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10,000 Signatures Needed to Bring Jailed Mom Home Before Christmas/Hanukkah; Victim of Spousal Abuse, Valerie Carlton Awaits a Decision From NYS Governor Cuomo on Extradition

10,000 Signatures Needed to Bring Jailed Mom Home Before Christmas/Hanukkah; Victim of Spousal Abuse, Valerie Carlton Awaits a Decision From NYS Governor Cuomo on Extradition













Valerie Carlton has been incarcerated and unable to see or communicate with her daughter since February 2009.


New City, New York (PRWEB) November 29, 2011

According to the Committee to Vindicate Valerie Carlton, in 2009, Valerie Carlton, a 40-year-old-mother, was indicted on 28 charges, including 15 felonies and incarcerated at the Harford County Detention Center where she was held on $ 10 million bail (Harford County Circuit Court Case #12K09000935 at http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us). According to court documents, after she had spent 13 months in solitary confinement, the County dropped all but one of the charges for lack of evidence, a misdemeanor protective order violation for sending an email to her daughter’s teacher.

Ms. Carlton now sits in jail in Rockland County, NY, awaiting extradition to Maryland on an assault charge that involved a scuffle with a guard during her incarceration (Harford County Circuit Court Case #12K10000473). Her supporters allege she is the victim of civil rights violations and a criminal justice system gone awry. They believe freeing her will require swift action and 10,000 signatures on a petition to Governor Andrew Cuomo. To read more and sign the petition visit: http://valeriecarlton.com/what-you-can-do.html

Ms. Carlton’s supporters allege that the 27 charges that were dropped for lack of evidence stemmed from a bitter divorce and custody battle (Harford County Circuit Court Case #12C04000452 at http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us) in which her ex-husband Russell Carlton was awarded custody of the couple’s daughter in 2007 even though, just a year before, he was convicted of domestic violence against Ms. Carlton (Bel Air District Court Case #4R00048668). His conviction was overturned on appeal (Harford County Circuit Court Case #12K05002327).

Ms. Carlton’s supporters allege that Russell Carlton is now seeking to terminate Ms. Carlton’s visitation and parental rights with their six-year-old daughter by bringing false allegations of sexual abuse against Ms. Carlton, who has not seen or spoken to her daughter in almost three years.

While in solitary for 13 months in the Harford County Detention Center, Ms. Carlton and at least four witnesses allege she was routinely tortured and abused. According to court documents, toward the end of her incarceration, she was allegedly accosted by a male guard who admitted that he put his hands on her, with no other guards present, in an attempt to lead her back to her cell. He claimed that she “became combative by pulling her arm away.” (http://valeriecarlton.com/incident_report.pdf). However, the following day, the guard allegedly changed his story and claimed that Ms. Carlton stabbed him with a pen when he tried to lead her to her cell. Regardless, she was charged with an assault against the guard, despite videotaped evidence showing that he tackled her, pummeled her, and smashed her head into a concrete wall three times.(http://youtu.be/oQN1jWn5P0Q).

Ms. Carlton was released from jail on June 30, 2010, pending the trial on the assault charge. Fearing for her life and safety, she traveled to New York and was subsequently arrested by U.S. Marshalls, leading to her current incarceration in the Rockland County jail.

A nationally recognized independent forensic psychiatrist, Dr. Mark J. Mills, strongly recommended (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17180901/Affidavit%20from%20Psychiatrist%20for%20Valerie%20Carlton.doc) that Ms. Carlton not be kept in the Harford County Detention Center in light of the abuse she claims she has suffered there. This written recommendation was provided to Governor Martin O’Malley of Maryland. However, no action was taken to prevent Ms. Carlton from being returned to the jail.

According to Philip Murphy, Esq, an attorney working on the case, she currently faces a potential sentence of up to ten years for assaulting a guard (Harford County Circuit Court Case #12K10000473). Yet, despite a videotape of her altercation with the guard and the fact that she was originally incarcerated with no evidence, no Maryland agency has examined the case, and she therefore awaits extradition while NYS Governor Cuomo’s office investigates the matter.

“All those who believe in our civil rights and our constitutional protections, the many victims of spousal abuse, those who have been harmed by persecution and injustice at the hands of a criminal justice system gone awry, please support Valerie Carlton’s fight for vindication and the right to see her only daughter by signing her Petition (http://www.change.org/petitions/the-governor-of-ny-stop-the-extradition-of-an-innocent-jewish-mother-from-ny-to-md),” stated Michael Ettinger, another attorney for Valerie Carlton.

On November 16, Rockland County Court Judge William A. Kelly denied bail for Valerie Carlton (County Court of the State of New York, County of Rockland, In Re the Matter of the Extradition of Valerie Carlton, the Judge is Hon. William A. Kelly, Supreme Court Justice) and postponed a decision until December 8th.

In order to assist Valerie Carlton in her fight to be free and see her daughter again, supporters have established a petition and are hoping to get enough signatures to give to NYS Governor Cuomo before Christmas/Hanukkah in order to get Valerie home. More information can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/VindicateValerieCarlton/ including links to the petition and links for contacting both the Governors of Maryland and New York. Additional information can be found at http://www.valeriecarlton.com.

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Decision Toolbox Inks Recruitment Process Outsourcing Partnership with $1B Freedom Communications

Decision Toolbox Inks Recruitment Process Outsourcing Partnership with $ 1B Freedom Communications










Irvine, CA (PRWEB) October 30, 2006

Decision Toolbox (http://www.dtoolbox.com) announced today that it signed a one year agreement with Irvine, CA based Freedom Communications (http://www.freedom.com) for a human resources business process outsourcing (HR BPO) partnership for its recruitment function.

Freedom Communications is the 14th largest media company in the United States. Privately owned, with sales of $ 1 billion in newspapers, interactive media, and television stations, Freedom Communications has an employee base of over 7,000 and has locations across the country.

The agreement was confidential until recently due to Decision Toolbox’s role in recruiting key positions for a confidential project at Freedom: the recently launched OC Post, Orange County’s first compact, quick-read daily newspaper.

Decision Toolbox will act as the recruitment department for Freedom’s corporate offices and its divisions: Broadcast, Community Newspaper, Interactive Media and Freedom Orange County Information. As an RPO partner, Decision Toolbox will provide comprehensive recruitment services that are closely integrated with the Freedom Communication’s Human Resources team and include: hands-on recruitment support, an ATS/Recruiting platform, and recruitment marketing and advertising support.

“I am pleased to bring Decision Toolbox onboard as a strategic partner to our Human Resources recruiting function,” said Marcy Bruskin, Freedom’s Vice President of Human Resources and Organizational Development. “World class recruiting of top talent is a top priority and critical component of Freedom’s future. Decision Toolbox is making this possible with its best practices processes.”

About Decision Toolbox

Decision Toolbox is a comprehensive, fully-integrated recruitment solutions provider, providing unparalleled value, results, quality, customer service and cost-effectiveness to a nationwide list of clients, who include Wells Fargo, Gate Gourmet, and Black & Decker.

Decision Toolbox has consistently offered its clients leading-edge processes, tools and technology that bring clarity and efficiency to the recruitment process, many of which are now recognized as recruitment best practices.

Since its founding in 1992, Decision Toolbox has filled thousands of positions for large and small clients nationwide, across virtually all industries, disciplines and levels for an average Cost Per Hire of 7% of first year salary. http://www.dtoolbox.com

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Church of Scientology Decision Protecting Religious Freedom in European Court of Human Rights



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Los Angeles, Ca (PRWEB) October 1, 2009

Today, the European Court of Human Rights ruled unanimously in favor of two Scientology religious groups in Russia (European Court of Human Rights: Case # 7683601 and 32782/03), finding that they have the right to be registered as religious organizations under Russian law. This decision determines that members of the Church of Scientology of Surgut and the Church of Scientology of Nizhnekamsk have the right to religious freedom and freedom of association pursuant to Articles 9 and 11 of the European Human Rights Convention.

The Church’s human rights counsel, Bill Walsh, stated: “The judgment of the European Court of Human Rights today is a great victory for religious freedom in Russia and in all 47 member countries of the Council of Europe. The case is given the highest rating of importance by the Court itself as it effectively kills the repressive 15 Year Rule, denying religious organizations rights until they have existed in the country for 15 years. Moreover, the ruling will have great impact on countries throughout the European Community that have passed similar restrictions to repress religious freedom. So it is not only a victory for religious freedom in Russia, but for religious freedom everywhere in the Council of Europe.”

In 1997, the Russian government passed laws preventing religious organizations from forming legally unless they could prove they had been in existence in their respective state(s) for 15 years. Such a law obviously discriminates against religions not established in a state for 15 years and has now been ruled as unlawful by the European Court of Human Rights.

In reaching this decision, the Court “established that the applicants were unable to obtain recognition and effective enjoyment of their rights to freedom of religion and association in any organizational form. The first applicant could not obtain registration of the Scientology group as a non-religious legal entity because it was considered to be a religious community by the Russian authorities. The applications for registration as a religious organization submitted by the first and second applicants as founders of their respective groups… were denied by reference to the insufficient period of the groups’ existence. Finally, the restricted status of a religious group for which they qualified… conveyed no practical or effective benefits to them as such a group was deprived of legal personality, property rights and the legal capacity to protect the interests of its members and was also severely hampered in the fundamental aspects of its religious functions. Accordingly, the Court finds that there has been an interference with the applicants’ rights under Article 9 interpreted in the light of Article 11.”

Along with the recent decision of the Court in favor of the right of the Moscow Church of Scientology to be registered as a religious organization under the Religion law, these cases represent precedent-setting rulings that guarantee the freedom of religion and right of association for Scientologists and people of all faiths throughout the 47 nations that comprise the Council of Europe.

The Court concluded that “In the light of the foregoing considerations, the Court finds that the interference with the applicants’ rights to freedom of religion and association cannot be said to have been ‘necessary in a democratic society.’ There has therefore been a violation of Article 9 of the Convention, interpreted in the light of Article 11.”

The Scientology religion was founded by L. Ron Hubbard. The first church was established in the United States in 1954. It has grown to more than 8,000 churches, missions and groups and millions of members in 165 nations. The Russian Federation has more than 70 Scientology Churches and missions from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok.

For more information about Scientology, see www.scientology-moscow.ru, www.scientology.org.

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