pass that dutch….

Oh; well that reminds me of the corrupt senator that ran my Grandma’s pharmacy, who gave her fucking HALDOL instead of blood pressure medication and ended up getting shut down. But he’s still a senator.

Well, she wasn’t/isn’t my lawyer. That’s what the state put on the case… Ridiculous! :-X

Well; it can’t be a good sign when your lawyer’s Facebook picture is her completely shitfaced.

The following letter was sent to the prosecutor, judge, detective, channel 10 news, and the Providence Journal:

Ms. Meghan McDonough
c/o Sixth Division District Court
One Dorrance Plaza
Providence, RI 02903

Re: Jeffrey Britt Trial

Dear Ms. McDonough:

I am writing this letter to express how thoroughly appalled I am with not only the outcome of the Jeffrey Britt case this past Tuesday, but how my case was treated from inception. I do not know whether to blame the poor representation I received on your ignorance, or on the fact that Mr. Britt’s political connections somehow interfered with the outcome. I would think as a newly graduated (2009) Roger Williams University School of Law student, you would have handled this case a lot better. It was simple case – I had ten witnesses and over $10k in medical bills. That certainly doesn’t say a lot for Roger Williams School of Law.

It is difficult to even think of the events due to the anguish I went through, and continue to go through, now that these monsters, that almost killed me that horrific night, were let off scott free. When I initially met with Detective Avant to give my statement, I told him I had a list of witnesses and contact information for those witnesses. He informed me that I did not need to provide that information at that given time, nor did he mention anything about having to receive formal written statements from any of my witnesses. He also did not ask to take any pictures of me or my injuries. Even though I gave him the names of Jeffrey Britt, Armando Dias, and Raoul Estevez as the assailants, he only charged Britt for some unknown reason. Gay? Politics? Please don’t shake your heads; we all know how it works in Rhode Island.

After this point, Avant informed me that I should be receiving written correspondence in the mail from the court. However, I never received anything in writing from the court or police department. It took me several attempts and voicemail messages before I actually was even able to get in touch with Detective Avant. In fact, I had to contact him on his personal cell phone to finally get a response. He claimed he was having “family issues” and that’s why he was so unresponsive. So because the majority of the Detectives at the Providence Police Department are messed up in the head, victims have to suffer? I ended up finding out everything regarding trial dates via the “Criminal Search Database” that is posted on the http://www.RI.gov web site. I never received any written or verbal confirmation of any dates throughout this entire process!

But then I thought everything was on track after speaking with you, Meg, at the pre-trial conference. However, every time I contacted you thereafter, whether it was through
facsimiles or leaving voicemails with your secretary, I never heard back from you. Is this how all young homosexuals who are almost beaten to death treated by the Rhode Island Judicial System? I knew that you should typically be contacting my attorney, since I am in fact represented by counsel, but he rarely, if ever, received any correspondence from you or your office. I provided you with a list of witnesses who were all cooperative and eager to testify. You informed me you had called them on several occasions, asking them if they would be available to testify. However, when I arrived at the district court house on Tuesday, only one of my several witnesses was there to greet me. He informed me that he received a phone call just that previous Friday from an officer telling him to be at the court at 9:00am sharp. Sorry for my language, but that is bullshit! Friday afternoon 3 days before the trial one person is called? If I did my job like this I’d be lucky if I made $8,000 a year, not the $86,000 I made last year. Yeah, it’s all about the money Judge Quirk ::rolls eyes::

Nervous, I contacted a few of the other witnesses on my list and they all told me the same exact story. They all had been contacted one previous time before, almost two months ago immediately following the night I was almost killed! They were all asked if they would be willing to testify. They all affirmed they would be. Yet they were never subpoenaed or even told that they needed to be present on Tuesday morning. Is this coincidence? Incompetence? Or is it just politics as usual in Rhode Island? When I questioned you about this, you informed me that you personally were not the one who was issuing the subpoenas. Is it not your job to make sure that this process is carried out? Was it mine? I’ll tell you what, if it was, those monsters would at bare minimum have a criminal record for almost beating me to death last November. Why weren’t my witnesses contacted in a timely manner and told they needed to appear on February 23rd? Furthermore, what is even more disheartening is the fact that I could not even use any of my witnesses because you failed to disclose my witness list to the defense! Absolutely ridiculous!

I felt extremely embarrassed and upset by the fact that I was the only person at the trial who was able to testify for the prosecution. Every time I spoke on the witness stand, I was immediately cut off by Judge Quirk, with “sustained!” and “please only answer the question directed to you!” I did not get to present my entire side of the story, and did not even have any other person there to corroborate my story because of your screw up!

I knew what the outcome of the trial was going to be before it even ended. Had 8+ witnesses been there for me, I know for a fact that the outcome would have been very different. Regardless of Judge Quirk’s comment about, “It’s not a numbers game… more witnesses doesn’t mean anything in a case…” I wasn’t lying. They were. Boy, when you get into a melee and go to the hospital and end up with over $10,000 in medical bills, and the attackers go on drinking and partying the rest of the night…if the prosecution can’t prove that in court, they’re pretty damn stupid.

I have never experienced such injustice in my entire life, and this just goes to prove how horrible the Rhode Island Judicial system really is. Someone who almost beat me to death, along with his cronies, got away with it plain and simple due to his political connections and the prosecutions incompetence! I am enclosing my $10,000+ dollars in medical claims yet once again because you and everyone else seem to think I made this all up! Additionally, I had to read in the Providence Journal later that day about how “incredible” my testimony was. The journalist made me sound like a complete idiot, who was doing nothing more than cowering and crying on the witness stand. I was Beta Gamma Sigma at Bryant University, graduating Magna Cum Laude, a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Actuarial Science and a minor in Legal Studies in 2005. My GPA was 3.80 and you made me look like a fucking asshole up there. Way to go!

You should seriously consider a career change

Regards,

Nicholas A. Merollo

Cc: Associate Judge Madeline Quirk, Detective Angelo Avant, Journal Staff Writer Katie Mulvaney, Attorney Peter Petrarca w/enclosures