A Just Cause Supports Pastor Rose Banks of the Colorado Springs Fellowship Church for Her Dedicated Outreach over the Years In Colorado Springs Community and Beyond Says Advocacy Group, A Just Cause

Colorado Springs, CO -- (ReleaseWire) -- 06/28/2016 -- Advocacy group, A Just Cause, announces this Tuesday's June 28, 2016 show and Thursday's, June 30, 2016 segment of AJC Radio will shine the spotlight on Pastor Rose Banks. (http://www.AJCRadio.com, 8-10 PM ET).

AJC Radio is excited to have a special guest. "As we discuss the importance of giving back, our listening audience will get to know a dedicated leader and true pillar of the community," says Lamont Banks, Executive Director of A Just Cause. "Over the years, Pastor Rose Banks and the Colorado Springs Fellowship Church's outreach has extended to seniors citizens, military families, students, the homeless, and more. Although her first priority is ministry, her passion regarding the urgency of criminal justice and prison reform is equally compelling," suggests Banks. "Pastor Banks has impacted many lives beyond her local community, so you'll want to tune in this Tuesday and Thursday to hear this exclusive interview, as we delve into her many accomplishments and unbelievable personal experiences," adds Banks.

According to the official church website: "In 1970, Sister Rose accepted the call to the ministry while living in Tacoma, Washington. She was endorsed as a Fellowship Leader by the Pentecostal Church of God of America in 1978. She then began her first full time ministry, the Bamberg Fellowship, located in Bamberg, West Germany. It soon became known throughout West Germany. The family returned to the United States in 1981 and settled in Colorado Springs. The Bamberg Fellowship was reorganized with many of the same members and became the Colorado Springs Fellowship. In 1987, the first radio broadcast was heard and thus began a world-wide tape ministry which continues today." (http://www.csfc.org/#!our-pastor/c1bta)

In 2015, Pastor Banks started the Community Let's Talk event where local community leaders and law enforcement officials would come to have an open discussion and answer questions from the audience in order to strengthen relationships. "I've worked with A Just Cause to extend an open invitation for many guest speakers at our Community Let's Talk event," says Pastor Rose Banks. "I envisioned this outreach to have open dialogue among all races of people, so we can get to know each other and strengthen relationships. Considering the racial divide and turmoil we see every day in the news throughout this country, I thought that we should address the relationship between law enforcement and our local community," adds Pastor Banks.

What started as a local effort to improve community relations, has become a huge outreach no one could have anticipated. As host and organizer, Pastor Rose Banks has entreated nationally recognized speakers from all over the country to Colorado Springs, CO for the Community Let's Talk where they discuss important issues and raise public awareness. Notable keynote speakers have come to share their captivating stories and give their personal insight such as Bernard Kerik, Matthew Fogg, and Robert Blagojevich to name a few (Sheriff Jamey Noel will be featured in July, 2016).

Pastor Rose' knowledge concerning wrongful convictions in the state of Colorado, gives her a unique and compassionate perspective on our justice system. "The current system can be very cruel towards offenders and non-offenders alike. I believe that sometimes people make bad choices, but they deserve a second chance. Reforming our nation's criminal justice and prison system is critical for true justice and accountability in our country. I've seen so much injustice over the last few years, and I have determined to spend the rest of my life helping those who have been hurt and shamed by it," concludes Pastor Banks.

"Some people feel as though they receive no help or feel frustrated they can't get the answers they need when going through very difficult times, and in many cases they are victims of blatant injustice," suggest Lisa Stewart of A Just Cause. "To have someone in your corner to encourage and fight for you is invaluable. It's so important to have someone in your corner such as Pastor Banks. Her story inspires me. She continues giving back to the community, while fighting against injustice," concludes Stewart.

"Sister Rose M. Banks was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She was united in holy matrimony to Charles E. Banks, Sr. on December 29th, 1961. She is the mother of seven children. Her beloved husband, Charles E. Banks Sr., had a grand "Home Going" as he went to be with his Savior Jesus Christ in 1994." (http://www.csfc.org/#!our-pastor/c1bta)

Please tune in to AJC Radio this week as we recognize an extraordinary woman, and expound on her positive, lasting, effective community involvement. Her unbelievable story will move you to tears, as she expounds on the overwhelming injustice imposed on her family, changing their lives forever," concludes Banks.

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A Just Cause Asks Attorney General Lynch to Dismiss IRP6 Indictment for Intentional Discovery Violations

Denver, CO -- (ReleaseWire) -- 05/18/2016 -- On April 19, 2012, Congressmen Jim Sensenbrenner, John Conyers, Bobby Scott and other members of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security on the Judiciary House of Representatives held a hearing on the wrongful-conviction of U.S. Senator Ted Stevens. Sensenbrenner pointed out in the hearing that prosecutors "won their case through willfully failing to disclose" discovery evidence favorable to Senator Stevens and making misrepresentations to the judge and defense counsel. "If [prosecutors] had complied with their ethical and legal obligations, the jury might not have convicted Senator Stevens," said Sensenbrenner.

"If these offenses could happen to Senator Stevens, they could happen to anyone," said Congressman Conyers. "Often overlooked is the fact that prosecutorial misconduct of this nature happens with alarming frequency, to the obvious harm of countless defendants, many of them far less important than a U.S. Senator," Conyers added.

In a federal mail and wire fraud case in Colorado (Case no. 09-cr-00266-CMA), federal prosecutor Matthew T. Kirsch, falsely argued that two critical defense experts should be excluded from testifying, because pro se defendants did not provide him with written summaries of proposed expert testimony to be introduced at trial. Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure says that the defense is NOT required to provide the government with written expert summaries UNLESS they first make a similar request of the government. The defendants made no such requests because as trial judge Christine M. Arguello said, "the government has tendered no expert witnesses". However, Judge Arguello and the 10th Circuit ignored prevailing law, and used the government's exact Rule 16 misrepresentations to rule against the defendants, which is why on May 3, 2016, the wrongly-imprisoned defendants filed a judicial complaint (bit.ly/1Titch5).

Months before trial, both the defendants and their staffing industry experts challenged U.S. Attorney John Walsh on the indictment's allegations that statements about "current or impending contracts" were capable of influencing staffing companies to extend credit to IRP Solutions. The defendants denied the statements were ever made and provided Walsh with a Representations Matrix (bit.ly/24TBRvC) showing a substantial number of actual defendant statements from corporate emails in discovery. Moreover, letters from expert's Andrew Albarelle (bit.ly/1Tiuqc2) and Kelli Baucom (bit.ly/23TkubT) discussing staffing industry business practices decimated government contentions. "The term contract has little to-no bearing on whether we engage with the company or not," said Albarelle. "We base our decision to engage with a company on its creditworthiness, cash flow or the product they are developing, "added Albarelle. "Kirsch illegally suppressed the expert's favorable testimony because it would have lost him the case," says Cliff Stewart of A Just Cause.

The U.S. Supreme Court held in Brady v. Maryland, "that the suppression by the prosecution of evidence favorable to an accused...violates due process where evidence is material either to guilt or punishment, irrespective of the good faith or bad faith of the prosecution." "When the government conceals information in a prosecution that could undermine its case against a defendant, such concealment is fundamentally and constitutionally unfair as well as unethical, and it is illegal under Brady v. Maryland," said Congressman Scott. "Given the adversarial relationship between the government and the defendant in criminal cases and the natural desire of human beings, including prosecutors, to win a case, there are strong temptations not to reveal case weaknesses," added Scott.

The committee transcript shows Attorney General Eric Holder asked the judge to set aside the guilty verdict and to dismiss the indictment of Senator Stevens due to intentional suppression of evidence. "A Just Cause asks Attorney General Lynch, to afford the six Colorado defendants the same justice given to Senator Stevens for intentional suppression, and violation of their Sixth Amendment right to present witnesses in their favor," concludes Stewart

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