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Disbar Assistant DA Mary Kellett


Paul Elam, Host of A Voice for Men Radio June 28, 2011
“We are not going to forget here about Thomas James Ball. We are not forgetting about Vladek Filler. They're more and more sort of iconic men beginning to emerge in this culture that represent the problems with the system.”

Greg Peterson
“I have reviewed the materials submitted by SAVE to the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar, District Attorney Carletta M. Bassano and Attorney General William J. Schneider.
I am licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and have practiced law for over 25 years. My wife has numerous family members who live, work and own a business in Maine and we visit Maine regularly. Our oldest daughter long held a Registered Maine Guide License.
To this lawyer's eyes, this record smells to high heaven of prosecutorial misconduct. How this prosecution has been allowed to continue this long is unfathomable. That it has, has caused me to have second thoughts about the quality of the bar in Maine, the quality of bar oversight in Maine, and the quality of law enforcement in Maine. It is noteworthy that both the Trial Court and the Maine SJC took a pronounced, dim view of the prosecutor's actions in this case. That the prosecutor appealed the new trial order to the Maine SJC certainly strikes one as unusual. That the prosecution has continued on this record even after the rebuke from the Maine SJC is appalling. I urge you to do justice in this case and make it clear that all persons who live or visit Maine will receive equal protection of the law, without discrimination, and that prosecutors in Maine are expected to be honest prosecutors, and not persecutors.”

Victim Advocate Jan Brown of Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men and Women
“Last week I attended the State v. Filler criminal re-trial in Ellsworth, Maine to lend my support to Vladek Filler and his family. I rarely if ever get involved or lend my support in criminal matters for the accused; however, after meeting Vladek, his mother and his sister a few years ago and reading about the case against Vladek extensively I was convinced that an egregious wrong had been perpetrated. I wanted to do what I could to help.”
More of an eye witness account here.

Phil Elmore, World Net Daily October 12, 2011
“We have men literally going to prison and having their lives destroyed, their reputations... all over finger pointing," Elam says. "This is a huge problem across the movement." Elam and his fellow activists have fought back by creating their own website, "Register Her," which purports to be a public database of false accusers, violent female offenders and even public figures who have advocated against men.

One of Elam's more prominent targets among the latter is Mary Kellett, an assistant district attorney in Maine, whom the site calls a "corrupt public official" who "has distinguished herself by prosecuting numerous cases of rape and domestic violence against men within her community based on no evidence." Calls for comment to Kellett's office were not returned.”

Campaign
April 10, 2011 - April 16, 2011
Stop Abusive And Violent Environments Announced Campaign "Stop No-drop" Week 3 Action
SAVE has sent a letter to Maine’s Attorney General William J. Schneider calling on him to:

1. Mandate the removal of no-drop prosecution policies in the State of Maine.

2. Emphasize prosecutorial respect for the ethical requirement that “the prosecutor shall refrain from prosecuting a criminal charge that the prosecutor knows is not supported by probable cause.”

3. Remove misleading DV information from the Office of the Attorney General website.

You can see the SAVE letter here

No-drop prosecution policies make a mockery of “innocent until proven guilty,” fill court dockets with trivial cases, and ultimately squander scarce prosecutorial resources.

The misrepresentation of domestic violence research on the Attorney General’s website may serve to bias prosecutorial decision-making, as well. This is probably what happened in the case of Vladek Filler. Even though credible testimony revealed Ligia Filler once punched her husband in the face, prosecutor Mary Kellett refused to charge the woman with assault.

SAVE is now calling on persons to contact Attorney General William J. Schneider with a message like this:

“No-drop prosecution policies make a mockery of the legal notion of “innocent until proven guilty.” Mandate the elimination of no-drop prosecution policies around the state, and update your website with accurate facts, which can be found at here.”

Here’s where you can make your respectful complaint:

Attorney General William J. Schneider
Six State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
E-mail: maine.gov/ag
Phone: 207-626-8800

And while you’re at it, send a copy of your message to
Gov. Paul LePage:
E-mail : governor@maine.gov
Fax : 1-207-287-1034
Phone: 1-207-287-3531
April 3, 2011 - April 9, 2011
SAVE Calling for the "Immediate Dismissal of the case of State of Maine v. Vladek Filler" Week 2 Action
Press Release here

SAVE has sent a letter to District Attorney Carletta M. Bassano calling for the immediate dismissal of the case of State of Maine v. Vladek Filler.

This case represents a bizarre miscarriage of justice that threatens to undermine public respect for law:

The allegation of marital rape does not meet the probable-cause standard.
Ligia Filler is a proven child abuser.
Ligia Filler is a documented false accuser.
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services sided with the defendant in a concurrent child custody dispute.
Continued prosecution of the case is likely to harm the children.
The case has become so tainted with bias that justice can no longer be served.
The continued prosecution of this case re-victimizes the true victims of violent crime.

SAVE is now calling on persons to contact DA Carletta Bassano with a message like this:

“Vladek Filler is an innocent man. The accusations against him are scurrilous. ADA Mary Kellett’s repeated instances of prosecutorial misconduct are an affront to legal ethics. The continued prosecution of the case represents the State becoming an enabler of a known child abuser.”Here’s where you can make your respectful complaint:

Carletta M. Bassano, District Attorney
70 State Street, Ellsworth, ME 04605
Phone: 207-667-4621
E-mail: carletta.bassano@da7.org

And while you’re at it, file a copy of your complaint with
Gov. Paul LePage
E-mail : governor@maine.gov
Fax : 1-207-287-1034
Phone: 1-207-287-3531
March 27, 2011 - April 2, 2011
SAVE Announced Campaign to "Disbar Assistant DA Mary N. Kellett" Week 1 Action
Press Release here

SAVE has filed a Complaint with the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar . The Complaint concludes:

“Mary Kellett’s repeated instances of prosecutorial misconduct has had the effect of undermining public respect for law. She is dangerous to the even-handed administration of justice. Kellett has been shown to be an enabler of a known perpetrator of child abuse. Therefore, prosecutor Kellett’s actions demand disbarment by the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar in order to assure the safety and tranquility of the citizens of Maine.”

The entire 8-page Complaint can be seen here

SAVE has also sent a letter to Gov. Paul R. LePage , requesting that he “intervene to restore justice and to protect the interests of vulnerable children whose lives will be irrevocably affected by the outcome of this case:”
SAVE now invites you to speak out and bring about change. We call on persons to contact Governor LePage with a message like this: “For the sake of the children and for the sake of justice, please assure that Mary Kellett is relieved of her prosecutorial duties and disbarred from the practice of law.”

Here’s Governor LePage’s contact information to make your respectful complaint:

E-mail : governor@maine.gov
Phone: 1-207-287-3531
Fax : 1-207-287-1034
April 10, 2011 - April 16, 2011
Listen to AVFM Radio Show 04/13/2011 with special guests attorney Robert Franklin of Father’s and Families and Attorney Lisa Scott of Taking Action Against Bias in the System.
“No drop” prosecutions are becoming a plague in the American judicial system. The term refers to a case that a prosecutor will pursue at all costs, even if it means the knowing conviction of an innocent person.

Right now in the state of Maine one of those prosecutions has led to the harassment and abuse of Vladek Filler and quite likely a number of other innocent men.

NCFM National Coalition For Men "Internationally Respected Investigator Says Vladek Filler Rape Accusation is “Fabrication”
Press Release here

Please sign the online petition to free Vladek Filler.
The persecution of Vladek Filler stems from a ten year old accusation backed by no evidence other than the word of the mother of Vladek’s children. There is no credible evidence that we know of, none, to support her allegation.

Prosecutor Mary Kellett prosecutes many similar cases perhaps driven by the radical feminist ideological belief that a woman is to believed at all cost, even if there is a plethora of substantive evidence which overwhelmingly establishes reasonable doubt or vindicates the accused.

The Filler case is an egregious miscarriage of justice. He was convicted on an “absence of evidence” and Kellett successfully was able to keep evidence that favored Vladek away from the jury. So egregious was her misconduct that the Maine Supreme Court remanded the case for retrial. After filing complaints with the Governor of Maine and Maines Bar of Overseers of the Bar NCFM issued this press release: NCFM press release re Vladek Filler in Maine. Our press release was picked up by media from around the country and elsewhere, 70 sources in the first two hours.
 
 
 
 
April 3, 2011 - April 9, 2011
Listen to AVFM Radio Show 04/06/2011 with special guests are nationally known private investigator TJ Ward and author Phil Cook of SAVE.
...highlighting efforts to convince the prosecution in this case to drop the charges against Mr. Filler.

"Bangor Daily News Blows Kellett Story" By Paul Elam here

I was left thinking one thing after reading Bill Trotter’s article in the Bangor Daily News.

Not good enough.

I am as pleased as anyone that a loyal member of the MSM machine actually published the fact that there are serious concerns being expressed about the integrity of the prosecutions emanating from the Bar Harbor, Maine prosecutors office. That is especially true considering the alleged targets are male and the prosecutor is a woman and the alleged crimes are rape and domestic violence.

But as I read I got this feeling that I was being tossed a bone and expected to take it to the corner of the room with my tail wagging. Am I the only one who noticed that the headline of this piece had nothing to do with the real story? Why is the headline about a change in venue when we have complaints filed against the prosecutor in the case; the same prosecutor whose ill-gotten conviction of Vladek Filler was overturned, citing prosecutorial misconduct?

Why no mention of several things that are a matter of public record? Ligia Filler is a known child abuser. Ligia Filler was the only proven or even credibly alleged person to be a violent assailant in her marriage. Ligia Filler is a proven liar that has already been caught in false accusations of abuse against her husband.

Where is one shred of investigative intent in the article?
 
 
 
March 27, 2011 - April 2, 2011
Listen to AVFM Radio Show 03/29/2011 with special guests Attorney Lisa Scott of TABS and E. Bartlett of SAVE.
...as we discuss the implications of this hair raising story of persecution and legal corruption being conducted in broad daylight.

"The Movement to Disbar Mary N. Kellett" here

There are often times that we shake our heads at injustices in the world. Sometimes it seems to be all we can do. And with so many problems in modern life, and their often systemic, intractable nature, it can be difficult to choose what battles to fight and when. Because of this we have increasingly become a nation of head shakers, concerned about an array of injustices but often not knowing where to turn or what to do to solve them.

With that in mind we have an opportunity, right here and now, to face down and fight against a terrible injustice, an absolute evil, going on in the state of Maine."Abuse Hysteria in Maine: The Ghost of Michael Nifong" here
 
NCFM National Coalition For Men
NCFM has joined the cause by filing a separate grievance with the Bar which you can read here