Thread: ALIPAC: How can we help Dog Chapman ?

Just like with the two Border Patrol agents facing 20 years in prison for doing their jobs, Dog being deported to Mexico is WRONG. We need to start contacting our elected officials in Washington, DC to demand A) action, and B) and investigation. They men brought in a horrid, vile, fetid man who was/is a rapist...they are not criminals for that act, they are heroes.

I also find the timing suspect...Mexico is at a boiling point right now, the masses not at all happy with the final election results, so the people in power are looking for a BIG STORY to take some attention off what really matters...Dog was/is that convenient BIG STORY.

I just thought of something....can we get hold of Kinky down in Texas?

Fine. Mexico refuses to extradite its citizens back to the US because of our Death Penalty law when or if their citizens would be subject to the Death Penalty.

So this must be why Mexico is so criminally infested they have no consequences for their crimes?

Even more reason to build a wall/fence and have 24 hour armed guards all along our borders, keep out their free murderers and thugs.

What's interesting is they (Mexico) didn't get him for the kidnapping charge three years ago so now they are going for conspiracy to kidnap.

Here's the link again.
http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=F ... ic&t=41078

I cannot imagine that Vicente Fox expects us to excuse 15-20 milllion Mexicans who have broken our immigration laws and probably broken even more laws in the form of fake ID's, welfare, etc.,......and these people want to put Dog Chapman through the ringer.....when he brought an American criminal back to America.

This is so rediculous. This is so typical the mentality of Mexico's leadership.

Is it possible that this is just the work of Vicente Fox and the Mexican government and without any suggestive ideas from our country ?

Holy Crap! Read This!


At an arraignment hearing yesterday afternoon, Assistant U.S. Attorney Ronald Johnson argued that the defendants should remain in custody until their extradition hearing, which has yet to be scheduled, explaining that since this is an international case, "there is no constitutional right to bail. There is a presumption against bail."


http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/ ... /1001/NEWS


Posted on: Friday, September 15, 2006

Bounty hunter trio faces extradition to Mexico

By Michael Tsai
Advertiser Staff Writer


Beth Chapman arrives at Federal Court to support her husband, Duane "Dog" Chapman. He was arrested with two others yesterday on charges of illegal detention and conspiracy stemming from the capture of a convicted rapist in 2003 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

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Duane Chapman learns today if he, his son and his associate will be released on bail.

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Beth Chapman, holding her husband's boots, thanked the public for its support and said if he has to return to Mexico to clear up any misunderstanding, "then that's what we will do."

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In an ironic but not entirely unexpected turn, Duane "Dog" Chapman, star of the A&E reality show "Dog the Bounty Hunter," is in federal custody this morning awaiting word on whether he will be brought to Mexican justice.

Chapman, son Leland, and Tim Chapman (no relation) were arrested by U.S. Marshals yesterday on charges of illegal detention and conspiracy stemming from their 2003 capture of Max Factor heir and convicted rapist Andrew Luster in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Under Mexican law, it is illegal for someone who has not been authorized by the government to arrest another person.

"They want to extradite (Duane Chapman)," said Brook Hart, the Chapmans' attorney. "We have an extradition treaty with Mexico and people get extradited all the time. But usually they're extraditing serious criminals, not someone who assisted in the arresting of a serious criminal.

"It's an unusual case."

At an arraignment hearing yesterday afternoon, Assistant U.S. Attorney Ronald Johnson argued that the defendants should remain in custody until their extradition hearing, which has yet to be scheduled, explaining that since this is an international case, "there is no constitutional right to bail. There is a presumption against bail."

Hart countered that Duane Chapman's high profile and ties to the community constituted special circumstances under which bail could be considered under the law.

"Duane is an internationally known figure, has lived in Hawai'i since 1989, and is assured to show up (for his hearing) and will check in every day, or several times a day," Hart said. "All he wants is to go home and take care of his family and continue doing three shows a week for A&E."

U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Kurren said he was inclined to grant the Chapmans' release on bail.

"The Chapmans have known about this for a long time. They have strong ties here given their notoriety, and they have a financial stake here," he said. "They are very unlikely to risk all of that by fleeing."

Still, the final decision was postponed for a hearing this afternoon so that a financial report needed to determine bail could be prepared by the defense and reviewed by Kurren and the prosecution. Today's hearing is scheduled for 3 p.m.

Duane Chapman and his fellow defendants remained silent throughout the proceedings, although Chapman did offer a "shaka" sign to supporters in the packed courtroom and once gestured to his wife, Beth, to remain silent after she addressed the court directly during a debate over when Chapman's financial information could be compiled.

Hart said he and the Chapmans had not yet decided whether to fight extradition.

Beth Chapman, who arrived at the hearing flanked by family and a "Dog the Bounty Hunter" film crew, met with reporters after the hearing and thanked the public for its support of the family.

"If we did something wrong, then we will stand there for it," she said. "And if Duane has to return to Mexico to clear up any misunderstanding, then that's what we will do."

Luster had eluded capture for more than five months when Chapman tracked him to Puerto Vallarta and apprehended him. The streetside confrontation was reported to local police, who later arrested the Chapmans and their camera crew on kidnapping charges. The Chapmans were released on bail, but failed to show up at a scheduled hearing on July 15, 2003.

A U.S. warrant for the Chapmans' arrest was signed by a federal judge in Honolulu on Wednesday. Marshals executed the warrant early yesterday, arresting Duane Chapman and Tim Chapman at their Hawai'i Kai residence, and Leland Chapman at his home on Wilhelmina Rise.

Lucas Platt, who produces "Dog the Bounty Hunter," said the latest events shouldn't affect the show, which has been a ratings pillar for A&E since its debut in 2004.

"It probably won't have much impact at all," Platt said. "I believe he's innocent, and if there's been some misunderstanding going on here, they'll take care of it and it'll be resolved and we'll continue on."

Platt said the arrest and possible extradition likely would not keep the show from returning for a fourth season.

"I can't speak for the network since I don't work for the network, but I can say that they were aware that Duane and his crew had gone to Mexico to bring back Andrew Luster before they originally picked up the show," he said. "I'm sure they will support him through this."

Today was to have been the last day of the current shooting block for next season, but it is likely that production will continue — as it did yesterday when camera and sound technicians followed the family throughout the day — as long as the case drags on.

It's been a tumultuous last few months for Chapman. On May 19, a day before Chapman wed his longtime companion Beth, Chapman's 23-year-old daughter from a previous marriage, Barbara, was killed in a car accident in Fairbanks, Alaska.

In August, a San Francisco man, Simaile Lutu, filed suit seeking damages from Chapman, his bond company, and San Francisco police claiming that Chapman and his crew mistakenly apprehended him while going after a bail jumper, and that the incident resulted in two other mistaken-identity confrontations with police.

An emotional Beth Chapman said she is hopeful of a positive resolution to the latest challenge.

"We have our faith in the Lord, and the Lord will bring us through this," she said.

Reach Michael Tsai at mtsai@honoluluadvertiser.com.

Tancredo Slams Administration for Arrest of Bounty Hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman

Questions Who is Calling Shots at Justice Department; Mexico or U.S.

Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton) criticized Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in a letter to the Justice Department in the wake of media reports yesterday that the U.S. Marshals raided the Hawaii home of Duane “Dog” Chapman at the direction of the Mexican government.

A spokeswoman for the Marshals Office confirmed yesterday that an arrest warrant was signed Wednesday by a federal magistrate in Hawaii at the urging of the administration. Chapman could now be extradited to to face criminal charges for successfully capturing Max Factor heir Andrew Luster in Puerto Vallarta in 2003. Luster, who was wanted in the for rape is now serving a 124-year sentence.

“This Administration routinely tells Congress that they cannot secure our borders and immigration system due to a lack of resources. We are told that the U.S. Attorneys offices in Border States are simply overwhelmed with cases and cannot prosecute all the violations – even serious ones,” said Tancredo.

“Somehow this administration has plenty of time to track down a Mexican drug smuggler and give him immunity so he can testify against our Border Patrol agents,” said Tancredo referring to the prosecution of two Border Patrol agents facing 20 years in prison for wounding a Mexican smuggler during the course of their normal duties earlier this year.

“Americans are apparently supposed to happily accept presence the roughly 100,000 criminal aliens inside our borders – a number that is growing every year – while the Marshals use their resources to track down ‘Dog’ Chapman on orders from a foreign master for successfully brining a convicted rapist to justice.”

“It is becoming increasingly clear that the real problem with this administrations inability to address the failures of U.S. border security policy is not so much a lack of resources as it is one of misplaced priorities,” concluded Tancredo, “I’m beginning to wonder who is in charge of prioritizing assignments at DOJ. Is it this administration – or the one in Mexico City ?”

http://tancredo.house.gov/press/PRArtic ... ewsID=1229

Some interesting insight:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13417364/

Charge Alberto Gonzales for Treason!

"In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to one's nation or state. A person who betrays the nation of their citizenship and/or reneges on an oath of loyalty and in some way willfully cooperates with an enemy, is considered to be a traitor. Oran's Dictionary of the Law (1983) defines treason as: "...[a]...citizen's actions to help a foreign government overthrow, make war against, or seriously injure the [parent nation]." In many nations, it is also often considered treason to attempt or conspire to overthrow the government, even if no foreign country is aided or involved by such an endeavour."

Alberto Gonzales: A Record of Injustice
http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp ... F&b=246536