TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM; IS A SYSTEM THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT A PERSON IS INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY. THIS PRINCIPLE MAY HAVE BEEN SOUGHT AFTER AT SOME POINT IN TIME, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WHOLE PRINCIPLE THAT OUR CURRENT LAW IS BUILT AROUND, DOESN’T EVEN EXIST ANYMORE, EXCEPT ON PAPER.

INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY; IF THIS STATEMENT BARES ANY TRUTH WHATSOEVER; WHY DO INNOCENT PEOPLE HAVE TO REMAIN INCARCERATED FOR MONTHS ON END WAITING FOR DUE PROCESS OF THE LAW TO EXCONERATE THEM OF CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST THEM. THAT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE "INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY". ANYONE PLACED IN JAIL FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME FOR A CRIME THEY DID NOT COMMIT, IS DEPRIVED OF THEIR GOD GIVEN RIGHTS, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE WRITTEN IN OUR OWN CONSTITUTION. WHAT EVERYONE FAILS TO NOTICE, REALIZE, OR JUST CHOOSES TO IGNORE, IS NOT WRITTEN ON ANY PAPER, NOR SIGNED BY ANY MAN. BUT RATHER, IS GIVEN TO HIM BY GOD ALMIGHTY. A PERSON’S VERY OWN, INDIVIDUAL LIFE. A MAN WRONGFULLY ACCUSED, WHO HAS TO REMAIN IN JAIL PENDING DUE PROCESS OF THE LAW, STANDS TO LOSE WHAT CIVIL REMEDIES CAN NOT BEGIN TO REPLACE; EMPLOYMENT, A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP, NOT TO MENTION THE HARDSHIPS THEY MAY FACE; A HOME, OR A FAMILY MEMBER. WE THE PEOPLE, MUST THINK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF JUSTICE WE ACTUALLY RECIEVE FROM OUR SYSTEM. I DARE NOT REFER TO IT AS A JUSTICE SYSTEM, WHEN ALL THAT THE SYSTEM HAS TO OFFER IS INJUSTICE AFTER INJUSTICE.

I BELIEVE WE WOULD ALL AGREE THAT OUR SYSTEM IS FOUNDED ON STRONG AND NOBLE BELIEFS. I BELEIVE WE WOULD ALSO AGREE THAT HOWEVER HONORABLE THE FOUNDING PRINCIPLES MAY BE, THE SYSTEM REMAINS UNTRUE TO THEM, AND NEEDS TO BE REFORMED, OR REFINED. WE COULD REFINE THE SYSTEM, IF WE STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE JUDICIAL PROCESS, WHICH WOULD BRING US TO THE POLICE OFFICER. VERY STRICT REGULATIONS SHOULD BE IMPLEMENETED THAT WOULD DISQUALIFY APPLICANTS THAT DEMONSTRATE POOR BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDE IN SITUATIONS PERTAINING TO SUSPECTS. AN OFFICER SHOULD NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO ABUSE THE PRIVILAGES, DUTIES, OR RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE PUBLIC AND THE "JUSTICE" SYSTEM. AN OFFICER SHOULD NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO FALSELY ACCUSE A PERSON OF A CRIME IN SO MUCH AS TO FALSELY TESTIFY TO A MAGISTRATE, UNDER OATH ( ALL POLICE OFFICERS ARE ASSUMED TO BE UNDER OATH ) , OR TO FILE A FALSE COMPLAINT AGAINST A PERSON IN ORDER TO SHOW PROBABLE CAUSE TO ISSUE A WARRANT FOR THAT PERSONS ARREST. A POLICE OFFICER SHOULD HAVE TO PROVE PROBABLE CAUSE TO ISSUE A WARRANT, ESPECIALLY IF THE CHARGE AGAINST A PERSON IS OF A SERIOUS NATURE. THE FIRST STEP IN PREVENTING THIS FROM HAPPENING, AND IT DOES HAPPEN OFTEN, IS TO SCREEN APPLICANTS FOR CERTAIN UNGODLY, AND IMMORAL TRAITS. MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH POLICE OFFICERS PROVE THAT A PERSONS ATTITUDE IS NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY IN THE SCREENING OF APPLICANTS. IF IT WERE, THERE WOULD BE A LOT LESS INNOCENT PEOPLE IN JAIL. AS IT IS NOW, ANY POLICE OFFICER CAN HAVE A WARRANT ISSUED FOR SOMEONES ARREST, FOR ANY CHARGE THAT IS WRITTEN, WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER, BY SIMPLY SUBMITTING A WRITTEN COMPLAINT TO A MAGISTRATE. THAT IS GIVING THE POLICE OFFICER, A PUBLIC SERVANT, THE RIGHT TO PLACE SOMEONE IN JAIL FOR PERSONAL REASONS, OR ANY OTHER REASON, OTHER THAN AN OFFENSE AGAINST THE LAWS OF THIS STATE. IT ALSO GIVES HIM THE RIGHT TO CHARGE A PERSON WITH A CRIME THAT, IF CONVICTED, COULD COST A MAN THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN JAIL, WITHOUT ANY PROOF, EVIDENCE, OR TESTIMONY OTHER THAN A WRITTEN COMPLAINT. ACTUALLY, WITH THE LAWS THAT ARE IN EFFECT TODAY, OR NOT IN EFFECT, RATHER, A POLICE OFFICER HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ACT AS A JUDGE. WE ARE LIVING IN SYSTEM OF INJUSTICE WHERE ANY PERSON WEARING A BADGE, WHO CAN ARRANGE WORDS IN ANY MANNER THAT WILL SOUND CONVINCING, WHETHER TRUE OR FALSE, CAN HAVE ANY PERSON ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME. .

THE LAWS GOVERNING THIS STATE OR ANY OTHER, SHOULD INCLUDE SEVERE PENALTIES, WHICH DO NOT EXIST FOR POLICE OFFICERS, FOR OFFENSES AGAINST AN INNOCENT PERSON. ANY OFFICER WHO CAUSES, BY FALSE COMPLAINT, AN INNOCENT PERSON TO BE INCARCERATED FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME, THAT MAY AFFECT THAT PERSONS EMPLOYMENT, OR LIFE, IN ANY WAY, SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PERFORM ANY DUTY OF AUTHORITY, OR WEAR A UNIFORM OR BADGE THAT CARRIES AUTHORITY.

THERE SHOULD BE LAWS GOVERNING MAGISTRATES, OR ANYONE WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE A WARRANT. LAWS THAT WOULD PREVENT A WARRANT FROM BEING ISSUED WITHOUT PROBABLE CAUSE. OFCOURSE THERE ARE LAWS CONCERNING PROBABLE CAUSE. THEY MENTION THE WORDS, BUT THEY ARE MISLEADING TO THE PUBLIC AND HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO MERIT ON THE ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.

I KNOW THAT ALL OF THE ABOVE STATEMENTS ARE TRUE. FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS I HAVE BEEN READING TEXAS STATUTES IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOCATE SOMETHING THAT WOULD AID A PERSON, MYSELF, IN MATTERS OF INJUSTICE SUCH AS WHAT I HAVE MENTIONED IN THIS LETTER. I FOUND NOTHING. I HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF NUMEROUS MISDEMEANORS, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT ENTERING THE PLEA OF GUILTY WOULD RETURN A TIME SERVED VERDICT FROM THE JUDGE. ONLY AFTER I HAD BEEN INCARCERATED FOR NO LESS THAN 30 DAYS, SOMETIMES MORE. IF I HAD PLED NOT GUILTY, I WOULD HAVE HAD TO REMAIN IN JAIL FOR UP TO 180 DAYS; FAIR?, I THINK NOT. AS OF 10-25-00, A WARRANT FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON A POLICE OFFICER WAS ISSUED FOR MY ARREST, CARRYING A BOND OF $20000. IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THE OFFICERS DID NOT APPREHEND THE SUSPECT AT THE TIME OF THE OFFENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS FOUND IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I ONCE RESIDED. ON THAT ASSUMPTION, THE OFFICER ASSUMED IT WAS ME. I ASK ANYONE, IS THAT PROBABLE CAUSE TO ISSUE A WARRANT FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON A POLICE OFFICER? I HAVE NOT RESIDED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR QUITE SOME TIME, I ASK AGAIN, WAS THAT TAKEN IN TO CONSIDERATION BY THE JUDGE AT THE TIME THE WARRANT WAS ISSUED? OBVIOUSLY NOT. WAS ANY CONSIDERATION TAKEN WHATSOEVER INTO THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE COMPLAINT MAY NOT BE OF A TRUE AN HONEST NATURE ? NO. WAS ANY TIME OR EFFORT TAKEN TO VERIFY OR GATHER ANY INFORMATION AS TO MY INNOCENCE? NO. THIS CHARGE CARRIES A PENALTY OF NO LESS THAN 5 YEARS AND NO MOR THAN 99 YEARS. IS IT FAIR? NO. IS IT IMPARTIAL? NO. EXTREME BIAS AND PREJUDICE WAS DEMONSTRATED, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT NOTHING BUT A POLICE OFFICER'S COMPLAINT. A COMPLAINT THAT WAS WRITTEN BY A PERSON WHO DOES NOT OBTAIN THE PROPER PSYCHOLOGICAL ABILITIES TO CARRY A POSITION OF SUCH AUTHORITY. I WOULD HATE TO IMAGINE WHAT OUR "JUSTICE" SYSTEM WOULD CONSIST OF IF THE JUDGE WOULD KNOWINGLY ISSUE A WARRANT WITHOUT PROBABLE CAUSE TO DO SO. ONE OR BOTH HAS HAPPENED IN THIS CASE. I WAS CHARGED WITH THE SAME OFFENSE OVER THREE YEARS AGO, AT THAT TIME, I ACTUALLY CAME INTO CONTACT WITH AN OFFICER'S SQUAD CAR. THE CHARGE WAS REDUCED TO CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, BECAUSE OF LACK OF EVIDENCE, NO DOUBT. NOW IM AGAIN BEING FALSELY ACCUSED. WERE THE FACTS OF THE PREVIOUS CASE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE THE WARRANT WAS ISSUED? APPARENTLY NOT. IT IS AS IF I HAVE NO RIGHTS AT ALL. ONCE A PERSON PAYS HIS DEBT TO SOCIETY, AS I HAVE DONE FOR EVERY OFFENSE THAT I HAVE EVER COMMITTED, HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO USE THE PAST TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS SUCH AS ARE BEING MADE HERE. IT IS OBVIOUS, THAT ONE IS NEVER FORGIVVEN HIS DEBT, NOR IS THE DEBT EVER PAID. THAT IS NOT THE LAW THAT IS WRITTEN BY MAN, NOR IS IT THE LAW THAT WAS WRITTEN BY GOD ALMIGHTY. WE HAVE PEOPLE, THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR POSITION, BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN DECIDE ENTIRELY AND WITHOUT AID, THAT THEY CAN CAUSE PAIN, LOSS, AND MENTAL STRESS TO ANYONE WHOM THEY PLEASE BECAUSE OF PERSONAL REASONS. [ emphasis is mine – TJL ]

I PRAY THAT SOMEONE READS THIS LETTER THAT DESPISES INJUSTICES AND ABUSES OF OFFICE, SUCH AS THIS. I WILL SOON BE INCARCERATED FOR A CRIME THAT I DID NOT COMMIT. MY LIFE, MY LIBERTY, MY RIGHTS AS A MAN, BEING VIOLATED AS IF THEY NEVER EXISTED AT ALL.

JEFFREY SCOTT