I have been kidnapped here (Copper Creek Correctional Facility). I have not done what I have been accused of. By definition this is human trafficking. They have taken me from Seattle to Oregon, where I don’t have any friends or family. I signed an extradition order because a public defender in Seattle coerced me to do so. I was mentally and physically abused by staff at Washington County Jail for almost 2 years prior to trial. When I received 2 black eyes they placed me in isolation and did not allow me to call anyone, not even my public defender attorney. In Snohomish County in the State of Washington, where I was first arrested, the police searched and took my vehicle without a warrant. This fact was not allowed by the judge to be presented at my trial in Oregon. I have elderly parents with terminal illnesses on the East Coast who have depended on me financially, emotionally and physically and I have now been held against my will for almost three years in Oregon. I have written to the Snohomish County police about the whereabouts of my vehicle because my parents really need a vehicle, but I have received no response.
While in the Washington County Jail awaiting trial, I begged my public defender attorneys in Oregon to get me released on bail after I had not eaten in over two months, but instead they said “no” and continued to try to bully me into admitting to crimes that I did not commit. I was never offered bail even though I have no previous criminal history. I was then convicted at trial to second degree murder, on circumstantial evidence, by a jury that deliberated for less than 3 hours. They had no physical evidence placing me at the scene of the crime. In the absence of physical evidence the judge allowed the prosecutor to smear by character in front of the jury over the objections of my attorneys. They also convicted me of unlawful use of a firearm, when I have never even owned a firearm and they did not produce a firearm at trial.
I am here at CCCF and I need to be released with all of my charges dropped. I have not been able to talk to my parents for close to a month now and I need to find out if they are OK. I have been trying to send them some money from here so they can continue to pay their mortgage and bills, but I don’t have any way to send it. If anyone can help I would be most grateful as I have been relying on the kindness of my friends. Any extra will go to help other victims of the system here who don’t have any outside help at all.