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19TH NOVEMBER 2009

There are many times we read articles on Bills case and the different authors focus in on various issues. On reading the article in the Huffington Post it highlights many of the issues surrounding the ethics of the justice system and individuals deliberately flout home and international laws. her is an extract from this article:

"On September 16, 2008, he raised the stakes of his protest by refusing liquids. Shortly afterward, the prison's medical director, Dr. Edward Blanchette, had Coleman strapped down and -- without sedation -- tried to force a feeding tube through his nose into his stomach. This first attempt failed. "Success" only came after the inmate was screaming in agony and sneezing up blood. Eventually, Coleman succumbed to this torture and agreed to ingest liquids once again. He is now fighting in court for the right to resume his hunger campaign."

"The World Medical Association's 1975 Declaration of Tokyo strictly prohibits physicians from engaging in such practices, which it describes as "contrary to the laws of humanity." The AMA has fully embraced this document. When the United States began force-feeding prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, two hundred fifty prominent physicians signed an open letter to a leading British journal, The Lancet, called for sanctions against the medical professionals involved in these nonconsensual interventions. "

"The physicians who seek to force-feed William Coleman -- most notably, Blanchette and Suzanne Ducate, the state prison system's chief psychiatrist -- are not operating in a gray zone where medical opinion has yet to reach a meaningful consensus. Instead, they have gone rogue and are flagrantly violating the ethical norms embraced by their profession and their peers (and allegedly being handsomely compensated for doing so). The medical community has an ethical obligation to respond -- by canceling the membership of these physicians in professional organizations, by steering patients away from their offices, and by revoking their licenses, if necessary."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jacob-m-appel/beyond-guantanamo-torture_b_360082.html

Beyond Guantanamo: Torture Thrives in Connecticut

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11th NOVEMBER 2009

Please read the article from CT News Junkie about recent events of Bills case:

http://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/courts/judge_to_hear_closing_argument.php

 

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29TH OCTOBER 2009

Quote from  Daniel Albornoz " The crux of Coleman’s protest lies in his extreme weight loss; only a man deeply convinced of his innocence would put his body through such torture " . Not one person can inflict this upon themselves unless they are innocent, the eveidence is there to prove it and one day the truth will come out. WHY DOES THE AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM PROVIDE PROTECTION TO THE GUILTY YET ABUSE THE INNOCENT.

 

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6TH OCTOBER 2009

Please check out this video link to a recent protest in support of Bill, we thank all that took part and appreciate everything people are doing to fight the corrupt system.

Guilt By Gender Bill Coleman - Fathers 4 Justice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTSLHPaVKpo 

http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&source=hp&q=Guilt+By+Gender+Bill+Coleman+-+Fathers+4+Justice&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=EGbLSrG7A4vIMIrchMID&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1#

 

Also please read this: http://familycourtviolence.blogspot.com/

http://www.examiner.com/x-15873-Family-Rights-Examiner~y2009m10d2-Fathers-4-Justice-announce-support-of-CT-father-on-hunger-strike 

 

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3RD OCTOBER 2009

There has been protest activity on behalf of Bill plight by FFJ, on Friday 2nd October 2009. We will shortly post the details here, however here is a link to start. http://mensnewsdaily.com/2009/10/02/fathers-4-justice-travel-to-ct-for-hunger-striking-father/

 

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27TH SEPTEMBER 2009 

We are getting a steady flow on support from friends of Bill. We will reply to all of you but it may take a while to do this. Please continue to read this web site and comment on it, thank you all. BSG

 

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28TH AUGUST 2009

DR AMIR . H . SANJARI  - Please read Amirs story, the false allegations, abuse of his children and corrupt justise system are familiar trates, what is puzzling is why doest anyone who can make the difference wants to do something about it. I dont really think anyone cares, lets face it the justice system is about money NOT WHO IS INNOCENT and as long as you are paid.... no one wants to put their neck on the line.

 

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12TH AUGUST 2009

Please read the sad story about Carlo Palanti. We have been contacted by his girlfriend for who we sympathise with and many issues are similar to Bills predictament. http://www.carloparlanti.com/

 

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14TH July 2009

 

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 13TH JULY 2009

Martha Davis, Professor at Northeastern University, filed an Amicus brief in support on Bills human rights.

Professor Davis’ amicus brief argues that international law supports Coleman. 

“Not only are world medical bodies in agreement that force feeding violates medical ethics,” says Davis, “but many other nations — particularly the UK and Canada — have rejected force feeding of a competent prisoner, agreeing that it is an impermissible violation of bodily integrity.”

Here is the web site where you can access the brief, please read through: http://www.northeastern.edu/law/news/announcements/davis_forcefeeding.html

this can also be found on the links page.

 

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7TH JULY 2009

There are many article written about the injustice Bill has encountered and each one points to the same direction, the corrupt justice system  and the people who apply thier crooked trade. Please take time to read the following web site: Judicial Abuse: January 2009  or access it at http://judicialmisconduct.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html   These links will be on the links page as well.

We have extracted just a few points which brings the above point crashing home:

POINT 1

"Allowing an inmate to die — absent intervention by the state — could have a profoundly detrimental effect on other inmates," Lynch said. No utter rubbish, not true, there is no evidence to support this, just because she said it in court does not make it fact. as William Murray said in court, "Most of us cannot imagine going without solid food for 16 hours, Yet, here sits a man who has done so for over 16 months." Just because a man desides to stop eating which may lead to his lose of life, does not mean others will follow. If that was the case all of Bills family and supporters would stop eating to support the cause. Why are they not, not because they dont love him, support him, know he is innocent, its because it takes a very special conviction which very few people have. starving yourselve is not a natural occurance and is not easily switched on. SO NO LYNCH OTHER INMATES WOULD NOT FOLLOW, YOU KNOW IT, WE KNOW IT AND SO DOES ANY SELF THINKING ADULT.

POINT 2

In court Thursday, Assistant Attorney General Ann Lynch said the prison had an obligation to protect Coleman, who has repeatedly said he is willing to starve himself to death, and a duty to preserve stability in the state prison system.

If the above is true and she does have an obligation to protect Bill, why has she and her department repeatidly ignored requests by Bills brother to replace "Dr Blanchette" as Bill does not trust him nor his judgement on the care that he provides. Niether does Bills family or supporters, so WHY is he still incharge of Bills care. Because LYNCH doesnt really care about the welfare of an inmate, innocent or not. "Dr Blanchette" wispers nasty snide comments to Bill so no one else can hear, the rest is well documented on this web site.

POINT 3

"He told me directly [that] he would pull out the IV if he wasn't restrained," Blanchette said. We have all come to expect the lies that come from this man. He is unrealable, a liar and incompetent. He will be a liability to the DOC, its only a matter of time.

At no point has Bill ever stated that he would pull the tube out. Infact its against the law to restrain a will man who is forced fed. yet "Dr Blanchette" order the restrains, WHY, because of all of the above and more.


 POINT 4

Connecticut only seems to have admitted one court "mistake" in over 2 centuries. Tillman, convicted of rape, spending almost 2 decades in prison was released and paid off. He's the exception.

You have police investigators sending racist emails to each other taking pictures of dead minority citizens, putting chicken bones and watermelon seeds in the scene, putting racist captions underneath and emailing each other. You have a Trooper flying a helicopter after making terrorist threats to kill other police officers and destroy aircraft at an airport blowing it up.

You have judicial branch whistleblowers coming forward about bid rigging for court cleaning services, alteration and the destroying of evidence on court hard drives, case rigging, retaliation, nepotism, and the defrauding of taxpayers. The accused abusers in the system, sat on the panel hearing the whistle blowers. The whistle blowers were terrorized by private investigators, were threatened, and were either suspended or fired.

Coleman was processed through this "system".  You dont start to clean up your act by making it more dirty. The system, in every way, is broken and corrupt, Judge Graham may be the one who will start the cleansing but so far we have not seen anyone willing to "step out for justice"

POINT 5

William "Bill" Coleman can get almost a decade in prison for allegedly raping his wife during a custody battle over children.

Some women in similar situations are cunning, conniving, and almost willing to do anything to keep a Father of children away from them, seize all assets, cash, and property, and ruin the Father, so he is unable to see the children again, or even ends up in prison. [click here] for Chris Kennedy and Bill Cosby on the subject of fatherlessness and fatherhood.

I see that vindictive mothers and ex-wives are capable of just about anything, over and over.

Chris Kennedy's ex-wife stabbed him during a custody dispute in Connecticut. His wife was awarded full custody of the children while she was awaiting court hearings on her felony first degree assault charges. Chris complained, so the charges against Leanne Putnam were dropped so that Chris Kennedy could face a $500,000 bond after being arrested and facing 30 years in prison for his having accidentally checked the wrong box on a family court financial form.

After I was sentenced to a year in prison for having resisted being mugged on my former Connecticut property in Stafford Springs, I read while in prison, that a habitual criminal gang member had raped his girlfriend and was give probation, no prison! I also read where a habitual, youthful offender got 10 years of probation, no prison for armed robbery!

I had to "re-enter" society after having resisted being beaten up, fearing for my life, I ended the beating I was taking with pepper spray. The felon, would be mugger, was not even arrested. Now I am labeled an "Ex-con" unable to get most jobs and apartments. I was current on 3 mortgages and had a small business built over 2 decades at the time I was falsely arrested. My prison sentence ended the relationship I had with my daughter.

A US Marine, Stephen Murzin, coming home to the State of Connecticut and witnessed a man, Phillip Inkel, being beaten up at the Colchester, Connecticut, McDonald's by police. Inkel had witnessed a teen being beaten up at the same Colchester McDonald's and lodged a police misconduct complaint. The teen had been beaten up by police for wearing baggy pants. Inkel was being beaten up for lodging a police misconduct complaint. Murzin lodged a police misconduct complaint, so police abducted Stephen and his brother Ian and beat them at Troop K, Connecticut State Police HQ.

Ian may have been strangled to death and then revived by police at Troop K. For complaining about the beating and police brutality, police paid Todd Vashon [video, Vashon under oath], a state registered police confidential informant $10,000 to kill Murzin and Inkel. [story with video]

When Vashon got cold feet informant, David J. Taylor, a felon on probation stabbed Murzin 13 times along with two other people. A Connecticut Judge and prosecutors saw no need to violate Taylor on probation for almost killing 3 people.

But police were so upset with Murzin having caused a disturbance being stabbed, when he woke up alive in the hospital with 13 stab wounds he was arrested by police and faced 6 months in prison for his "offense".

So, even if Coleman is guilty of raping his wife, his sentence isn't consistent with others.

If police, judges, prosecutors, and defense lawyers act like they do above, who really should be in prison for eight years, Coleman, or the police, prosecutors, and judges mentioned above?

-Steven G. Erickson

Travestys of justice happen, thats fact. People are convicted of crimes they dont committ, thats a fact. People lie so they get their own way, thats a fact. Are these things we dont know or understand, no they are not, but we choose to turn the other way, we dont do a good job in the defence of the innocent but instead we look at the $ or whats the easiest root. Forget what lives you ruin on the way. In Bills case there are three innocent people, Bill and his two children who have been betrayed by the very people who have dedicated their careers to help protect the innocent. UNLESS YOU DO SOMETHING TO STOP THIS FAILING JUSTICE SYTEM IT WILL CONTINUE, DO SOMETHING NOW, BUT DONT JUST DO NOTHING!

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30TH JUNE 2009

There has been a great deal of work done for the Clemency hearing and it is nearing completion. There are many issues that now can be raised and will be which will PROVE BEYOND DOUBT Bill is innocent and should be set free.

Thank you  for everyone who is continually giving support, it is greatfully received and will never be forgotten.

 

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26TH MAY 2009 

 The Clemency paperwork has now been drafted up and will be ready for submitting very soon. There is alot of evidence Bill can include and when its all listed down you wonder how it was possible for a conviction when the lies where so obvious. The conclusion on why is purely down to an inaffective representation as the facts did not come out in court.

 

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8TH MAY 2009:

Bill made contact with the Clemency Board some time last year. Today he had news that there will be a hearing to review the case details and a good forum to offer his side of his protest.

The DOC want to suppress  Bills peaceful protest in any way they can, including the cruel, degrading and inhumane way  the so called "medical" treatment is administered.( Which is well documented on this web site). The DOC are affraid that one day the truth will be heard and we can only hope this will happen soon for Bills sake.

The US justice sytem is corrupt and is full of professionals who have lost why they should be in thier profession and are casing the dollar or plainly just done care. There are some how ever who buck this trend and it will be up to them, who are the minority, to step up and be counted.

Nothing would give us more pleaseure than to state on this web page the facts that can prove Bills innocence and show the lies that have been told and the perjury committed by people who took the stand. Every one who knows billa nd who is responsible for the up keep of this web site want everyone to know how ludicrous the charges where and how blatantly obvious Bills innocence is. But we wont as we want this to come out in court so the liars are caught and punished for doing this to Bill.

 

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6TH MAY 2009: 

There are so many cases that show prosecution misconduct and how they supress evidence you should all be very frightened to what kind of backward justice system you have. We have found not just the many false rape allegations that have put innocent men like Bill in prison but also people who have been wrongfully convicted of murder.( Please see the CASES page " The Macdonald Case" http://www.themacdonaldcase.org/ ). There are common factors in all wrongfull conviction none more so than prosecuters being hell bent to convict even though the evidence does not point to the man on trial is guilty. This happened to Bill and will happen to others again and again.

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 MORE SICKENING TORTURE BEING ALLOWED TO HAPPEN BY "DR" BLANCHETTE 

 

"Dr"Blanchette deals out more cruelty and acts of torture and no matter what he does it is allowed to go on by the authorities, who are so concerned about Bills life that they want to keep him alive, yet allow this evil man to administer "his" own form of medical treatment.

Before Bill stopped taking fluids he was on between 1500 to 2500 calories per day plus ice chips. Now "Dr" Blanchette inhumanely force feeds Bill every 7 days by giving him 700 calories per week. That is all his intake of calories in one day in one feed along with 3 bags of fluid in one day that Bill can not handle. So that means one day of force feeding torture and 6 days of suffering. Bill has been told by "Dr" Blanchette that the court order is "just to keep you alive". "Dr" Blanchettes only efforts is to keep Bill alive until one of his organs fail.

THIS IS "DR" BLANCHETTE MEDICAL CARE, THIS IS HIS WAY HE CONDUCTS HIS PRACTICE AND THIS IS THE WAY BILL SUFFERS.

On the 14th April 2009, the Manager of Care for the Medical Programme was asked to return Bills Brothers request to remove "Dr" Blanchette from any further care for Bill. To date he has not had a reply or even acknowledgement of the request.

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Please read a recent article in the Justice Denied publication:

http://justicedenied.org/issue/issue_42/william_coleman.pdf

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26TH APRIL 2009

FORCE FEEDING TRIAL COMMENTS:

Look at day 2, time 3hrs 39 mins. A large plate of food was presented to Bill at the orders of "Dr" Blanchette in the attempt to persuade him to give up his protest. This is a " qualified " Dr who thinks the best thing for his patient at this time and at this point where he has not eaten, for over 18 month, solid food and has not have fluid four several days, this quantityof food was appropriate...WRONG. This would be detrimental to Bills health and "Dr" Blanchette said " if he wuffs it down" it would. He commented that if Bill started to eat the food the staff where instructed to call him... how much could he have eaten by the time he arrived... if Bill was tempted to eat how much would he have  "wuffed" before the staff could have stopped him. There are two clear points, 1) "Dr" Blanchette has not gotten to know his patient otherwise he woiuld know Bill would not have taken food and 2) the reason for the food was not to temp him to give up his hunger strike but to torture him by showing a plate of food to a man who is starving. Look in the history books and the Nazis did this to the prisoners they " looked after" too. This would be as cruel as walking into the room and eating your lunch infront of a starving man, what sick and cruel person would do this, therefore why should someone be allowed to put the plate infront of Bill.

Look at day 2, 3hrs 58mins. Bills living will states that he does not want to be resuscitated if his heart fails. "Dr" Blanchette states " vertually all doctors would honour the living will " yet he has given a direct order to resuscitated Bill if requiured, WHY. Again there are two reasons, 1) "Dr" Blanchette wants to act out the narcissistic and controlling personality where even in a death he wants to be able to call the shots, and 2) by keeping Bill alive it prolongs the cruel and inhumane acts he man can deliver to another human being. 

 

Look at day2, 4hrs 30mins. Judge Graham asks "Dr" Blanchette " if there was no intervention what would be Mr Colemans condition now" . Why was this question asked, was it a question he expected the state to ask but didn`t and was trying to help. But infact should the judge of being paying more attention and ask questions about the cruelty of the procedure and show an unbias view. We all know including the Judge that if you dont eat or drink you die, so for dramatics and to get that point on record the Judge needed the answer in court. Truely the Judical system in the hands of these men is not just broken but beyond repair. God help any US citizen or for that matter visitors who reside there, your justice and your care is at the mercy of people in the wrong job.

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26TH APRIL 2009 

HERE IS HOW THE DOC AND THE MEDICAL STAFF DEAL OUT ABUSE AND CRUELTY IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE AND CARE:

 1) Bill suffers from migraines under bright lights. Knowing this under the instructions of the senior medical officer in charge "Dr" Blanchette, he orders the florescent lights to be kept on from 17 to 24 hours a day. CLEARLY "DR" BLANCHETTE DOES NOT HAVE BILLS  BEST MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE IN PLACE.

2) When Bill is force fed he is 100% compliant and does not put up any resistance while the process takes place. Yet under the instructions of the senior medical officer in charge "Dr" Blanchette, he orders Bill to be restained and strapped down. CLEARLY "DR" BLANCHETTE DOES NOT HAVE BILLS  BEST MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE IN PLACE. IT IS AGIANST THE LAW TO RESTRAIN A COMPLIANT PERSON. BUT THE DOC AND "DR" ARE BEING ALLOWED TO DO WHAT THEY LIKE.

3) Bill is not allowed any recreation at any time, which would help Bill muscles and limbs to exercise. The DOC directive states that your get 1 hour per day.  CLEARLY "DR" BLANCHETTE DOES NOT HAVE BILLS  BEST MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE IN PLACE.

4) Bill is only allowed a pen for one hour per day which violates the law and it states " adequate, effective and meaningful access to the courts, which includes language, envelopes, paper postage and pen with no time stipulations" see Bounds.v. Smith. THE DOC FLOUT THE LAW AND CHOOSE TO IGNORE IT WHEN IT SUITS THEM.

There are so many other violations that Bill ensures at the hands of the DOC and "Dr" Blanchette and the cruel and vile acts are dealt out every day, every week, every month and every year. Some one needs to step in and put a stop to this NOW. 

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Senior Officials in the innocent project up and down the USA, know that wrongful convictions are getting more common, quoting Kathleen Ridolfi  " wrongful convictions is a problem in this country". The real problem is that the prosecutors dont want to know about who is guilty and who is innocent they just care about what they can win. When you have a prosectutor who does not care, who realy is ths victim in a wrongful conviction. Not only would this be the accused of a false crime but also people who genuinely have a crime committed against them. Bill Coleman is innocent of the allegations made against him and the evidence is there to prove it. We hope that someone from the innocent project will investigate this and help us prove this. Please view these videos about instances where people have been convicted on a crime only to have it proven they are the victim of lies and circumstance.

WITCH HUNT

msnbc.com video: Behind the scenes with Kathleen Ridolfi

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13TH APRIL 2009 

PLEASE REVIEW THE VIDEO FOOTAGE DURING THE FORCE FEEDING COURT HEARING. WE WILL BE REVIEWING THESE AND COMMENTING ON THE CONTENT, ESPECIALLY  "DR" BLANCHETTES TESTIMONY WHICH WE BELIEVE TO BE CONTRADICTORY. ONCE WE HAVE DONE THIS WE SHALL REPORT IT HERE.                                    

HARTFORD SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE TRIAL: THERESA C. LANTZ V. WILLIAM B. COLEMAN - DAY 5 (Recorded On: 2/11/2009)
HARTFORD SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE TRIAL: THERESA C. LANTZ V. WILLIAM B. COLEMAN - DAY 4 (Recorded On: 2/10/2009)

HARTFORD SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE TRIAL: THERESA C. LANTZ V. WILLIAM B. COLEMAN - DAY 3 (Recorded On: 2/5/2009)

HARTFORD SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE TRIAL IN THERESA C. LANTZ V. WILLIAM B. COLEMAN - DAY 2 (Recorded On: 1/30/2009)
HARTFORD SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE TRIAL IN THERESA C. LANTZ V. WILLIAM B. COLEMAN - DAY 1 (Recorded On: 1/29/2009)
HARTFORD SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE TRIAL IN THERESA C. LANTZ V. WILLIAM B. COLEMAN - DAY 2 (Recorded On: 1/30/2009)

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9TH APRILl 2009

http://www.courant.com/hc-williamcoleman-pg,0,557548.photogallery

When asked about the photographs in the above link a family member replied " i cant believe that its Bill, he looks so old and grey and unwell. For the people who know Bill its hard to think that what has happened to him and the ordeal he is living is truely going on. He is not guilty of this crime and one day the truth is coming out and the people who have lied and acted inappropriately will be brought to justice. None of his family will stop fighting for him  until this happens"

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Lets not forget these:

FACT: The rape allegation was made after Coleman filed for sole custody of the children, and the victim hired a divorce lawyer before reporting the rape to police, they noted in court.

FACT: She testified she did not go to the hospital after the assault to have a sexual assault kit performed because "it wasn't a priority." YOU CAN PROVE SOMETHING WITHOUT EVIDENCE, GOING TO THE HOSPITAL WOULD HAVE PROVEN IF THE RAPE TOOK PLACE SO WHY WOULD IT NOT BE A PRIORITY.

Based on the above the presecutor Cynthia Serafini, still took this to court, had no evidence and Bills attorney was ineffective. The system does not care about evidence it cares about deals, money and it matters not if you are innocent.

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8TH APRIL 2009

Bill has been force fed again via IV and NG tube on the 6th April and we have learnt that this will now continue every two days until he resummes fluids. If that is not torture enough, Bill has a condition that gives him severe headaches when under flouresent light and he has complained the last time he was force fed. They keep the lights on 24/7 and refuse to give hin any pain releaf in a way that he can take them.

 During the IV procedure the lights where left on for 15 hours whilst Bill was restrained on his bed facing upwards. How many inhumane acts will the justice system allow the DOC and "Dr" Blanchette to perform on him before some one puts a stop to it. 

These tactics from the DOC and "Dr" Blanchette are barbarick and cruel yet it is allowed to go on.

 

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5TH APRIL 2009

Since the 1st April 2009 Bill has resummed his full protest and has stopped taking all fluids. They are not allowing him personal phone calls and they have put a time limit to how long he can have a pen to write letters to his family and legal help. Bill has not been force-fed yet but he expects to get an NG feeding on Monday. 

Here is where the lies will start again. Warden Murphy made promises to Bill months ago, none of which have happened. " Dr " Blanchette made comments in the recent force feeding hearing which will one day be proven that he lied in court about the procedure that he carried out and completed messed up. This caused Bill extreme pain and injury. There will be more DOC cover ups and lies and we will now, as Bills supporters, find it more difficult to find out the cruelty that Bill will face because he has been told he can not have any contact with his family, supporters or friends.

Here is a justice system in 2009 who will supress the innocent and if you are innocent you will always be forced not to air your views. We are amazed that they dont use other medievil tactitcs so they can ensure that someone who wants to voice thier innocense are halted at all costs, even torture. Check the history books for what was used and the cruetly inflicted and you will see that the "CT JUSTICE SYSTEM IS SET IN THOSE TIMES", ITS FRIGHTENING!

We will report on this web site any information we have.  The legal system is corrupt and broken in CT and what is scary is that the justice system knows it and carrys on.

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22ND MARCH 2009

There was alot of information that the judge needs to consider and the summing up will take place at a later date. At present we will not be publishing the information we have as we feel that the Habeas is important and wish only that the judge can see through the lies, deception and lack of legal help that would have won the case for Bill. We feel that the conduct and ability along how ineffective Bills counsel was in the original trial, was proven beyond doubt. We will at some point soon, publish information about the deatils that transpired on the 17th March 2007.

 

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16TH MARCH 2009

Bill Coleman is innocent and we all hope the Habeas hearing can let the evidence come out, for the first time, to prove this fact.

  

 

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10th MARCH 2008

 We are waiting for the Habeas trial to begin, scheduled for the 17th March 2009.

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25TH FEBRUARY 2009

Please visit this site. It supports many issues and arguments that Bills is fighting for and some of the people featured in this film have made contact with us, to whom we are grateful. We want the momentum to grow in Bills case and we intend for all that have acted inappropriately, answer for the wrongs thay have done in court.

PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO IF POSSIBLE. The common comments from people who have watched the film but have not experienced the broken judicial system first hand say "I just can't believe that type of stuff goes on..." IT DOES DAY IN DAY OUT. HELP TO DO SOMETHING NOW!

http://www.supportthemovie.com/ 

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22ND FEBRUARY 2009

We would like to thankyou allfor your recent comments about Bills case, the e mails from you are appreciated and would also say a special thanks to James Vaughen and Sonja Newcombe . Also all the offers of help are gratefully received and we will be in touch and reply to all of your comments as soon as we can.

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19TH FEBRUARY 2009 

There has been a follow up story written about the court proceding on the New Haven Advocate web site.

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14TH FEBRUARY 2009

It is amazing that Judge Graham was unable or unwilling to follow this through so the outcome would not be delayed. It is amazing that the court needs more time, for what. We already believe that Judge Grahams mind is made up and we do not believe that he would support an inmate on hunger protest and for the values on why he is doing this. This is just another example of how the justice system works( or doesnt work) to support Bills arguement that the system is broken. Bill has no faith in the justice system and we dont either. Take your time Judge, delay procedings, think of ways to justify your decision while an innocent man rots in prison.

When will we see anyone other than Bill Coleman stand up and be counted and do the right thing? You will not see it in any US court room thats for sure. 

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12th February 2009

"I don't belong in prison," Coleman, 48, said. "I'm innocent."

The court procedings have finished and will resume on the 15th May 2009. Please see the the link below which covers a few minutes of the proceding.

http://www.necn.com/Boston/New-England/2009/02/11/Inmate-testifies-in/1234388388.html

What is important to remember is that what has happened to Bill and countless others is due to the system being broken. Bills protest is to show that he is not prepared to accept this and a consequence of his actions is that the media are hungry for stories and here stands a man who has strong morals and convictions. A man who does not want to die but is willing to do so. Its not a goal of his to seek media attention, its a consequence of his actions.

 

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 11th February 2008

It is sickening to think that someone can violate another person against thier will and force feed them but after hearing the video footage of the procedure and then "Dr" Blanchette trying to wriggle out from his actions of the inept attempt at the procedure is pathetic at best.

THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT: Prison officials said they do not film medical procedures, to respect a prisoner's right to privacy. Just before the camera is turned off, Coleman asks that it be left running.

THE TRUTH: William Murray, Coleman’s attorney, said outside the courthouse," it’s curious that the IV procedure from inserting the IV port to attaching the IV bag was videotaped, but when it came to the nasogastric procedure the camera was shut off. “It’s not a privacy issue because he consented to the camera,” Murray said.

THE OFFICIAL REPONSE: After the procedure, Blanchette is recorded saying that the feeding was "tolerated relatively well" by the inmate.

THE TRUTH: Coleman says it caused him "excruciating pain." He said he vomited, but that prison workers cleaned it up before the camera was turned back on.

FACT: Bill coleman vomited and coughed up blood after the procedure, and when he spoke with a family member 5 days later he was still coughing up blood. He never received any medical treatment for the injuries caused by "Dr" Blanchettes inept attempt at this procedure.

 

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10th February 2009 - DAY 147

Bill remains at a constant weight and is in good health.

In the latest reports fron the court proceedings on the 5th February Suzanne Ducate, M.D., Director of Psychiatric Services for the Connecticut Department of Correction was concerned that Bill would continue his hunger strike and may prompt copycat behavior. So now Bill is the first person ever to have gone on a hunger protest to highlight INJUSTICE AND CORRUPTION IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. How can anyone make such a inept comment as to think that this is unique and other people will follow. He has been doing this for 147 days to try to bring to attention his and many other fathers plight, yet the only ears this falls on are one of fools.

When asked if she thought he was suicidal, Ducate said he has repeatedly told her he doesn’t want to die, but is willing to die.

“I don’t disbelieve his stated reasons, I just don’t understand them. It doesn’t make sense to me,” Ducate said.

Let us enlighten you, if he was suicidal the easiest wasy to kill yourself is to annoy an imate who is serving life and let him kill you. However if you want to protest your innocence with a hunger strike thats your right, he does not want to die but if his hunger strike ends his life then he is prepared for it. "Every one know smoking is bad for your health and will kill you in the long run, but the cigarette industry is doing well, we all have choices."

The American justice system is corrupt and revolves around money, you have it you are ok, you dont have money you serve time. Ask any lawyer in any town in any country, the American justice system is broken and thats justr the way it is. Our advise to you all is to emergrate.

Judge graham would allow testomony from both sides but would not allow the video of the force feeding to be shown, WHY, because it is a barbarrick act of cruelty.

"Graham, who two days earlier sealed the videos, said he would modify the order and allow placement of the monitors away from the public. But he would allow them to be played during the court proceedings. He said he will not allow the video to be broadcast by the television cameras covering the proceedings, but several members of the print media will be offered a limited view." As judge Graham does not answer to anyone his actions will not be challenged.

Another grey day for the " justice system"

 

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3rd Febuary 2009 - DAY 140

Bill remains in a stable condition and his current weight is approx: 157lbs.

Bill attended court on the 29th and 30th January 2009 , he was represented by David McGuire from the ACLU and William Murray of Edwards Angell Palmer and Dodge, who want to over turn the previous " temporary"court order granted to force feed him.  

The case will resume on the 5th February

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Bill brother and other family and supporters lodged a complaint with the DOC, to investigate the treatment Bill has reeived. After 3 months he got a reply along with the other people who also complained. Here is the complaint and below that is the response. They have all returned dthe response stating that the compalint has not been addressed and await a reply:

OFFICIAL REGISTER OF COMPLAINT 12TH NOVEMBER 2008 WITH THE D.O.C. CONNECTICUT

I am shocked and disturbed by the brutal and barbaric acts that have been happening to Bill. . He is moved back to Macdougal-Walker from Osborne, we asked why? Was it because he will have a more experienced medical team? NO, they wanted to force feed him through nasogastric tube. After he was moved from Osborn, he was force fed without warning.

They video the event so they can protect themselves and show what they did. It goes drastically wrong and Blanchette orders the security guards to leave and the camera is switched off. Why? because the mistake they made inflicted extreme pain and they did not want the agony Bill endured recorded.

It was my understanding that medical staff can not restrain anyone as this would be classed as abuse. There is no law that permits this in any country, that’s why the security guards where there, yet it was the medical staff who restrained him during his torture. We are currently seeking legal advice on this matter.

The insertion of the tube is damaging to his internal parts, however the fact that the procedure was done incorrectly and caused internal trauma puts in question the skills of the people involved. This first attempt indeed resulted in severe bleeding and vomiting, what is most concerning is this will not, of course, be the only time he will have to endure this, so this will only inflict more damage as it will not have time to heal. I will never understand how a trained medical person can inflict this suffering on someone who does not wish it to happen. Blanchette needs to re evaluate the position he has taken and also as a person who has signed up to give care. This has set the medical profession back 200 years and puts the already corrupt justice system back to the stone-age.

I sought medical advice on what injury could have caused so much bleeding and one of many possibilities was a scar to the trachea and oesophagus. If this procedure is carried out again, with them fully knowing there could be damage to this part of his body, this could cause further bleeding and trauma. I am not a medical expert but I am very concerned regarding the potential further risks to Bill. What is the worst scenario that could happen?

All his family, friends and supporters have vowed never give up on Bill no matter what happens, we will carry on his fight and ensure one day his voice will be heard. All Bill has ever asked for was a full investigation of his case. Bill is the best farther an child could have.

Bill’s protest is passive, his treatment is aggressive, shame on the people who have violated his rights, his mind and his body, shame on a justice system that fails the very people it sets out to protect, shame on the liars, shame on all of you.

COMPLAINT: I have reported Dr Blanchette to the Practitioner Investigations Unit based on the following:

Dr Blanchette has carried the naso- gastric procedure out on my brother and has caused severe trauma and bleeding, ,causing internal scaring. He was left without any investigation into these injuries due directly to Dr Blanchettes capability on this procedure. Five days after the force feeding took place my brother was still coughing up blood and no one has examined him to this day. I find this totally unacceptable.

The ASPCA have said that before carrying out this procedure on any animal they would make sure the animal was properly sedated to avoid unnecessary suffering, trauma and possible damage to other organs.

Blanchette would not even give Bill the same consideration as that given to animals.

I find it very hard to believe that when my brother was crying out in pain and telling him something is wrong yet Dr Blanchette chose to ignore him and carry on. It was only 5 to 10 minutes later that he realised his mistake that’s why he took the tube out and started again.

I would like to make a formal complaint about Blanchette and his methods. I am ware that he has had several complaints about himbefoire according to this web site:

http://www.dontkillinmynamect.org/mdcomplaints.htm

THE RESPONSE FROM THE DOC:

This is in response to your request for an investigation into the actions taken by Dr. Blanchette and the health care staff of the Department of Corrections regarding the force feeding and restraint of Mr. Coleman.
 
The Department has obtained the Injunction order from Superior Court dated January 9, 2008.
 
The injunction orders "any health care staff acting pursuant to the statutory duties of the Commissioner of Corrections be authorized to hospitalize Mr. Coleman, provide him with intravenous fluids and/or nourishment; nasal gastric feeding, resuscitation in the event of a cardiac event and any other necessary measures, by use of reasonable force if necessary, and notwithstanding Mr. Coleman's refusal".
 
The insertion of a nasogastric tube under the most optimal circumstances can be traumatic to the patient and therefore would be more traumatic to an unwilling and restrained patient. The allegation of the "use of force" is very subjective and cannot be adequately appreciated at this late date.
 
As a result, the Department will not initiate an investigation at this time as it appears that Dr. Blanchette and the Correction's health care staff were acting within the mandate of the court.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE REPLY FROM FAMILY:

thank you for your response below and i do appreciate the time you have taken to reply to what is a very serious complaint.
however i must point out to you that you infact have not addressed the complaint made by myself in the original e mail i sent to you on the 27th October 2008. i have copied it below in blue:
 
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RE: WILLIAM COLEMAN,  is am inmate at macdougal ci and is on a hunger protest. he is an innocent man wrongfully convicted. 
 
there is a court order for the facility to force feed him, this is a temporay order and the court will deside in january whether it will allow the passive protest of my brother to continue or if they are to continue to violate his basic human rights and forece feed him
 
Blanchette has carried the  nasogastric procedure out and has caused severe trauma and bleeding,causing internal scaring. he was left without any investigation into  these injuries due directly to Blanchettes lack of knowledge on this procedure. five days after the force feeding took place my brother was still coughing up blood and no one has examined him to this day. i find this totally unexceptable.
 

The ASPCA have said that before carrying out this procedure on any animal they would make sure the animal was properly sedated to avoid unnecessary suffering, trauma and possible damage to other organs.  

 Blanchette would not even give Bill the same consideration as that given to animals.  

 
i find it very hard to believe that when my brother was crying out in pain and telling him something is wrong he chose to ignore him and carry on. it was only 5 to 10 minutes later that he realised his mistake thats why he took the tube out and started again.
 
i would like to make a formal complaint about Blanchette and his methods. i am aware that he has had several complaints about him before according to this web site:
 
i wait you reply
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ORIGINAL E MAIL SENT:
I am fully aware of the temporary court order that is in place, the reasons for it and the " authority" it give the facility to carry out the force feeding. it is interesting that in your reply you state " by use of reasonable force if necessary, and notwithstanding Mr. Coleman's refusal" , my brothers refusal in this matter was to state his name to the camera and say that he did not want to be force fed, he then put up no resistance what so ever.
My complain was when Blanchette carried out the procedure the force he used was not consistant with the guidelines and that when Bill protested to him that something was wrong, Blanchette deliberately ignored him and carried on. He CARRIED TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT HE CAUSED INTERNAL BLEEDING. While Bill was trying to tell him this , Bill was coughing up blood and vomit, yet Blanchette carried on. After what must have seemed like a life time to Bill, but was about 5 to 10 minutes when he realised his error, took the tube out to put in a smaller diametre tube. Some five days after this Bill was still coughing up blood and has never had his injuries examined. This is the complaint i am putting to you and what you have not addressed.
 
I seeking legal advise and will be taking this matter as far as i have too, to ensure that an investigation will take place. I do not think you or your department are taking this complaint seriously enough.
 
You also state below " The allegation of the "use of force" is very subjective and cannot be adequately appreciated at this late date." If someone starts to bleed and vomit due to this procedure would you not say that " the use of force" was excessive, because i am sure alot of people would. I also do not know what you mean by this late date, i sent the complaint 3 months ago, you taken this long to get back to me.
 
i wish for you to take this e mail as my complaint and i am asking you again to investigate the complaint to hand. i can not believe that your department agrees, based on what i have stated, that "Dr. Blanchette and the Correction's health care staff were acting within the mandate of the court."
 
A far more suspicious person than I would come to the conclusion that the procedure was carried out as roughly as possible to ensure that the person receiving the force feeding would not want to go through it again.
 
This is not some animal you are dealing with and like it or not my brother is innocent. He has been treated cruelly and it needs investigating.
 
I await your reply

 

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 30th Jnuary 2008

"Dr" Blanchette in a court of law states after being asked what did Bill say to you whilst he was beeing force fed “Stop. I don’t want this,” Blanchette testified.  and then “I think he told me afterward that he had some pain involved in the procedure,”. yet Bill told his family he was screaming at him to stop because some thing was wrong, to stop. Bill also said that he was coughing up blood and vomit, but still "Dr" Blanchette carried on. To support what Blanchette said there is nothing, to support what Bill said is this from David Mcguire, who stated in court " David McGuire, an attorney with the ACLU, said he met with Coleman the day after the first force feeding and could still see evidence of vomit on the inmate’s sweatshirt and pants. After the procedure was performed, Coleman filled six to seven Kleenex with bloody discharge, he said. "

This procedure is a vile act and breaks all Human Rights, yet its goes on. We wonder if Judge Graham has already made his mind up on his decision and is looking to the state attorneys to give him the help he needs to justify his decision. Nothing about the corruption in his case will ever suprise Bill, his family and friends.

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`Most of us can't imagine going without food for 16 hours, but here sits a man that's gone 16 months,'' said William Murray, an attorney with Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLC, who is representing Coleman with ACLU of Connecticut.

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LATEST: 26TH OCTOBER 2008

INCOMPETENT - VILE - INHUMANE - SICKENING

These are the words that have been used to describe the actions of "Dr" Blanchette and his team . It is completely unbelievable that since Bill has suffered internal injuries caused by "Dr" Blanchette he has not been examined to see what damage was inflicted. After now, what is five days, since he was force fed , Bill is still coughing up blood. As a direct result of "Dr" Blanchettes medical blunder, Bill remains without any medical treatment for the this injury.

Bill has had his reading materials taken away, he has not recieved letters from his family and friends and we have also learnt that the letters he sends out has not arrived at the intended destinations. He has been left for over 4 days without a shower and has just a toilet roll in his room. He is being not only physically tourured but also psycologically. Why is this being allowed to happen by the DOC. Everyone knows its going on but chooses to ignore it and allow "Dr" Blanchette to play this mind war with Bill.

Please read this communication from Bills Brother:

I am shocked and disturbed by the brutal and barbaric acts that have been happening to Bill. Everything that seems to happen surrounding him is filled with deceit and lies. He is moved to Macdougal-Walker, we asked why? Was it because he will have a more experienced medical team? NO, they wanted to force feed him through nasogastric tube. He was left with just a toilet roll for 10 hours and no way to wash himself after he was moved from Osborn, only to be force fed without warning.

They video the event so they can protect themselves and show what they did. It goes drastically wrong and Blanchette orders the security guards to leave and the camera is switched off. Why? because the mistake they made inflicted extreme pain and they did not want the agony Bill endured recorded.

It was my understanding that medical staff can not restrain anyone as this would be classed as abuse. There is no law that permits this in any country, that is why the security guards where there, yet it was the medical staff who restrained him during his torture. We are currently seeking legal advice on this matter.

The insertion of the tube is damaging to his internal parts, however the fact that the procedure was done incorrectly and caused internal trauma puts in question the skills of the people involved. This first attempt indeed resulted in severe bleeding and vomiting, what is most concerning is this will not, of course, be the only time he will have to endure this, so this will only inflict more damage as it will not have time to heal. I will never understand how a trained medical person can inflict this suffering on someone who does not wish it to happen. Blanchette needs to re evaluate the position he has taken and also as a person who has signed up to give care. This has set the medical profession back 200 years and puts the already corrupt justice system back to the stone-age.

I sought medical advice on what injury could have caused so much bleeding and one of many possibilities was a scar to the trachea and oesophagus. If this procedure is carried out again, with them fully knowing there could be damage to this part of his body, this could cause further bleeding and trauma. I am not a medical expert but I am very concerned regarding the potential further risks to Bill. What is the worst scenario that could happen?

All his family, friends and supporters have vowed never give up on Bill no matter what happens, we will carry on his fight and ensure one day his voice will be heard. All Bill has ever asked for was a full investigation of his case. Bill is the best farther an child could have.

Bill is protest is passive, his treatment is aggressive, shame on the people who have violated his rights, his mind and his body, shame on a justice system that fails the very people it sets out to protect, shame on the liars, shame on all of you.

Some of the facts are:

FACT: BILL IS BEING FORCE FED AGAINST HIS EXPRESSED WISHES.

FACT: "DR" BLANCHETTE INCORRECTLY CARRIED OUT THE PROCEDURE

FACT: "DR" BLANCHETTE CAUSED PHYSICAL PAIN TO BILL

FACT: TORTURE IS NOT ALLOWED IN ANY CIVILISED COUNTRY

FACT: "DR" BLANCHETTE COULD HEAR THE CRYS FROM BILL TO STOP AS THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG BUT MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO IGNORE IT. EVEN AT THE POINT WHEN bILL WAS COUGHING UP BLOOD AND VOMIT.

FACT: TORTURE IS NOT ALLOWED IN ANY CIVILISED COUNTRY

FACT: "DR" BLANCHETTE DID NOT ARRANGE FOR AN EXAMINATION OF BILLS INJURY CAUSED BY HIS MISTAKE

FACT: TORTURE IS NOT ALLOWED IN ANY CIVILISED COUNTRY

FACT: THE SKILLS OF THE MEDICAL TEAM AND IN PARTICULAR "DR" BLANCHETTE ARE PUT IN SERIOUS QUESTION OVER THE INEPT ATTEMPT OF THIS PROCEDURE.

FACT: TORTURE IS NOT ALLOWED IN ANY CIVILISED COUNTRY