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<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.mtdemocrat.com/articles/2006/10/02/news/page_one/1n_01.txt">www.mtdemocrat.com/articl.../1n_01.txt</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Oct. 2, 2006 Hamlin gets life prison sentence for torture<br><br><br>“He told us he was going to get rid of our mom and get us a new mom.” - From convicted torturer Richard Hamlin's youngest daughter's statement to the court<br><br>“When I fell to the ground after being punched, he ordered me to get up and not act like I was hurt. If I stayed down too long, he would kick he. When I stood back up, he would hit me again.” - Susan Hamlin, ex-wife of Richard Hamlin<br><br>By Ryan McCarthy<br><br>Democrat staff writer<br><br>Convicted torturer Richard William Hamlin was sentenced to life in prison after a Friday sentencing hearing in Placerville when his ex-wife and four children asked that the 45-year-old former criminal defense attorney be sent to prison and not released.<br><br>“He became some animal - some beast,” Hamlin's 14-year-old son said in court of his father.<br><br> <br>The teenager said outside of the courtroom after the life sentence given his father that, “Alcohol and drugs turned him into something he wasn't.”<br><br>The son said Richard Hamlin had cocaine in the family's El Dorado Hills home.<br><br>“I found it in a couple of his pool bags,” the teenager said of Hamlin.<br><br>The 14-year-old said during the sentencing hearing that, “I never got to have a childhood and never really had a father.”<br><br> <br> <br>Looking at Richard Hamlin in court, the son said, “That is my goal. To never become anything like my dad.”<br><br>Hamlin's youngest daughter held a doll and stood behind her mother at the witness stand as Susan Hamlin read the girl's statement.<br><br>“My dad hurt us,” the youth said. “I was always afraid of my dad.<br><br>“He said my mom was bad and was not safe to be with,” the girl's statement read in part. “He told us he was going to get rid of our mom and get us a new mom.”<br><br>The girl asked that her father be kept in prison because she is scared that Richard Hamlin will come back and kill the family if released.<br><br>“All I ever wanted was a daddy that loved me,” she concluded. “I wanted two parents that loved me, but I only got one. My mommy loves me very much and we have a good home now. Please don't let my daddy come back.”<br><br>A jury in January found Richard Hamlin guilty of torture and other domestic violence related charges covering a period that the prosecution said began in June 2003 and ended with his arrest in February 2004. Hamlin beat his wife during “memory sessions” to win her agreement that she'd been sexually abused by her father, from whom Hamlin sought up to $1 million for the supposed abuse.<br><br>Vicki Ashworth, the deputy district attorney who prosecuted the case against Hamlin, said after the sentencing that “I'm pleased that we have finally come to a conclusion.<br><br>“There is no other punishment that would fit the crime,” Ashworth said in court, “besides life imprisonment.”<br><br>El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Eddie T. Keller, who presided over the trial in Placerville, said Friday in court that Hamlin's wife and children were “virtual prisoners” in the family home in El Dorado Hills. The judge referred to the “remarkable” planning and details that went into Hamlin's conspiracy theory that his Central Valley father-in-law sought to murder Hamlin as part of a satanic plot.<br><br>Richard Hamlin had an abnormal obsession with his father-in-law, the judge said.<br><br>“You inflicted this nightmare story on your children,” Keller told Hamlin of the accounts of cults, codes and a murder plot. “You are neither remorseful or contrite for what happened.”<br><br>The defense had argued against the torture charge, contending the state law passed in 1990 was intended for more extreme and violent crimes.<br><br>But the judge said Hamlin's conduct “fits the torture statute to a ‘T.'”<br><br>“This court believes Susan Hamlin,” said the judge of the woman who testified during the Placerville trial about being beaten regularly by her husband.<br><br>Susan Hamlin, the now ex-wife of the attorney, said during the sentencing hearing that she is reminded of Richard Hamlin's violence and control “every day of my life.”<br><br>“My survival depended on my knowledge and belief of the details of Rick's crazy story,” she said.<br><br>If she questioned or rejected any part of his account of her supposed sexual abuse, Susan Hamlin said, Richard Hamlin punched her in the face, hit her in the head so hard that everything flashed white, boxed her eyes, punched her in the stomach, broke furniture over her back, stuck a loaded gun in her mouth and held burning cigarettes to her face.<br><br>“I felt like it was just a matter of time before he killed me,” Susan Hamlin said of being threatened with a long, sharp sword. “At times I thought death was preferable to the continued torture.<br><br>“When I fell to the ground after being punched, he ordered me to get up and not act like I was hurt,” she said. “If I stayed down too long, he would kick he. When I stood back up, he would hit me again.”<br><br>Richard Hamlin in court said that he was 43 years old when arrested and before that had only a “couple of speeding tickets.”<br><br>He said that he has “developed a much deeper relation with Christ” while in custody.<br><br>Bob Banning, the assistant public defender who was co-counsel with Hamlin during the trial, said in court Friday that Hamlin “is a man of exceptional talent and exceptional skill as an attorney.”<br><br>“He is not the cold-hearted criminal” that legal proceedings have portrayed Hamlin as, Banning said.<br><br>The public defender said outside of court after the sentencing and denial of matters including the defense request for a new trial that, “We believe we had several motions that had a good legal basis. We're very disappointed the judge did in fact deny them.”<br><br>Richard Hamlin will remain in custody in the county jail until the conclusion of one more hearing late this month, regarding restitution owed his children. Following the conclusion of all legal matters in this case, he will be taken to a state prison to begin serving his term. He will be eligible for parole in fewer than eight years.<br><br><br> <p></p><i></i>

This all makes me very uncomfortable. The facts of this case do not fit neatly into the prosecution's narrative - if anything, a tale that disposes of all outlying evidence (like confessions! diaries!) by claiming they were all meticulously, pre-emptively fabricated by a psychotic svengali for no discernable gain ... it all seems just as incredible as Hamlin's tale of ritual abuse and mind control.<br><br>For the sake of those kids, I hope that Hamlin really is guilty. Otherwise, they are at the disposal of their mother and grandfather, and their only safeguard has just gotten life in jail. <p></p><i></i>

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>The judge referred to the “remarkable” planning and details that went into Hamlin's conspiracy theory that his Central Valley father-in-law sought to murder Hamlin as part of a satanic plot.<br><br>Richard Hamlin had an abnormal obsession with his father-in-law, the judge said.<br><br>“You inflicted this nightmare story on your children,” Keller told Hamlin of the accounts of cults, codes and a murder plot. “You are neither remorseful or contrite for what happened.”<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE EMOTICON START >: --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/mad.gif ALT=">:"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br>I wonder if the judge gets any perks from his Satanic friends for that? Motherfucking shit, this fucking sucks. I'm never living in California, I'm never even going to VISIT the fucking place. Scares the shit out of me. <p></p><i></i>

There did seem to be a lot of loose ends. Why couldn't Susan's father have testified? That was his daughter, for crying out loud. One other thing that bothered me was the way a couple of the sons immediately and cold-bloodedly manipulated to get their dad's money. But, this IS pretty horrific, if the wife and kids are telling the whole truth. <p></p><i></i>

The wife and kids are probably mixing a little truth with a lot of lies. <p></p><i></i>

This is SO fucking disturbing I can't believe it.<br><br>What the HELL is going on in this world?<br><br>Why haven't the police investigated <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>ANY</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> OF HAMLIN'S CHARGES AGAINST SIEMER?<br><br>It'd be a simple matter to examine his children for signs of sexual abuse.<br>It'd be a simple matter to verify a lot of things he alleged by simply searching the Siemer home, or contacting Sid Siemer's wife.<br><br>Did you listen to the recent Red-ice.net interviews with Hamlin where he goes into the case in depth?<br><br>What about the outside sources which allegedley confirmed his wife's allegations of abuse by her father?<br> A woman in Seattle who supposedley spent the night at the Siemer home when she was in high school with susan and was molested by sid?????<br><br>Why aren't these people coming forward???<br><br>Are they just going to let this slime bucket SID SIEMER get away with this crap?<br><br>Free and clear?<br><br>And let Richard rot in jail for life?????<br><br>Seriously this judge must be bought and fucking paid for.<br><br>This is just so extremely bullshit.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>FUCK!!! Why can't we do something about this?????</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=stackdag@rigorousintuition>stackdag</A> at: 10/2/06 10:07 pm<br></i>

Contact this "so-called" journalist who wrote the article<br><br>E-mail Ryan McCarthy at rmccarthy@mtdemocrat.net <br><br>or call (530) 344-5071.<br><br><br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=stackdag@rigorousintuition>stackdag</A> at: 10/2/06 11:12 pm<br></i>

My problem is that the prosecutions story has no internal cohesion - there is nothing binding it together.<br><br>Their account requires me to believe that a bizarre and arbitrary set of events were set in motion by Hamlin for no particular reason, except that Hamlin was a wife beater and disliked his father in law. If we take those two facts as given, I'm still unable to understand how events would have progressed in the way presented. <br><br>On the other hand, Hamlin's account holds up pretty well. He may well have excised the elements that worked against him (battery? drugs?) but at least he adequately accounts for the evidence, his behaviour, and her behaviour. The prosecution's story does not.<br><br>If Hamlin's account is true, then the kids are not only "at risk", but they have been victimised and are continuing to be victimised. And, regardless of which story is most credible, the reality is that, once the kids began testifying against him, he didn't have a chance. <br><br> <p></p><i></i>

biaothanatoi, I totally agree<br><br>I wonder if Susan Hamlin ever admitted molesting her own children with Sid Siemer in her confessions she gave to the police...<br><br>Did they ever question the man who Richard claims beat her up?<br><br>And even if the prosecutions side is true, why would Richard get LIFE in prison for it????<br><br>Not even child molesters get put away for life, and isn't molestation under threat of death SEXUAL TORTURE???<br><br>This is so fucking ridiculous, I can't believe it man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br><br>How can we do something about this??? what steps do we need to take get this situation exposed, or at least just investigated more fully???<br><br>I'm serious, this development is just so foul, it's beyond comprehension.<br><br><br>Please listen to these interviews with Richard...<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/2006/07jul/RIR-060730-rhamlin.mp3">www.redicecreations.com/radio/2006/07jul/RIR-060730-rhamlin.mp3</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/2006/09sep/RIR-060924-rhamlin-pt2.mp3">www.redicecreations.com/radio/2006/09sep/RIR-060924-rhamlin-pt2.mp3</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br> <p></p><i></i>

It's important to remember that Ted Gunderson was involved in Hamlin's investigations into his wife's background, which may account for Hamlin's very loose linkages between Siemer, RA and MK/CIA.<br><br>Particularly suspect is the "Satanic murder plot" against Hamlin - quote from the <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.newsmakingnews.com/vm,hamlin,trial,2,9,05.htm" target="top">sheriff's report</a><!--EZCODE LINK END-->:<br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Susan said Richard has been identified as "a Christian with a mission" and "must be eliminated " and that if Richard is allowed to live, he would cause problems for the Satanists. Susan said that Richard "won't go away," is a Christian with strong convictions and "has become a trophy head." She said "it would be a great victory for Satan if Richard is killed." Susan said that simply divorcing Richard (as opposed to killing him) was not an option for her if she was to prove her worthiness as a High Priestess.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br>If perps ran around knocking off every "Christian with a mission" they wouldn't stay underground for long. I'm wary of this story.<br><br>However, Susan's progressive disclosures regarding sexual abuse appear very genuine, and they follow a realistic and compelling pattern. The notion that this was orchestrated by Richard is very far-fetched to me. <p></p><i></i>

THE MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL AND SENTENCING OF RICHARD W. HAMLIN by Kathryn Joanne Dixon <br><br>.......<br>Central to the conviction and the sentencing was Hamlin’s mental state in committing this crime. The prosecution’s theory was that Richard Hamlin committed his crime for a sadistic purpose and/or for the purpose of extorting money from his father-in-law Dr. Sidney R. Siemer. Siemer, Susan’s father now in his early seventies, is a doctor of agriculture and had lived until recently in Fresno, California. Hamlin accused Dr. Siemer of sexually abusing his wife Susan as a child and he had demanded Siemer pay damages to the Hamlin family. The District Attorney of El Dorado County Gary Lacy charged Richard Hamlin with beating his wife Susan in order to force her to make up a story in writing that her father sexually abusing while engaging in Satanic rituals as part of a Satanic cult. The prosecutions theorized that the writings produced by Susan under Richard Hamlin’s duress were to be used to bolster Hamlin’s potential lawsuit against Susan Hamlin’s father. This hypothesis resulted in the charge of torture by extortion. Strangely, Hamlin was not charged with extorting Dr. Siemer. In an unusual twist of the law, Hamlin was not charged with extorting the person he was charged with beating with the intent to extort. Instead the prosecution charged the defendant with beating Susan to extort a third party, Dr. Sid Siemer<br>.....<br>With the doom inherent in these verdicts on his mind, Richard Hamlin still mustered the strength to challenge the court. He began, “The specific jury misconduct in his case is absolutely egregious especially the conduct of Juror No. 1, John Arnold and Juror No. 7, Robert Heissner.”<br>......<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.newsmakingnews.com/vm,kd,hamlin,motion,new,trial,10,8,06.htm">www.newsmakingnews.com/vm...0,8,06.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><br> <p></p><i></i>

Hamlin is an attorney - and a successful one. If he wanted to extort Siemer, why would he go an angle like "ritual abuse" that nobody would ever believe? <p></p><i></i>

rain, thanks for the link to the article. <p></p><i></i>

stackdag wrote:This is SO fucking disturbing I can't believe it.<br><br>What the HELL is going on in this world?<br><br>Why haven't the police investigated <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>ANY</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> OF HAMLIN'S CHARGES AGAINST SIEMER?<br>

Are they just going to let this slime bucket SID SIEMER get away with this crap?<br><br>Free and clear?<br><br>And let Richard rot in jail for life?????<br><br>Seriously this judge must be bought and fucking paid for.<br><br>This is just so extremely bullshit.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>FUCK!!! Why can't we do something about this?????</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=stackdag@rigorousintuition>stackdag</A> at: 10/2/06 10:07 pm<br></i>

Hi again stackdag!
I am glad I found this forum.. seems to be a lot I have knowledge on here.
I have some detailed info on Siemer, but it's not in a format I can put up on my site just yet (I need to scan it). I have more coming too.
Here's something interesting.. Susan at trial said that Siemer never worked in Indio.. but even Siemer himself says he did. Not to mention I can easily get proof of him working at the reservation.
Something else interesting.. if you've seen Susans "FIRST" account where she told of the molestation and such, you'll see she talks about witnessing another girl being abused and getting her bones broke on a "peg board". We have reason to believe that warehouse where that took place was also on the reservation.
Now I'm off to hunt around the forum for more stuffs!
Rachel aka desertfae

To Rachel aka desertfae

I'm glad you found the forum.
Actually, I don't really visit here as much as I did before.

I used to come here quite a bit back when Noreen Gosch got those photographs of Johnny delivered on her doorstep in 2006. It was during that whole Detective Nelson Zalva thing where he claimed the photos she got were of kids in florida who were "playing a game".

Then after that I moved on to another forum at franklinfiles.org.
Unfortunately that site got hacked ,as I was saying earlier, and is no longer available.

Somebody in comments section on this site

http://dreamsendweb.com/2007/09/01/luxxury-rocks-rosenbaum-punts/

claims that franklinfiles.org was hacked because the site allegedly connected a man named Jim Cownie to the Franklin Cover Up.

I can't find it anymore but I guess this hacking might of had to with some lady that was found dead in her apartment with her boyfriend a little while back. I remember she had a blog that I looked at.
I think she was a journalist.
Anyway I guess she might have been looking into this Jim Cownie guy or something, so his name might have been in the news...

...again, I'm not sure on it. But all this stuff happened in August of '07 when franklinfiles.org got hacked.

Anyway, I'm sure I'm not alone in saying that I look forward to any information you will provide in the future about any of the people and or issues related to your father's unfortunate death.

To be honest, all this stuff scares the crap out of me. I think you're very courageous to be doing what you are doing. And doing it all publicly seems like a great strategy.

I think, if what i've read and heard is true, these are some of the most important issues of our time, and I would like to see some justice on them. Hence my obviously heated emotions in the previous postings.

I know you've said you've called in on Alex Jones, but it would be great to hear your story on even more radio shows, or maybe even on your own podcast? The more media that is out on the internet about this stuff, the better as far as I'm concerned.

Richard Hamlin's interview on the redicecreations.com site was great and really informative. I would also like to hear more from him in the future as well. Not that I expect you to do it, I'm just musing.

The only drawback I see with sites like red-ice and this one for example is the whole bullshit alien stuff.

If there's aliens or not, I don't know and I don't care. It depresses me that most of the venues for this kind of information usually have some new age bullcrap alien stuff associated with them. I'm just afraid that the everyday person will associate all this information together with bigfoot and greys. Which sucks because INSLAW, PROMIS, Mk Ultra and those issues don't have anything to do with extraterrestrials as far as I know.

And if it does, let's just expose the real world government corruption which is shocking enough, and if by some way it leads to this other new age stuff we can deal with that when the time comes.

But I digress. Welcome to the forums, and I'm excited to see what happens on your site in the future.

Best wishes,

stackdag