Satterberg Blistered by 5 Federal Judges

If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials become wicked.
Proverbs 29:12

In a blistering opinion, five federal appeals court judges accused two King County prosecutors of conspiring to hide evidence and allowing a witness to make false statements on the stand.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to offer any relief to Joshua Frost, who was sentenced to 55 years for his part in a string of robberies in 2003. But Judge Alex Kozinski and four others said in an opinion released this week that the prosecutors’ actions were “troubling” and needed to be revealed.

The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office violated a rule requiring the disclosure of information material to the case “by willfully withholding evidence of Shaw’s domestic-violence plea deal and permitting Shaw to lie on the stand,” Kozinski said….
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King County Prosecutor Mark Larson, Prosecutor Jason Simmons, Prosecutor Rich Anderson, Prosecutor Lisa Johnson, Prosecutor Dan Satterberg, King County Courts, King County Culture of Court Corruption

Heads Up: Enumclaw Washington, Detective Grant McCall

Update:

Enumclaw Policeman Grant McCall gets promoted by King County Police in the City of Enumclaw

Here is what King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg along with the gang of King County Prosecutors applauded.
No wonder to it that King County Prosecutors approved of Enumclaw Detective Grant McCall, whom Athena Dean Holtz conspired with, of sitting alone with the False Accuser turning on and off the voice recorder at will. Athena Dean Holtz sat outside the Enumclaw Police Station while Enumclaw Detective Grant McCall directed the false accusation.
Athena Dean Holtz sat outside the Enumclaw Police Station while Enumclaw Detective Grant McCall directed the false accusation.
Enumclaw Detective Grant McCall literally performed a fill in the blank setup of false accusations. Detective McCall would state,
Then he ____________ u-huh
Then he _____________ – yea
Then he ______________ – nod
Then he ______________
Then he ______________
— turn off recorder —
Then he ______________
Then he ______________
Then he ______________
Then he ______________
Then he ______________
— turn off recorder —
The he ____________________ while turning on and off the record throughout the whole manufactured interview.
…and so it went.
It doesn’t take an expert, though one at great cost was provided to Judge Lori K. Smith that the whole interview was “worthless.” That the officer, that is, Detective McCall, of Enumclaw Washington presented every thought “first” was very useful to King County Courts.
In a separate, though a-typical pattern by Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg and King County Prosecutors were given a “blistering opinion”  by 5 Federal Judges.
Prosecutor Mark Larson, Prosecutor Rich Anderson, Prosecutor Jason Simmons, Prosecutor Lisa Johnson, with Judge Lori K. Smith protecting the corruption provided by the Enumclaw Police. Most notably Enumclaw Detective Grant McCall.
We saw this pattern, and many others, again and again by King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg’s office.
Typical of Seattle’s King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg, deny anything wrong, then go look into the matter. Set-ups work both ways with King County Culture of Court Corruption.

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Five federal appeals court judges accused two King County prosecutors of conspiring to hide evidence and allowing a witness to make false statements on the stand.
Seattle’s King County Judges are allowing, encouraging and facilitating King County Prosecutors and Prosecutor Dan Satterberg to use liars for their own selfish end-goals.
While the case mentioned in the Seattle Times is different than the one here on www.hardtruth.us the corrupt pattern is the same ~ only intensified.

I have the lies video recorded and lie their little tongues off they did.
Because King Prosecutors invite, mold and protect all lairs if it fits their agenda.

I have the lies video recorded and lie their little tongues off they did. All because King County Prosecutors emboldened the corruption in the hate crime against Christian Pastor Timothy Williams.

These false witnesses were so emboldened by Seattle’s King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg and team of King County Prosecutors that they eagerly ran forward to malign a Christian Church they hated.

It takes Federal Judges to raise the alarm as the Judges in King County Washington are wallowing in the mud pits of King County Court Corruption to please these prosecutors.
I have over 90% of the trial video recorded, so that when I state that Seattle’s King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg and Team harbored, protected and encouraged witnesses to lie ~ it is an understatement to declare I have the evidence.

“All Athena Dean Holtz did,
as she always does,
is bring out the worst
that was already present and active in a person
and the King County Prosecutors Office. “

Appeals court judge troubled by King County prosecutors’ actions
Originally published March 23, 2016 at 3:25 pm
Five federal appeals court judges accused two King County prosecutors of conspiring to hide evidence and allowing a witness to make false statements on the stand.
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MARTHA BELLISLE
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In a blistering opinion, five federal appeals court judges accused two King County prosecutors of conspiring to hide evidence and allowing a witness to make false statements on the stand.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to offer any relief to Joshua Frost, who was sentenced to 55 years for his part in a string of robberies in 2003. But Judge Alex Kozinski and four others said in an opinion released this week that the prosecutors’ actions were “troubling” and needed to be revealed.
Kozinski said it appeared the two prosecutors worked to hide a plea deal given to a man named Edward Shaw, who testified against Frost, and said allowing a witness to testify falsely would amount to professional misconduct.
The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office violated a rule requiring the disclosure of information material to the case “by willfully withholding evidence of Shaw’s domestic-violence plea deal and permitting Shaw to lie on the stand,” Kozinski said.
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Kozinski said the prosecution’s tactic was deliberate, not an oversight. They kept Shaw’s signed plea agreements secret until two days after Frost was convicted even though they had been signed well before the start of his trial.
“Moreover,” Kozinski said, “the office stonewalled in providing Frost this information when he doggedly requested it.”
King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg denied what he called Kozinski’s “unsupported accusations.”
“We take our ethical obligations very seriously, and take exception to the language in his opinion suggesting a conspiracy to keep this information from the defendant,” Satterberg said. “There is no evidence to suggest that employees in our office conspired to hide such information.”
Satterberg said his office will review the case.
Erik Blevin, Frost’s lawyer on the latest appeal, said Kozinski has been outspoken about prosecutorial misconduct and often uses strong language because he believes no one is addressing the problem.
“He’s using the disinfecting effect of sunlight,” Blevin said.
After Frost’s conviction he filed an appeal, and his case reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which sent it back to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
At issue was whether Frost’s lawyer should have been allowed to argue that the prosecution failed to prove Frost was an accomplice and that Frost acted under duress. The Supreme Court found the court’s refusal to let the lawyer make both arguments was harmless because Frost had confessed.
The high court sent the case back to the 9th Circuit to decide whether Frost’s claims that the prosecutors violated his rights were prejudicial. In a 6-5 decision, the appeals court said Frost didn’t show prejudice because Frost had confessed and other evidence linked him to the crimes. But five of those six judges, led by Kozinski, scolded prosecutors.
At trial, prosecutor Zachary Wagnild introduced an unsigned plea agreement for an unlawful possession charge against Shaw. The signed copy referenced a separate plea deal for Shaw on a domestic-violence charge, but it was never mentioned during Shaw’s testimony. The prosecutor who handled Shaw’s case, Gary Ernsdorff, filed the domestic-violence plea agreement two days after Frost was convicted.
“The sequence of events raises the inference that Ernsdorff collaborated with Wagnild to conceal the agreement from Frost until Wagnild had secured a guilty verdict,” Kozinski said. “If so, this would be shameful misconduct on the part of both prosecuting attorneys.”
Wagnild, who is now a private defense lawyer, denied he intentionally withheld evidence.
“As an attorney who has spent the last five years representing individuals accused of crimes, I applaud Judge Kozinski and the 9th Circuit’s efforts to ensure that the rights of the accused are zealously guarded,” he said in an email. “As a prosecutor it was always my goal to provide criminal defendants with all of evidence that could in any way be conceived to be exculpatory or otherwise helpful to the defense.”

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King County’s longtime chief criminal deputy prosecutor retires as a new generation moves into leadership rolesJan. 2, 2020 at 6:00 am King County Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor Mark Larson, who retired after 35 years, and his replacement, Dan Clark, who previously served as assistant chief criminal deputy at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent, are photographed in Seattle on Thursday. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times) By Sara Jean Green Seattle Times staff reporter Mark Larson, King County’s long-serving chief criminal deputy prosecutor, has a number of sayings that have become part of the collective wisdom among local attorneys responsible for prosecuting criminal defendants accused of crimes ranging from driving under the influence to murder.“Speak the truth in love” is his advice for delivering difficult news to crime victims and their families.“Everyone is carrying a heavy load” is a reminder that everyone involved in the criminal-justice system — police officers, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges and victim advocates — is doing hard work that can take an emotional toll.“It’s moments, not minutes, that matter” speaks to Larson’s focus on building meaningful relationships and taking the time so others feel heard.After 35 years in the prosecutor’s office, the last 26 as head of the criminal division, Larson retired on Christmas Eve, marking the end of an era for an office that has seen remarkable stability in its leadership even as criminal cases have become increasingly complex. Evidence from cellphones, computers and body-worn cameras coupled with advances in DNA and forensic sciences now produce voluminous amounts of discovery.“There’s a broad array of subject matters you have to have some expertise in,” Prosecutor Dan Satterberg said of Larson’s position. “I remember trying cases and you’d have an inch of paper. Now it’s boxes and boxes.”AdvertisingLarson, 62, has had a hand in training and mentoring a younger generation of leaders within the prosecutor’s office, including his replacement. His departure comes amid a wave of promotions, with Satterberg handpicking senior deputy prosecutors for key positions in the criminal division: Dan Clark, who for 13 years served as managing attorney and assistant chief criminal deputy at the Maleng Regional Justice (RJC) in Kent, succeeds Larson as chief criminal deputy prosecutor. Erin Ehlert also did double duty as assistant chief criminal deputy at the Seattle courthouse and as the co-chairperson of the Most Dangerous Offender Program (MDOP), a group of veteran trial attorneys who are dispatched to homicide scenes across the county and typically retain their cases through trial. Ehlert will become MDOP’s senior leader, replacing Brian McDonald who was appointed to the King County Superior Court bench in August by Gov. Jay Inslee to replace retired Judge Laura Inveen. Mary Barbosa, a longtime MDOP attorney, will serve as Ehlert’s co-chair, and Karissa Taylor, who has spent recent years analyzing gun violence, was promoted to vice chairperson of the MDOP unit. Wyman Yip, who has spent the last seven years as an MDOP attorney, replaces Clark as assistant chief criminal deputy prosecutor at the RJC. Christina Miyamasu, the former vice chairperson of the domestic-violence unit, replaces Ehlert as assistant chief criminal deputy prosecutor in Seattle.In an office that’s seen only four elected prosecutors since 1948, Satterberg and Larson — who started as interns together in 1984 — have spent their professional lives putting into practice lessons they learned under late Prosecutor Norm Maleng, who hired them and promoted them to leadership positions when they were both in their 30s.When Maleng, a well-loved community leader who served as prosecutor for nearly three decades, died of a heart attack in 2007, Satterberg, who was Maleng’s chief of staff, stepped into the role of acting prosecutor and has since been elected four times. He never considered moving Larson to a different post.“Norm’s unexpected death was enough of a shake-up for the office. Mark is my friend and longtime law partner, and I wanted him to steer the ship,” Satterberg, 59, said. “There’s nothing contrived about Mark. He’s a very genuine person. He’s a leader who has no ego and no interest in self-promotion or the limelight.”The son of a pastor, Larson grew up on the East Coast and studied criminal justice at Florida State University. After graduating in 1980, he worked for a couple years as a probation officer, a job he says he wasn’t very good at. The day he left Florida to attend law school in Seattle, his “prize pupil” — who presented himself as a reformed biker — robbed a bank and got into a shootout with police.“He played me,” Larson said wryly.Larson has been at the prosecutor’s office since graduating in 1985 from the University of Puget Sound Law School (which later became Seattle University). Married to his wife Kirsten for three years, Larson has two grown children from a previous marriage. His son and daughter-in-law are both deputy prosecutors in the office.Advertising“Some people believe prosecution is on the wrong side of social justice … Our function is viewed somewhat skeptically” given the power prosecutors have, Larson said. That’s why he has stressed to younger deputies that they conduct themselves to the highest standard in every encounter they have with jurors and witnesses, he said.“People here take seriously the fact they’re giving voice to people who, for one reason or another, don’t have one — domestic-violence victims, child victims of sex abuse, homicide victims,” Larson said. “It’s sort of a holy calling for us and it’s a grand, grand privilege.”Leading and being part of a team has made for a rewarding career, said Larson, who never wanted to find himself “sitting alone on the bench” as a judge.After seeing so many younger deputies moving into leadership roles since summer, Larson said he feels the office is in a good place.“I came to the belief passing the baton isn’t a failure. Passing the baton to a capable group of leaders, that’s success,” he said.Larson is spending January in California babysitting his infant granddaughter and plans to teach a class at Seattle University in April about eyewitness identifications that led to wrongful convictions. He also plans to travel, ride his motorcycle and continue coaching youth lacrosse.Clark, the attorney succeeding Larson, said he sees his role as continuing the caring, open culture Larson and others have worked to maintain.“Most people in the office haven’t worked under a (criminal) chief other than Mark, myself included. He’s synonymous with the position,” said Clark, 48, a divorced father of two teenage sons.In Larson, he said, there’s “a humility that is really profound in leadership that you don’t always see.”Most Read Local Stories For first time in nearly three decades, no New Year’s fireworks at the Space Needle VIEW Wind-driven tumbleweeds piled on Richland highway trap 5 cars, truck Man dies after Pioneer Square shooting Storms this week expected to add needed depth to Washington snowpack VIEW Gusty winds could postpone New Year’s Eve fireworks in Seattle, decision to be made just before midnight “For Mark, it’s never about him but the team, the staff, the office and this recognition we do important work impacting people’s lives and it’s work that matters,” he said.Clark grew up in Los Angeles and attended law school at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was considering becoming a public defender when, during his first summer internship in California, he helped represent a client he believed was innocent. A

fter he and the trial attorney presented their reasoning to the prosecutor, she shrugged it off and said, “I could use the trial experience,” Clark recalled. They went to trial and the client was found not guilty.It ended up being a transformative experience, he said.“I wanted to ensure justice was done in every case, and I saw the discretion the prosecutor had,” Clark said. He decided to change tracks “so I could be a check from the inside.”AdvertisingThe following summer, Clark came to Seattle and interned in the prosecutor’s office here. He said he fell in love with the city and the profession.Hired by Maleng in 1996, Clark has worked a number of assignments in the office, including arguing cases before the state Court of Appeals and Supreme Court.He said he’s enjoyed his time working at the RJC, which, when it was built in 1997, was expected to handle 30% of the county’s felony case load. But with population growth, it’s closer to 45%. Like Larson before him, Clark will oversee 170 attorneys assigned to the criminal division in both Seattle and Kent.While serving at the RJC, Clark developed a reputation in South King County as someone looking to build bridges with police chiefs, mayors, public defenders and community groups, something he hopes to continue in Seattle.“You don’t need a bar card to have good ideas or to speak the truth,” Clark said. “Good ideas come from everywhere and my job as a leader is to elevate those voices and break barriers.”Sara Jean Green: 206-515-5654 or [email protected]; on Twitter: @SJGTimes. The Seattle Times occasionally closes comments on particularly sensitive stories. If you would like to share your thoughts or experiences in relation to this story, please email the reporter or submit a letter to be considered for publication in our Opinion section. You can read more about our community policies here.