Preliminary Hearing for Margaret Murphy Held in Homer

Preliminary Hearing for Margaret Murphy Held in Homer

On a beautiful day in Homer Alaska 36 people from around the state gathered for the Preliminary hearing of Judge Margaret Murphy.  Judge Murphy is charged with perjury.  She is facing ten years in jail with up to $100,000.00 fine.  This is in effect the trial of the century and tax payers should be outraged by this abuse of power.

To Alaska residents the State of Alaska Constitution adopted on February 5th, 1955, ratified April 4, 1956 means justice is fair.  Beyond that it is the Governors responsibility for the faithful execution of those laws.  There is a distinct separation of powers in all state and federal governing of the people.  Legislative, executive and judicial branches shall operate separately from one another for the protection of the people from an oppressive and corrupt government.  The creation of SCO§1993 from the judicial branch screams injustice for the people.  Why would the judicial branch write any law let alone a law allowing judicial corruption be enacted unless they are hiding or protecting that corruption.  Laws must go through the legislative branch with input from those ruled by such laws.  It seems quite apparent that this law was put in place to prevent more investigations like the one the resulted in the indictment of Judge Murphy.

The hearing was a preliminary hearing with no evidence or jury.  This pretrial conference is meant only to set a timeline and to protect the charged to the right of a speedy trial.  It seems ironic that the same system Judge Murphy violated now is protecting her rights to a fair trail.  Clearly she violated someone else’s rights to a fair trial when she lied under oath in the commission of her duties. This hearing was expected to be packed so court authorities had special security flown in and a metal detector set up to ensure all participants were protected.

The courtroom was silent as Judge Matthews of Anchorage who is presiding over this trial mentioned several times that this hearing and all future hearings will be streamed live via zoom.  This may seem like it is for the convenience of those wishing to view the proceedings which have been moved to the quiet town of Homer.  Those driving over 4 hours to view a hearing that lasted 9 minutes and 12 seconds clearly want to see justice served.  The Alaska Grand Jurors Association is on a mission to ensure this case and others like it are not swept under the rug.

Judge Matthews explained that the reason for the change in venue was due to the fact that the alleged crime was committed in Homer.  He decided after a request from the prosecution and supported by the defense that Homer was the appropriate jurisdiction.  Despite the hardship of expensive, long travel the court room was packed with people standing in the hall.  No one is willing to trust a court zoom session when they can’t even trust a judge on trial.  Judge Matthews also explained there is a new case number due to change of venue.  The defense indicated that just 48 hours prior to this August 18th hearing they received over 1100 pages of transcripts and 200 pages of discovery.  One might question why this information was not provided sooner as the last hearing was June 23rd in Kenai.  Is there any merit to the talk that the judicial system wants this to go away quietly?  Maybe this is something worth following.

Judge Murphy offered the next hearing for the week of October 2nd which both prosecuting and defense attorneys accepted.  The next hearing is set for October 2nd at 10AM in Homer.  All Alaskans should consider reading up on SCO§1993, Judge Murphy and attending the upcoming trial.  The saying if you don’t mind it doesn’t matter comes to mind.  In the case of Judge Margaret Murphy one should ask themselves, what if she had been the judge in my case and lied?

Clarification of what perjury charges mean

The definition of perjury is the offense of willfully telling an untruth in a court after having taken an oath or affirmation.  In layman’s terms it is known as lying.  In normal circumstance witnesses, defendants and attorneys are all sworn in under oath.  Judges take an oath when sworn into office.  Typically that oath reads “I, _________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as _________ under the Constitution and laws of the United States (Supreme Court.gov).  

Being in a position of power that levies penalties under the law on others lives means that this oath must be upheld.  Breech of law or misapplication of justice by a judge can ruin lives.  The standard of accountability must be protected.

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