Question: Ask The Nuwaupians, Why Did Malachi York Plead Guilty To Child Molestation Charges?
Answer: Because he sacrificed himself to free the sisters.
Some Nuwaupians will say and promote the deception that Malachi York took the plea to get the Nuwaupians Kathy Johnson, Khadijah Merritt, Chandra Lampkin and Istyr Cole released from jail because he thought they were being tortured, but they were NOT in jail at that time, so that excuse doesn't hold weight.
Below are the facts regarding this question which also debunks the above Nuwaupian and York claim.
~ TIMELINE ~
- Malachi York was arrested on May 8th, 2002, denied Federal and State bond, plead guilty to the 40 counts of child molestation on JANUARY 24, 2003
- Kathy Johnson was arrested May 8th, 2002 and granted Federal bond, denied State bond, released on bond Dec. 4th 2002, plead guilty April 1st 2003
- Khadijah Merritt- turned herself in on May 21 2002, denied bond, released on bond Dec 6th 2002, plead guilty May 30th 2003
- Chandra Lampkin - turned herself in on May 21 2002, denied bond, released on bond Dec 6th 2002, plea guilty May 30th 2003
- Istyr Cole - turned herself in on May 16th 2002, granted bond
This was even reported in the local news as it happened.
These ladies were NOT in jail at the time York plead guilty. For Nuwaupians, something as simple as thinking logically, seeking the facts and asking questions is apparently difficult, they should have asked themselves...
"How can we push Dr. York's innocence while he refuses to withdraw his guilty plea. He's not being tortured or under duress to keep it in. He's said to be writing books from prison in the form of letters to his staff etc. So why doesn't he put that energy into his actual freedom by withdrawing a plea that he said he was tortured to make? "
Notice that everyone plead guilty, albeit at different times, but they all plead guilty. Two sisters used an Alfred Plea which is a different type of plea but the sentence was no in house jail time but a lengthy probation and sex offenders registration etc.
Kathy Johnson served time and was released, then given probation and registered as a sex offender and banned from most of Georgia. So the initial plan was for all of them to plea guilty. The problem came when York's agreement was rejected in the federal case. He was the FIRST to guilty plead GUILTY. Nuwaupians don't realize or the ignore this fact. They should thank the Judge for rejected the plea or else York would have never had any opportunity to fight for freedom and say he was innocent. The only reason why York can go back to saying he's innocent is because of the fact that the federal judge rejected his guilty admission. Six months later York was asked if he would agree with the 20 yrs or withdraw his plea and go to trial. York refused to withdraw his plea, This is because within that six month time York was given misinformation about Native American and UCC issues. He thought that by not participating in the court proceedings that he would eventually have to be freed. This was obviously wrong.
Once York realized that it was a bad decision and that he will have to go to trial, there had to be an excuse made as to why he plead guilty in the first place. The conclusion was to tell everyone that he was tortured and a few other things such as it was done to save the other women and save the land etc.. all of which were false.
This point can't be stressed enough, the ladies were NOT in jail at the time of the guilty plea. Moving forward with the torture statements, this gave an excuse and also created motivation among Nuwaupians to prepare and fight in court.
This is why chronology of events is so important to keep up with, knowing it debunks and illuminates the misinformation campaigns launched by Nuwaupians.
Below is York's video guilty plea on January 24, 2003, a guilty plea that was made while Kathy Johnson, Khadijah Merritt, Chandra Lampkin and Istyr Cole were OUT ON BOND.
Here's an excerpt from the court transcripts of York's guilty statements on January 23, 2003
At NO point in the video nor in the transcripts is there mention of torture
2 NUWAUBIAN WOMEN OUT ON BOND
Posted: Saturday, December 07, 2002
By Associated Press
EATONTON -- Two women facing charges of child molestation along with Nuwaubian leader Malachi York and his wife have been released from jail on bond.
Chandra Lampkin was charged with three counts of child molestation and two counts of aggravated child molestation, and Khadijah Merritt was charged with eight counts of child molestation and three counts of aggravated child molestation. Both were released Thursday on $40,000 bond, Putnam County officials said.
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Saturday, December 7, 2002.
http://onlineathens.com/stories/040203/new_20030402067.shtml
Kathy Johnson plead guilty to Misprision of a Felony Title 18 USC Sec 4. , failing to report the felony York was accused of. In other words she has an admission that she witnessed Malachi York commit a felony that he was charged with and failed to report it. This is one of the issues that Nuwaupians have NOT talked about and you won't see it in flyers, Facebook comments etc. that Kathy admits to have witnessed her then husband York molesting several children. The legal affairs are huge and people are still trying to push propaganda that only works on Nuwaupians, meanwhile the legal professional community and justice system just shakes its head.
Above is Kathy Johnson and Malachi York in court seeing each other for the last time
This is one issue that goes unchallenged, the fact that York plead guilty in Federal and State venues and never pulled back either plea. The Federal plea was rejected by a Federal judge because of the negotiated time of 15 years was not enough and the judge would have accepted 20 years based on Federal sentencing guidelines. The nature of federal plea agreements is that a Judge must accept the agreement and both parties enter into agreements with this understanding. This means federal plea agreements between defense and prosecution is subject to approval by a federal judge and there is always a possibility of the federal judge rejecting the plea agreement or making an alternative recommendation. State plea agreements are handled differently and do not require the same procedure with the state judge. Malachi York's State plea was accepted in the court and is still on record intact. York did not withdraw either pleas even though he has had ample time and abilities to do so.
Nuwaupians needs to ask themselves if recording a prescripted phone conversation from prison declaring your innocence have more weight and relevancy than actual court pleadings saying the opposite? This is why out of all the projects and money spent by Nuwaupians to give the illusion of helping York or making progress, the court system and legal professionals on both sides sits back and either laughs or are just amazed at how long the illusion continues.
Kathy Johnson, pleaded guilty to seven counts of child molestation and was sentenced to two years in prison. So here we have 4 females who were charged with molestation alongside York, yet you don't hear Nuwaupians trying to defend them with shouts of conspiracy. Talks of taking a plea did not take place until AFTER the results of York testing positive for Herpes-II. It was at that time that the consideration of a plea of guilt was expressed, York was fully aware of this. The excuses Nuwaupians repeat were created as damage control and to maintain York's image in public. There were several victims who tested positive for Herpes II (HSV-II) and anal Chlamydia. Refer to question #18:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSF_pwigATU&feature=youtu.be
There is no consistent logic involved in the Nuwaupian organization be it with doctrine or legal issues. The legal efforts are disorganized, illogical, and surrounded by incompetence.
