Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Fatal Judgment in Yucca Valley (San Bernadino, California)

This is not real recent--it's from the February 11-17, 2010 issue of the Desert Valley & American Free Journal. But it's a great article called "Fatal Judgment" by Fritz Koening on Judge Robert Lemkau (of San Bernadino County, California) and the murder of Wyatt Garcia by his father, STEPHEN GARCIA, during court-ordered visitation. I cannot post the entire article, so I will merely reproduce two exerpts.

http://www.mygazines.com/issue/6836/23

The murder of nine month old baby Wyatt Garcia was apparently a surprise to Judges David J. Mazurek, Debra Harris, and Robert Lemkau, who only days before the murder denied that the killer [Stephen Garcia] was a threat. But it is no surprise to citizens who have been involved with civil harrassment 527.6 hearings in California Courts, and especially so in the desert courts of corrupt San Bernadino County. Investigations whould continue because the tragedy of baby Wyatt Garcia's murder is not an anomoly, but rather it is a spotlight upon the state-wide systematic failure to rationally, logically and fairly administer justice and keep the peace.

As we learn from the transcripts in this case, judges guard against abuses in the system. Why the judges in this case thought mother Katie Tagle was lying remains a mystery of stunning proportions. In other cases, judges have restrained two neighbors squabbling over property lines. Why get involved in a fence line dispute but not restrain a homicidal father? The judges involved are not required to explain. However it would be wise for them to attempt to answer the public's bewilderment.

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While judges who wield enormous power with practically unlimited personal discretion spend extremely expensive court time on low level threats, other victims who truly need protection die from lack of proper attention. It is a public policy disaster screaming for reform. We should all be screaming for Baby Wyatt, Ms. Tagle, her family, even Mr. Garcia and his family, and the thousands of people each year who receive no justice from the judiciary.
I found the link for this article on the facebook page for James Hoskin, who is opposing Judge Lemkau's re-election. If you are on facebook, you may want to join. I have.