breaking News on George Raudenbush Case From Monroe County, TN
WILL TENNESSEE’S CRIMES AGAINST ITS CITIZENS FINALLY BE THWARTED? by George Raudenbush, ©2016 (Aug. 31, 2016) — [Editor’s Note: The following press release was received late Tuesday from George Raudenbush, a Christian missionary and former Tennessee state inmate whose traffic convictions were reversed by an appellate court in late 2013 resulting from Judge Carroll Lee […]
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Does a Tennessee District Attorney Have the Right to Influence the Board of Parole?
“THEY DON’T CARE AND THEY WON’T CORRECT IT” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 22, 2016) — Over the past 30 days, The Post & Email received two letters from TDOC inmate Jimmy Newell claiming that despite his agreement to take a plea deal in a 2014 case involving theft of property and having served twice the […]
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Marvin Young Trial Postponed on Conflict of Interest Issue
NEXT HEARING FEBRUARY 22 by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 26, 2016) — On Sunday, The Post & Email reported that a trial for Monroe County, TN defendant Marvin William Young would likely be postponed after the prosecutor of the case last month became his public defender. Former Assistant District Attorney General Paul D. Rush moved from […]
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Monroe County, TN: Prosecutor Moves to Public Defender’s Office
BUT SHOULD HE REPRESENT THOSE HE CLAIMED WERE CRIMINALS? by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 24, 2016) — A trial scheduled to begin on Tuesday, January 26, in Monroe County, TN of defendant Marvin William Young may be postponed as a result of the prosecutor, Paul D. Rush, having joined the judicial district’s public defender’s office within […]
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Tennessee Prison Inmate Describes Dangerous Working Conditions of Corrections Officers
“ARE YOU WAITING FOR A MASS KILLING?” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 1, 2015) — On July 25, a brief article in The Chattanoogan related an incident involving a reported eight inmates, all members of dangerous gangs, at the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) in Tiptonville, TN the day before. In response to the incident, The Post […]
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Exclusive: Fitzpatrick “Moral Coward” Judge Going into Full Retirement
HAS BLACKWOOD “LEARNED HIS LESSON?” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 3, 2015) — Acting on a tip from a reliable source, on Wednesday The Post & Email contacted the office of Senior Judge Jon Kerry Blackwood to inquire if Blackwood is still serving on the bench. We reached his assistant, Mindy, with whom we have spoken […]
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Appeals Hearing Held in Fitzpatrick Case
ATTY. VAN IRION: GRAND JURY WAS DEFECTIVE FROM THE OUTSET by Sharon Rondeau (May 21, 2015) — On Tuesday, oral argument was heard in the appeal of State of Tennessee v. Walter Fitzpatrick, 14CR69, in which CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) was convicted of “aggravated perjury” and “extortion” by a McMinn County, TN trial […]
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Tennessee Inmate Describes “Prison Industry” As Lining Pockets of Government Bureaucrats
“THEIR GOAL IS TO CONVICT YOU” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 22, 2015) — The Post & Email recently heard from Tennessee inmate Mike Parsons, who was reincarcerated last February after allegedly violating the terms of his parole. Parsons was first incarcerated in 2009 after being convicted by a Tipton County, TN jury of “aggravated assault” […]
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Appeal Filed in Fitzpatrick Case
“THE GRAND JURY IS WHAT MAKES US A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 9, 2015) — On Thursday, a 25-page appeal was filed with the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, Eastern Division, on behalf of CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.), who was convicted last June of “aggravated perjury” and “extortion” after he brought […]
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Tennessee Tenth Judicial District Prosecutor: Government Influence of Grand Jury “Unethical”
“THE GRAND JURY IS OPEN TO ANY CITIZEN WHO WANTS TO COME AND APPEAR” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 12, 2015) — The chief prosecutor of Tennessee’s Tenth Judicial District, which includes the counties of McMinn, Monroe, Polk and Bradley, told a local radio show host last month that “the grand jury is open to any […]