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Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 21:52:49 EST
Subject: #151 Richard Keech Letter From a Marine
To:
#151 Newsletter February 2, 2003
©copyright 2003 by Richard Keech
Ed note: Richard's letter to me this week tells
of his determination to
maintain the honesty and integrety of his
position--he did what he had to do.
It also tells the frustrating story of how a
powerful state institution can
manipulate public opinion--in this case by
threatening to release older
inmates who have committed the most despicable
crimes.
But the truth has a way of vindicating the
innocent and convicting those who
are guilty of serious moral crimes. For
instance, Richard was physically
tortured while he was a Japanese POW. That is
history. But he was recently
physically tortured by prison guards who knew
exactly how they were hurting
him.
Two weeks ago, Richard had his hands cuffed
behind him and his ankles tied
together with chains. He was then told to climb
aboard a prison van for a
ride to a medical facility in San Luis Obispo.
When he couldn't do it, the
guards shoved him into the van by rolling him on
the floor--inflicting
severe pain in his back (the reason for the trip
to an MRI facility in the
first place.)
Shame on those guards. They should be dismissed
from their jobs
immediately. They were not hired to torture
elderly inmates--whatever the
proceedure book says!
Jan 29 2003 Wednesday
Dear Joan,
(The first part of the letter is personal, about
family.)
Now on to another subject. Joseph Grayeagle (a
native American and fellow
Marine) has been cleared to visit the prison. I
have written him and passed
this on. Also David Schreiner has been cleared.
David pushed thru the pension
thing for Kay. (A friend of Bob Pendleton.)
And now on to the most important subject of the
day. I support everything you
are doing to tie in my problem with that of the
State's. They can't afford
me, or the other 80 year olds can they?
Let me make a suggestion that could save all of
our friends a great deal of
time.
We must recognize that the State has no intention
of ever releasing anyone.
Their word about releasing "old prisoners" is
really a " threat".
Either the public shuts up and quietly accepts
the budget as planned by the
Governor (and the prison guards' union) or he
will let the prison turn loose
a few "old sex offenders." After a child
molestation or two, carefully
orchestrated by the press, the public will say,
"enough, keep them there and
save the money somewhere else".
In the preliminary reports on this "chess
maneuver" the State has been
talking about the possible release of "Non
Violent" prisoners over 80.
That sounds fair, doesnt it?
It's not at all!...... In the prison world those
words don't mean the same
that they do to you.
You think of me as a loving "non violent" father
of four kids, right.
Believe me that is not the way the Prison and the
State sees me.
Just to start with I am a "Marine". The board of
Prison Terms automatically
denies parole to all ex Marines. We, you see,
are known to be "trained
Killers"
Don't laugh, I have two friends who have heard
those very words from the
Board of Prison Terms.
One of these days when enough of you make enough
noise to get someone in
Sacramento to look into my case, do you know
what they will do?
They will contact the Board of Prison Terms and
ask them what my chances of a
parole are.
The Board of Prison Terms will tell them, "No
chance at all. He is a Marine,
he is a professional killer. He shoots men with a
gun. Being a Marine he
obviously loves guns."
The board of Prison Terms will end up saying
"Over our dead bodies does he
ever get released".
(Their job is to keep all prisoners in prison.
They work for the Governor.
Who works for the Prison Guard's union.)
They tend to overstep themselves at times,
however. It's in this capacity
that I think we can attack them and overcome
their control.
The point is "You're damned right I am a Marine."
I fought for my country and am proud of it.
"You're damned right. I am dangerous."
When my country is threatened I will fight to
protect it.
"You're damned right I am dangerous"
When my family is threatened. I will fight to
protect them.
And, if it is a crime to shoot some one to save
my
daughter's life, then, you're damned right. I
plead guilty.
We must take the initiative here. If we are nice
and ask the State to do what
it is promising we will soon find that it has the
perfect solution. "Ask the
Board of Prison Terms."
I could go on, but does that suggest some
interesting media sound bites?
Richard Keech
Semper Fidelis
<A HREF="http://www.richard-keech.org/">Richard
Keech</A>
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 21:52:49 EST
Subject: #151 Richard Keech Letter From a Marine
To:
#151 Newsletter February 2, 2003
©copyright 2003 by Richard Keech
Ed note: Richard's letter to me this week tells
of his determination to
maintain the honesty and integrety of his
position--he did what he had to do.
It also tells the frustrating story of how a
powerful state institution can
manipulate public opinion--in this case by
threatening to release older
inmates who have committed the most despicable
crimes.
But the truth has a way of vindicating the
innocent and convicting those who
are guilty of serious moral crimes. For
instance, Richard was physically
tortured while he was a Japanese POW. That is
history. But he was recently
physically tortured by prison guards who knew
exactly how they were hurting
him.
Two weeks ago, Richard had his hands cuffed
behind him and his ankles tied
together with chains. He was then told to climb
aboard a prison van for a
ride to a medical facility in San Luis Obispo.
When he couldn't do it, the
guards shoved him into the van by rolling him on
the floor--inflicting
severe pain in his back (the reason for the trip
to an MRI facility in the
first place.)
Shame on those guards. They should be dismissed
from their jobs
immediately. They were not hired to torture
elderly inmates--whatever the
proceedure book says!
Jan 29 2003 Wednesday
Dear Joan,
(The first part of the letter is personal, about
family.)
Now on to another subject. Joseph Grayeagle (a
native American and fellow
Marine) has been cleared to visit the prison. I
have written him and passed
this on. Also David Schreiner has been cleared.
David pushed thru the pension
thing for Kay. (A friend of Bob Pendleton.)
And now on to the most important subject of the
day. I support everything you
are doing to tie in my problem with that of the
State's. They can't afford
me, or the other 80 year olds can they?
Let me make a suggestion that could save all of
our friends a great deal of
time.
We must recognize that the State has no intention
of ever releasing anyone.
Their word about releasing "old prisoners" is
really a " threat".
Either the public shuts up and quietly accepts
the budget as planned by the
Governor (and the prison guards' union) or he
will let the prison turn loose
a few "old sex offenders." After a child
molestation or two, carefully
orchestrated by the press, the public will say,
"enough, keep them there and
save the money somewhere else".
In the preliminary reports on this "chess
maneuver" the State has been
talking about the possible release of "Non
Violent" prisoners over 80.
That sounds fair, doesnt it?
It's not at all!...... In the prison world those
words don't mean the same
that they do to you.
You think of me as a loving "non violent" father
of four kids, right.
Believe me that is not the way the Prison and the
State sees me.
Just to start with I am a "Marine". The board of
Prison Terms automatically
denies parole to all ex Marines. We, you see,
are known to be "trained
Killers"
Don't laugh, I have two friends who have heard
those very words from the
Board of Prison Terms.
One of these days when enough of you make enough
noise to get someone in
Sacramento to look into my case, do you know
what they will do?
They will contact the Board of Prison Terms and
ask them what my chances of a
parole are.
The Board of Prison Terms will tell them, "No
chance at all. He is a Marine,
he is a professional killer. He shoots men with a
gun. Being a Marine he
obviously loves guns."
The board of Prison Terms will end up saying
"Over our dead bodies does he
ever get released".
(Their job is to keep all prisoners in prison.
They work for the Governor.
Who works for the Prison Guard's union.)
They tend to overstep themselves at times,
however. It's in this capacity
that I think we can attack them and overcome
their control.
The point is "You're damned right I am a Marine."
I fought for my country and am proud of it.
"You're damned right. I am dangerous."
When my country is threatened I will fight to
protect it.
"You're damned right I am dangerous"
When my family is threatened. I will fight to
protect them.
And, if it is a crime to shoot some one to save
my
daughter's life, then, you're damned right. I
plead guilty.
We must take the initiative here. If we are nice
and ask the State to do what
it is promising we will soon find that it has the
perfect solution. "Ask the
Board of Prison Terms."
I could go on, but does that suggest some
interesting media sound bites?
Richard Keech
Semper Fidelis
<A HREF="http://www.richard-keech.org/">Richard
Keech</A>