The claim that the Rules of the Court allowed the trial judge to bar the presentation of Exculpatory evidence, allowed him to deny my physical access to a law library where it had been established by that judge that I was to handle my own case; allowed the prosecution twice as many opportunities to address the jury than given me; allowed the prosecutor to direct witnesses by using head shakes and hand signals; disallowed me, through bifurcation of trial , to present evidence of my character in good standing with my community, church and family , and evidence of the officer’s known adversarial character; allowed the judge to prevent me from explaining points of relevant law and presenting papers explaining points of relevant law to the jury, thus keeping them ignorant of my rights of self-defense and defending my husband under the law.

In addition, and in collusion with the prosecutor the judge made documents I filed to “disappear” from the record; made witnesses willing to testify ‘ disappear” from town; threatened or bribed my lead attorney to abandon my case and leave town over a weekend, without warning; falsified transcripts; and encouraged news stories full of lies and innuendo against us to point the jury pool.

The appeals courts have done nothing more than rubber stamp the trials, using altered transcript only as their guide; and when George Sibley and I gave the appeals courts and trial court judge notice in writing and on court record that we were withdrawing our appeal from their courts and appealing elsewhere – which is our right , as no one can be forced to appeal against their will – nevertheless, the Criminal Appeals court and the Alabama Supreme Court appointed lawyers to represent paperwork pretending to represent us so that it would be on their court record that we had appealed in the court. We adamantly deny that any person, institution, or agency has the right to hijack our identities in absentia, under false pretenses, so that they can kill us without delay.

We have seen sufficient evidence to abandon all hope of justice in any court in America, for they all operate under the same prosecutorial biased rules. We have appealed to each of Alabama’s U.S. Senators and Representatives, and state legislation, but this is election time and none will touch a “hot” issue as ours. We have tried every avenue to obtain justice, and call upon you to fulfill your Constitutional duty to give me enough of a reprieve that we can present our evidence to an unbiased panel. No more than one day will be needed to present sufficient evidence to convince this panel to - at least – order a full investigation. The request that this panel be comprised of:

1. A representative of Alabama Media;
   
2. A law professor of an Alabama University or College;
   
3. An Alabama Senator or Representative;
   
4. A member of law enforcement;
   
5. A well known leader in business in Alabama;
   
6. A well known representative of the Clergy in Alabama;
   
7. A member of the Governor Cabinet.

Signed by : Lynda Lyon
Dated: April 29, 2002

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