FOUR-YEAR-OLD CASE CONTINUES WITH NO ANSWERS AS TO WHY EVIDENCE “EVIDENTLY” TAMPERED WITH by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 20, 2016) — On Friday, Roane County, TN citizen Roy Cook attended a scheduled hearing in a case arising in April 2013 charging him with extortion which has not yet gone to trial. Roane County is one of […]
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Fitzpatrick Case to be Appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
AFTER TENNESSEE HIGH COURT REFUSES TO HEAR APPEAL by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 17, 2016) — On November 4, 2015, Atty. Van Irion filed an Application for Permission to Appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court from the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals on behalf of Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, who was incarcerated on August 19, 2014 […]
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Walter Fitzpatrick Relocated
ARE NEW SURROUNDINGS MORE DANGEROUS THAN BEFORE? by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 11, 2016) — By means of a letter received on Friday, The Post & Email learned that Tennessee inmate #540003, Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, was relocated to the West Tennessee State Penitentiary (WTSP), colloquially known as “West High,” on March 1. While we know […]
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Inmate’s Story Echoes Those of Prison Abuse, Fraud, “Cover-Ups”
“NO PERSON IS SAFE” by Anonymous Inmate, NWCX, Tiptonville, TN (Mar. 5, 2016) — The letter below was received by The Post & Email on Friday, March 4 and corroborates the numerous reports received over the last year from other inmates describing prisoners-for-profit schemes and other abuses at NWCX, a Tennessee state prison located in […]
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Will Claims of Prison Retaliation, Discrimination Be Addressed?
“CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 4, 2016) — In December, Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) inmate Jerome L. Johnson was unexpectedly moved from Site 2 to Site 1 at the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) as a result of what he believes was retaliation by prison staff for his refusal to participate in […]
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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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Waggoner Case Scheduled for Retrial April 25
BUT ARE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS BEING UPHELD? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 29, 2015) — On November 25, The Post & Email first reported on the case of State of Tennessee v. Kevin Waggoner, case #4826, which is not currently found in publicly-listed cases online. On May 1, 2014, with the last digit in the year changed […]
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Appeal Filed in Fitzpatrick Case to Tennessee Supreme Court
CAN A PETITIONER FOR “REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES” BE TRIED AND CONVICTED OF EXTORTION? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 11, 2015) — Knoxville attorney Van Irion has filed an appeal in the case of State of Tennessee v. Walter Francis Fitzpatrick III to the Tennessee Supreme Court. Fitzpatrick Appeal to TN Supreme Court Fitzpatrick was convicted of […]
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“The Land Where the Law Went to Die,” Conclusion
FITZPATRICK: EVIL MUST BE CONQUERED, NOT TOLERATED by Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, TDOC #540003, ©2015 (Dec. 9, 2015) — [Editor’s Note: the following is the remainder of a report received by Tennessee prison inmate Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III last week, the first part of which was published on December 4. The subject matter is the evolution […]
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The Post & Email Receives a Very Special Christmas Card
“THE BEST CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR EVER” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 8, 2015) — On Monday, The Post & Email received a Christmas card from Tennessee state prison inmate Jerome L. Johnson, #150724, on whose pending in-house punishment for refusing to participate in the Pro-Social Life Skills course we have reported since last summer. As […]
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Exclusive: 1883 Tennessee Supreme Court Decision: Grand Jury Foreman Chosen From “the Venire”
NOT HANDPICKED BY A JUDGE by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 28, 2015) — A Tennessee Supreme Court case from 1883 indicates that at that time, the foreman of the county grand jury was chosen by the criminal court judge from among the 13 impaneled citizens comprising “the venire,” or grand jury panel. In State of Tennessee […]
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Report: Audit Says Tennessee Prisons “Smoothly Operating”
ARE THEY IN THEIR OWN WORLD? by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 8, 2015) — Following a request for an external audit of Tennessee’s prison system by Department of Corrections Commissioner Derrick Schofield, the American Correctional Assocation (ACA) reportedly found that while a new system to figure overtime pay for corrections officers was troublesome and assaults could […]
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Report: Tipton County, TN: 50 Grand Jury Indictments Produced After Only Three Cases Presented
“LOCKING PEOPLE UP LEFT AND RIGHT” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 19, 2015) — Last week, a professional involved in Tennessee’s 25th Judicial District court system told a local private individual that “they’re basically locking people up left and right, getting people out on bond and within a week, rearrest them, revoke their bond and increase […]
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Tennessee Appellate Court Opines Grand Jury “Bias” Acceptable
ASSERTS “FALSE ALLEGATIONS” WERE MADE AGAINST FORMER GRAND JURY FOREMAN by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 18, 2015) — In an opinion stamped “Filed” on September 8, 2015, a Knoxville appellate court upheld the conviction of Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III for aggravated perjury and extortion in June of last year. The Post & Email received the document […]
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Tennessee Prison Inmate Sends Disciplinary Appeal to State Corrections Commissioner
WHY ARE INMATES FORCED TO TAKE CLASSES? by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 12, 2015) — On September 3, The Post & Email received documentation from TDOC inmate Jerome L. Johnson indicating that he was appealing a grievance against NWCX Warden Mike Parris and several staff members for issuing him a disciplinary “write-up” for his refusal to […]
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Fitzpatrick: Most Information About Tennessee Prison Conditions “Being Successfully Suppressed”
“WORKING IN A PANIC” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 20, 2015) — In a 44-page handwritten letter from Tennessee inmate Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III dated 27 July 2015, he described his ongoing efforts to opt out of the Adult Basic Education class in which he is enrolled at the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) despite his high […]
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Roane County, TN “Extortion” Case Scheduled for Hearing on Alleged Brady Violations
DO TENNESSEE PROSECUTORS FOLLOW THE LAW OR CREATE THEIR OWN? by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 18, 2015) — On Friday, a hearing took place in the prosecution of Roy Cook of Roane County, TN, on a charge of “extortion” dating back to April 2013. In a previous article dated June 27, The Post & Email reported […]
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Bombshell Exclusive: TDOC Employees Violate Departmental Rules to Keep Inmates in Adult Basic Education Class
FITZPATRICK: NWCX WARDEN, INSTRUCTORS “RUNNING A CON GAME” TO BILK FEDERAL TREASURY…AND TAXPAYERS by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 8, 2015) — In late May, The Post & Email received a letter from Tennessee state inmate Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III which stated that staff were pressuring him to participate in the “Pro-Social Life Skills” (PSLS, p. 9) […]
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State Inmate Files Civil Rights Violation Complaint to the U.S. Department of Justice
WILL THE DOJ TAKE ACTION IN TENNESSEE? by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 4, 2015) — On July 31, The Post & Email published an article after receiving a letter from NWCX inmate Jerome L Johnson alleging civil rights violations on the part of prison staff, possibly because he is black. Like Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, Johnson […]
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Tipton County, TN Circuit Court Judge Tells Mike Parsons to “Google” Answers to Questions about Court’s Lawfulness
DODGES QUERIES ON CONSTITUTIONALITY, OBSERVANCE OF COURT RULES by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 2, 2015) — In a hearing on Friday at the “Tipton County Circuit Court,” Mike Parsons, who was indicted in March on two charges of firearms possession as a convicted felon, asked Judge Joe Walker to identify in which type of court the […]