It’s time to put the judicial system in the state of Maryland on BLAST!
I am holding in my hands the court docket citing the criminal record of serious accusations against Mahamu D. Kanneh, which is literally a mile long and could fill a book. No, I am not exaggerating. Why is this important? I’ll tell you why.
Mahamu D. Kanneh is a Liberian native who received asylum in the U.S. when he was in high school. Unfortunately, he has been accused of being a menace to U.S. society—particularly to young girls, ever since his arrival.
Because of the tremendous length of Mr. Kanneth’s criminal docket, I will summarize it for you and tell you of a potential miscarriage of justice that has happened in Maryland.
2003 – 2004 – This is the period in which the rape charges against Mr. Kanneth began. At the time he lived in Prince Georges County, Maryland in the 5600 block of Whitfield Chapel Road.
Charges: Three counts of 2nd degree rape; several charges of 3rd degree rape; sex abuse of a minor; second degree assault
Some time in 2005 the Department of Health and Human Services was contacted by the court system. Because social workers were involved, the contents are secret. But, someone (a parent?) filed a protective order against this alleged perverted rapist, apparently on behalf of a child.
By 2006 this dangerous alleged rapist and criminal had crossed the line from Prince Georges County into Montgomery County where he took up residence on Blanchford Street in Rockville, Maryland. He continued his alleged reign of terror against little girls.
In 2006 an order for an evaluation mental/psychiatric/psychological health was ordered on this accused child molester. He was arrested for driving without a license (probably in route to finding another victim).
During his court case in 2007 (where he used a public defender, paid for by our tax dollars) he had the nerve to request that all DNA evidence against him be excluded. Wonder why?
In between all this mess and criminology, the slick Mr. Kanneh and his public defender concocted a plan. In spite of the fact that he attended high school and community college in this country—instructed in ENGLISH, he claimed he needed an interpreter of his native language, Vai. The court claimed that they could not find anyone who spoke that language so they dismissed all charges against this alleged criminal.
Can you believe that? Keep in mind that all one has to do is go on Craig’s list and search out an interpreter. Keep in mind that the Washington Post said that they found several Vai interpreters rather quickly.
The most important thing to note is that Mr. Kanneh does not need any translators. Check this out:
“Presently, Mr. Kanneh’s command of English was reasonably good, but he commented that at times he still did not understand English very well and would require continuing explanations until he did understand,” Poirier’s report also states. “Mr. Kanneh was aware of the allegations involving child sexual abuse, he was aware of the role of significant courtroom players.
“We found Mr. Kanneh to be responsive and able to meaningfully participate in the screening interview,” the report continues. “Likewise, we would anticipate that he will be able to adequately assist defense counsel especially if time is taken to explain to him matters or events that he does not readily grasp because of his language/cultural background.” Source
There is hope!
Montgomery County State’s Attorne[sic], John McCarthy called the ruling last Tuesday by Judge Katherine Savage “improper,” adding that his office has “requested that an appeal be taken to reverse the court’s order.”
Let’s hope and pray that with the help of John McCarthy and national news outlets, justice is served on behalf of the little girls who say they were victimized by a monster who has no conscience and no plans to discontinue his perverted ways.
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This just turns my stomach. I come across people at work each day that will act like they do not understand English yet one even acted as an interpreter !! I am at a loss for words at this injustice for this little girl.
I agree with you. Because I am here in Maryland I am able to keep a close watch on this situation. As soon as an update is available, I’ll post it right away.
[...] For the second time in less than a month, I have to put the state of Maryland on BLAST. Maryland has truly blundered in releasing dangerous child rapists onto the streets to continue attacking innocent children. I recently blogged about Mahamu Kanneh, an alleged pedophile whose case was dropped because he—a man who has attended college in this country (instruction in ENGLISH), said that he needed an interpreter. The court system claimed they could not find an appropriate interpreter in a timely manner so they let him loose onto the streets. More here [...]