The last frontier is plagued with corruption, to include judicial misconduct. It is a very well known fact that more indictments among Alaska politicians at one time than any other state. Alaska is considered the most corrupt state in America. This is not an opinion but is based on facts and research. According to the article by Institute for Corruption Studies at Illinois State University several factors elevate Alaska as the highest of corruption levels for many reasons. Some of them include but are not limited to:
- Geography: terrain with limited population, climate, limited law enforcement due to remote wilderness, the largest US coastline, extensive marine industries and the vast numbers of deals made related to geographical location.
- Resources: Rich resources such as oil, gas, minerals, tourism among glacial fields, fishing, hunting and more. There are constant deals for sale of, access to and use of these resources are such that no one can turn a blind eye to the obvious corruption deals.
- Politics: Alaska is heavily dependant on federal funds, follows ANCSA requirements, native corporations, oil and gas, as well as the tourism industries all which are heavily used as bargaining chips in the political arena. The article indicated political turn over as a driving force in corruption but this writer believes there is a larger force for corruption among long seated politicians. This is evidence with the corruption exposed by the indictment of the corrupt bastards club. This lead to the incarceration of multiple Alaska legislators and in the end turned up evidence of prosecutorial misconduct.
- Limited judicial oversight as well as violations of the Alaska State Constitution Article I Section 8 which garuantees the right to investigative powers of the grand jury. This is of course why AGJA exists. See the current case of Thomas Garber vs. The State of Alaska which beg to ask how judges can sit on a case involving their own conduct.
Alaska’s lone judicial investigator
The largest factor in preventing judicial corruption is the fact that Alaska for 35 years has had one judicial investigator. Marla Greenstein has been in her position as the only check and balance for oer 35 years. Who is checking on her ethics? She has been accused of falsifying judicial investigations and is still the only one doing such investigations. Checks and balances are surely not equal in Alaska. The people wronged by the system are starting to fight back. We hope you will consider following the links in these stories and educating yourself. This could negatively impact anyone. Don’t let it happen to you, lets get Alaska back the reputation our amazing state deserves by confronting the corruption that is so blatant and costly to all of us.
Then take the case of Margaret Murphy, indicted for perjury but never exonerated. The case was suspiciously dismissed for a poorly written indictment, and a grand jury that went from 12 down to 11 after the indictment. Strangely nothing was ever done to find out where that missing juror went or to compel him to return to duty. If this was a case of innocence surely here high powered attorneys would have demanded the grand jury report be released. Currently there is no relief in sight as the grand jurors report has yet to be released. The same questions about integrity exist. The dismissal on a technicality does not exonerate Judge Murphy. In fact this leaves more questions about judicial collusion and misconduct than previously existed.
Then there is Judge Jennifer Wells. This judge failed to protect the rights of grand jurors under Article I Section 8. Accounts shared by multiple grand jurors indicated they were dismissed because they tried to introduce evidence against the court system for investigation. There are a lot of reasons for all tax payers to be concerned with judicial integrity and corruption in Alaska. It is time for justice to once again be balanced and fair. The courts cannot continue to police themselves while they sweep whistleblowers out of the way. Our Constitution must and shall be protected. We are working on a documentary that consists of interviews of these wrongfully dimissed jurors. When you read the affidavits and hear their stories you will be mad. If you are not this writer will truly be shocked.
In the end the corruption in our state has gone unchecked for too long. It is not a secret that it exists and thrives in Alaska. It is not something that we the people should ignore. It is not something that the average citizen has time to research or dig into but it is something we all ned to make time to understand. The impact of judical overreach for state agencies like the OCS case of Alaska Mom is something our community and state cannot afford. The courts, legislative system and our child protection system are just a few examples of why corruption should not be tolerated. Just because the victims of the system are often poor or challenged educationally does not mean this system should remain unchecked.
THIS article is a work in progress.
