Lexington
Christopher Hignite
Open letter to Lexington Judge, Honorable Ernesto
Scorsone
November 19th, 2010 2:31 am ET
Judge Ernesto Scorsone
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I have been following the false arrests of Pleas
Lucian Kavanaugh for some time now. I recently re-
posted Lucian's blog detailing the shenanigans that
he has dealt with in his most recent attempt at
freedom. This has led to some interesting new
developments.
The police officer that accused Lucian has been
reprimanded. Detective Elizabeth Adams was
charged with unsatisfactory performance and
violation of DOP Gen. Order 73-2H Operational rule
1.11. Her punishment is 40 hours suspension without
pay and an employee development program to be
completed within 6 months. I don't know about you
but that leads me to question the reliability of her
testimony and decision to single out Mr. Kavanaugh.
Bobby Gullette just filed a motion to put Lucian in jail
until trial (February 23) because of what he wrote in
his blog and I re-posted. He even submitted a
photocopy of his blog into the record. Lucian has
court today, November 19, at 1pm to decide what
Scorsone is going to do. Lucian has the right to air his
case and/or write about it on the internet. Gullette's
attempt to punish him for this should be considered a
First Amendment violation.
What follows is a letter from Mr. Kavanaugh to the
judge in this case, Ernesto Scorsone:
Wednesday, November 17, 2010A Letter to the
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While bias is understood to be an intrinsically human
characteristic, that urge to presume on the basis of
often erroneous information such as criminal history
and passing innuendo, one can only hope that Lady
Justice’s eyes remain shrouded as they should and
implore that the prosecution and the defense be
regarded equally so that no quarter be provided Mr.
Gullette which isn’t summarily endowed upon myself
as well. It seems a most humble and reasonable
request; a mere reiteration of the most fundamental
inherence of any worthwhile legal system.
Which isn’t to suggest that one good foul deserves
another or any such twist of illogic, but only that in the
totality of this specific circumstance, it is difficult to
fathom how one could arrive at the conclusion that
my incarceration is the proper remedy for an isolated
incident of inconvenient scheduling by arbiters.
Furthermore, if the respective sides are to be held to
an even remotely comparable standard, then it is
noteworthy that Mr. Gullette has failed to appear at
multiple appointments during the course of the last
year without so much as a verbal reprimand or even
an apology.
This most recent mishap, for which I am currently
held responsible, is more accurately, a hybrid of both
the prosecutor’s failure to appear on November 4th
and a rather perplexing failure to acknowledge my
lack of availability on November 8th.
If the court will pardon the insistence, I deliberately
submitted that I would be out of town in order to avoid
the very dilemma in which I presently find myself.
That the point has gone unnoticed and that I came to
be regarded as the primary culprit of this mishap
contradicts even the most unrefined conception of
fairness and alludes to a major point of concern in my
mind—
It has been the experience that my extensive
involvement with the Lexington Police Department
has served to disrepute me among certain members
 murder of the local establishment. Incidentally, the suspicion
has been confirmed on several occasions over the
6. GM stock stays strong throughout
day years by a myriad of officials, both on and off the
record, to include a former member of the judiciary.
And while it would be far from me to insist that such is
the case in this particular example, I must admit to
regard the question with no small measure of
trepidation.

Studies have highlighted the multitude of challenges

confronting an indigent defender in the criminal
justice system ranging from the typical lack of access
to resources and overloaded public advocates to
unabashed disparities in rates of detainment pending
trial, conviction and even capital punishment.
In such a flagrantly lopsided system, a temperate
arbitrator serves as perhaps the greatest barrier
between a less fortunate socio-economic status and
injustice. To condone the denial of that single respite
is to sanction the deprivation of justice altogether.
Without it, I am lost before the first word was ever
uttered on my behalf. And if the police have
succeeded as the saboteurs of my life, then the
judiciary should now play the role of my executioner.

But I remain hopeful that all has not been lost in a

swift gust of disparaging conjecture and have faith
that my liberty should not be stamped out with
calloused indifference and shameless preferentiality.
I maintain my innocence and have no doubt that time
will readily disprove my accusers as it unseats all
things shoddily founded. In the interim, I hope to be
allowed the benefit of the doubt due a presumably
innocent man and respectfully request to remain free
until such time as a jury of my peers should decide
otherwise.

Sincerely,

Pleas Lucian Kavanaugh

Lucian's letter is not meant to enflame the courts,

Judge Scorsone nor prosecutor Gullette. It is merely
a plea for fairness and consideration. Lucian is no
threat to society. The court is in no danger of Lucian
attempting to flee and fail to face his trial.

Honorable Judge Scorsone please show the wisdom

of Solomon and use your bench to ensure justice not
punishment. Lucian, I believe the evidence will show,
is innocent of the charges brought against him. One
mistake navigating the mazes of the criminal justice
system should not mean Lucian's loss of freedom
until his trial date of February 23d.

Lucian's point is well taken. Members of the airport

board, upper white middle-class, were treated with
kid gloves even after being convicted of their crimes.
Lucian has shown repeatedly that bias in the police
department is the cause of his repeated arrests. His
only crime, it could be said, is filing a civil suit against
the city for false arrest. At least, it seems, elements in
the police department think so.

Please allow Lucian the dignity of his freedom and

the ability to fight his case until he can prove his
innocence at trial.

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