Saturday, December 03, 2005

The latest update from Larken Rose:
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Dear Subscriber,

The Third Circuit denied our motion for bail pending appeal, so I will be reporting to the Canaan prison camp in Waymart, PA on Monday morning.
Here is what my mailing address will be (starting Monday):

Larken Rose
Reg. No. 58421-066
USP Canaan - Satellite Camp
Waymart, PA 18472

I would ask that you don't waste time and effort feeling depressed or angry about this. (I'm already planning some projects I hope to complete during my incarceration.) This won't be pleasant, but it's better than a firing squad. We hoped for better, but it could have been a lot worse.

Again, my main concern now is that Tessa and Elyssa are taken care of.
This is not the life I wanted to give them, and not the life they deserve. So if from time to time you can throw a little help their way, I know it would be greatly appreciated, by them and by me. Some day, in some way, I hope I can pay you all back for your kind support. Donations can be sent
here:

Tessa David
c/o Larken Rose
P.O. Box 653
Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006

(Donations can also be made via PayPal to "larken@taxableincome.net".
Tessa has access to my PayPal account, so it will work even when I'm "on the inside.")

I'll try to stay in touch with the list from time to time. There's so much I wish I could tell you all, but it will have to wait.

Sincerely,


Larken Rose
larken@taxableincome.net

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Thursday, December 01, 2005

Irwin Schiff Trial update by Mark Yannone

Irwin Schiff Trial update by Mark Yannone

Irwin Schiff Trial update by Mark Yannone

Irwin Schiff Trial update by Mark Yannone

Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Irwin Schiff Trial update by Mark Yannone

Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Folks,

I couldn't help but notice the number of published reports across the country announcing Larken's conviction. It is certainly a strange phenomena when news of convictions are broadcast far and wide, yet wins such as Kuglin, Bannister and others get very little ink at all. I really need to understand the why of that. It would seem wins would be the greater news. Please query any freinds you have in the media and forward their responses to me at triallogs@ourliberty.net. We really should get to the bottom of this reporting phenomena.

Anyway, contrary to the erroneous reports published in Philadelphia and Florida newspapers, Larken did not surrender to authorities yesterday.

According to Larken:

This is just a quick note to let you know that my self surrender date has been delayed a week. (I learned that while driving downtown, about an hour before I was going to turn myself in.) So I'm out for another week, pending our appeal from the district court's denial this morning of our motion for bail pending appeal. If a panel of two or three Third Circuit judges decides, upon preliminary review, that our appeal raises "substantial issues," then I can stay out while the real appeal of my conviction and sentencing happens.

As you can see, it's a bit complicated, but the bottom line right now is that I'm scheduled to turn myself in next Monday, instead of today. We'll try to keep you informed, and thanks again for all your support.


I'm sure many of you will join me in praying for a ruling in favor of Larken which might help restore my faith in the system.

I will post more as soon as it comes available.

David Jahn

Monday, November 28, 2005

Larken Rose erroneously sentenced to 15 months

Here's the propaganda piece generated by your government justice department that won't answer a letter about the law: http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=57108

And here is the flaw in the slaw: "At trial, Judge Baylson instructed the jury that Rose's Section 861 argument was incorrect as a matter of law."

You see, unfortunately for the federal government, the judge's erroneous pronouncement is no substitute for the law, and wishing won't make it so. The government still has the burden to prove that Larken Rose had a legal duty to perform. Without that proof, the conviction is without merit, no matter how big a club the government wields.

For those who remain confused by the law . . .

The United States Constitution guarantees a criminal defendant both the right to have a jury decide his case and a right to have the prosecutor prove to that jury, beyond a reasonable doubt, every element of the charged offense. To preserve these guarantees, the trial court is required to properly instruct the jury on each and every element of the crime.

Larken Rose was charged with five counts of willful failure to file federal income tax returns. The offense has three elements*:

1. The person must have a legal duty to perform.
2. The person must fail to perform the legal duty.
3. The person must know that he failed to perform the legal duty.

Did the prosecutor prove that Larken Rose had a legal duty to perform? No, he did not. The judge told the jury that he would give them the law, thereby relieving the prosecutor of his legal obligation to prove the first of the three key elements of the offense.

Did the prosecutor prove that Larken Rose failed to perform the legal duty? No, he did not. Not having proved the first element, the second element begs the question. However, Larken Rose conceded that he did not perform the action that the prosecutor merely claimed (but didn't prove) was a legal duty. Larken Rose went to great lengths to explain to the government many times over the years what he was doing and precisely why.

Did the prosecutor prove that Larken Rose knew that he failed to perform the legal duty? No, he did not. This, too, begs the question, since the prosecutor did not prove the first element, and no legal duty was established.

Was Larken Rose allowed to present to the jury the material he relied on, using a level of detail that was commensurate with the complexity of the material? No, he was not. The videotaped material he presented was greatly abbreviated by the court, and the jury was prevented from hearing any of it.

Did the judge properly instruct the jury regarding the prosecutor's obligation to prove the three elements of the alleged offense? No, he did not. Instead, the judge improperly preempted the prosecutor's obligation to prove to the jury that Larken Rose had a legal duty to perform and merely proclaimed that it was true.

The jury, being none the wiser after the jury instructions were read, had no idea that the prosecutor had failed to prove Larken Rose's guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Moreover, they had no idea that they didn't need to agree with Larken Rose--or believe his position was reasonable--in order to find him not guilty. Unknown to them, what they had to do was judge whether the prosecutor had proved all three elements of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt.

Left with nothing to deliberate but their lunch menu, the unwitting jury quickly came to an impossible conclusion: guilty on all counts.

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*The manual of the Tax Division of the Department of Justice, which is the instruction manual for US attorneys who actually prosecute tax law violations, reveals the three elements:

10.04[1] Elements
To establish the offense of failure to make (file) a return, the government must prove three essential elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
1. Defendant was a person required to file a return;
2. Defendant failed to file at the time required by law; and,
3. The failure to file was willful.

That same manual provides the definition of willfulness, as follows:

8.06 WILLFULNESS
8.06[1] Definition
Willfulness has been defined by the courts as a voluntary, intentional violation of a known legal duty… Willfulness is determined by a subjective standard, thus the defendant is not required to have been objectively reasonable in his misunderstanding of his legal duties or belief that he was in compliance with the law. Cheek v. United States, 498 US 192 (1991)