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SYSTEM FAILS BOSNIAN FAMILY, MICHIGAN AGENCY CLAIMS

Shattered Hidanovic family soon to be splintered!


American’s allegedly exemplary law enforcement and judicial systems have miserably failed in a North Dakota case, according to Doug Tjapkes, President, HUMANITY FOR PRISONERS, a prisoner advocacy agency based in Michigan.

Poet Carrie Latet is quoted as saying, May I never wake up from the American dream. Tjapkes says that for Chanda Hidanovic, her husband and four children, the dream has turned into a nightmare.

Mevludin Hidanovic, husband and father, is the only member of the Bosnian family who is not a U.S. citizen. The Fargo man was arrested for starting a fight at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds in June, 2006, while attending a county fair with family and friends. The arrest was serious, because alleged criminals who are not citizens face deportation.

Here’s how our “system” failed, from bottom to top, charged Tjapkes:

1. Local police used driver’s license photographs for their “scientific” lineup among witnesses;
2. Despite the fact that all principals passed lie-detector tests, and a baseball bat “disappeared,” the prosecutor proceeded to trial armed only with the testimony of one eye witness (of another race) who viewed the fight from a distance; no evidence, no fingerprints;
3. A judge twice ruled against new trials, even though one admittedly prejudiced juror signed an affidavit saying that she persuaded the remaining 11 to change their opinions of innocence, and even though the girlfriend of the man injured in the melee stated that Hidanovic was NOT the assailant;
4. Hidanovic was refused parole after board members scolded him for not owning up to his guilt;
5. The State Supreme Court, in August, 2008, ruled against post-conviction relief, rejecting the attorney’s arguments, prompting David Chapman to explode: “Unbelievable!”;
6. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT cancelled the first deportation hearing October 1 (after the entire family made the four-hour trip to Bloomington, Minnesota) due to a “scheduling conflict;”
7. ICE cancelled the second hearing October 20, after hiring a Romani interpreter from Bulgaria by mistake!

The hearing will probably make no difference. Mrs. Hidanovic overheard a judge, asking the prosecutor for a copy of the police report, say: "Even without it, I would have kicked his a--….”

Said Mrs. Hidanovic: “We are done. We have lost the will to fight any more. Mevludin is close to a breakdown. He just sat there and cried. I am close to a breakdown. He will be deported.”

The saddened mother said that she plans to accompany her husband when he is sent away, and grandparents will care for their children back in the states.

“So much for the American dream,” said Tjapkes. “Shame on us!”

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essay writing service australia said…
This story is so awakening. All the points explained that how the system failed are really eye-opening. Its time to get serious about issues like these!
August 19, 2017 at 8:50 AM
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