I want to make a point and a proposal here.

MRAs here and elsewhere are constantly complaining that women (in particular) do not support the MRM.

Do we, here, on this board, support the MRM or just whine?

I want to see 10 board-names of members posted here saying 'Yes I have written to the Parole Board and to Bill, giving him my personal support.'

I want to see that by feb 28. That's 10 days.

If the members of this Board cannot get off their arses for 10 minutes to senf two friggin' letters, then I am wasting my time here.

And I will be off.

I will start composing now.

I just did a blog post on this. If you look into the details of the case, it's actually much, much worse than what's detailed here. I've included my letter along with further disgusting details of the case in my post.

I just did a blog post on this. If you look into the details of the case, it's actually much, much worse than what's detailed here. I've included my letter along with further disgusting details of the case in my post.

A double. A letter and a blog post. Great stuff, Kim.

You are a Warrior of Note.

(Don't forget to copy to Bill).

Come on everyone. Some concerted effort here.

Percy, this will go on the front page to help.

http://antimisandry.com/117this-man-needs-our-support

I also was inspired upon researching this case Sir Knight. Here is my blog entry, fed to other blogs and site such as Hate Male Post amongst others. It is in letter form, albeit lengthy.. But there was just so much that I felt needed to be said. And although it will eventually appear under the RSS I believe, I have clipped it here as well for reading....

http://themanonthestreet.blogspot.com/

TMOTS
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Honorable Michigan State Parole Board,

I am writing to you in the hopes that you will revisit your recent decision to deny parole for William J. Hetherington. Also, I apologize if I may in advance for my rather lengthy letter.

William J. Hetherington has been incarcerated in Michigan prisons for over 20 years for the alleged crime of ‘spousal rape’. Coincidently, in 1986, he became the first man “convicted” under this new law. A law that was created, in my opinion, for no other reason than to vilify men in a court of law with no hope of fair and equal treatment under said laws. But that is not really at issue here. And now, 20 years later, he is still incarcerated well beyond that of a ‘normal’ rapist all based upon the “he said – she said” model that has been proven time and time again to be the case when a divorce is in process.

In reviewing the parole hearing notes, your notes, it is clearly evident that William does not accept guilt for a crime that he believes he did not commit. Furthermore, it is quite clear that based upon your own notations, he does not propose a threat upon society, has bettered himself in many ways, has medical issues that require a specialty physician, and has been virtually a model prisoner. Under normal circumstances, these points alone would garner a pedophile or dare I say murderer, a chance to continue on with his life outside of a cell…

Yet you continue to deny this man parole. The question remains, why? For what reason are you denying this man his right to reasonable due process? Incarceration is supposedly used for two reasons, punishment and rehabilitation. Reverting back to your notations once again, it is apparent that the sole reason is that the "prisoner denies the offense".

Rehabilitation can only beget in the event of acceptance of guilt, for which William categorically denies to this day, over 20 years later. Since when is release from incarceration upon completing the ‘required’ amount of time dependent upon ones admission of guilt?

Punishment on the other hand should fit the crime should it not? If not, it should at least fit the guidelines set forth by the law in and of itself, should it not? The state of Michigan stipulates that the sentence for ‘spousal rape” is to be set at 1 to 10 years incarceration. Yet, without showing just cause, the judge sentenced him to 15 to 30 years which is more than twice that of the average convicted rapist in Michigan.

As for the case itself, there are so many discrepancies; it boggles the mind when attempting to understand how this man was found guilty. I would dare to imply that it is that of made-for-TV movie on Lifetime. I would like to highlight a few indicators that I believe had merit alone to question the validity of this case and apparent gross miscarriage of justice. To whit;

• Hetherington, a Vietnam Veteran, was honorably discharged from the U.S. Air Force, received a National Defense Service Medal, and had no police record of any sort.
• Linda Hetherington is not and has never been a battered wife. She herself, under oath, testified that he had never beaten her in their 16 years of marriage.
• Hetherington has always maintained his innocence. As previously stated, this case was a he-said-she-said case during a custody battle; he claims that they had consensual sex, she claims it was rape. The presiding judge used Michigan's new Rape Shield Law to prohibit cross-examination of Linda.
• For which if cross examination had been allowed, the fact that Linda had on two other separate occasions, made claims of rape against William only to rescind these claims later. Under the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, “a person has a right to face their accuser”. If one cannot question the validity and/or the possibility of serial false accusations, how is one to get a just and fair trial? Rhetorical, of course.
• No physical evidence of rape was produced at the trial. A pelvic examination of Linda at the hospital three hours after the alleged offense showed no evidence of injury or forced penetration. Only her words were enough for this man to be found guilty of the heinous crime of rape.
• The court-designated psychologist who examined Hetherington, Dr. Harold S. Sommerschield, Ph.D., concluded: "This is not a man who would force himself sexually or hostilely on another individual, as this would be foreign to his personality dynamics. ... His histrionic personality ... would substantiate his explanation of what has occurred in regards to the relationship with his ex-wife."
• Evidential photographs of the alleged victim were never disclosed to the defense and were incorrectly handled. Specifically, ten years after conviction, Jeff Feldman, under the Freedom of Information Act, obtained copies of the five photographs taken of Linda by police at the alleged crime scene immediately after the alleged offense. The photographs were in a locker in a police garage.
• The rape case was coincidentally prosecuted simultaneously with the custody case. This action alone put William in the middle of a ‘rock and a hard place’. Since the divorce court had frozen all his (their) assets, he had no money to hire a lawyer or to even make bond. Yet, because of his listed assets, the criminal court ruled that he was not indigent (or poor enough) and refused to provide him with a court appointed lawyer.
• A four page report submitted with a sworn statement dated January 8, 1998 by an acclaimed forensics photographer. John Valor, utilizing new and modern techniques, stated that the pictures of Linda showed no scratches, tape marks or abnormalities of any kind, absolute. Furthermore, he states that marks would have been identifiable and clearly visible if there had been any at all.
• This brings to the forefront an additional discrepancy that, under the law, if a witness (in this case a government witness) gives false testimony, a convicted prisoner should be entitled to a new trial, but William Hetherington has yet to receive one. In the least, the witness should be charged with perjury.
• The State of Michigan’s sentencing guideline for this new offense at the time was 1 to 10 years yet, without cause, the judge sentenced him to 15 to 30 years.
• At sentencing, the prosecutor, one Robert Weiss called Hetherington's alleged offense equivalent to "first degree murder" and maliciously accused William of beating Linda with no evidence to support his wildly false accusation. Coincidently yet again, Weiss was running for a judgeship, and observers sized up his prejudicial statements as grandstanding for support from the feminists and gender-baiters.
• Additionally, this particular point has all the components and indicators of William being ‘Nifonged’. A reference to the railroading of three innocent boys at Duke University by a rogue DA and a stripper and drug addict; Ms. Chrystal Gail Mangum.
• For more than 12 years, the court has refused to provide William with court transcripts. Of course, without funds, he was unable to purchase one. Thus, he was effectively denied his right of appeal, an inalienable right supposedly granted to all accused. And to this day, no appeal has ever been heard on the substance of this case.

No physical evidence, a Judges gross misconduct and political motivations, no legal representation, denied due process, denial of appeal, false testimonies, and blatant lies have kept this man in prison for over 20 years. All the while his estranged wife Linda walked away with custody of their three daughters, the marital home, and all marital assets. This achingly rings true to many men that find themselves in a bitter divorce and custody battle today.

For example, a few years later, a letter was sent to the parole board by Melissa Anne Suchy, who had babysitter for Linda. Suchy stated that Linda told her she made up the whole story about rape because she was pregnant from her boyfriend. And of course in true ‘victim speak’, she claimed that her boyfriend had pushed her to press rape charges, saying that “he wouldn't take care of the baby” if she didn’t "get rid of Hetherington."

Or course, Suchy's letter is hearsay, but it has the ring of truth considering the atmosphere created by the Domestic Violence and Divorce Industries. Yes, they are indeed part of an industry… A billion dollar industry.

It is my opinion that a good man's life has been sacrificed for no other reason but to show the women of Michigan that the new law is “tough on rape and DV”, nothing more. It mattered not if he was innocent or guilty. It matters not that his punishment has already exceeded that of a ‘real rapist’, threefold. The system must protect its own. And most certainly it must never-ever-ever admit its errors, let alone correct them.

Three innocent children have been denied their father, by the malicious feminists and their lackeys who have lobbied for such slight-of-hand laws that punish GOOD MEN for such ‘gray-area-rape’ similarly to that of a rape or murder committed by a stranger. In creating this law, GOOD MEN are denied the right to cross-examine his accuser and have solidified a system that states a woman never lies, must always be believed, contrary to evidence and similar serial accusations… And the man… well the man is always guilty, isn’t he.

Coming full circle, let me just state that regardless of his guilt or innocence, the constitutionality of his case is sorely lacking and errs on the side of false imprisonment without due process; a human rights issues if I ever saw one.

In closing, I urge you to take a serious look at William J. Hetherington’s case. More importantly, I urge you to re-evaluate your decision to deny bail yet again. If you believe he is guilty, then he has completed his time.

And if you believe that there are too many discrepancies to ignore this man’s plight, please do what is right and release him. Give him a chance to have a life; a chance to be a father, a chance for his children to know this man. At least as their father if not moreso, an innocent man.

This whole case is made even more heinous because it is not possible for a man to "rape" his wife. The faux “crime” of “marital rape” is a feminazi denial of the whole meaning of “marriage.”

In a marriage, a bride is asked if she takes this man to be her “husband.” If she says “I do” she may become a wife. What she has promised by vowing “I do” is to engage in sexual intercourse with the man, and to bear and raise his children that may result from that congress. Sexual joining and making children is the necessary and essential meaning of “marriage.” Her sworn acceptance of sex with her husband has been sworn before her priest (or a judge) and witnesses, signed on legal documents, and filed with the government. If she changes her mind, no longer wants to engage in sex and make kids with her husband, she may get a divorce. Until and unless she legally rescinds her sworn and documented legal acceptance of sex with the husband it can not be “rape.”

To be “rape” there must be a refusal or lack of permission by the female. A wife has sworn and legally documented her acceptance and permission. The whole idea of “marital rape” is a lie, a fraud, a nonsense, and a disregard for the meaning of marriage. It is part of the feminist campaign to destroy marriage, the “marriage oppresses women” anti-family campaign that has been part of feminism since the 1840s.

Every person who has participated in the criminal confinement of Bill is a violent criminal at war with men, with husbands, with families, and with marriage. The Governors of Michigan who have not pardoned Bill are anti-marriage hate bigots. The Parole Board, the Judge, the blue gun thugs, the lieyers, the legislators, the prison guards, all of them deserve to be dealt with as enemies of the people. The world is not safe for families and children while they continue to walk the earth.

Time to storm the Bastille. Break out Lady G. She has a ton of work to do.

Blessings

Bob

I have printed out everything concernng this particular Hetherington case, and will compose a suitable letter to the Michigan Parole Board, with a copy for Bill himself. I hope to do this tomorrow Tuesday, or if not able to then definitely Wednesday morning at the latest, and both letters sent immediately.

This whole affair incenses me big time - I can see the injustice of it all and it really makes me go into a red mist!

Great idea, Percy.

Michigan Politicians

It would be significant for Mr. Hetherington’s cause if we could find at least one political champion for his cause. Below is contact information for the state’s governor, senators, representatives, state senators, state representatives, and even candidates. If we contact all of them, we just might find someone to go to bat for him. Maybe the governor will even pardon him. Maybe his cause will become a campaign issue.
I have cut and pasted the individual e-mail addresses for the MI State Representatives (the largest group) into a group so that we can send mass e-mails to them. If anyone can do the same for some or all of the other groups (US Reps, State Senators and Candidates), it would be appreciated. Also, if anyone can add any missing e-mail addresses, that would help too. Thanks.
If you plan on writing letters more than once, you might want to save this contact information someplace.

Governor

http://www.michigan.gov/governor
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm
P.O. Box 30013
Lansing, Michigan 48909

Contact her by e-mail:
If you would like to express an opinion about a state issue or send a comment to the Governor, please fill out and submit the form below and it will be forwarded to the Governor or appropriate staff member…
www.michigan.gov/gov/0,1607,7-168-21995-65331--,00.html

PHONE: (517) 373-3400
PHONE: (517) 335-7858 - Constituent Services
FAX:(517) 335-6863

Washington D.C. Office
444 N. Capitol Street, Northwest
Hall of the States, Suite 411
Washington, D.C. 20001
(202) 624-5840

SE Michigan Office
3022 W. Grand Blvd.
Cadillac Place, Suite 14-150
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 456-0010

Northern Michigan Office
1504 West Washington, Suite B
Marquette, MI 49855
(906) 228-2850



U.S. Senators

www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?State=MI

Click on the Senators’ names to get to their sites and send them e-mails:

Levin, Carl- (D - MI)

Class II

269 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6221
Web Form: levin.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm

Stabenow, Debbie- (D - MI)

Class I

133 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4822
Web Form: stabenow.senate.gov/email.htm



U.S. Representatives

www.infomi.com/us.html


State Senators

www.infomi.com/statesenate.html


State Representatives

http://www.house.michigan.gov/find_a_rep.asp

I have cut and pasted the MI State Representatives’ e-mail addresses into a group for mass e-mail use. Simply cut and paste the entire group into your e-mail Bcc recipient box:
edwardgaffney@house.mi.gov, lamarlemmonsjr@house.mi.gov, bettiecookscott@house.mi.gov, colemanayoungii@house.mi.gov, bertjohnson@house.mi.gov, marshacheeks@house.mi.gov, virgilsmith@house.mi.gov,
georgecushingberry@house.mi.gov, shanellejackson@house.mi.gov, gabeleland@house.mi.gov, morrishood3rd@house.mi.gov, stevetobocman@house.mi.gov, barbarafarrah@house.mi.gov, edclemente@house.mi.gov, ginopolidori@house.mi.gov, bobconstan@house.mi.gov, andydillon@house.mi.gov, richardleblanc@house.mi.gov, johnpastor@house.mi.gov, marccorriveau@house.mi.gov, phillajoy@house.mi.gov, hoon-yunghopgood@house.mi.gov, kathleenlaw@house.mi.gov, jackbrandenburg@house.mi.gov, stevebieda@house.mi.gov, mariedonigan@house.mi.gov, andymeisner@house.mi.gov, lisawojno@house.mi.gov, timmelton@house.mi.gov, toryrocca@house.mi.gov, fredmiller@house.mi.gov, danielacciavatti@house.mi.gov, kimmeltzer@house.mi.gov, brendaclack@house.mi.gov, paulcondino@house.mi.gov, repbrianpalmer@house.mi.gov, aldovagnozzi@house.mi.gov, craigderoche@house.mi.gov, davidlaw@house.mi.gov, chuckmoss@house.mi.gov, martyknollenberg@house.mi.gov, frankaccavitti@house.mi.gov, franamos@house.mi.gov, johnstakoe@house.mi.gov, johngarfield@house.mi.gov, jimmarleau@house.mi.gov, joehune@house.mi.gov, richardhammel@house.mi.gov, leegonzales@house.mi.gov, tedhammon@house.mi.gov, davidrobertson@house.mi.gov, pambyrnes@house.mi.gov, rebekahwarren@house.mi.gov, almasmith@house.mi.gov, kathyangerer@house.mi.gov, KateEbli@house.mi.gov, dspade@house.mi.gov, brucecaswell@house.mi.gov, rickshaffer@house.mi.gov, robertjones@house.mi.gov, jackhoogendyk@house.mi.gov, mikenofs@house.mi.gov, lorencewenke@house.mi.gov, martingriffin@house.mi.gov, mikesimpson@house.mi.gov, chrisward@house.mi.gov, barbbyrum@house.mi.gov,
joanbauer@house.mi.gov, markmeadows@house.mi.gov, judyemmons@house.mi.gov, rickjones@house.mi.gov, glennsteil@house.mi.gov, tompearce@house.mi.gov, daveagema@house.mi.gov, robertdean@house.mi.gov, speakerprotemsak@house.mi.gov, kevingreen@house.mi.gov, nealnitz@house.mi.gov, johnproos@house.mi.gov, tonyaschuitmaker@house.mi.gov, phillippavlov@house.mi.gov, johnstahl@house.mi.gov, johnespinoza@house.mi.gov, terrybrown@house.mi.gov, richardball@house.mi.gov, rephildenbrand@house.mi.gov, briancalley@house.mi.gov, fultonsheen@house.mi.gov, arlanbmeekhof@house.mi.gov, billhuizenga@house.mi.gov, maryvalentine@house.mi.gov, dougbennett@house.mi.gov, paulopsommer@house.mi.gov, kennethhorn@house.mi.gov, andycoulouris@house.mi.gov, jeffmayes@house.mi.gov, timmoore@house.mi.gov, johnmoolenaar@house.mi.gov, billcaul@house.mi.gov, goeffhansen@house.mi.gov, davidpalsrok@house.mi.gov, darwinbooher@house.mi.gov, joelsheltrown@house.mi.gov, howardwalker@house.mi.gov, kevinelsenheimer@house.mi.gov, matthewgillard@house.mi.gov, garymcdowell@house.mi.gov, tomcasperson@house.mi.gov, stevenlindberg@house.mi.gov, mikelahti@house.mi.gov


Michigan Campaigns

www.politics1.com/mi.htm

I will send 2 letters and I promise to engage one other person to support this man.

I will have a message for the US tourist board as well......
JUSTICE TRUTH and LIBERTY

I hate to throw a wet blanket on this , but I am personlly aquainted with Donald Marshall and I met David Milgaard before he was ever arrested.

These are two infamous Canadian injustices...decades spent behind bars for murders they did not commit.

The parole board does not care about anyone's protest of innocence...they do not care who thinks this guy is innocent....their job is to deliver the poster child of contrite broken repentant culpability to prove that the "corrections"system works....innocence and guilt are the job of the courts.

Get the guy a new trial...that is where you should be directing your effort....the Parole Board WILL NOT cave in to any amount of protest of innocence.

The last protest I participated in was a plea for the life of Frankie Parker...he was an impulse killer with a bad temper...killed several people in a family fight. He used to wipe his ass with pages of the Bible when they put him in the hole...so the guards threw a copy of the Path of Dharma in his cell.....he got curios and read it...and found redemption. He worked with the prison dharma network...he rescuded worms from drowning in rain puddles in the prison yard...he had changed. Even the Dalai Llama pleaded for his life.

On the day they killed him he was ordained a buddist monk...his last request was that he be permitted to walk to the death chamber without shackles so that he could wear his robes with dignity...his last words were "kharma sucks"...

I have not participated in a prisoner protest since...that one took too much out of me.

It took the life out of me to deal with my ex and her false claim of rape to win in divorce. I Blogged for awhile, read many books, talked to people, went to counseling, some forced by family court....

Everytime I take her to court for contempt, shes there crying saying how unfair the system is, etc.

I can relate to this guy, I thought I was going to jail, lucky the DA didnt bring charges against me, because I could afford a lawyer, if I didnt have a lawyer, I no doubt would be in prison.

System is so slanted towards innocent men, its no wonder men take their lives after dealing with this horrible experiences.

I also think the parole department will make him do maximum sentence if he doesnt admit guilt, thats the norm. Writing those corrupt bastards wont make a difference, doesnt matter if 10-15% of the men in prison are innocent, they just want people who admit guilt.

What about publishing the story in a newspaper?

I hate to throw a wet blanket on this.......The parole board does not care about anyone's protest of innocence

I can understand being disheartened. It happens to the best of us. But say not the struggle naught availeth.

SAY not the struggle naught availeth,
The labour and the wounds are vain,
The enemy faints not, nor faileth,
And as things have been they remain.

If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars;
It may be, in yon smoke conceal'd,
Your comrades chase e'en now the fliers,
And, but for you, possess the field.

For while the tired waves, vainly breaking,
Seem here no painful inch to gain,
Far back, through creeks and inlets making,
Comes silent, flooding in, the Main.

And not by eastern windows only,
When daylight comes, comes in the light;
In front the sun climbs slow, how slowly!
But westward, look, the land is bright!


We are not the tired waves, vainly breaking. We are the Main, flooding in. Right now we are way back in the creeks and inlets but in time we will sweep over them.

Newspapers want something new to publish. Let them have the wave of letters from around the world.