Saturday, September 10, 2016
Thursday, September 1, 2016
Major George Tillery: A Case Of Gross Prosecutorial Corruption and Police Misconduct
Major George Tillery
A Case of Gross Prosecutorial
Misconduct and Police Corruption
Sexual Favors and Hotel Rooms
Provided by Police to Prosecution Fact Witness for Fabricated Testimony During
Trial
By Nancy Lockhart, M.J.
August 24,
2016
Although this is a small sampling of decades long corruption
throughout the state of Pennsylvania, Major George Tillery has languished in
prison over 31 years because of prosecutorial misconduct and police corruption.
Tillery was tried and convicted in 1985 in a trial where prosecutors and police
created a textbook criminal story for bogus convictions. William Franklin was
charged as a co-conspirator in the shootings, he was tried and convicted in
December of 1980, because he refused to lie on Tillery. Franklin is 69 years old according to the
PADOC website and has been in prison 36 years.
Major Tillery Is Not
Represented by an Attorney and Needs Your Assistance to Retain One. Donate to Major Tillery's Legal Defense
FundMajor Tillery, PA DOC# AM9786, will turn 66-years-old on
September 9, 2016 and has spent over three decades in prison for crimes he did
not commit. Twenty of those 31 plus years were spent in solitary confinement. Tillery
has endured many very serious medical issues and medical neglect. Currently, he is plagued with serious illnesses
that include hepatitis C, stubborn skin rashes, dangerous intestinal disorders
and a degenerative hip. His orthopedic shoes were taken by prison
administrators and never returned.
Tillery, was convicted of homicide, assault, weapons and
conspiracy charges in 1985, for the poolroom shootings which left one man dead
and another wounded. William Franklin was the pool room operator at the time. The
shooting occurred on October 22, 1976.
Falsified testimony was the only evidence presented during
trial. No other evidence linked Tillery to the 1976 shootings, except for the
testimony of two jailhouse informants. Both men swore that they had received no
promises, agreements, or deals in exchange for their testimony. Barbra
Christie, the trial prosecutor, insisted to the Court and Jury that these
witnesses were not given any plea agreements or sentencing promises. That was
untrue.
Newly discovered evidence
is the sole basis for Tillery’s latest Pro Se filing. According to the Post
Conviction Relief Petition Filed June 15, 2016, evidence proves that the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania committed fraud on the Court and Jury which
undermined the fundamentals of due process. The newly discovered evidence in
sworn declarations is from two prosecution fact witnesses. Those two witnesses
provided the entirety of trial evidence against Major Tillery. The declarations
explain false testimonies manufactured by the prosecution with the assistance
of police detectives/investigators. On August 19, 2016 Judge Leon Tucker filed
a Notice of Intent to Dismiss Major's PCRA petition. Notice
to Dismiss
Emanuel Claitt Has
Come Forth to Declare His Testimony as Manufactured and Fabricated by Police
and Prosecutors. Claitt states that his testimony during trial was
fabricated and coerced by Assistant District Attorney Barbara Christie,
Detectives John Cimino and James McNeshy.
Claitt swore that he was promised a very favorable plea agreement and
treatment in his pending criminal cases.
Claitt was granted sexual favors in exchange for his false testimony.
Claitt states that he was allowed to have sex with four different women in the homicide interview rooms and in hotel
rooms in exchange for his cooperation.
Prosecution fact witness Emanuel Claitt states in his Declaration
of Emanuel Claitt, and Emanuel
Claitt Supplemental Declaration that testimony against Major Tillery was
fabricated, coerced and coached by Assistant District Attorney’s Leonard Ross,
Barbara Christie, and Roger King with the assistance of Detectives Larry
Gerrad, Ernest Gilbert, and Lt. Bill Shelton. Claitt was threatened with false murder
charges as well as, given promises and agreements of favorable plea deals and
sentencing. In exchange for his false testimony, many of Claitt’s cases were
not prosecuted. He received probation. Additionally, he was sentenced to a mere
18 months for fire bombing and was protected after his arrest between the time
of Franklin’s and Tillery’s trials.
Trial Lawyer Operated
Under Actual Conflict of Interest. Tillery discovered that his trial
lawyer, Joseph Santaguida, also represented the victim. In other words, the
victim in this case was represented by trial lawyer Santaguida and Santaguida
also represented Major Tillery. The
Commonwealth has concealed newly discovered evidence as well as, evidence which
would have been favorable to Major Tillery in the criminal trial. That evidence
would have exonerated him. In light of the new Declarations which prove
manufactured testimony by prosecutors and police, Major Tillery needs legal
representation. He is not currently represented by an attorney.
Donate: Major
Tillery’s Legal Defense Fund: Click
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About Nancy Lockhart - A Legal Analyst
specializing in cases of wrongful convictions and grave injustices. I've publicized many cases, with
positive measurable results. Willie Manning, Marissa Alexander and The
Mississippi Scott Sisters are among a few. A stay of execution was granted for
Willie Manning, freedom for the Scott Sisters and pro bono attorneys for
Marissa Alexander. I hold a Master of Jurisprudence - Loyola University Chicago
School of Law, a B.A. Degree - Clark Atlanta University and Certificate of
Technology and Writing from Bread Loaf School of English - Vermont. As a former
third generation public school teacher I followed the tradition of creating
"outside the box" teaching strategies for students labeled learning
disabled and emotionally disturbed. My consciousness and disapproval of the
"school to prison pipeline" led to work with juvenile delinquents. As
1994, Reader's Digest DeWitt Wallace Fellow - I created strategies to integrate
technology and writing in rural South Carolina
Friday, August 26, 2016
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Sunday, July 31, 2016
MAJOR BATTLES ON By Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mumia video: Major Battles On
For over 31 years, Major Tillery has been a prisoner of the State.
Despite that extraordinary fact, he continues his battles, both in the prison for his health, and in the courts for his freedom.
Several weeks ago, Tillery filed a direct challenge to his criminal conviction, by arguing that a so-called "secret witness" was, in fact, a paid police informant who was given a get-out-of-jail-free card if he testified against Tillery.
Remember I mentioned, "paid?"
Well, yes--the witness was 'paid'--but not in dollars. He was paid in sex!
In the spring of 1984, Robert Mickens was facing decades in prison on rape and robbery charges. After he testified against Tillery, however, his 25-year sentence became 5 years: probation!
And before he testified he was given an hour and a ½ private visit with his girlfriend--at the Homicide Squad room at the Police Roundhouse. (Another such witness was given another sweetheart deal--lie on Major, and get off!)
To a prisoner, some things are more important than money. Like sex!
In a verified document written in April, 2016, Mickens declares that he lied at trial, after being coached by the DAs and detectives on the case.
He lied to get out of jail--and because he could get with his girl.
Other men have done more for less.
Major's 58-page Petition is a time machine back into a practice that was once common in Philadelphia.
In the 1980s and '90s, the Police Roundhouse had become a whorehouse.
Major, now facing serious health challenges from his hepatitis C infection, stubborn skin rashes, and dangerous intestinal disorders, is still battling.
And the fight ain't over.
[©'16 MAJ 6/29/16]
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Major Tillery Needs Your Help and Support
Major Tillery is an innocent man. There was no evidence against Major Tillery for the 1976 poolroom shootings that left one man dead and another wounded.
The surviving victim gave a statement to homicide detectives naming others—not Tillery or his co-defendant—as the shooters. Major wasn’t charged until 1980, he was tried in 1985.
The only evidence at trial came from these jailhouse informants who were given sexual favors and plea deals for dozens of pending felonies for lying against Major Tillery. Both witnesses now declare their testimony was manufactured by the police and prosecution.
Neither witness had personal knowledge of the shooting. This is a case of prosecutorial misconduct and police corruption that goes to the deepest levels of rot in the Philadelphia criminal injustice system.
Major Tillery deserves not just a new trial, but dismissal of the charges against him and his freedom from prison.
It cost a lot of money for Major Tillery to be able to file his new pro se PCRA petition and continue investigation to get more evidence of the state misconduct. He needs help to get lawyers to make sure this case is not ignored.
Please contribute, now. ______________________________________________________
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Financial Support: Tillery's investigation is ongoing, to get this case filed has been costly and he needs funds for a legal team to fight this to his freedom!
Go to JPay.com;
code: Major Tillery AM9786 PADOC.
Tell Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams: Free Major Tillery! He is an innocent man, framed by police and and prosecution.
Call: 215-686-8711 or Email: DA_Central@phila.gov
Write to: Major Tillery AM9786
SCI Frackville
1111 Altamont Blvd.
Frackville, PA 17931
For More Information, Continue To Visit: www.Justice4MajorTillery.info
Call/Write: Kamilah Iddeen (717) 379-9009, Kamilah29@yahoo.com
Nancy Lockhart: thewrongfulconviction@gmail.com
Rachel Wolkenstein, Esq. (917) 689-4009, RachelWolkenstein@gmail.com
Saturday, July 16, 2016
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Major Battles On By Mumia Abu-Jamal
MAJOR BATTLES ON
[col. writ. 6/29/16] ©'16 Mumia Abu-Jamal
For over 31 years, Major Tillery has been a prisoner of the State. Despite that extraordinary fact, he continues his battles, both in the prison for his health, and in the courts for his freedom. Several weeks ago, Tillery filed a direct challenge to his criminal conviction, by arguing that a so-called "secret witness" was, in fact, a paid police informant who was given a get-out-of-jail-free card if he testified against Tillery.
Remember I mentioned, "paid?" Well, yes--the witness was 'paid'--but not in dollars. He was paid in sex! In the spring of 1984, Robert Mickens was facing decades in prison on rape and robbery charges. After he testified against Tillery, however, his 25-year sentence became 5 years: probation! And before he testified he was given an hour and a ½ private visit with his girlfriend--at the Homicide Squad room at the Police Roundhouse. (Another such witness was given another sweetheart deal--lie on Major, and get off!) To a prisoner, some things are more important than money. Like sex!
In a verified document written in April, 2016, Mickens declares that he lied at trial, after being coached by the DAs and detectives on the case. He lied to get out of jail--and because he could get with his girl. Other men have done more for less.
Major's 58-page Petition is a time machine back into a practice that was once common in Philadelphia. In the 1980s and '90s, the Police Roundhouse had become a whorehouse. Major, now facing serious health challenges from his hepatitis C infection, stubborn skin rashes, and dangerous intestinal disorders, is still battling.
And the fight ain't over. --©'16maj
For over 31 years, Major Tillery has been a prisoner of the State. Despite that extraordinary fact, he continues his battles, both in the prison for his health, and in the courts for his freedom. Several weeks ago, Tillery filed a direct challenge to his criminal conviction, by arguing that a so-called "secret witness" was, in fact, a paid police informant who was given a get-out-of-jail-free card if he testified against Tillery.
Remember I mentioned, "paid?" Well, yes--the witness was 'paid'--but not in dollars. He was paid in sex! In the spring of 1984, Robert Mickens was facing decades in prison on rape and robbery charges. After he testified against Tillery, however, his 25-year sentence became 5 years: probation! And before he testified he was given an hour and a ½ private visit with his girlfriend--at the Homicide Squad room at the Police Roundhouse. (Another such witness was given another sweetheart deal--lie on Major, and get off!) To a prisoner, some things are more important than money. Like sex!
In a verified document written in April, 2016, Mickens declares that he lied at trial, after being coached by the DAs and detectives on the case. He lied to get out of jail--and because he could get with his girl. Other men have done more for less.
Major's 58-page Petition is a time machine back into a practice that was once common in Philadelphia. In the 1980s and '90s, the Police Roundhouse had become a whorehouse. Major, now facing serious health challenges from his hepatitis C infection, stubborn skin rashes, and dangerous intestinal disorders, is still battling.
And the fight ain't over. --©'16maj
Monday, July 4, 2016
New Evidence Proves Gross Prosecutorial Misconduct In Major Tillery's Case
New Post Conviction Petition
Filed June 15, 2016
Monday, June 27, 2016
Worker's World Erroneous Article
Dear Supporters:
A writer for Worker's World has written an article regarding Major Tillery's most recent Pro Se filing of The Post Conviction Relief Petition with New Evidence.
Piette erroneously states that Major Tillery is represented by an attorney, that information is untrue.
I asked Piette to add an updated correction to the article as, this erroneous information works against Major Tillery's agenda for obtaining an attorney to represent him. Joseph Piette has not responded in 7 days.
Thank you kindly for all assistance and please visit this site often for updates to the campaign.
Share the new Blog address: www.Justice4MajorTillery.info
Please Continue To Make Calls:
Major George Tillery # AM 9786 has been in prison over three decades for crimes he did not commit. He spent 20 of those 30 years in solitary confinement.
1. Call District Attorney Seth Williams and request an immediate investigation into Major Tillery's case.
2. Let Him Know That Major Tillery AM 9786 Was Framed by
the police and prosecutors.
3. Call: 215-686-8711
1. Call District Attorney Seth Williams and request an immediate investigation into Major Tillery's case.
2. Let Him Know That Major Tillery AM 9786 Was Framed by
the police and prosecutors.
3. Call: 215-686-8711
Thank you,
Nancy Lockhart, M.J.
Monday, June 20, 2016
Urgent Call To Action: Join The Calling Campaign For Major Tillery
Major George Tillery # AM 9786 has been in prison over three decades for crimes he did not commit. He spent 20 of those 30 years in solitary confinement.
1. Call District Attorney Seth Williams and request an immediate investigation into Major Tillery's case.
2. Let Him Know That Major Tillery AM 9786 Was Framed by
the police and prosecutors.
3. Call: 215-686-8711
1. Call District Attorney Seth Williams and request an immediate investigation into Major Tillery's case.
2. Let Him Know That Major Tillery AM 9786 Was Framed by
the police and prosecutors.
3. Call: 215-686-8711
Friday, June 17, 2016
MAJOR TILLERY FILES NEW LEGAL APPEAL
New Evidence Proves Gross Prosecutorial Misconduct—
The Only Trial Evidence Was Lies Manufactured By The DA & COPS!
Dismiss the Charges!
Free Major Tillery Now!
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| June 15, 2016: Family and friends outside courthouse. |
Philadelphia, June 15, 2016: Major Tillery filed a new Post-Conviction Relief Act (PCRA petition) in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. His newly discovered evidence is the sworn declarations of the two jailhouse informants who testified at Tillery’s trial in May 1985: their testimony was lies made up by the prosecutors and police.
Major Tillery has always stated his innocence. He’s been in prison for over 30 years, twenty of them in solitary confinement, for crimes he did not commit.
There was no evidence against Major Tillery for the 1976 poolroom shootings that left one man dead and another wounded—except for these informant’s false testimony. The surviving victim gave a statement to homicide detectives saying the shooters were “Dave” and “Rickie.” Major Tillery was not a suspect.
Jailhouse snitch Emanuel Claitt had over thirty criminal charges pending against him when homicide detectives coerced him to provide evidence against at least five men for murders thought to be related to drug dealing. In May 1980 Claitt gave a statement making Major Tillery and William Franklin the poolroom shooters. Claitt wasn’t at the scene of the shooting. He had no direct information about it! Everything he testified to was given to him by the prosecution and the cops.
In return for his lying testimony about Major Tillery, most of Claitt’s charges were dismissed and his numerous sentences resulted in just a year and a half in jail.
Additionally, while Claitt was in custody the police arranged for him to have sexual trysts with his girlfriends in homicide police interview rooms.
The other false witness at Tillery’s 1985 trial was Robert Mickens, who has provided a similar history of being coerced to lie against Major Tillery and given plea deals and sexual favors in return.
Based on these new sworn declarations, Tillery's petition states that he is factually innocent, that his case involves “gross prosecutorial misconduct violating the fundamentals of due process” and his conviction is a “fundamental miscarriage of justice that shocks the conscience”. The due process violations in this case warrant not a reversal of this conviction and a new trial, but dismissal of the charges and his immediate freedom from prison.
This case is a particularly grotesque example of the corruption and misconduct of the Philadelphia district attorney’s office under Edward Rendell and carried out by Assistant DAs Barbara Christie and Roger King, and Leonard Ross.
Tillery's trial took place at the same time as the firebombing of the MOVE Osage Avenue commune on May 13, 1985. During the trial, the prosecution worked to demonize Tillery by repeatedly bringing into evidence that he was a high-ranking official in the Nation of Islam.
Major Tillery is now 65 years old, and has spent over thirty years in prison for a crime he did not commit, mostly in solitary confinement in max prisons. He has liver problems, arthritis and rheumatism, back problems, a skin rash and Hepatitis C. From prison, he filed and won the lawsuit, Tillery v. Owens (1990), which forced the PA Department of Corrections to provide mental health and medical care and end double celling (4 men to a small cell) at SCI Pittsburgh. Last year stood up for Mumia Abu-Jamal and told SCI Mahanoy prison Superintendent John Kerestes that “Mumia is dying” and needed to be taken to a hospital. For this, prison officials retaliated against Tillery and he was shipped to SCI Frackville, set up for a prison violation and spent months in solitary confinement.
Major Tillery is an innocent man. He needs your help to overturn his conviction, expose the prosecutors and police who framed him up, and win his freedom. For over thirty years in prison, Major Tillery has fought for himself and other prisoners. He is fighting now for his freedom. To do this he needs your help-- Publicity, Protest and Money!
To get this new PCRA filed and into court has cost money. Much more is needed to complete the investigation to further expose the corruption of the prosecution and police that led to his conviction. He needs lawyers to make sure this case is not ignored. Please help, now.
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HOW YOU CAN HELP
Go to JPay.com; code: Major Tillery AM9786 PADOC
Tell Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams: Free Major Tillery! He is an innocent man, framed by police and and prosecution. Call: 215-686-8711 or Email: DA_Central@phila.gov
Write to: Major Tillery AM 9786 SCI Frackville 1111 Altamont Blvd. Frackville, PA 17931
For More Information, Go To: Justice4MajorTillery/blogspot Call/Write:
Kamilah Iddeen (717) 379-9009, Kamilah29@yahoo.com
Nancy Lockhart (843) 412-2035, thewrongfulconviction@gmail.com
Rachel Wolkenstein, Esq. (917) 689-4009, RachelWolkenstein@gmail.com
Update:
Greetings,
Major Tillery has filed a new Post-Conviction Relief Motion with newly discovered evidence this week. This evidence should exonerate Major Tillery.
Your assistance will be needed for upcoming campaigns, with the first campaign for freedom starting on Monday June 20, 2016.
Please enter your e-mail address to receive updates. Thank you!!!!
In Solidarity,
Nancy Lockhart, M.J.
Major Tillery has filed a new Post-Conviction Relief Motion with newly discovered evidence this week. This evidence should exonerate Major Tillery.
Your assistance will be needed for upcoming campaigns, with the first campaign for freedom starting on Monday June 20, 2016.
Please enter your e-mail address to receive updates. Thank you!!!!
In Solidarity,
Nancy Lockhart, M.J.
Friday, May 20, 2016
Major Tillery Has New Evidence Exposing His Frame-Up Conviction And Needs Your Financial Support
Major Tillery has new evidence that he was framed for a crime he did not commit. Over thirty years ago Tillery was falsely convicted for a 1976 pool hall shooting murder and assault, and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.
Major Tillery is completing investigative work to file a post-conviction petition based on new evidence of his innocence, police corruption and gross prosecutorial misconduct.
Major Tillery needs your financial help and support to make the final push to get this new evidence into court.
Donate Here: www.JPay.com
Code: Major Tillery AM9786 PADOC
The Philadelphia assistant DA (ADA) against Major Tillery was the notorious Barbara Christie—numbers of her cases were reversed because of gross prosecutorial misconduct. At Tillery’s trial, the surviving victim did not testify. Police had his statement exculpating Tillery, but ADA Christie and the judge wouldn’t let it into evidence. There was no ballistics or any other physical evidence. The ADA had a lying witness who testified against Tillery at his trial — nine years after the shootings. The DA coerced and made promises for this so-called witness to avoid state prison time on his pending eight cases in exchange for lying testimony!
The trial took place during the last days of the siege and firebombing of the MOVE Osage Avenue home in May 1985. The prosecution claimed that Major Tillery was part of an organized crime group, and falsely described it as run by the Nation of Islam. This prejudiced and inflamed the majority white jury against Tillery, to make up for the absence of any evidence that Tillery was involved in the shootings.
During the decades of his imprisonment Tillery has advocated for other prisoners challenging solitary confinement, lack of medical and mental health care and the inhumane conditions of imprisonment. He began and won the lawsuit, Tillery v. Owens, that forced the PA DOC in 1990 to end double celling (4 men to a small cell) at SCI Pittsburgh and later resulted in the closing and then “renovation” of that prison.
A year ago Major Tillery stood up for Mumia Abu-Jamal and demanded the prison Superintendent John Kerestes get Mumia to a hospital because “Mumia is dying.” For defending Mumia and advocating for medical treatment for himself and others, prison officials retaliated. Tillery was shipped out of SCI Mahanoy, where Mumia is also held, to maximum security SCI Frackville and then set-up for a prison violation and months in solitary confinement. An international campaign succeeded in getting Tillery back into general population. Major now has a retaliation lawsuit filed against the PA Department of Corrections and is also fighting for Hepatitis C treatment.
Major Tillery is now 65 years old. He has liver problems, arthritis and rheumatism, back problems, a continuing itchy skin rash and active Hepatitis C. He’s done hard time, mostly in solitary confinement in max prisons, for over thirty years for a crime he did not commit.
Major Tillery is now fighting to overturn his frame-up conviction and win his freedom. His investigation is on-going. He has new leads. Major Tillery needs your financial support to complete this investigation and get his legal papers filed in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. He needs this financial help right now. The clock is ticking on getting his new evidence filed in court.
Please support Major Tillery’s legal effort to end over thirty years imprisonment for a crime he did not commit.
Donate Here: JPay.com;
code: Major Tillery AM9786
Pennsylvania Department Of Corrections
Call prison officials and Demand:
- Decent medical care for Major Tillery!
- Stop the Retaliation Against Major Tillery. He should be exonerated for the false charges of drug possession and this misconduct removed from his record.
- Transfer Major Tillery from SCI Frackville back to SCI Mahanoy or to another facility in eastern Pennsylvania to remain near his family.
Dept. Of Corrections Secretary John Wetzel (717) 728-4109 Superintendent SCI Frackville Brenda Tritt (570) 874-4516
Write Major Tillery AM9786
SCI Frackville 1111 Altamont Blvd.
Frackville, PA 17931
Call/E-mail:
Kamilah Iddeen (717) 379-9009, Kamilah29@yahoo.com
Nancy Lockhart (843) 412-2035, TheWrongfulConviction@gmail.com
Rachel Wolkenstein, Esq. (917) 689-4009, RachelWolkenstein@gmail.com
Monday, May 9, 2016
Please Assist Major Tillery By Making A Contribution
- Major Tillery continues To seek treatment for Hep-C.
- Major Tillery Continues To Fight the Pennsylvania DOC for retaliation against him.
- Major Tillery Continues To Investigate his case and overturn the prosecution.
Directions For Contributing To Major Tillery
- Go to JPay.com
- Code: Major Tillery
- AM 9786 PADOC
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Urgent Call To Action!!
URGENT CALL TO ACTION!!
Call and Email:
Send Letters of support to:
Call and Email:
- Brenda Tritt, Supt, SCI Frackville, (570) 874-4516, btritt@pa.gov
- John Wetzel, Secty of the PA DOC, (717) 728-4109,
ra-contactdoc@pa.gov
- Stop the Retaliation Against Major Tillery.
- Exonerate Major Tillery for the false charges of drug possession.
- Remove the false misconduct from Major Tillery’s record.
- Transfer Major Tillery from SCI Frackville to another facility in eastern Pennsylvania near his family.
- Provide decent medical care to Major Tillery and all prisoners!
Send Letters of support to:
Major Tillery AM9786 SCI Frackville
1111 Altamont Blvd.
Frackville, PA 17931
Thursday, February 18, 2016
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL TO ACTION!
URGENT CALL TO ACTION!!
Call and Email:
- Brenda Tritt, Supt, SCI Frackville, (570) 874-4516, btritt@pa.gov
- John Wetzel, Secty of the PA DOC, (717) 728-4109,
ra-contactdoc@pa.gov
- Stop the Retaliation Against Major Tillery.
- Exonerate Major Tillery for the false charges of drug possession.
- Remove the false misconduct from Major Tillery’s record.
- Transfer Major Tillery from SCI Frackville to another facility in eastern Pennsylvania near his family.
- Provide decent medical care to Major Tillery and all prisoners!
Send Letters of support to:
Major Tillery AM9786
SCI Frackville
1111 Altamont Blvd.
Frackville, PA 17931
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
URGENT CALL TO ACTION!!
Call and Email:
Brenda Tritt, Supt, SCI Frackville, (570) 874-4516, btritt@pa.gov
John Wetzel, Secty of the PA DOC, (717) 728-4109, ra-contactdoc@pa.gov
Demand the Department of Corrections:
Stop the Retaliation Against Major Tillery.
Exonerate Major Tillery for the false charges of drug possession.
Remove the false misconduct from Major Tillery’s record.
Transfer Major Tillery from SCI Frackville to another facility in eastern Pennsylvania near his family.
Provide decent medical care to Major Tillery and all prisoners!
Send Letters of support to:
Major Tillery AM9786
SCI Frackville
1111 Altamont Blvd.
Frackville, PA 17931
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Major Tillery Is Back In The Hole
MAJOR TILLERY BACK IN THE HOLE!!
FEDERAL RETALIATION LAWSUIT FILED!!
SCI
Frackville prison officials put Major Tillery back in the hole!! This is more
retaliation against Tillery who is now fighting to get Hepatitis C treatment.
Tillery was able to get word out through another prisoner who told us that
several guards in the “AC annex” have been verbally harassing and trying to
provoke men with racist comments. The “AC annex” is a cell block that houses
both general population and disciplinary prisoners together. We don’t have the
particulars of what falsified charges they put against Major. His daughter
Kamilah Iddeen heard that he got 30 days and should be out of the RHU (restricted
housing unit) on March 2.
Last year
Major Tillery stood up for Mumia, telling John Kerestes, the Superintendent at
SCI Mahanoy, that Mumia is dying and needs to go to the hospital. Soon
afterward, Mumia was rushed to the hospital in deadly diabetic shock. For that
warning and refusing to remain silent in the face of medical neglect and
mistreatment of all prisoners Major Tillery was put in the hole in another
prison and denied medical care for his arthritis, liver problems and hepatitis
C.
Major Tillery was denied medical
treatment, transferred and put in the hole “because of something prison
administrators hate and fear among all things: prisoner unity, prisoner
solidarity.” -Mumia Abu-Jamal
Major
Tillery didn’t stop fighting for medical treatment for himself and other
prisoners. On February 11, Major Tillery filed a 40 page, 7-count civil rights
lawsuit against the Department of Corrections, the superintendents of SCI
Mahanoy and SCI Frackville and other prison guards for retaliation in the U.S.
District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Major Tillery demands that the DOC stop its
retaliation, remove the false misconduct from his record, provide medical
treatment and transfer him out of SCI Frackville to a different prison in
eastern Pennsylvania so he remains near his family.
This lawsuit is just part of Major Tillery’s
fight for medical care and to protect himself and other prisoners who are
standing up for justice. He has liver disease and chronic Hepatitis C that the
DOC has known about for over a decade. Tillery is filing grievances against the
prison and its medical staff to get the new antiviral medicine. This is part of
the larger struggle to obtain Hep C treatment for the 10,000 prisoners in
Pennsylvania and the estimated 700,000 prisoners nationally who have
Hepatitis-C and could be cured.
Major Tillery’s daughter, Kamilah Iddeen
appeals for our support:
It is so important that my Dad filed this
lawsuit– it shows what really goes on inside the prison. Prison officials act
as if my father is their property, that his family doesn’t exist, that he isn’t
a man with people who love him. They lied to us every time we called and said
he needed treatment. They lied and said he hadn’t told them, that he hadn’t
filed grievances. The DOC plays mind games and punishes prisoners who stand up
for themselves and for others. But my Dad won’t be broken.
The DOC needs to learn they can’t do this to a
prisoner and his family. Justice has to be done. Justice has to be served.
Please help.
Major Tillery needs your calls to the DOC. He
also needs help in covering the costs of the court filing fees, copying and
mailing expenses amount of over $500.
Please help.
Send money: Go to: www.JPay.com Code: Major Tillery AM9786 PADOC
Demand the Department of Corrections:
Stop the Retaliation Against Major
Tillery.
Exonerate Major Tillery for the false
charges of drug possession.
Remove the false misconduct from
Major Tillery’s record.
Transfer Major Tillery from SCI
Frackville to another facility in eastern Pennsylvania near his family.
Provide decent medical care to Major
Tillery and all prisoners!
Call and Email:
Brenda Tritt, Supt, SCI Frackville,
(570) 874-4516, btritt@pa.gov
John Wetzel, Secty of the PA DOC,
(717) 728-4109, ra-contactdoc@pa.gov
Send Letters of support to:
Major Tillery AM9786
SCI Frackville
1111 Altamont Blvd.
Frackville, PA 17931
For More Information:
Call/Write:
Kamilah Iddeen (717) 379-9009, Kamilah29@yahoo.com
Nancy
Lockhart (843) 412-2035, thewrongfulconviction@gmail.com
Rachel
Wolkenstein, Esq. (917) 689-4009, RachelWolkenstein@gmail.com
Contribute: Go to www.JPay.com Code:
Major Tillery AM9786 PADOC
Monday, February 8, 2016
Major Tillery IS Still In Need Of Funds To File Federal Lawsuit and Obtain Transcripts
The State of Pennsylvania denied Major Tillery's Lawsuit and he currently needs to file in federal court.
He will need to pay a $500.00 filing fee.
Major Tillery also needs to purchase a copy of his transcripts.
Assist Major Tillery in raising ($2,000), two thousand dollars. He does not have the funds and his family does not either.
Send funds via J-Pay directly to him. His account will be debited for payments to the court.
https://www.jpay.com/login.aspx
New Accounts Go To Second Box
State: Pennsylvania
Inmate ID: AM 9786
Major Tillery faced retaliation from the PA DOC because he stood up to the warden and demanded that Mumia receive medical care. Tillery is an advocate for other prisoners.
The link below is a 1990, Judicial Opinion
He will need to pay a $500.00 filing fee.
Major Tillery also needs to purchase a copy of his transcripts.
Assist Major Tillery in raising ($2,000), two thousand dollars. He does not have the funds and his family does not either.
Send funds via J-Pay directly to him. His account will be debited for payments to the court.
Contribute To Major Tillery Using The Link Below.
https://www.jpay.com/login.aspx
New Accounts Go To Second Box
State: Pennsylvania
Inmate ID: AM 9786
Code: Major Tillery
Major Tillery faced retaliation from the PA DOC because he stood up to the warden and demanded that Mumia receive medical care. Tillery is an advocate for other prisoners.
The link below is a 1990, Judicial Opinion
Major George Tillery's voice must not be silenced. He must file in federal court. Additionally, Tillery is represented pro bono for the trumped up murder charge. He needs transcripts and they are costly.
Contribute To Major Tillery Using The Link Below.
New Accounts Go To Second Box
State: Pennsylvania
Inmate ID: AM 9786
Code: Major Tillery
Monday, January 25, 2016
Major Tillery Needs Donations For Filing Fees and Transcripts
The State of Pennsylvania denied Major Tillery's Lawsuit and he currently needs to file in federal court.
He will need to pay a $500.00 filing fee.
Major Tillery also needs to purchase a copy of his transcripts.
Assist Major Tillery in raising ($2,000), two thousand dollars. He does not have the funds and his family does not either.
Send funds via J-Pay directly to him. His account will be debited for payments to the court.
https://www.jpay.com/login.aspx
New Accounts Go To Second Box
State: Pennsylvania
Inmate ID: AM 9786
Major Tillery faced retaliation from the PA DOC because he stood up to the warden and demanded that Mumia receive medical care. Tillery is an advocate for other prisoners.
The link below is a 1990, Judicial Opinion
He will need to pay a $500.00 filing fee.
Major Tillery also needs to purchase a copy of his transcripts.
Assist Major Tillery in raising ($2,000), two thousand dollars. He does not have the funds and his family does not either.
Send funds via J-Pay directly to him. His account will be debited for payments to the court.
Contribute To Major Tillery Using The Link Below.
https://www.jpay.com/login.aspx
New Accounts Go To Second Box
State: Pennsylvania
Inmate ID: AM 9786
Code: Major Tillery
Major Tillery faced retaliation from the PA DOC because he stood up to the warden and demanded that Mumia receive medical care. Tillery is an advocate for other prisoners.
The link below is a 1990, Judicial Opinion
Major George Tillery's voice must not be silenced. He must file in federal court. Additionally, Tillery is represented pro bono for the trumped up murder charge. He needs transcripts and they are costly.
Contribute To Major Tillery Using The Link Below.
New Accounts Go To Second Box
State: Pennsylvania
Inmate ID: AM 9786
Code: Major Tillery
HELP MAJOR TILLERY FILE HIS RETALIATION LAWSUIT
Major Tillery was denied medical treatment, transferred and put in the hole “because of something prison administrators hate and fear among all things: prisoner unity, prisoner solidarity.”
-Mumia Abu-Jamal
Major Tillery stood up for Mumia, telling John Kerestes, the Superintendent at SCI Mahanoy, that Mumia is dying and needs to go to the hospital. Soon afterward, Mumia was rushed to the hospital in deadly diabetic shock. For that warning and refusing to remain silent in the face of medical neglect and mistreatment of all prisoners Major Tillery was put in the hole in another prison and denied medical care for his arthritis, liver problems and hepatitis C.
On January 5, 2016 Major Tillery filed a 40 page, 7-count civil rights lawsuit with 150 pages of exhibits in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas against the Department of Corrections, the superintendents of SCI Mahanoy and SCI Frackville and other prison guards for retaliation . He is demanding the prison stop the retaliation, remove false misconducts from his record and transfer him from SCI Frackville. Just two days laterJudge Cyrus Palmer Dolbin dismissed the lawsuit, on the absurd ground that the lawsuit was “frivolous”!
Major Tillery is now filing his lawsuit in the U.S. district court. But the costs of re-filing including court fees, copying and service expenses amount to over $500. Please help. Send money: Go to: www.JPay.com Code: Major Tillery AM 9786 PADOC
Demand the Department of Corrections:
Stop the Retaliation Against Major Tillery.
Exonerate Major Tillery for the false charges of drug possession.
Remove the false misconduct from Major Tillery’s record.
Transfer Major Tillery from SCI Frackville to another facility in eastern Pennsylvania near his family.
Provide decent medical care to Major Tillery and all prisoners!
Call and Email John Wetzel, Secretary of the PA Department of Corrections,
John Wetzel (717) 728-4109, ra-contactdoc@pa.gov
Send Letters of support to:
Major Tillery AM 9786
SCI Frackville
1111 Altamont Blvd.
Frackville, PA 17931
Contribute: Go to www.JPay.com Code: Major Tillery AM 9786 PADOC
Monday, January 11, 2016
MAJOR TILLERY SUES PA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
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| Major Tillery with his daughter Kamilah and two granddaughters |
First Amendment Lawsuit
Against Retaliation For Fighting for Medical Treatment For Mumia Abu-Jamal and All
Prisoners
Major
Tillery filed a civil rights lawsuit pro
se against John Wetzel, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of
Corrections (DOC), SCI Mahanoy Superintendent John Kerestes, SCI Frackville
Superintendent Brenda Tritt and 17 other prison officials. The DOC punished and
retaliated against Tillery for acts of solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal and
other prisoners fighting for the fundamental human right of medical care. The
lawsuit was filed in the Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas on January 5,
2015:
This is a
civil rights action brought by Major George Tillery, a 65 year-old
African-American man to stop and remedy retaliation against him for his
exercise of his First Amendment Rights. Tillery was subjected to numerous
retaliatory acts by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and its
employees, including medical neglect and medical mistreatment, unjustified cell
searches, transfer to another cell block, loss of his prison job and
precipitous transfer from SCI Mahanoy to SCI Frackville and then being set-up
with a false misconduct and given over four months in disciplinary custody
(solitary confinement).
This
retaliation was intended to punish and stop Tillery from filing grievances
challenging medical neglect and mistreatment of him and other prisoners,
including the well-known journalist and former death row prisoner Mumia
Abu-Jamal. This retaliation was punishment for Tillery continuing to publicly
advocate for Mumia Abu-Jamal, and to publicly expose the DOC’s neglect and
mistreatment of prisoner’s medical problems as well as the DOC’s retaliation
against Tillery; and continuing to file grievances objecting to these
retaliatory actions by prison officials.
Throughout
his over thirty years in prison serving a sentence of life without parole,
Tillery has challenged his conviction and sentence, and unconstitutional
restrictions on access to courts, prison conditions including security
classification and placement procedures, medical treatment, and housing
conditions on behalf of himself and other prisoners. He was held in solitary confinement in super-max
institutions in the federal and Pennsylvania prison systems for over twenty of
those years.
Tillery was
the lead plaintiff in Tillery v. Owens,
a class action lawsuit filed July 23, 1987, challenging
the constitutionality of the conditions of confinement at the State
Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh ("SCIP") located in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It started as a pro
se legal action by Tillery. It resulted in an historic legal order requiring remediation of
unconstitutional prison conditions including deficient security, fire
protection, access to the courts, over-crowded housing, medical care, mental
health care and dental services. The DOC was required to make prison
renovations costing more than a million dollars. See Tillery v. Owens, 719 F.Supp. 1256
(W.D.Pa.1989).
Major
Tillery demands that the DOC stop its retaliation, remove the false misconduct
from his record, provide medical treatment and transfer him out of SCI
Frackville to a different prison in eastern Pennsylvania so he remains near his
family.
This
lawsuit is just part of Major Tillery’s fight for medical care and to protect
himself and other prisoners who are standing up for justice. He has liver
disease and chronic Hepatitis C that the DOC has known about for over a decade.
Tillery is filing grievances against the prison and its medical staff to get
the new antiviral medicine. This is part of the larger struggle to obtain Hep C
treatment for the 10,000 prisoners in Pennsylvania and the estimated 700,000
prisoners nationally who have Hepatitis-C and could be cured.
Major
Tillery’s daughter, Kamilah Iddeen appeals for our support:
It
is so important that my Dad filed this lawsuit– it shows what really goes on inside
the prison. Prison officials act as if my father is their property, that his
family doesn’t exist, that he isn’t a man with people who love him. They lied
to us every time we called and said he needed treatment. They lied and said he
hadn’t told them, that he hadn’t filed grievances. The DOC plays mind games and
punishes prisoners who stand up for themselves and for others. But my Dad won’t
be broken.
The
DOC needs to learn they can’t do this to a prisoner and his family. Justice has
to be done. Justice has to be served. Please help.
Demand the Department of Corrections:
- Stop the Retaliation Against Major Tillery.
- Exonerate Major Tillery for the false charges of drug possession.
- Remove the false misconduct from Major Tillery’s record.
- Transfer Major Tillery from SCI Frackville to another facility in eastern Pennsylvania near his family.
- Provide decent medical care to Major Tillery and all prisoners!
Call and Email John Wetzel, Secretary of the PA Department
of Corrections,
John Wetzel (717) 728-4109 ra-crpadocsecretary@pa.gov
Contact Gov. Wolf https://www.governor.pa.gov/contact/
Contact Gov. Wolf https://www.governor.pa.gov/contact/
Send Letters of
support to:
Major
Tillery AM 9786
SCI Frackville
1111 Altamont Blvd.
Frackville, PA 17931
1111 Altamont Blvd.
Frackville, PA 17931
Contribute: Go to
JPay.com; code: Major Tillery AM 9786 PADOC
For More Information:
Call/Write: Kamilah Iddeen (717) 379-9009, Kamilah29@yahoo.com
Nancy Lockhart (843) 412-2035, thewrongfulconviction@gmail.com
Rachel Wolkenstein, Esq. (917) 689-4009, RachelWolkenstein@gmail.com
Nancy Lockhart (843) 412-2035, thewrongfulconviction@gmail.com
Rachel Wolkenstein, Esq. (917) 689-4009, RachelWolkenstein@gmail.com
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