Category: Los Angeles County

A. The Cost of Courage Series – Dr. Richard I. Fine. Dramatic twelve part series of interviews of Dr. Richard I. Fine, Ph.D. and others by Leslie Dutton of the Full Disclosure Network. The series commenced with an interview the day before Fine was illegally imprisoned in 18 months of coercive, solitary confinement in the LA County Jail and ended after Fine’s release. The series highlights the corruption in the judicial system and the ways to solve the problem. ​ DISCLOSUREWATCH.US Attorney Richard I. Fine explaining form 700. Disclosure Watch.US Part 2 470 views Jul 7, 2008 Attorney Richard Fine explains the law’s requirement that judges disclose their financial interest. This includes any investment above $1500, and where they are a director or an active participant to the party. There is currently no document or form on which they can disclose such information. Disclosure Watch seeks to pass a law which would require judges to list investments and affiliations on a special form, which would then be filed with the secretary of state. Disclosure Watch Town Hall Meeting Mar 2, 2009 This is a speech by Attorney Richard Fine during a Town Hall meeting in Los Angeles, California on February 26, 2009. Attorney Fine gives details of the criminal complaints that he has filed against the Superior Court Judges in Los Angeles, California who have found a way to take bribes legally. Attorney Fines organization is called Disclosure Watch and their Website address is: http://www.disclosurewatch.us/ Attorney Richard Fine is out of JAIL 11-2010 .. At last. Feb 28, 2009 Richard Fine on the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors on Feb. 24, 2009. It’s time for them to step-down, or may be go to jail! Here is another person having a… Read More

Paul Volcker Speaks Out on Judicial Corruption November 2013 While the United States views itself as an exemplar nation in regards to complying with the Rule of Law, America is in reality suffering from widespread and growing corruption, failures of governance and a ‘distorted political process’ that is overly dependent on wealthy funders, says Paul Volcker, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve. P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } ‘The successful attack on corruption depends upon a strong sense of rule of law, but it’s equally true that widespread corruption makes a strong rule of law an impossible dream,’ Volcker told a packed audience of lawyers at the IBA’s Annual Conference in Boston. Richard I. Fine, Prisoner of Conscience April 27, 2010 On April 23, 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States denied the petition for “stay of execution” (of coercive confinement for civil contempt of court) by attorney Richard I. Fine in the case of Richard Fine v. Leroy Baca, Sheriff of Los Angeles County (09-1250). In doing so, the highest court of the land has refused to rectify a clear-cut case of judicial corruption in the state of California. So who’s Richard Fine and how did he run afoul of the law? A distinguished attorney with a doctor of law degree from the University of Chicago Law School and a Ph.D. in international law from the London School of Economics, Mr. Fine has practiced law in government service and private practice for 42 years and achieved considerable distinction in both. He has served in the antitrust division of the Justice Department, founded the Anti-Trust Division in the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office and was awarded the prestigious “Lawyer of the Decades” award in 2006. He has also won numerous… Read More