Dear Ms.
XXXX,
I just got
off the phone with XXXX and I must say that I am more than a little
upset, not with her, mind you, as she has always been most pleasant and
forthcoming, but with the MN judicial system as a whole. I was just told that the (insert alleged criminal's name here) trial has been
continued for the fourth time. First, my
experience as a subpoenaed witness in both the (alleged criminal) and (other alleged criminal) trials has shown me that victims have no rights, unlike the
alleged criminals. I never knew that
once a person received a subpoena, all his rights were eradicated. Second, I did not realize that trials could
be continued repeatedly for such issues as unlimited changes in attorney,
judges taking vacations without replacements and more reasons that I have not
been made privy to. To think that in
total, these two trials have been continued 11 times and counting is mind boggling to a mere victim like
myself--so much for the concept of a ‘right to a speedy trial’ that I thought
existed. The alleged criminal
perpetrated the original crime and then the state of MN re-victimizes us by
allowing those alleged criminals the opportunity to play the system. Clearly, if the (alleged criminal) trial had been
completed in February, he would not have had yet another opportunity to
switch attorneys and cause yet another continuance.
I thought
that having my purse stolen was awful but it pales in comparison to having
these trials take this long to be resolved.
There is so much more to my life than these trials that I am obsessing
over—terrified of the actual testimony itself. I find it unbelievable that that
there is no system in place to allow the victim the chance for video testimony
or signed affidavit—of course, that is because the criminal has the right to
face his accuser and the victim has no rights. I am not even the one who is
making any accusations as I did not see anything in the first place!
Two days after my purse was stolen, my husband
lost his job. He searched for two years
and finally found another one. Five
weeks later on Good Friday, April 6, 2012, he was let go as the company
restructured and reduced its senior management team. I am beyond stressed with worry about our
lack of income, about my children and how they are coping with this all over
again and the thought of potentially losing our house. To
think that these alleged criminals are working the system as they are because
they are being allowed to while I worry about when I can have some closure to
this nightmare is certainly more than a little frustrating.
Ms. XXXX, I am a writer and I write partly
because it is cathartic but also because I feel that if you don’t let others know
how you feel or why you re upset, than no one can help you. I simply cannot believe that I cannot put
this behind me and that I have absolutely no control over this situation. Clearly, being victimized over and over again
is quite difficult to handle. I just
want to have closure with this awful time in my life.
Thank you
for understanding.
Sincerely,
ME
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