Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Reade Seligman Attends Trial of Defendant Nifong


The courtroom was packed, eager to hear Durham Inv. Ben Himan offer clues to how an easily disproved false accusation became the Nifong/Mangum Hoax. At this trial of the malicious prosecutor who had tried to imprison him despite irrefutable proof no crime occurred, Reade Seligmann sat listening intently. Himan read from Crystal Gail Mangum’s UNC medical records, which he and Defendant Nifong had obtained prior to seeking indictments. He admitted the prosecution had the information in her medical records showing she had been diagnosed as bipolar and taking psychotropic medication. Unlike her claim the night before at Duke Medical Center of having consumed one beer, Crystal Mangum told the UNC doctors she was drunk the night of March 13. The doctors at UNC refused her request for painkillers, noting her "long psychological history" made them fear she'd abuse them.

State Bar Judge Lane Williamson followed up Himan's “With what?” admission yesterday, referring to the lack of any evidence against Reade Seligmann, by asking Himan to describe in general terms his testimony before the grand jury. Himan said he couldn’t answer because of the law requiring grand jury secrecy. His attorney quickly joined in to protest the question, which was withdrawn by Williamson after a brief recess.

We are still left with a key unanswered question: If Inv. Ben Himan didn’t believe he had any evidence against Reade Seligmann, what did he say to the grand jury that quickly indicted him?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

"With What?" Yet Himan goes into the Grand Jury and Reade gets indicted!! When will Judge Hudson pull in the Grand Jurors and demand to find out what Himan & Gottlieb said testfying under oath?

Anonymous said...

grand jury testimony is secret, anal vent...somebody other than nifong thought those hooligans from the plantations were guilty...i still do...follow the money stupid

Anonymous said...

Please help me and my family to have my brothers case re-opened, investigated, and charge his killer. Here is a summary of his case.....

I have been trying for almost 2 years to find out what exactly happened to my brother, and finally had a local NC paper print this.....PLEASE help my family!!!! We are here in Cleveland, and getting LE there to help has been a disgrace!

PLEASE print this article, and truly have justice for my beloved best friend!!!

Johnsville News
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Martin Luther King Jr.


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PLEASE help me! My name is Rhonda, and my brother was found executed in Durham NC, on May 05, 2005. His name is Allen Jackson Croft Jr. The sheriff there refuses to send us the reports, tests, and information we requested via the FOIA. This is the same department that handled the Duke rape, and the most recent fiasco of being caught on tape, plotting murder for hire, trafficking in drugs, and women for forced slavery as prostitutes, and counterfeiting. I have been threatened to be charged if I did not stop calling them to ask about the GSR results, and what they was doing about his case...

ALLEN JACKSON CROFT, Jr., died Wednesday, May 11, 2005, in Durham. He was 46 years old. Allen was born in Beckley, W.V. and attended West Virginia Tech, where he received a bachelor's degree in Computer Science. He later graduated from his beloved school, the University of Virginia (UVA), with a master's degree in Computer Science. Allen was employed at IBM for 25 years as a computer programmer and was a member of the UVA Alumni Association.

Rhonda Fleming has been writing about her brother's case at Websleuths.com. She tells a sad story of incompetence and "massive corruption" in Durham law enforcement. It sounds all too familiar.

some excerpts from Websleuths.com thread:
(Attn: Durham NC) In The Name Of My Brother

(Rhonda Fleming, sister of Allen J. Croft) -
I am hoping someone will be able to help me. concerning my brothers death. He was 46 and weeks away from retiring from IBM, in Durham NC. He was found executed May 11, 2005 on the American Tobacco Trail under a tressel, a "supposed," suicide. The sheriffs department boggled the case, and failed to adhere to protocol, and do an investigation. It has taken me over a year to glean what facts I have obtained. My mother and I both wrote under the FOIA, for ALL the facts, as they "closed," his case. A year later the detective for the case sent us a report, and it was full of hearsay, lies, and ineptness. He allowed 2 people to take his computer who were neighbors, and besides doing no handwriting analysis, or autopsy, they completely did nothing. The pictures I do have shows the crime scene, and he has only a couple of drops of blood on his clothes, (which, they also did NO GSR tests on.) There was NO powder burns to the wound, nor was there blood on the gun, his arm, or shirt. The position of his body also doesn't make sense, nor the fact he was pronounced dead 6 hours prior, yet was covered with maggots? I am PRAYING someone out here may help my family! I know we need legal help, but we are poor, and hoping someone will help pro-bono. He was an amazing man, and deserves better than to have died this way. Then, treated like roadkill....Please offer ANY advise, even though I have contacted EVERY official there is, the SHERIFF is, "untouchable," and nobody is willing to help...

The sad part to all of this, is that LE again, is more concerned with politics, than MURDERS! Durham is still more concerned with the rape case, than to solve our loved ones deaths! My brother was found executed under a bridge 3 weeks after Janet Araboa was killed, and I have had NO PRESS, and have had to fight and beg to glean what facts I have received!...

Finally I am getting help from BriAnne Dopart, she is the crime scene reporter for the Durham Herald Sun.....She is going to do a story about unsolved murders in Durham, and the tremendous political climate that is preventing LE from doing their jobs.....

The stench that reeks from the county officials is repulsive! These people are elected officials, hired to protect, serve, and seek justice! The WHOLE system is a quagmire of incompetence, and corruption!

More than a few bad apples [in Durham Law Enforcement], there are the ORCHARDS!... I am furious over the fact the rape case has received more media attention than unsolved murders and police gone gangsters!!!!

Respectfully,
Rhonda Fleming
Cleveland, Ohio