Khalfani frame-up

As many of you may know, Khalfani X. Khaldun got his release from Pendleton on July 27. On the same day he was transferred to Laporte County Jail to once again face charges of homicide in the murder of a Michigan City Prison guard in 1964.

Khalfani had mistakenly assumed that an interlocutory appeal filed by his public defender in January of this year had been accepted and the charges had been dismissed because of a violation of the constitutional right to a speedy trial. This attorney has spoken with Khalfani about three times in a year to "represent" him in a what could have been a capital case. All things point to an attempted collusion between Khalfani's attorney Donald Harner and the prosecution for Khalfani to accept a plea bargain rather than face a 50-year sentence.

We feel that it is mandatory that Khalfani receive the benefit of legal assistance that is more concerned with justice than with the political games of Laporte and St. Joseph Counties in Indiana.

Khalfani has asked me to accept any donations toward his legal defense. Checks should be written to the "Leonard McQuay Defense Fund."

Anyone knowing of movement lawyers who may consider a defense of Khalfani and who could accept responsibilities in the state of Indiana, please contact me at (765) 420-8081 or at ndugux@hotmail.com.

-Mark Thiel