US Justice Dept. Frame Up of British Citizen

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All of which means The Africa Sting case raises troubling questions about the integrity of the American judicial system and the likely fortunes of British nationals extradited to face it.
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It was, he says, ‘like having a bomb dropped on your life. There is a dark side to our world, a place beyond our control where governments and their agents can do what they want.
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All of which means The Africa Sting case raises troubling questions about the integrity of the American judicial system
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It led the foreman of the jury, which eventually tried six of David Painter’s co-accused, to reveal the underlying view of the jurors was that ‘the defendants had acted in good faith and the DoJ-FBI in bad faith’.
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‘My dramatic arrest and the way I was treated in prison was to soften me up for a plea bargain. Ninety per cent of people in my situation accept one because of the almost insurmountable odds against fighting the limitless resources of the DoJ.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150326/The-Vegas-sting-A-cunning-FBI-trap-set-cocaine-addicted-stool-pigeon-ensnared-British-businessman-destroyed-life-The-problem-He-innocent.html

The Vegas sting: A cunning FBI trap set by a cocaine-addicted stool pigeon ensnared this British businessman and destroyed his life.
The only problem? He was innocent
FBI entrapped David Painter in fake $15million deal to arm the presidential guard in Gabon
He was forced to sell £1.5m home and sell shares to cover his legal costs
The 58-year-old slept on a concrete floor with 24 hour a day electric lighting in prison
He said: 'After I was arrested I felt as if I’d just dropped off the radar of my real life, as though I’d disappeared into the American prison system and would never be discovered'
By SARAH OLIVER
Daily mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 18:49 EST, 26 May 2012 | UPDATED: 18:52 EST, 26 May 2012