Behind the Blindfold

American citizen and Maine resident was prosecuted for trespassing because he went to vote in a local town election in February of 2022.  Case was prosecuted for 2 and one-half years.  He was eventually acquitted by a 12-person jury.

Episode about prosecutorial misuse of the arrest power and the state disciplinary process to deny criminal defendants the right to independent defense counsel.

Abuse of prosecutorial powers of arrest and investigation to intimidate criminal defense attorneys.  Prosecutorial misconduct.  Malicious prosecution.  Breakdown in the Rule of Law.  Prosecutorial overreach.  Harassment of a criminal defense attorney by an elected district attorney in order to silence criticism of the prosecutor's misuse of prosecutorial discretion.

Podcast discussing the government's use, and misuse, of its suspension power to interfere with Guantanamo Bay detainees' rights to independent counsel.  Combined with the government's silencing of the detainees by denying them a hearing on who they would like as their attorney, and the government's blocking privileged legal mail subject to the attorney-client privilege, the government's aggressive use of its suspension power to limit the pool of available defense attorneys calls into question the fairness and independence of the legal cases involving allegations of terrorism.

Episode discussing how the government interfered with attorney-client communications at Guantanamo Bay in order to select counsel for the detainees.  Discussion of Rahim al Nashiri and Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, government attorneys appointed to interfere with their chosen counsel.  Inability of Guantanamo Bay detainees to effectively be able to secure independent representation.

A description of how the government isolated detainees at Guantánamo Bay in an effort to shield them from independent attorneys.  Describes efforts of the government, and attorneys hand-picked by the government, to ensure a narrative amenable to the United States and its allies.  Description of the involvement of government and complicit civilian attorneys in ensuring that Guantánamo Bay detainees were blocked from the ability to have independent counsel.