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Criminal Action
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APPEARANCES:
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
By: William D. Weinreb, Aloke Chakravarty and
Nadine Pellegrini, Assistant U.S. Attorneys
John Joseph Moakley Federal Courthouse
Suite 9200
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
- and UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
By: Steven D. Mellin, Assistant U.S. Attorney
Capital Case Section
1331 F Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530
On Behalf of the Government
FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICE
By: Miriam Conrad, William W. Fick and Timothy G. Watkins,
Federal Public Defenders
51 Sleeper Street
Fifth Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
- and CLARKE & RICE, APC
By: Judy Clarke, Esq.
1010 Second Avenue
Suite 1800
San Diego, California 92101
- and LAW OFFICE OF DAVID I. BRUCK
By: David I. Bruck, Esq.
220 Sydney Lewis Hall
Lexington, Virginia 24450
On Behalf of the Defendant
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Direct
By Mr. Mellin
By Mr. Watkins
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Redirect
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JOHN OLIVER
By Mr. Mellin
By Mr. Watkins
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P R O C E E D I N G S
THE CLERK:
THE CLERK:
Be seated.
THE COURT:
THE JURORS:
THE COURT:
Good morning.
Thank you for your patience.
you again:
Let me ask
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Yes.
And avoided any discussion of the case
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THE JURORS:
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THE COURT:
Yes?
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All right.
Thank you.
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Have a seat.
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THE WITNESS:
P-R-E-J-E-A-N.
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DIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MS. CONRAD:
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Thank you.
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Yes, I am.
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1957.
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I am.
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poor people.
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hospitals:
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1957?
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What grades?
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Please continue.
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Vatican II.
Teaching:
I'm
What kind of work have you done since joining the order in
I'm sorry.
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people.
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Yes.
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And can you just tell us very generally what that means?
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prisoners.
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I have.
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I do.
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When was the first time that you met with Jahar?
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For the same reason that I visit with other people who
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and let them know that they have a dignity, and accompany -- in
Same reason.
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the case of some of the prisoners that I've worked with who
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come to grips --
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THE WITNESS:
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THE COURT:
All right.
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BY MS. CONRAD:
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All right.
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Right.
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And before you met with Jahar, did you know that he was
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Muslim?
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Yes.
Lifers.
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of both.
about that.
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March?
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Yes.
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And how many times altogether did you meet with him?
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the trial?
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Yes.
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When you first met with him, how did he react to meeting a
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nun?
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was good.
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And you said you first met with him I think in early
Well, I'm not sure he had ever met a nun before, but he
He was -- it was pleasant.
He
Without telling
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young people, because young people are open and more, you know,
responsive.
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said, but what kinds of topics did you discuss, not just in
meetings?
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growing up in Louisiana.
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be a Cajun.
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And then we did get into the whole thing of the death
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penalty in the United States, told him what my work was and
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what I --
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and Islam?
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about how in the Catholic church we have become more and more
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Like I talked
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BY MS. CONRAD:
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Yes.
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And did you talk with him -- and again, not telling us
what was said, but did you talk with him about his crimes?
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THE WITNESS:
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And I actually
Objection.
Thank you.
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And when he said that, how did you perceive his sincerity?
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As absolutely sincere.
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He said it emphatically.
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Sustained.
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observed about him during the previous times that you had met
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with him.
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his eyes.
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Just what you observed about him and also what you had
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THE COURT:
BY MS. CONRAD:
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Okay.
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Okay.
Okay.
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Objection.
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again.
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I'm sorry.
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Now, what about the time that you had spent with him
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look at this" --
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I'm sorry.
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No.
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Objection.
Okay.
(Laughter.)
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Objection.
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MS. CONRAD:
BY MS. CONRAD:
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he is untouched?
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discussion before.
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time.
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Good morning.
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You too.
Sister, you're not based in Massachusetts, are you?
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Correct.
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No.
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Correct.
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MS. CONRAD:
THE COURT:
THE WITNESS:
BY MR. WEINREB:
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Objection.
No, overruled.
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Correct.
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Thank you.
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REDIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MS. CONRAD:
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MR. WEINREB:
THE COURT:
Sustained.
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had caused --
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credibility.
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hear the question.
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death penalty?
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I have to
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Objection.
MR. WEINREB:
Objection.
THE WITNESS:
BY MS. CONRAD:
Go ahead.
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Yes.
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Of course.
MR. WEINREB:
THE COURT:
All right.
BY MS. CONRAD:
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credibility.
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Overruled.
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THE WITNESS:
Can I answer?
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Yes.
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Absolutely.
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I'm sorry.
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Objection.
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It's argumentative.
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THE WITNESS:
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No.
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THE COURT:
Anything else?
No, your Honor.
Thank you.
You may
step down.
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Not a dime.
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Objection.
Thank you.
Ms. Clarke?
Your Honor, we rest.
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it.
Okay.
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evidence.
MR. WEINREB:
THE COURT:
MR. MELLIN:
THE COURT:
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Mr. Mellin?
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THE CLERK:
the record, keep your voice up and speak into the mic.
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N-I-C-O-L-E-T.
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We will.
DIRECT EXAMINATION
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BY MR. MELLIN:
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Good morning.
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Good morning.
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closer to that?
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Sure.
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go to college?
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I did.
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Harding University.
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I did.
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Basketball.
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All right.
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It
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Did you
THE WITNESS:
Thank you.
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school?
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I did.
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I did.
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2005.
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And in New York, what types of cases did you work on?
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April 2012.
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program?
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April 2014.
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Force.
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terrorism inmates.
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chief?
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Just to be clear, did you meet with Mark Bezy last week?
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I did.
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Okay.
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There were.
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It does.
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Operations.
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Okay.
I am.
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MR. WATKINS:
Objection.
THE WITNESS:
Yes, in instances --
THE COURT:
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BY MR. MELLIN:
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modified?
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And are you aware whether the SAMs in this case has been
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Objection.
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The jury will disregard it.
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those measures?
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Objection.
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Sustained.
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Objection.
The objection is
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Objection.
Thank you.
That's all.
That's all?
That's all.
Mr. Watkins?
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Good morning.
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You talked about the annual renewal period that you begin
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under SAMs.
Is that correct?
In addition to that
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year, yes.
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Attorney here in Boston gives you input, the local FBI office
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That's correct.
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relevance, right?
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around the country, you would take that into account in whether
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That's ongoing
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ADX, right?
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So BOP does not contact you directly and say, Hey, why
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since 2002, which was when the regulation was passed, right?
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there have been individuals who have been on SAMs since 2002,
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SAMs constantly.
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And SAMs -- there are some SAMs that have been in effect
And that is when the SAMs -- well, 2002, and have been on
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Yes.
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correct?
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He
Is that
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Is that correct?
Isn't
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MR. MELLIN:
Objection.
THE COURT:
THE WITNESS:
BY MR. WATKINS:
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MR. MELLIN:
THE COURT:
Objection.
You may have it in a different form.
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correct?
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I do.
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about the SAMs as you went -- even before you got your current
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You are responsible at the FBI for 50 agents and the SAMs,
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BY MR. WATKINS:
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Objection.
Or even modified?
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THE WITNESS:
Overruled.
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modification.
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It is this one.
No.
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jury:)
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unexpected.
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last question on it.
My examination is done.
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sentenced, has there ever been a court order where a court has
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Mr. Mellin?
REDIRECT EXAMINATION
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other issues are issues that are considered before SAMs are
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things.
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We consider many
Counsel asked you about if there had been SAMs that had
I do.
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2002.
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Correct.
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In 1995?
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Approximately, yes.
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kicked in.
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And just so we're all clear, SAMs went into effect before
Is that right?
'94, '95?
Is that correct?
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Objection.
Overruled.
Nothing further.
Anything else?
No, your Honor.
You may step down.
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The warden.
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of -- all right?
MR. BRUCK:
Not television?
THE COURT:
Not television.
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THE COURT:
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Not television?
No, just some level of programming.
Can I ask that --
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If he can participate in
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MR. WEINREB:
a day.
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his cell?
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for our stipulation that we had provided which the Court has
be changed, and that the Court did, in fact, then rule that
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cell?
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MS. PELLEGRINI:
Prison programming.
Okay.
Prison programming.
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Oliver.
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THE CLERK:
name for the record, keep your voice up and speak into the mic.
THE WITNESS:
J-O-H-N, O-L-I-V-E-R.
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Yes, sir.
DIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MR. MELLIN:
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Florence, Colorado.
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Prisons?
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Okay.
right?
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How many days out of the year would you actually have snow
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When you joined the Bureau of Prisons, where did you go?
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in Florence?
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Is that
Can you briefly describe what are the complexes that are
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Yes, sir.
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Okay.
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That's a medium-security.
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ADX.
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Yes, sir.
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complex.
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there?
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penitentiary.
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And when you say you activated, what do you mean by that?
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the institution.
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called a lieutenant.
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penitentiary, as a lieutenant.
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Colorado?
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Yes, sir.
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And did you know Mr. Bezy was the warden at Terre Haute
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When you say you went back in, again, you're in Florence,
In Florence, Colorado.
Is that right?
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associate warden.
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Yes, sir.
Haute as the warden at FCI Terre Haute, and then I was selected
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Unlimited.
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All right.
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One adult.
Is that right?
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duration each.
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Yes, sir.
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Yes, sir.
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a month.
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send out?
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receive?
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mail?
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can make?
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cells?
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Have
Objection.
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The objection
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cell?
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THE COURT:
Objection.
Overruled.
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in the H unit?
Is that right?
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I'm sorry.
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Is removed, correct.
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the H unit.
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institution.
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talking about?
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recommendations were?
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sanitation?
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designated there.
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Yes, sir.
Has he
Is it positive?
Why he was
His
We look at his
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of a case?
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determination?
Okay.
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No, generally.
generally.
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discussed.
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Okay.
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THE WITNESS:
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Overruled.
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generally like?
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Objection.
MR. WATKINS:
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Objection.
Sustained to that.
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THE WITNESS:
Objection.
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media.
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week.
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That's a minimum?
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Is that right?
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up?
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the time?
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Yes, sir.
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Thank you.
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CROSS-EXAMINATION
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Was it snowing?
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program statements?
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supplements, correct?
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you and your staff consult as you operate the Florence ADMAX?
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Yes, sir.
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Yes, sir.
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Yes.
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Yes, sir.
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programs and how the Bureau of Prisons -- and how you operate H
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also, right?
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this way:
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right?
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time at ADX, and indeed all during his time at the Bureau of
Prisons, right?
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improved, right?
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inmate.
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MR. MELLIN:
THE COURT:
THE WITNESS:
Overruled.
BY MR. WATKINS:
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Muslim faith?
Well, isn't it true that there are inmates that would see
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Go ahead.
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Overruled.
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child?
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that's true.
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unit.
security unit?
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Yes, sir.
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1, right?
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the two phone calls a month rather than the four that he might
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Yes, sir.
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Yes, sir.
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Phase 2, right?
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appropriate?
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at those 13 criteria that you talked about and that are in the
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restrictive environment.
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things that you talked about there, and you would think they
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Right.
Yes, sir.
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Why can't you -- well, you can't put them into Phase 3
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Yes, sir.
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warden, right?
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good to go to Phase 3.
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Objection.
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Overruled.
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THE WITNESS:
We have a
And understanding
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That is correct.
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unit?
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The orderly comes out of his cell and cleans the showers,
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house of H unit.
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And how many inmates do you have at H unit vying for those
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right now?
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And of the 29, all of them want those two jobs, right?
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Yes, sir.
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Once they have them, they don't like to give them up.
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that true?
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That is correct.
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spend in Phase 3?
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There's no time.
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Is
It's indefinite?
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Yes, it is.
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Phase 3, right?
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that makes the decision whether someone can move off the
Yes, sir.
Sure.
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years and not move beyond there and be released from H unit,
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right?
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things.
Is that correct?
Right.
It was modified.
But we also
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to the federal medical center and BOP deals with that, but the
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No.
Modified
Is that right?
Yes, it is.
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Yes, sir.
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has to concur?
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Sure.
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H unit?
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Objection.
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those 13 factors that you told Mr. Mellin about and that are in
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heard Mr. Bezy talk about, you also are familiar with that?
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Yes, sir.
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Is that true?
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has to affect.
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No, sir.
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It is there by regulation.
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of ADX.
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It
It is a consideration.
There's a federal regulation
Is that true?
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Yes, sir.
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week, right?
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the institution.
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safety and security of the inmate and the nature of the crime
Yes, sir.
Sure.
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Yes, sir.
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Objection.
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Overruled.
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That stays
There's nothing
In answer to
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cages.
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Yes, sir.
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area?
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Yes, sir.
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area.
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date.
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Yes, sir.
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Yes, sir.
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communicate.
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And that was because of SAMs and the nature and the
We
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We have capabilities.
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world.
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(Laughter.)
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isn't it?
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Yes, sir.
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Objection.
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it.
01:34
THE WITNESS:
Springs.
BY MR. WATKINS:
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Is that
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adult at a time?
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Under the SAMs and H unit, visits are only with one adult
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Yes, sir.
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one down, let them visit, and then escort the others on a
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It
And you talked about visits being more than one person --
Yes, sir.
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can only use one visiting room at any given time for social
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day, the people coming from Boston are -- I can't visit on that
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way because all of the inmates are trying to use that one
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visiting room?
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Yes, sir.
No, sir.
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immediately stopped?
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Prisons?
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Nonlegal mail?
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Bureau of Prisons?
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FBI?
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for the Bureau of Prisons and the FBI to analyze those letters,
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Not necessarily.
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wrote a book and sent it to the outside, BOP would read that
book, right?
A.
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If an inmate
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delivered, right?
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The FBI would also look at that book and analyze it,
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intelligence units.
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there, right?
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minutes each?
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right?
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The call will be -- the call will be cut off at that point
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That is correct.
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Is that right?
I think you
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hung up, if you can't re-connect there, that is the end of that
A.
the reason behind it, and we may grant the inmate another phone
Q.
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That social call ends, but we will go back and look to see
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Social mail.
BOP?
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on that?
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mail" on it?
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attorney, the mail will be brought to the staff member and then
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is mailed out?
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Same thing.
We'll
And the
What happens with the mail where the inmate writes "legal
Yes, sir.
If an
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Yes, sir, we still review all the mail that goes out of
ADX.
Q.
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I'm sorry.
Objection.
BY MR. MELLIN:
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Okay.
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BY MR. MELLIN:
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Objection.
Sustained.
A book can be sent under legal mail and BOP would not know
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MR. WATKINS:
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THE COURT:
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THE WITNESS:
Objection.
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mail.
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environment.
You were asked about the various phases and you said that
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Q.
Why is that?
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MR. WATKINS:
MR. MELLIN:
MR. WATKINS:
01:44
Honor.
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removed from the unit regardless of what phase he's in, whether
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ADX?
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Q.
Are there inmates who are actually -- that are on SAMs who
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MR. MELLIN:
MR. WATKINS:
Thank you.
Nothing else.
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THE COURT:
Nothing else?
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All right.
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THE CLERK:
Be seated.
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THE COURT:
Mr. Weinreb?
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MR. WEINREB:
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We're going to adjourn now for the day and resume on Wednesday
morning.
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plan accordingly.
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