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"Perjured testimony was admitted. Fear and intimidation was used to coerce testimony. Witnesses were told to align their stories so that they would please what CID (criminal investigators) wanted to hear. Accused soldiers and lawyers were threatened not to mention certain leaders and policies." Their commander, Col. Steele, refused to testify. More on that below.
The fix was in, predetermined guilt for a few "bad apples" to absolve the powerful. "There is no way that the average person can conclude that the outcome of (their) courts-martials was real justice. It was not," and no media coverage exposed it.
Mestrovic hopes his book will keep this tragedy/travesty from "the black hole of history," as well as defense attorney Paul Bergrin's heroic role in it, and the price he's now paying.
Eliot Spitzer, Lynne Stewart, and Paul Bergrin Victimized for Doing Their Jobs
On May 20, 2009, a Department of Justice (DOJ) press released headlined "Newark Lawyer Arrested, Charged with Racketeering Conspiracy, Including Murder of a Federal Witness (along with) Three Others Also Arrested and Charged."
The 14 count indictment accuses Bergrin of "using various legal entities, including (his law office) to conduct illegal activities, including murder, to protect criminal clients, perpetuate their activities and shield them from prosecution."
Specifically cited is his alleged role in the "murder of a confidential witness in an Essex County federal drug case, and his efforts to hire a hitman from Chicago to kill at least one witness in a Monmouth County drug case."
DOJ says the murder never happened. Likely none was planned, but a supposed "hitman" is a cooperating witness, perhaps for leniency on his charges, unrelated to Bergrin. It's a common DOJ tactic, often with paid informants, to let off lesser fish for bigger ones in unrelated cases.
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