This is the letter that I am sending to all State representatives as well as local news media. If you have information on Judge Charles Greene please feel free to share.
Dear
Representative
I am writing to every representative in Florida to impeach Judge Charles
Greene, please continue reading as it is within your power to do such an act
when a judge has willfully conspired to fix a case. It is a known fact that it
takes ¾ of the state representatives to impeach a judge. I think you will find
the lengths to which this judge went in abusing his power should set alarm
bells off all across the state. Are you also going to be bullied by these types
of judges? If we citizens can’t depend on you to ferret out these criminals
than who is protecting us? Under Title
18, U.S.C., Section 242 Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law this judge
should be impeached!
Canon 2A. Irresponsible or
improper conduct by judges erodes public confidence in the judiciary. A judge
must avoid all impropriety and appearance of impropriety. A judge must expect
to be the subject of constant public scrutiny. A judge must therefore accept
restrictions on the judge's conduct that might be viewed as burdensome by the
ordinary citizen and should do so freely and willingly.
Judge Charles Greene has
taken part in:
A.
jury tampering – was made aware that a juror
sitting on my case knew the case personally as they were friendly with the
defendant’s opponent. This juror only admitted to this after a client of hers
happen to be having a conversation with her in which she stated she knew from
“day one that the woman was guilty as hell”. Judge Charlie Greene also knew
this juror had personal knowledge of this case and kept it a secret from me and
my attorney David Bogenschutz.
B.
The judge hid important information that biased him before the trial,
purging court records and conspired to hide an attempted murder by refusing to
allow the core evidence in a criminal case. He has broken some of Canon 1, 2, 3,
and 5. Judge Greene had conspired with attorney Gordon Brydger the attorney of
my ex husband to have my civil case dismissed. I had a civil case against
Gordon Brydger for violently grabbing me in court and causing a black and blue
mark on my arm. At that time I also had a pending bar complaint against Gordon
Brydger for breaking every code of ethics that a lawyer is sworn to uphold.
This case had reached the second tier of the FLa Bar investigation, and Brydger
faced the possibility of losing his law license.
C.
Judge Charles Greene showed impropriety when he - held a hearing in less
than 24 hour time frame when I had to flee the country for fear of my life.
Neither I nor my attorney was ever “noticed” for this special hearing that
Gordon Brydger was able to get in front of Judge Charles Greene in order to
dismiss my civil suit. Up until Oct. 5, 2001 the case had not yet been assigned
a judge or a hearing. It cannot be a coincidence that in that year that Gordon
Brydger was the president of the JNC and had great influence over many of the
judges he appeared before. For three solid months while I was away Mr. Brydger
filled Judge Greene’s head with lies and deception. These two officers of the
court kept these proceedings hidden from me and my attorneys for years. It
wasn’t until 2009 while researching my book “Protecting My Child” did I come
across legal documents from my attorney which exposed the collusion Mr. Brydger
and Mr. Greene took part in. Judge Greene never once mentioned that he should recuse
himself from my 2006 criminal case because of his preconceived bias. Instead he
took part in covering up his wrong doings by “purging” the court files. It was
only by happenstance that I stumbled upon this information.
D.
Abuse of Power – cruel and unusual punishment. I
appeared in court 32 times pleading for a “speedy trial” which literally fell
on deaf ears. Judge Charles Greene was aware that my ex-husband attempted to
kill me and my unborn child by exposing us to the AIDS virus without my
knowledge. My son was also exposed to cruel and unusual punishment resulting in
him going into a deep depression and gaining a significant amount of weight.
During the 4 years I waited for my trial, I was kept on house arrest with an
ankle monitor for 3 of those years. I spent time in jail for violating my house
arrest rules, which was proven to be a set-up and meant for the sole reason of
trying to force me to take a plea. I was put in solitary confinement, I was
then put in protected custody with the worst offenders, and then I was taken
throughout the jail in the middle of the night, down dank stairwells and
hallways, chained and manacled with a male guard who then placed me in a room
with 3 women who committed murder. But cruelest of all was the fact that this
Judge denied me any contact with my son, who, now as an adult would like to sue
this judge for denying him a loving relationship with his mother, that being
me.
E.
Judge Greene took part in these
corrupt practices
and abused his power by forcing me to take a “special deal’ under duress.
During my trial which was “interference with child custody” Judge Greene made
sure my defense of necessity was never allowed to be presented. Without
allowing in the evidence of being exposed to AIDS and fearing for the life of
my son the jury could never make an informed decision. Yes, I had run away to
protect us as at that time it was exceedingly clear that Broward county judges
had done their best to hide all relevant information in my case, going as far
as sealing records, and not allowing witnesses to testify. Without the jury
hearing my defense of “necessity” they couldn’t come to any other conclusion
but that I was “guilty”. The judge allowed the trial to proceed in a vacuum as
if I just woke up one day, and left behind my older daughter, my complete
family, my friends, my job and my beloved home, for no reason at all. Judge
Charles Greene made sure that the jurors would never hear my defense thus
taking part in “fixing a case”.
F.
Charles
Greene then sentenced me to 32 months in prison, followed by house arrest again
and then 3 more years of probation. He also insisted that I see a psychologist
as he accused me of “severe mental” problems and I would be forced to go on
medication if a psychologist deemed it necessary. This was very curious
considering my mental health was never an issue at trial, though my attorney
Bogenschutz tried to get me to use the PTSD defense. I could not agree to this
as I knew it was a way to deflect from the corruption going on in Broward
county court. It can’t be ignored that the one witness called about my mental
health was a GAL attorney, who had no background at all in psychology or mental
health. Yet, judge Greene allowed an attorney named Jeff Weissman spout lies
about my mental health even though he wasn’t qualified. Judge Greene erred when
he wouldn’t allow Bogenschutz to question Weissman about his role as guardian.
Though the guardian did finally admit after 5 years that my son was “Rubbed” in
his bed by said stranger. Because of his previous knowledge of this case fed to
him by Brydger my enemy the man I had a a civil suit against and an influential
lawyer on the JNC at the time Judge Greene tailored the case to ensure a guilty
verdict. Literally almost half of my 8 day case was spent listening to “White
noise” as my attorney fought with the judge and the SA to allow in my defense.
The mere fact that so much time was spent in secret conversations, give rise to
the nature of corruption in this case.
G.
Judge
Greene continues to conspire and cover-up– 15 minutes after he handed down my
sentence he asked Bogenschutz and the state attorney to stay behind. He then
went on to order them to get me to take a special
deal so that I would not appeal my case. The judge went as far as
personally talking with Bogenschutz outside of court at a party one Saturday
night in June 2006 again suggesting that he get his client (me) to take a special deal and give up my appeal.
Judge Greene gave me an appeals bond of $600,000 knowing full well I couldn’t
even afford a fraction of that. He then had me placed in the worst part of jail
where I was placed with baby killers and abusers, no windows, and never allowed
outside. Though I didn’t want to give up my appeal (which is attached) my
attorney Bogenschutz, my family and my friends pleaded with me to take the special deal. They told me they no longer
trusted the justice system, and though I had 39 errors committed by Judge
Greene they were in fear for my life and safety, and had lost total confidence
in the legal system.
As a citizen
of this state no judge should ever be in a position where he can abuse his
powers so much so that he can conspire to fix a trial, hide his prior
association, and keep information about a bad juror on a case.
This judge’s
actions caused me to go 8 years without seeing my son. He made me serve 4 more
months in jail, go back on house arrest, 3 years of probation and then forced
me to see a psychologist. Much to his chagrin and more importantly he chose to
ignore repeatedly I had No mental problems, and never had to go on any
medication. The fact that Charles Greene was so intent on trying to make me
look unstable and mentally damaged, even though that was never proven in court,
goes to the heart and depth of corruption he took part in. As long as he could
continue the lies of the previous judges and the attorney Gordon Brydger then
they could all cover up the crime of attempted murder and child abuse by keeping
the records sealed.
My son who
is now 24 years of age has encouraged me to bring this charge of impeachment
against Judge Charles Greene as he was denied the love of his mother, sister
and extended family for years. This denial of a loving relationship has caused
me and my whole family great harm.
If you care
about children, then you must get rid of Charles Greene he is a protector of
pedophiles, he is a menace to children and society. He is a judge who he thinks
he is above the law. No pro-pedophile judge should be allowed on the bench,
think of your own child.
This case is
documented in the above mentioned book Protecting
My Child by Miriam Silver. Also, boxes and boxes of court files are
available for documentation. I will be contacting your office to proceed with
the impeachment process and bring along supporting documents.
I belong to
the National Organization of Women and the National Safe Child Coalition and the
Families Against Court travesties group. I have been invited to speak all over
the state as well as colleges and along with the ACLU. I recently spent 4 days
in Washington DC in which I met with women across the USA and we presented at a
Congressional hearing as well as meeting with over 20 State Representatives.
I look
forward to meeting with you and making sure that impeaching Judge Charles
Greene becomes a priority of State business, to insure that the safety of our
most vulnerable citizens are protected in the State of Florida. I appreciate
how hard your job is, but looking out for all the citizens of the State of
Florida in terms of trustworthy courts, should be a high priority.
Sincerely,
Caren Ragan
