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Letters to the Editor of
The
Tribune & Georgian
Dear Editor,
It has been 10 months and counting since DA (District Attorney Stephen)
Kelly and his office arrested Dr. (Noel) Chua. They ruthlessly and without
hesitation froze all his assets and incarcerated the good doctor. The DA's
office self reportedly spent nine months to carefully orchestrate an
iron-clad, no-escape list of allegations against him that included 17 counts
of violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act and, as erroneous as it
may sound, RICO (Racketeer Influenced & Corrupt Organizations) charges. Oh,
also a felony murder charge. (We'll talk about the common drug abuse and
suicide at a different time.)
Reporter Gordon Jackson (Jacksonville, Times-Union) reported on Feb. 21 from
the Woodbine Superior Court that the honorable Judge Amanda Williams "denied
a motion by defense attorneys Tuesday to drop felony murder charges against"
Dr. Chua. It was stated that there was "no foreseeable risk of death" by the
defense attorney. The DA's office argued "it should be up to a jury to
decide whether (Dr.) Chua is guilty of felony murder." Judge Williams
agreed, saying, "a jury, not a judge, should decide if (Dr.) Chua should
have foreseen potential problems when he prescribed the drugs."
Of course,
this reasoning makes perfect sense. All of us in Camden County want, and
have been waiting, for this case to go to court and be tried. What doesn't
make sense is why a DA's office that self reportedly took nine months to
prepare their meticulous and specific "iron clad-no escape" case against Dr.
Chua and was operating at an alarming lightning-runaway-freight-train speed
and abandonment last fall to try this case in two months of the arrest, all
of a sudden came to a grinding halt when Dr. Chua refused to sign a plea
agreement that would falsely incriminate him. Now, 10 months later, the DA's
office is still waiting for Dr. Chua to sign a plea agreement. Not "the plea
agreement," just any sort of plea agreement. Why, with such a
perfectly-constructed and organized case that is now 19 months in the
making, where is the trial? Why is the DA's office still hoping, praying and
now forcing Dr. Chua to sign a false statement? "Forcing" because the DA has
been granted this immense power by us, the people who elected him into this
position. "Forcing" because the DA has the power to keep Dr. Chua
indefinitely until he finally coerces a signature from him.
What would cause the DA's office to act so suspiciously? What happened to
the case of the century they sold us on? Now we can only believe what we
strongly suspected last fall. The rush-rush tactics employed by the DA's
office were really "cover-up, cover-up." This also will be uncovered in
court and the prosecution knows it.
Why is it so important to get Dr. Chua to admit guilt to a crime he is
innocent of? What is the reason the prosecution can't take this case to
court as they are still begging and hoping and forcing for a plea? Nineteen
months and all they are hoping for is a plea?
Hmmm, why do the letters "I" and "F" keep popping up in my mind?
Robert
McLaughlin
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Petition To Release Dr Noel Chua
We the undersigned do petition Superior
Court Judge Amanda Williams to immediately
set a fair and equitable bond for the
release of Dr. Noel N. Chua from the Camden
County Public Safety Complex knowing that:
Dr. Noel N. Chua has been a law abiding
citizen his entire life having never been
accused of a crime, or been arrested, or
been convicted of any crime prior to
September 13, 2006, and that he is not a
flight risk, and that his being incarcerated
has put a tremendous professional,
financial, and emotional burden upon him and
that setting a bond would follow the
precedent set when defendants charged with
similar crimes were granted a bond by Judge
Amanda Williams.
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RESOLUTION ON BEHALF OF SHERIFF
WILLIAM E. SMITH AND THE CAMDEN
COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO
CALL UPON SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE
AMANDA WILLIAMS TO CORRECT AN
INJUSTICE BY SETTING A BOND FOR
DEFENDANT DR. NOEL NATIVIDAD CHUA
WHO IS CURRENTLY INCARCERATED IN
THE CAMDEN COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY
COMPLEX IN WOODBINE, GEORGIA
WHEREAS, Defendant Dr. Noel Chua was
arrested on September 13, 2006 in
Camden County, Georgia and
subsequently denied a bond by
Superior Court Judge Amanda
Williams; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Noel Chua
has been a law abiding citizen his
entire life having never been
accused of a crime, or been
arrested, or been convicted of any
crime prior to September 13, 2006
and is not a flight risk, and
WHEREAS, being
incarcerated has put a tremendous
professional, financial, and
emotional burden upon a man well
respected in Camden County, and
WHEREAS, the pursuit of
justice must always be tempered by
fairness and it is incumbent upon
those who hold elected office to
maintain their impartiality, and
WHEREAS, in other cases
with defendants charged with similar
crimes Judge Williams has set bonds,
and
WHEREAS, the
incarceration of Dr. Chua creates an
unnecessary tax burden on the
citizens of Camden County, and
WHEREAS, there are ten law abiding
citizens of Camden County ready to
put their property up as collateral
for Dr. Chua’s bond, and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED, by the governing authority
of Camden County, Georgia, in
agreement with Camden County Sheriff
William E. Smith, that we do hereby
call upon Superior Court Judge
Amanda Williams to right a
tremendous wrong by granting a bond
to Dr. Noel N. Chua. |
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