ROAD TO FREEDOM
The True Story of Lenworth "Blue" Spence
Hello world. What I'm about to convey to you may seem far fetched, unrealistic or maybe something out of the twilight zone. There are the choice few out there who can relate to this horror story, Ruben "Hurricane" Carter, Nelson Mandela and David Milgard... Just to name a few.
For those of you who are of African descent, or a so-called visible minority of sorts, you could probably gravitate to Mr. Spences situation more easily, because of your own past experiences.
It is no secret that from the inception of the justice system it has been designed to be bias against the weak, poor, unsuspecting and for the most part the uneducated.
For centuries, the movers and shakers who brought forth this system and created the modern day law are those who have transgressed the laws of humanity and the planet on a whole. They've created these laws to protect themselves.
Mind you not all the law is bias. Over the course of time, complicity (guilty participation) has become the status quo from those who have been entrusted to enforce the law, to those who are entrusted to interpret and ensure there are no miscarriages of justice.
For too often we hear of cases where the law becomes a two tier system. Rodney King verses the LAPD is one example where clear and concise visual evidence is provided, yet justice is shown as a shade of grey. Parliament in Canada has given their appointed judges carte` blanche, to make mistakes by passing judgement based on their own opinion, as opposed to following the letter of the law, which is to be interpreted as clear and concise.
People here is one such case where justice has run a muck!
On or about the 7th day of March, 2007, Jonathon Chambers was murdered. His body was discovered on the 4th line of oro-medonte, just north of Barrie, Ontario. The event made headline news across North America.
The investigating police force had no leads or motives. As time went on the victim was identified. According to police, a friend of the victim came forward with information, saying that Jonathon was involved in a drug transaction, the night before his death with a man named "Rock" (Tafari Williams). Police were also acting on a tip they had received from a confidential informant.
The informant told police that Jonathon was murdered because he and his associates (Wolf and Bounty) had ripped off two men named "Shafari" and "Boogie" for one and a half kilograms of cocaine. Boogie turned out to be one of the many aliases used by Gregory Millar. Through the process of elimination we now know that "Shafari" is in fact Tafari.
This information along with countless other pieces of information was considered irrelevant by police and crown prosecutors and was not disclosed to Mr. Spences attorney until the trial was near its end.
The investigation now turned to Tafari Williams and his associates (crew). A series of investigative techniques were used. Wire taps, video surveillance and G.P.S tracking devices were also placed on vehicles. None of these techniques were initiated against Mr. Spence. After a prolonged period of time, investigators approached Williams at his residence to notify him that he was a suspect in Jonathon Chambers murder. They also revealed to him that he had been under surveillance using the aforementioned techniques. Williams promptly denied any involvement and refused to speak to the police.
Consequently Tafari Williams, Gregory Millar and Terrance Walker were arrested and charged with first degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping. Also arrested were Andrew Turner and Robert Henry. Both men were charged with kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping.
An arrest warrant was issued for Spence for all the above mentioned charges. The warrant for Spence was derived from the information obtained through the surveillance of the other co-accused. ????
[TO THIS DATE MR. SPENCE STILL DOES NOT KNOW WHAT INFORMATION WAS USED TO OBTAIN A WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST]
Tafari Williams:
The interrogation of Williams was recorded by video. During his interrogation evidence gathered throughout the investigation, as well as the polices theory as to how the crime occurred was conveyed to him. It was said by police that they knew Williams murdered Chambers because Chambers along with his associates ripped off Williams for a large quantity of cocaine.
Throughout the interrogation, Williams denied any involvement in Chambers murder. Williams reiterated on several occasions that he could not do a life sentence. After hours of continuous interrogation and denial the interviewing officer than said to Williams, "if you don't want to go to prison for life, you have to finger Blue". Under duress and seeing an opportunity to avoid a life sentence, Williams took the officer's persuasive coercive bargaining chip that was placed on the table. He than proceeded to give a full statement implicating Spence.
Andrew Turner:
At the time of Williams' interrogation, Turner was also being interrogated in a separate interview room on the charges of kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping.
It is to be noted that Turner was subjected to a grueling 14 hours of interrogation. During the elapsed time period Turner asserts his right to remain silent and requests to speak with council over 66 times to no avail. Turner was shown the same evidence that was shown to Williams as well as the video statement made by Williams. [By this time Turners charges were upgraded to murder].
Frustrated by Turner, detectives than placed Williams in the same interview room as Turner, to persuade him to implicate Spence. Williams was than removed from the interview room so that the officers could continue their badgering of Turner, a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic who had been complaining about his lack of sleep. Turner concedes defeat and gave an incriminating statement in an attempt to be returned to the holding cells.
At the pre-trial motions, Turners statement was ruled inadmissible on the grounds that there were multiple charter of rights violations.
Gregory Millar:
At the time of the arrests of Williams and the other co-accussed Millar was already incarcerated on an unrelated matter. His role in this twisted unfortunate chain of events is as follows. A phone registered to Millar was used to call a female friend of Chambers just hours before he was murdered. In late 2007 Millar was charged with first degree murder and other related charges. While being interrogated he denied all involvement.
Surprisingly two years later a deal was struck by Millar's attorney and the prosecutors before the start of the preliminary hearing. Amazingly he was aloud to be present throughout the preliminary hearing to absorb all the evidence, that included the testimony of Williams before he than offered his own K.G.B statement.
Terrance Walker:
In May 2007, police intercepted a telephone conversation with Walker attempting to sell a firearm which was the same calibur weapon used in the crime. He was than arrested for conspiracy to traffic firearms. Shortly thereafter he was charged with first degree murder along with other related charges and was interrogated on two separate occasions. He denied all involvement. Three months after the preliminary hearing he made a deal with the crown prosecutors in return for his testimony against
Spence and Turner.
Robert Henry did not make any statement and was not called to testify at trial.
Lenworth Spence:
Mr. Spence to this day has not committed a statement. His alleged involvement came from the statements of the other co-accused.
The trial of Mr. Spence and Mr. Turner started on March 21, 2011 and ended July 27, 2011.
Tafari Williams was the first witness for the prosecution. During his testimony the prosecutors inadvertently told defense council that Williams had been coached by them. Motions were filed to have his testimony excluded from the trial. The motions were denied.
Terrance Walker was the second witness called by the prosecutors. Upon entering the witness box, Walker immediately recants on his earlier statement, saying he was forced by prosecutors to tell them what they wanted to here. To solidify his claim, there was an email sent by his attorney to the prosecutors before Walker made his statement. In the email the prosecutors were scolded for telling his client what to say. The lawyer also told them that the only thing they would achieve is a wrongful conviction in regards to Spence and Turner. There were motions filed to have the statement excluded from the trial and for the judge to grant a stay of all charges against Mr. Spence. All motions were denied.
Continued...
Gregory Millar, this man also immediately recants upon entering the witness box stating that he was highly medicated on seroquel at the time of his statement. As the cross examination went on he reverted to his original statement. While he was still in the witness box, defense lawyer Boris Bytensky recieved from police a copy of an intercepted telephone call between Millar and his girlfriend. On the recording Miller was heard saying, "If they knew that I was the one that done off there boy, they would have got at me. Ha ha that's nothing I'm still looking for Wolf". [This call was intercepted long before anyone was arrested and was disclosed to the defense one week before trial ended]. Motions were filed to have his statements excluded and also to have a stay of all charges. The motions were denied.
Outcome:
Tafari Williams pled guilty to accessory after the fact in August 2009 in return for his testimony against the others. He received a sentence of five years minus his time spent in detention. He was released from prison on April Fools Day, eleven days after trial began.
Gregory millar pled guilty to manslaughter in January of 2010 in return for his testimony against the others. He received a sentence of eleven years minus his time spent in detention.
Terrance Walker pled guilty to manslaughter in March of 2010 in return for his testimony against the others. He received a sentence of eleven years minus his time spent in detention.
Robert Henry pled guilty to kidnapping in December of 2009, a week before the charges were to be dismissed. He received a sentence of time served. He spent Christmas with his son.
After it was discovered that Williams had been coached by the prosecutors, they offered Turner a manslaughter plea which he excepted. Turner also admitted to being the trigger man but was not called by prosecutors to testify. He received a sentence of eleven years minus six years for his three years spent in detention.
Mr. Spence did not take the stand in his own defense. He was convicted of first degree murder, a conviction that carries an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for twenty five years on statements provided by Tafari Williams Gregory Millar and Terrance Walker.
Mr. Spence is a thirty-one year old man, who previous to this was the co-founder "M.W.H" entertainment and productions . A devoted father of three young girls aged eleven, and a set of six year old twins. Like any loving father Mr. Spence supports his kids to the fullest with hopes of them being productive members of society who will impact positive change and growth.
His family support system includes, his parents, grand parents, siblings and the mother of his children. Countless other family and friends that span the globe also make up his support system.
Mr. Spence is in no way a poster boy for the squeaky clean. That is not his claIm. We all have our own little idiosyncrasies and skeletons in our closet. The fact of the matter at hand here is that more often than the general public realizes, is mistakes in our justice system is more common than it is broadcasted. The media tends to be bias in whatever way to sell news whether it be positive or negative.
Too often we hear of those who have been wrongfully convicted of a crime and spend decades of a life of dread behind bars before they are exonerated.
Readers, we have a clear cut case right here. Mr. Spence was found guilty based on what the presiding judge thought happened [his opinion as opposed to the facts].
It's time for parliament in canada to tighten the reigns on the justice system and stem the tide of millions of dollars of taxpayers money being paid out for frivolous mistakes.
Voice your support and help make a change! Thank You
