The Faces attached to Augusta, Georgia Scandal

 

Judge James G. Blanchard Jr - oversight for fair trial and discovery of truth for the 2007rccr00181 Augusta, Georgia capital punishment case.  He released trial transcripts in 2021 for the 2008 trial. The State's intention to go after recidivism was stated for the record from the beginning the trial. The stolen goods associated with the trial were mostly costume jewelry and a bag of pennies. The first witness stated for the record that she was NOT HURT.

Hugh Hadden - public defender that brought to light that the first witness' daughter resided within a block of the District Attorney's own residence. In addition, Sheriff Strength was on site and lead a 10 to 15 men search team for "mostly costume jewelry" and a "bag of pennies" at 1 am in the morning in January 2007.

Ashley Wright - 2008 Assistant District Attorney that stated that she did not have to prove "any-"  to get her promotion. In fact, by any means necessary, the capital punishment trial needed to be expedited or eliminated in time for the promotion calendar date two days later.

Terry Spratlin Leverett - the first witness on the stand in January 2008. She stated for the record in the trial transcripts that she was not hurt. Her January 2007 medical records stated that there were no signs of injury. No biological fluids were found. No fingerprints were found. She entered into rest in January 2013.

Daniel J. Craig - 2008 District Attorney that forced the grand jury indictment in 2007 and masterminded the whole capital punishment case for his own 2008 promotion to judge. 

There are other accomplices associated with additional actions to cover-up this wrongful incarceration/scandal over the last 15 years. Augusta, GA judicial system has known about this injustice for at least the last eight years. This article will be updated as needed.

Did Presiding Judge oversee constitutional rights stolen?

The presiding judge admitted that Mr. Blocker's alleged rape charge could carry a LIFE sentence which makes case 2007RCCR 00181 a CAPITAL FELONY case.  

Also, according to Code section 17-7-95 - a capital felony - a nolo contendere is unlawful.

Mr. Blocker was detained in jail for a whole year waiting for a FAIR TRIAL by Jury.  His day finally came.  The Jury was charged and his trial went into day three.

Public Defender Hugh Hadden confirms three days of trial. "I think what we must have done is pick the jury on Monday which would have been February 14th."  Where are those "trial transcripts" anyway?  NO ONE seems to KNOW!  BECAUSE the trial began January 14, 2008.  Does anyone care anything about facts, law, and constitutional rights?

So, on the third day of trial, Mr. Blocker who admits to being medicated as noted in his sentencing transcript, was tricked into signing what he understood as a plea deal for burglary by MULTIPLE Public Defenders PRESENT besides Hugh Hadden.

So all of these licensed attorneys including the judge watched a man facing a CAPITAL Felony have his CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS to a FAIR TRIAL by JURY STOLEN.  These practicing attorneys INTERFERED with the Due process of LAW (Fifth Amendment) in the middle of a FAIR TRIAL by JURY in a Capital Felony case?

This INJUSTICE needs to be corrected as soon as possible AND those responsible should be formally corrected.

#exonerateMichael

The Hugh Hadden Finesse: Ethical or not?

As the movie "If Beale Street Could Talk" stated, many false imprisoned have taken guilty pleas for crimes that they did not commit because the system wears them down.

Michael Blocker missed his bond hearing because the PAID Private attorney failed to show.

Michael Blocker had been shackled and medicated as if he was a "monster."

Michael Blocker had been sitting a whole year in jail hoping that the trial by jury would set him free.

Meanwhile Michael Blocker's Public Defender Hugh Hadden knew that the State was going for Life Without Parole per Ashley Wright's email (pictured).

Even in the guilty plea hearing where Michael Blocker
1) was under the impression that he had signed for burglary only.
2) stated that he was medicated from the drugs that the jail had been giving him.
3) was tired, sleepy, and exhausted from his entrapment.

Michael Blocker needed ETHICAL counsel.

The COURT: Do you understand that if you plead guilty to the offenses of burglary, rape and kidnapping that under the code section 17-10-7, I think is what you're pleading under, that burglary carries one to twenty years, the kidnapping carries one to twenty and the rape carries ten to twenty to life.  Do you understand?

HOW CAN ANYONE understand when the judge himself is injecting "I THINK you are pleading under code section 17-10-7" especially when the defendant is already been drugged and drowsy?

Why does the court explain the rape sentencing as "10 to 20 to life?" Why not just state from 10 to Life? Was the judge trying to downplay the State's true intentions to sentence Michael Blocker to Life without Parole?

Furthermore, Public Defender Hugh Hadden  KNOWINGLY allowed his "handicap" and "drugged" client Michael Blocker plea into a "ONE WAY TICKET" to prison.

Future clients should watch out for that Hugh Hadden Finesse . . . a NOLO CONTENDRE plea for LWOP is just Unethical.

The State was losing the Trial by Jury so they "Baited with Burglary"only on day three to obtain a signature from a drowsy defendant for a guilty plea only to add the additional charges to the paperwork.

Michael Blocker could have signed a Guilty plea a year prior, but he waited a year for his trial by jury only to have the State drug him and STEAL his CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS from him.

#EXONERATEMICHAEL

Public Defender Hugh Hadden Admissions (10-cv-2368)

Hugh Hadden states "I had no difficulty dealing with Mr. Blocker.  I found him, frankly to be an intelligent young man, very easy-going, and quite pleasant to work with." (HT 16)

Hugh Hadden had been duly sworn during his testimony. (HT 7)

In 2010, Mr. Hadden admitted to handling over a hundred or probably several hundred felony trials. (HT 8)

Mr. Hadden firmly states that DNA evidence placed him (Mr. Blocker) at the scene, but Mr. Hadden implies that he personally has some doubt that Mr. Blocker raped the victim.  So he vaguely mentions that "Mr. Blocker gave two statements to the police that were inculpatory" in order to make him feel better about his implication.

Why? (Because there exists Exculpatory evidence!)

1) There was another person (co-defendant) at the scene. (HT 24)

2) No DNA Expert ever testified  (1:16cv00034)

3) No Rape DNA was ever found. (1:16cv00034)

Mr. Hugh Hadden admits that Mr. Blocker's case drew a good bit of media attention just because of the particular area of town where it occurred.  (HT 14)

Mr. Hadden admits that for lack of a better term, (Mr. Blocker's case) was a high-profile sort of case. (HT 15)

--------- end of Hadden's admissions ------

Let's be clear:

1) Mr. Blocker had a "burglary" background. (The same as many sheriff deputies who "legally steal" on behalf of debt collectors.)

  

2) There was DNA evidence supporting Mr. Blocker being at the scene because of a potential exchange of "stolen goods" IN ORDER to NOT LEAVE ANY FINGERPRINTS. (No fingerprints were found.)

3) Everyone who interacts with Mr. Blocker concludes the same thing . . .

• Intelligent
• Easy-going
• Pleasant

4) There is NO EVIDENCE of ANY VIOLENCE IN THIS CASE (2007-RCCR-0181)

5) If Mr. Blocker did enter a guilty plea knowingly, it was based on the admission of BURGLARY only.  He NEVER admitted to The rape nor Kidnapping charges.   He NEVER signed any paperwork with RAPE nor Kidnapping Charges on it.  

6) There does exist guilty plea paperwork reflecting all three charges with Mr. Blocker's signature; however, THERE IS NO PROOF THAT ALL THREE CHARGES were listed on the paperwork at the time that Mr. Blocker signed the paperwork. (HT 150, HT 151, HT 152, HT 154)


FURTHERMORE,  Isn't it UNLAWFUL to have a NOLO  CONTENDERE Plea for this type of case (2007-RCCR-181) where recividism was also stacked on?  (Hugh Hadden and Ashley Wright signed off -pictured above.) (HT 155)

Hugh Hadden, you failed Mr. Blocker in 2008 case (2007RCCR00181)

and 

you failed Mr. Blocker in 2010 case (10-cv-2368)

That is TWO STRIKES  . . .

I'm preparing documentation for the Georgia Supreme Court . . . I really don't want to see you get a STRIKE THREE for Daniel J. Craig's  2007 grand jury indictment that needs to be dismissed. (Motion to DISMISS is already filed)

Plus, I have a copy of Supreme Court of Georgia Remittitur, Case No. S11H1214 (2011)  (Surely, the Supreme Court would be upset to know about all the negligence and prosecutorial misconduct in these cases.)

State Exhibit 6 was Weak before the Jury was even charged in 2008

Ashley Wright (the State) request to charge the jury dated 2007; yet, certificate of service to public defender Hugh Hadden is dated 2008. (Pictured above)

 . . . and in the form set forth in the attached Exhibits 1 through 15.

Pictured is Exhibit 6.

As the #exonerateMichael good fight continues, Mr. Blocker noticed that Exhibit 6 was missing from the paperwork that I mailed to him.  I thought that maybe it was missing as a result of a copier paper jam, but no, upon examining the original paperwork, Exhibit 6 (six) was truly missing from the rest of the pages.  Luckily, I remember seeing that document within a MASTER set of paperwork.  I found it!  It surrounds reliability of Identification.  This exhibit is so weak that I do not understand how the State was even able to Charge the jury.

Let us examine Exhibit 6.

"Identity is a question of fact for you to determine.  Your Determination of Identity is dependent upon the credibility of the witness or witnesses offered for this purpose. You should consider all of the factors previously charged you regarding credibility of witnesses."

1. Mr. Blocker was arrested one week after alleged burglary and alleged rape "monster hunt."  
2. The mugshot which the alleged victim picked out from the pre-existing mugshot collection that was presented to her did not look like Mr. Blocker.
3. No rape DNA match was EVER identified.
4. The allegedly victim fabricated other parts of her story like outgoing phone calls on the land line which proved be to falsehoods.
5. The "second burglar" concept was never addressed possibly because a separate "deal to squeal" was worked out?

Shall I continue?

Rest assured that Michael Christopher Blocker did not sit in jail for a whole year just to sign a guilty plea for crimes that he DID NOT commit.  The State is guilty of prosecutorial misconduct surrounding the phony indictment 2007-RCCR-181 The State should be ashamed of robbing Mr. Blocker's parents of their health so that they could use Michael Christopher Blocker as a scapegoat to get a series of promotions during the 2008 election year.

The Grand jury INDICTMENT should be removed and Michael Christopher Blocker should be exonerated.

Augusta, Georgia: Small Town Connections Lead to President Obama

In 2009, President Barack Obama nominated and appointed Mr. Edward Tarver to United States Attorney, Southern District of Georgia.  President Obama inspires transparency, but I have not found anything transparent about Mr. Edward Tarver since I begun seeking his assistance in December 2015 with my #exonerateMichael campaign.

2009 US Attorney Nomination link:  http://www.savannahtribune.com/news/2009-10-07/Front_Page/Tarver_Nominated_to_Serve_as_United_States_Attorne.html

The sealing of Edward Tarver's contested divorce grabbed global attention in 2012. Article link:

http://m.chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2012-04-01/richmond-county-has-2-recent-high-profile-sealed-divorce-cases#

I also found Edward Tarver and Judge J. Randal Hall have been working together at least since 2012. An article link:  https://www.fbi.gov/atlanta/press-releases/2012/two-augusta-businessmen-sentenced-to-federal-prison-for-mortgage-fraud-scheme

In a previous article, Judge J. Randal Hall denied Michael C. Blocker a hearing due to successive attempts to be exonerated from a crime in which he was framed for.

A potential February 2016 Facebook link between Tanya Jeffords and Edward Tarver.

Attorney Tanya Jeffords, Attorney Alexia Davis, and District Attorney Ashley Wright have history together as shown in a previous article on this blog.  

Augusta, Georgia is a small town in the grand scheme of things.  It is not uncommon for the judges, attorneys, and prosecutors work tightly together.  Or is it?

The bottom line: 

• Rape and kidnapping charges for case 2007rccr00181 should have never gotten past the grand jury.
• A public defender should never allow a defendant to plead guilty while having knowledge that the defendant is under the influence of medication.
• A judge should never coach a defendant having knowledge that the defendant is under the influence of medication.
• A State prosecutor should not send her girlfriends over to an overmedicated defendant to manipulate the defendant to make her job easier.

If you have been following the #exonerateMichael campaign, then you know the four names attached to my bottom line summary.  

Hopefully, the Atlanta FBI can make indictments sooner than later. Michael C. Blocker has already given me a statement.  The family hopes that he will be released from false imprisonment soon.

Paperwork Continues to Support an Unlawful Guilty Plea in Augusta, GA

This letter dated Wednesday, January 30, 2008 says:

Mr. (Hugh) Hadden:

Would you please send me a copy of the plea I signed on the 16th of January as well as some information or what I need to do to try and get my time reduced if possible. 

Sincerely, 

Michael C. Blocker

An associate with Al Sharpton's National Action Network stated to me that after a plea is signed, then the defendant should get their carbon copy of the document immediately.  So for Michael C. Blocker to request a copy of the plea in this letter(above) written after arriving at the prison as well as mentioning in a separate court hearing that he did not remember seeing anything about a life sentence on any paperwork that he signed, continues to support my December 2015 theory that the State altered the guilty plea after Michael C. Blocker signed it.

Since burglary was the first count on the indictment, and burglary was consistently listed first throughout the guilty plea, it is a reasonable assumption to think that the guilty plea only showed twenty years for burglary when Michael C. Blocker signed it.  Then "NO CARBON COPY" was given to him because the "guilty plea" was probably altered after his signature to include a life sentence for rape in which he adamantly denied.  He had sat in jail for a whole year prior to the trial because he refused to plead guilty to rape.

Overmedication, ineffective assistance of counsel, and conspiracy contributed to the false imprisonment of Michael Christopher Blocker.  I started a "change.org" petition that is focused on preventing anyone else from having to suffer excessive sentencing under "a man without mercy," and to release Michael C. Blocker as soon as possible.

Please feel free to sign the online petition here:  https://www.change.org/p/nathan-deal-hold-widely-respected-judge-danny-craig-accountable-for-framing-michael-c-blocker?recruiter=532225508&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink

#exonerateMichael  

Coincidence or Conspiracy in 2008 Three day Rape Trial?

Did seven attorneys make the same oversight while reading an expedited Georgia DNA report?

Let us review Case Facts:
1) Augusta, Georgia was looking for a rapist for about a week prior to picking up (veteran burglar) Michael Christopher Blocker.  The alleged rape of a 74 year old woman from an affluent Augusta neighborhood made regional news coverage.

2) Another 63 year old woman from Phinizy Road in Augusta, Georgia also claimed she was raped about three weeks after police had Michael Christopher Blocker in custody.  It would appear that Augusta, GA had a second rapist on the loose according to Augusta Chronicle staff writer Adam Folk, 2/19/2007 article http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/02/19/met_117126.shtml

In addition, according online Augusta Chronicle subscriber/commentor: ww1949, dated 2/20/2007

"It turns out that this woman has made the same claim before. She will not let investigators in her house, take a rape test or have an interview.
This was said on the afternoon news by a police officer.
If true, she needs to be the one in jail."

3) So two elderly Augusta women had been caught in "untruths" within a month of each other.

• Alleged Walton Way rape victim claimed her rapist made a phone call after robbing and raping her, but before leaving the premises.  The police found this statement to be an untruth. However, this Walton Way alleged rape victim welcomed having investigators into her house, taking a rape test, and interviewing.  She even had her "green nightshirt with white lace trim, white bra, purse, and wallet laying out ready for inspection when the sergeant arrived.
• By 2/20/2007, Deputies said there was no evidence to support the alleged Phinizy Road rape.

4) Assuming that the following attorneys/lawyers and/or judges reviewed the DNA Report provided by the GBI surrounding the alleged 2007 Walton Way rape incident:

• Daniel J. Craig
• James G. Blanchard, Jr.
• Willie Saunders
• Ashley Wright
• Hugh Hadden
• Tanya Jeffords
• Alexia Davis

Not one of these individuals with a law degree examined the DNA Report with an objective mind?  No one noticed that there was NOT an internal vaginal DNA match (i.e. no RAPE DNA Match).

Michael Christopher Blocker can not believe that this DNA oversight by possibly seven counsellors was coincidental.  He does not believe all the promotions were coincidental in 2008 shortly after his case was wrapped up.  He does not believe that a "burglary" case would have sufficed for promotions when it was an alleged rape case that grabbed regional media coverage.

The alleged "20 year guilty plea" option was presented to Michael Christopher Blocker on the 3rd day of burglary/rape/kidnapping trial based on newspaper reports. Michael Christopher Blocker says that the DNA Report was never presented during the trial days, and the forensic investigator's testimony seemed to support his innocence. 

Judge James G. Blanchard, Jr. did not request trial transcripts to be made available so we really do not know what "compelling" testimonies happened to convince Michael C. Blocker's public defender Hugh Hadden to allow a jury to be DISMISSED on the third day of trial.  

In addition, why would public defender Hugh Hadden allow his overmedicated client to sign off on a life sentence under the assumption that it was a 20 year plea agreement?  

Michael Christopher Blocker feels that "everyone" got paid or promoted to close his frivolous rape trial and bury the case precisely why trial transcripts were never ordered.  Trial transcripts are required in order for defendants to appeal cases.  All judges are aware of this fact.

Interestingly enough, the same case that possibly triggered promotions in 2008 may be the same case that will cost D.A. Ashley Wright and Judge Daniel J. Craig re-election in 2016.  Currently, these two are uncontested. Ashley Wright was Assistant District Attorney in 2008 while Daniel J. Craig was District Attorney. Their titles are now District Attorney and Judge, respectively.  I find it discomforting to know that they are not being challenged in the upcoming 2016 elections.  

Don't you?

#exonerateMichael

https://www.change.org/p/nathan-deal-hold-widely-respected-judge-danny-craig-accountable-for-framing-michael-c-blocker?recruiter=532225508&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink

Why didn't D.A. Daniel Craig lead the 2008 high profile rape trial?

District Attorney (now Judge) Daniel J. Craig was "front and center" trying to convince a grand jury that a 2007 burglary case was really a rape and kidnapping case.  Even the grand jury was not impressed enough to list rape nor kidnapping as the first count.  The first count of the true bill was burglary.

It is my understanding that District Attorney (now Judge) Daniel J. Craig mislead the grand jury to believe that there was a "Rape DNA Match" where there was none.

Interestingly enough, District Attorney (now Judge) Daniel J. Craig allowed Assistant District Attorney (now D.A.) Ashley Wright to take the lead on the frivolous rape trial in 2008.  Should we ask why?  This is where the plot thickens.

Was D. A. Daniel Craig trying to informally recuse himself?

1)Did he and the alleged rape victim's extended family reside within a block from each other and had too close of a personal relationship?

or

2) Did D.A. Daniel Craig have a personal vendetta against defendant Michael Christopher Blocker based on a middle school/juvenile incident surrounding other close friends of District Attorney Daniel Craig?

or 

3) Are both scenarios possibly true?

Michael Christopher Blocker maintains that there has been a long standing conflict of interest which should have required District Attorney (now Judge) Daniel Craig to be recused from his burglary case and his rape trial.

In addition, 2007 Burglary turned rape case was so high-profiled that a change of venue should have been granted when Michael Christopher Blocker asked his public defender Hugh Hadden for this request.  Public defender Hugh Hadden failed to pursue a change of venue according to defendant Michael Christopher Blocker.

So why did District Attorney (now judge) Daniel J. Craig step back from the high profile rape trial allowing A.D.A. Ashley Wright to lead in 2008?  

If he needed to formally recuse himself, then a neighboring District Attorney from either Columbia or Burke Counties could have taken over thereby resulting in a change of venue to insure a fair trial for the defendant.  Of course, this did not happen.

I am hoping that the FBI can investigate this informal recusal or lack of formal recusal.

#exonerateMichael

Second Burglar present in the 2007 Walton Way Rape case?

From Civil Action File number: 2010-CV-2368

Honorable Frank D. Horkan, Judge

On page 24, Michael C. Blocker mentions a "co-defendant who was caught."  This co-defendant gave Michael's name and became a witness for the State. Sounds like the old saying:

"One person does the crime, and let the other person do the time."

Regardless, did the alleged rape victim mention a second burglar?  She died in 2013, and Judge Blanchard Jr. never ordered 2008 trial transcripts.  I suppose- the alleged rape victim's testimony is in the grave with her.  It looks like we will never know the truth.

However, interesting enough, Public defender Hugh Hadden hands pro se petitioner Michael C. Blocker his complete file in 2010.

page 19, 2010-CV-2368 Lowndes County (Richmond County crime)

Note:  So defendants can get their complete file . . .  transparency is a beautiful thing.

It looks like the State was bluffing about the strength of their 2007/2008 rape case against Michael C. Blocker.

Yet, no one ever called their bluff until 

NOW.

#exonerateMichael

Release Michael Christopher Blocker from false imprisonment in Georgia!

Incompetency and Conspiracy in the Courtroom in Augusta, GA?

On January 23, 2008, Michael Christopher Blocker writes:

Mr. (Hugh) Hadden:  Would you please send me my sentencing papers and let me know what measures that I can/should take to go about getting my sentence reduced.  This is Michael C. Blocker and you and I just finished my trial/plea last week (1.16.08).  I read the newspaper articles and watched the news.  I'm very confused. Please help.

Sincerely,

Michael C. Blocker

******

Michael C. Blocker already had his G.E.D.  This educational achievement is clearly reflective in his letter.

However, Jodi Thigpen, Administrative Assistant to Hugh M. Hadden, prays that Michael will take the time to further his education as seen in the January 30, 2008 letter pictured above.  A G.E.D. is an excellent start for educational achievement, but the public defender's office seemed to be uninformed about the educational level of their client, Michael C. Blocker, that resulted in a guilty plea for a life sentence for a crime in which he did not commit.  Why is that? 

So let's look at the sentencing to "life" performed by Judge Blanchard Jr. as pictured above.  

Judge Blanchard states:

However, the Court system cannot forgive you for what you've done because the acts that you've committed were vile, despicable, criminal acts, whether you were under the influence of drugs or not.

******

News Flash:  Judge Blanchard is responsible for his courtroom whether or not the public defender office and district attorney offices were both wrong about the DNA report being a match for rape.  There was no DNA match for rape.  There was NO Internal Vaginal DNA match. Period.  There was NO proof that a rape occurred.  Period.

Judge Blanchard Jr. only orders a sentencing transcript.  The trial transcripts for the first 2 days of Michael C. Blocker's trial were never ordered.  Without the trial transcripts and without effective assistance of counsel, Michael Christopher Blocker has been unable to successfully appeal his case.  

Court Errors, Incompetency, and Conspiracy lead to Michael Christopher Blocker being sentenced to a life sentence for a crime that he did not commit.

#exonerateMichael

Three Black Public Defenders Convince Black Defendant to Plead Guilty for Life!

Pictured:  Page 23 of Civil Action, File Number: 2010-CV-2368, Lowndes County, GA

To piggyback on my previous blog article:  http://applebaumparadigm.blogspot.com/2016/01/augusta-ga-non-violent-burglar.html

I have confirmed that Michael Christopher Blocker, a Black defendant, was advised by three Black public defenders:

• Hugh Hadden
• Tanya Jefffords
• Alexia Davis

In summary, the news media in the Augusta, Georgia region turned a non-violent burglary case into a high profile rape case based on an elderly, "prominent" White woman's testimony without any rape DNA Match.

Then the Black private attorney asks the Blocker family for $30,000 to $50,000 to continue handling the high-profile case.

Next, the courts hold the Black defendant in jail for a whole year treating him like he was a "guilty monster" even though he adamantly denied the raping and kidnapping the elderly White woman.

Then three Black public defenders convince an overmedicated Black defendant to sign a guilty plea for what he believes is a 20 year sentence for burglary which actually results in a life sentence for rape.

Fast forward to the present . . . the post conviction relief attorneys want an average of $10,000 just to start reviewing the case.

For now, Just Stay Tuned to 

#exonerateMichael

#exonerateMichaelChristopherBlocker

Augusta, Ga: Non-violent Burglar sentenced to Life without Parole?

I spoke with Reporter Sandy Hodson today.  Her articles surrounding Michael C. Blocker's 2008 burglary/rape/kidnapping trial seems to be the only record that his three day trial started on Monday, January 15, 2008 based on her 1/17/2008 article "Rapist gets life in prison, no parole."

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/01/17/met_180683.shtml

One of the things that stood out in my brief telephone conversation with Ms. Hodson was that she remembers the defendant Michael Blocker being "apologetic" before he was sentenced which coincides with Michael Blocker's statement:

"When the judge is ready to sentence me, he asks me if I'd like to make a statement.  Mr. Hadden (public defender) urges me again to do so.  Ms. Tanya Jeffords (from public defenders office) tells me that it would show character and responsibility.  So I stand up and say what I'm told , so the judge will give me 20 years (for burglary)."  

Also, according to Michael Blocker's statement, Ms. Alexia Davis (from the public defenders office) was also present during the "plan to apologize before sentencing" strategy session.  It seems that he had three African American attorneys advising him that the 20 year sentencing was the "best deal" although a jury was already in place.

Since no trial transcripts are available for Michael C Blocker's three day trial, I can not confirm nor deny the presence of the additional attorneys from the Office of the Public Defender; however, I did find the following News-Times article showing "Attorney arrested for theft of lost diamond ring" (Valerie Rowell- staff writer) connecting Attorney Tanya Jeffords with Attorney Alexia Davis:
http://newstimes.augusta.com/latest-news/2013-02-26/attorney-arrested-for-theft-of-lost-diamond-ring

In addition, I found the District Attorney's name came up as well in this related News-Times article, "Theft charge against Columbia County Public Defender dismissed, " (Steve Crawford, publisher),  Augusta District Attorney Ashley Wright recused herself to avoid a conflict of interest.
http://newstimes.augusta.com/news/2014-07-09/theft-charge-against-columbia-county-public-defender-dismissed

So Michael C. Blocker, a repeat "non-violent" offender of burglary, theft, etc stands for what he thinks is a 20 year burglary sentence, and the judge delivers a "life without parole" sentence along with 20 years.

Why would a defendant agree to a Life sentence when he is into the third day of trial by jury?  All of the newspaper articles surrounding the three day trial mentions plenty of details surrounding the burglary, stolen jewelry, stolen coins, and stolen money, but the "rape" was always presented as an "afterthought."  Always "one liners" surrounding the rape, and Michael Blocker states that his public defender Hugh Hadden did not even question the alleged rape victim.

The sexual assault/rape kit did NOT show a violent act.  The investigator notes that I read through never described any physical injuries.  The alleged rape victim's dog did NOT sustain any injuries.

Why would a "veteran" burglar with his hands full of coins, jewelry, and money put all of the stolen goods down for a one minute "non-violent" rape?

Most burglars with stolen goods in hand are focused on getting away; not hanging around.

In addition, reporter Sandy Hodson mentioned Michael Blocker being "high on drugs."  Even if he was high on drugs, he seemed TO REMEMBER enough NOT to leave "any fingerprints" anywhere, and there was NO signs of violence except for the fact that the age 74 year old alleged rape victim claims that she was raped in a green nightshirt with white lace trim in the middle of the winter season lasting for one minute?

I am a rape survivor, and I assure you that it took at least 3 pages to describe my own rape experience in writing.  My rapist continues to remain free and living his life.

Congress is trying to release non-violent offenders from life without parole sentencing.  Michael C. Blocker has NOT been found guilty of a violent act, and he should be released from false imprisonment as soon as possible.  #exonerateMichael