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The most profound issues raised by the evidence offered in the sentencing hearing of confessed Jamaican crime boss Christopher 'Dudus' Coke relate to the indictment of the Jamaica criminal-justice system. In the hearings held in the Southern District court in Manhattan, the prosecution adduced evidence of the monstrosities committed by Coke.
The witnesses were all Jamaicans serving time. Each had entered plea-bargain arrangements with the United States (US) government.
The most benign of these was the former assistant coach of St Jago who goes by the name Anthony Brown. And even so, his crimes in Jamaica involved his participation in a visa racket. In the US, he has been convicted of credit-card fraud and is awaiting sentencing for the distribution of cocaine, and Ecstasy pills.
The other two witnesses that were covered by the local Jamaican media include one serving time in Florida for drugs trafficking and murder - he goes by the name 'Cowboy' - and another whose name is represented as John Doe, convicted at first for illegal entry, but whose rap sheet includes murder and drug trafficking.
The latter two have confessed to participating in crimes of violence and distributing narcotics in Jamaica over a period of greater than 10 years. Importantly, none of the three men had even a misdemeanour filed against them by the Jamaican police.
In the case of 'Dudus', against whom compelling evidence has been proffered, the record of his crimes makes the Devil look like he isn't trying. The most heinous crime perpetuated by Coke, to my mind, is the evidence offered that he forced an 11-year-old girl to carry cocaine in her body cavity. Witnesses indicated that Coke masterminded a conspiracy to corrupt the Jamaican track-and-field programme, but using the cover of the high-school programme to provide access to the US for drug mules.
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The witnesses were all Jamaicans serving time. Each had entered plea-bargain arrangements with the United States (US) government.
The most benign of these was the former assistant coach of St Jago who goes by the name Anthony Brown. And even so, his crimes in Jamaica involved his participation in a visa racket. In the US, he has been convicted of credit-card fraud and is awaiting sentencing for the distribution of cocaine, and Ecstasy pills.
The other two witnesses that were covered by the local Jamaican media include one serving time in Florida for drugs trafficking and murder - he goes by the name 'Cowboy' - and another whose name is represented as John Doe, convicted at first for illegal entry, but whose rap sheet includes murder and drug trafficking.
The latter two have confessed to participating in crimes of violence and distributing narcotics in Jamaica over a period of greater than 10 years. Importantly, none of the three men had even a misdemeanour filed against them by the Jamaican police.
In the case of 'Dudus', against whom compelling evidence has been proffered, the record of his crimes makes the Devil look like he isn't trying. The most heinous crime perpetuated by Coke, to my mind, is the evidence offered that he forced an 11-year-old girl to carry cocaine in her body cavity. Witnesses indicated that Coke masterminded a conspiracy to corrupt the Jamaican track-and-field programme, but using the cover of the high-school programme to provide access to the US for drug mules.
cont @ http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/2...us/focus6.html
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