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Don't Get Arrested In South Carolina
Independent Publisher Book Awards 2009 Bronze Medal Winner
2009 Irwin Award Winner-Book Publishers of Southern California.
THE TRUE STORY OF HOW THE PROSECUTION FAILED A GRIEVING FAMILY, THE LAWYERS FAILED THE DEFENDANT, LAW ENFORCEMENT FAILED A COMMUNITY, AND THE PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR WHO DECIDED THE COVER-UP HAD TO END.
The investigation into the death of Dr. Harry Sunshine exposes the corrupt underbelly of the South Carolina criminal prosecution system, and the corrupt acts of the three largest police agencies in the state.
The local media reported the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), SC Highway Patrol, and the Richland County Sheriff’s Department were looking for a white Lexus in the hit and run that killed Dr. Sunshine. This red herring was pursued for almost a month until the wife of the slain doctor was approached by a witness, who after having been ignored by the sheriff’s department, told Mrs Sunshine that she saw a black Lexus in the vicinity of the crime at the time of the accident. The black Lexus was occupied by a black female driver and a black male passenger. The authorities did not plan for this revelation which set into motion a cover up and persecution of a man who was never involved in this accident.
After the witness gave her statement, authorities found a wrecked 1993 Lexus on the lot of Hi-Line Imports in Columbia, S.C. however, The authorities did not take a statement from the owner of Hi-Line until a month later, and by then 1993 Lexus disappeared from the lot and the investigation.
When a statement was taken, the owner pointed out that he sold a black 1994 Lexus to Charles Outlaw a few days before Sunshine was killed.
Unknown to Charles, or the public, the initial suspect was John E. (Johnny) Brown, the boyfriend of Charles’ mother-in-law. Now the authorities had to quickly arrest Charles and his wife Tshona, accuse them of involvement, pressure Charles to take a quick plea and have him give a false statement implicating his wife, and let them take the fall.
Also unknown to Charles, Tshona was going to take a plea and implicate herself to protect John Brown. After the plea Tshona would tell fellow inmates that she was expecting a big payoff when she got out of prison.
Things were allowed to happened in order to protect the identity of the persons who were actually in the 1993 Lexus which struck Dr. Sunshine. These were very powerful men, and the original suspect was affiliated with members of the system in ways which were to be kept secret at any cost.
A Criminal Justice Handbook
The True Relationship Among Prosecutors, Defendants, Law Enforcement, Defense Attorneys, and Bail Bondsman.
This book is a guide for persons to understand how persons working within the criminal justice system in the United States become corrupt. It is the failure of the persons, not the system, which dictates the results of all interaction when a person is arrested. Greed is the moral downfall of the participants in the criminal justice system. The system has been called incestuous, which determined the title of this book.
After over 25 years as a private investigator, and also becoming a bail bond agent, J.B. Simms has an insight into the criminal justice system which others see, but are afraid to admit and publish. Simms outlines the purpose of each member of the criminal justice family: prosecutor, defendant, law enforcement, defense attorney, and the bail bondsman. Court cases are revealed for the reader, exposing not only the fact that members of the “family” commit some illegal and immoral acts, but that these acts are almost totally ignored by the courts, and none of the family members fear being held accountable.
The illegal and immoral acts, by themselves, and the collusion with other family members resulting in organized blackmail, cause great harm to the perception of our legal system, and there is always a victim. The victim can be a defendant, but sometimes the defendant is part of the game-playing which the family is involved. Another person subjected to the immoral acts of family members is the victim of the acts of the defendant.
This book is outlined with attention to each family member, and their relation to one another. The reader will see 105 endnotes, derived from almost 40 references. As one attorney said, “This book is well researched.” Another said, “I wish I had this book during my first year of law school.”
This is not simply a book of opinions of J.B. Simms. A wide range of experts are cited.
The reader will have an eye-opening experience by reading this book.
Friendly Fire At The Veterans Hospital
Stories which you have heard about mistreatment of Veterans at VA hospitals continue to shock the public, but the cover-up, as they say, is always worse than the crime. Was mistreatment and malpractice of Veterans at the Radiation Department at Long Beach (CA) Veterans Hospital a crime? Was giving radiation treatment to the wrong areas of the body a crime? Was the denial and cover-up by doctors, a hospital director, administrators, and investigative agencies, a crime? There was only one person who raised the issue that therapists were giving inaccurate radiation therapy treatment to our US Veterans: that person was the supervisor of the therapists. When the therapists lied to hide what they had done, the Chief Therapist reported their cavalier attitude. In order to obtain accreditation by the ACR, the hospital attacked the Chief Radiation Therapist, stripped her of her authority, and allowed rampant malpractice and mistreatment to continue. The wounding of the Veterans in the Radiation Therapy Department was no accident; the therapists just did not care, and no one was going to hold them accountable. Patients injured while receiving radiation therapy were sent to the emergency room for treatment, or to a hyperbaric chamber. All injuries, and wounding, were categorized as “side effects” and no one listened to the Chief Therapist. The doctors controlled what was being told to the wounded Veteran patient. The therapists controlled the doctors, and each department had professional and personal leverage on one another to the point that no person would ever be accountable for their actions. Whistleblower agencies were purposely ineffective and betrayed this Chief Radiation Therapist. This is the story of the brave Chief Radiation Therapist who was the only person to defend the Veterans, and ultimately saved lives, at the cost of her physical and emotional health.
About the Author
July, 2009 – New York, N.Y. http://www.pravenue.com/– Independent Publisher Book Awards announces “Don’t Get Arrested in South Carolina” by J.B. Simms the 2009 Bronze Medal Award winner in the True Crime category. Private investigator J.B. Simms details a three-year saga of deceit and corruption within the South Carolina legal system. Simms’ first-hand account shows what lengths authorities will go to protect the guilty, while refusing an innocent man his day in court to clear his name. This year’s awards attracted 4,090 entries from throughout the U.S. and Canada, plus most English-speaking countries worldwide. Medal-winning books came from 44 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia, eight Canadian provinces, and six countries overseas. IndependentPublisher.com, the online “voice of independent publishing”, has recognized excellence in self-publishing since 1996. “Today’s readers are seeking diverse perspectives on hot-button issues,” said awards director Jim Barnes. “This year’s list represents a mix of established independents and bold new voices, and their messages echo the call for change and a straightforward approach to dealing with the world’s social, political and economic problems.” For more information on Don’t Get Arrested in South Carolina or J.B. Simms visit www.erikpublishing.com . http://independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1298
2009 Irwin Award Winner-Book Publishers of Southern California
Best Non-Fiction Campaign
The original purpose for creating Erik Publishing was to publish DON’T GET ARRESTED IN SOUTH CAROLINA, which was the story of my defense of a client who was improperly charged with involvement in a man’s death, and the resulting cover-up by law enforcement and prosecution. The book was published in the spring of 2008, and since the publication, this book was adapted into a screenplay, and registered with the Writers Guild West.
Two more books have been completed, and were published in August, 2017; INCEST WITHIN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE FAMILY is a look at the five entities involved in the criminal justice system, and YEAH, MY DOG DID THAT, TOO is a fun loving retrospective of a dog who not only accompanied the author on five undercover operations, but was a part of the lives of other people and other dogs.
The latest book was published in February 2018, and it title Friendly Fire at the Veterans Hospital. This book is the story of a brave woman sacrifice her career and health to save Veterans from malpractice in the radiation department in the Long Beach VA Hospital. After she contacted me to write the story, I sent correspondence to agencies who were mandated to listen to her, and I facilitated her direct communication with the Chief of Staff of the Department of Veteran Affairs. The conspiracy was confirmed.
After having written four books, and having performed the formatting and book cover creation myself for the last three, I have a bit of experience in publishing which I will share with others. I have relied upon the advice and opinion of a publisher (Dianne Helm) and my son (Capt. Joe T. Simms, USAF), I have been able to write these books. I welcome contact from anyone who wants to have a story written. Many hours of anxiety will be saved if you contact me. There is a reason editors, book designers, formatters, and cover creators charge big bucks. I look forward to hearing from the next aspiring writer .
To order and receive one or more of Jim Simms books above, please visit www.erikpublishing.com and tell him Anthony Griffin sent you!
Book Reviews
Sharyn Blumenthal
Dr. Barbara A. Oakley
Dr. Barbara A. Oakley
J.B. Simms’s book, Don’t Get Arrested in South Carolina is a must read for every American. If you still believe that truth and justice reign supreme in America’s criminal justice system, in this account, Simms makes an airtight cse for reconsidering that opinion. He lays out the myriad of lies associated with a real criminal case, as seen through the eyes of an experienced private investigator, the author himself. He has documented how the needs, agendas and sheer power of law enforcement officers, lawyers and judges allow them to work in collusion to pin a rap on the ‘wrong man’. They change statements of witnesses, the alibies of the accuesed, the personal character and integrity of the victim and literally step over every moral and legal boundry as outlined in the U.S. Constitution.
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Sharyn C. Blumenthal
Former Chair and Currently Professor of Film & Electronic Arts
California State University, Long Beach
Dr. Barbara A. Oakley
Dr. Barbara A. Oakley
Dr. Barbara A. Oakley
J.B. Simms’s detailed account of the outright malevolence of certain highly placed, well respected public officials falls right in line with what modern neuroscientific results are telling us. Some powerful people are, unfortunately, wired to act in deceitful, manipulative, and self serving ways. Charles Outlaw’s story could have happened to any one of us- Jim Simms deserves a national award for bringing this horrific abuse to light”.
– Barbara A. Oakley, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow of the American Institution of Medical and Biological Engineers and author of the critically acclaimed Evil Genes.
