Emmy Nominated Series Online: Federal Prosecution of OC Sheriff Carona

Los Angeles, CA The Full Disclosure Network® presents the complete four-part Emmy Nominated Series "Feds Nail OC Sheriff: Justice or Abuse? " covering the Federal Prosecution of Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona online and re-released on 45 cable systems this Sunday 8-9 p.m. Monday 4-5 p.m. November 16th and 17 on L.A. Cable Channel 36. Other channels and Airtimes available here.

Parts 1-2: Entitled "Feds Target Sheriff Using Media" features an exclusive videotaped interview with Mike Carona a few days after his arraignment in Federal Court on political corruption charges. Featuring commentary from legal experts Anthony Patchett, former Special Assistant District Attorney for L. A. County, Stan Goldman, Loyola Law Professor and former Fox News Legal Editor. The entire series can be viewed by individual segments here online:

Show #505 Feds Target OC Sheriff Using The Media (Part 1)
Segment #1 [8:49 min]
Segment #2 [9:37 min]
Segment #3 [9:03 min]

Show #506 Feds Target OC Sheriff Using The Media (Part 2)
Segment #1 [10:48 min]
Segment #2 [9:49 min]
Segment #3 [6:54 min]

Parts 3-4: Entitled "Federal Sentences Terrorize Defendants" Examines the awesome challenge faced by Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona. Legal experts Jan L. Handzlik, former U.S. Prosecutor and Mark Allenbaugh, former staff attorney for the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Commission reveal the daunting task for Federal defendants to overcome the rules, tactics and procedures of Federal Prosecutions. :

Show #507 Federal Sentences Terrorize Defendants (Part 3)
Segment #1 [8:05 min]
Segment #2 [9:18 min]
Segment #3 [9:07 min]

Show #508 Federal Sentences Terrorize Defendants (Part 4)
Segment #1 [5:13 min]
Segment #2 [7:39 min]
Segment #3 [9:40 min]

OC Sheriff Versus The Federal Justice System: Video Preview (5 min)

Los Angeles, CA. The Full Disclosure Network® presents an exclusive two-part program examining the awesome challenge faced by Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona as he begins his battle against political corruption charges in the Federal Justice system. These programs are part of an on-going series covering the Federal prosecution of the Sheriff in the 5th largest county of the United States.

Appearing in the program are:

• Sheriff Mike Carona, Orange County, California
• Anthony Patchett, Former Special Assistant District Attorney (Los Angeles)
• Jan L. Handzlik, Partner of the Howery, LLP law firm & a former Federal prosecutor
• Mark H. Allenbaugh, former Staff Attorney U. S. Sentencing Guidelines Commission and partner Allenbaugh-Samini, LLP
• Leslie Dutton, Full Disclosure Network® host

The programs are being featured on 45 cable systems and available in their entirety on the Internet (FREE) for a short period of time from links below. Thereafter, the Internet access will be available to Full Disclosure Network® subscribers only.

WATCH THE PREVIEW HERE NOW

A few of the points by legal experts in the two-part (1 hr) hour program are:

• Sheriff Carona states at the outset he believes the Federal Court system is fair.
• Is the Federal system free from politics regarding who to prosecute and who not to?
• Legal experts raise signifigant issues with the sentencing guidelines and plea agreements that they say are unfair.
• Innocent defendants are forced to plead guilty to avoid “Draconian” sentences handed out under the Federal guidelines
• Defendants who plead guilty are also forced to waive their right to appeal harsh sentences
• Vast majority of defendants who plead innocent are found guilty of crimes not related to their indictments. i.e. (perjury, obstructing justice, etc.)...the reason, it is too difficult for the Feds to prove their case on initial charges.
• An astounding 95 to 97 % of all individuals Indicted plead guilty in the Federal system
  

Known as “the news behind the news” Full Disclosure Network® cable television programs are featured on 45 cable systems and the Internet since 1992 and produced by host Leslie Dutton and Producer T. J. Johnston. In 2002 the Full Disclosure® special series “L. A.’s War Against Terrorism” was recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with a local Emmy Award for a public affairs, informational series. Channels and airtimes can be found on the website at http://www.fulldisclosure.net/

SHERIFF CARONA: WHO PUSHED FEDS TO PROSECUTE?

Los Angeles, CA. Why did the Orange County District Attorney and the California Attorney General decline to prosecute Sheriff Mike Carona? And, after declining to prosecute the Sheriff, who is a State Constitutional office holder, what prompted the Feds to pursue an indictment on alleged political corruption charges?

The FULL DISCLOSURE NETWORK® presents an eight minute Video News Blog featuring clips from exclusive post arraignment interviews with the Sheriff, spokesman from the U. S. Attorney’s office, Special Assistant District Attorney, and Chairman of the Orange County Republican Party. Here is a sampling of some of the questions raised:

• Why is this a Federal Case?
• Who is involved and why?
• How high up did approval of the indictment go?
• Was it President Bush?
• Was Carona’s policy to enforce immigration laws locally a conflict for the Feds?
• Why did the Feds indict Carona’s wife?
• Was the purpose of the indictment to force the Sheriff to resign?
• Did local politicians want to select his replacement?

FEATURED IN THE VIDEO NEWS BLOG ARE:
Mike Carona, Sheriff Orange County
Anthony Patchett, Former Special Assistant Los Angeles District Attorney
Thom Mrozek, Public Affairs Officer for the United States Attorney
Scott Baugh, Chairman Orange County Republican Party
Leslie Dutton: Moderator

VIEWERS ARE ASKED TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ONLINE OPINION SURVEY & TO LEAVE THEIR COMMENTS FOR DISCUSSION.

These program s are featured on 45 cable systems and the Internet since 1992 and produced by host Leslie Dutton and Producer T. J. Johnston. In 2002 the Full Disclosure® special series “L. A.’s War Against Terrorism” was recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with a local Emmy Award for a public affairs, informational series. Channels and airtimes can be found on the website at http://www.fulldisclosure.net/.

SCHOOL AUDITORS & INVESTIGATORS SPEAK OUT ON LACK OF BIG DOLLAR PROSECUTIONS: Video (8 min)

Los Angeles, CA . School auditors and investigators speak out about their disappointment over the failure of prosecutors to file charges for big dollar crimes documented by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Office of Inspector General. In a Full Disclosure Network® nine minute video news blog some of the most egregious investigations undertaken by the Inspector General's office are revealed, including the notorious Belmont Learning Center. The video is available free, on demand, 24/7, as a public service. Viewers are asked to respond in to survey questions and leave their comments for an online discussion.

Here are a few issues discussed in the video:

• Former LAUSD Inspector General Don Mullinax responds to Full Disclosure® when asked what why no prosecutions resulted from his extensive reports of waste, fraud and abuse on the still incomplete $330 million Belmont Learning Center. Mullinax said he was disappointed "after having spent almost three years of my life working on that report, other reports and on the District Attorney's Belmont Task Force on Belmont."
• Anthony Patchett who headed the D.A.'s investigation on Belmont said "Don Mullinax did an outstanding job. He found a lot of fraud and corruption. It's just the fact that when he took those cases to the District Attorney's office, they chose not to go forward with them. They'll go ahead and they'll prosecute the small crimes under $15,000, but for the other crimes that Mr. Mullinax has found, they still have that blind eye towards that".
• According tothen Interim Inspector General Jerry Thornton some of the problems have been resolved but investigations are ongoing. "If you are looking at lower level employees, if you're looking at people that manage cafeterias and people that do the grounds work, we could do this for the next 15 years and nobody would ever say anything to us. But when you elevate your investigations up to the hierarchy of an organization like this, you're always going to meet resistance. Everybody's for accountability until you hold them accountable", he said.
• Investigator Karen Sexton told Full Disclosure® how an adult school contractor and other unnamed individuals were never prosecuted when the Inspector General's investigation found classes that didn't exist, ghost students and people working double assignments. She said the only outcome of the investigation was "they no longer work for the District" because the contractor's contract was not renewed."
• Bob Williams , promoted to Acting Deputy Inspector General following the departure of Don Mullinax, told Full Disclosure® the BB Bond investigation resulted in auditors finding $600 million that was spent on different things (click here to see PAGE 4 of the BB Bond follow-up report) that went to the actual contractors as opposed to the projects. When asked what the outcome of BB Bond investigation was, the supervising investigator told Full Disclosure® "the outcome basically, was nothing."
• (note LAUSD removed the BB Bond follow-up report from their website following this orignal release)

The Full Disclosure Network®, billed as "the news behind the news", has been producing a series of video news blogs for the Internet using video clips from television interviews and events featuring prominent leaders who involved in the school construction, planning, development and investigations of the L. A. Unified School District and Belmont Learning Center. The videos are featured on 43 cable television systems and video streamed over the Internet from http://www.fulldisclosure.net/ . In 2002 the Full Disclosure® program , hosted by Leslie Dutton, was presented with a local public affairs Emmy from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.