| Inmate Died
In MDC Day After Guilty Verdict On Child
Porn Charges, Now BOP Says FOIA
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 22 – Frederick Scheinin
was charged, and then
convicted, for child
pornography. He was a DEA
diversion investigator.
And 24
hours after he was convicted
in a jury trial Inner City
Press covered below, he was
dead in the Metropolitan
Detention Center in Brooklyn
(where Ghislaine Maxwell is
detained).
After his
conviction, Scheinin was
placed in the MDC Special
Housing Unit: "he was alone in
the cell and had no cellmate.
The MDC SHU cells on that tier
each have solid metal doors
with a clear window. The SHU
hallways have cameras but the
individual cells do not....
The final results of the
autopsy have not been received
by the family." The request to
Judge Jed S. Rakoff to probe
is itself heavily redacted.
Now on July 22,
the US Bureau of Prisons has
responded that Judge Rakoff
should NOT see the records,
that a report is being
prepared that can be requested
after August 8 - under FOIA.
Inner City Press will have
more on this.
On April 16, U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Lorna G. Schofield held
a proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it.
The
defense said it is difficult
to work with Scheinin while he
is incarcerated amid COVID.
On May 7 SDNY
Judge Jed S. Rakoff, to whom
the case has been re-assigned,
held a proceeding. The June 16
trial date was re-affirmed -
and Inner City press has been
covering it, including on
Juneteenth, when the
government's main witness was
cross examined.
She,
a 32 year old law enforcement
officer, impersonated a 14
year old boy on Grindr.
Scheinin asked her/him about
meeting on the Staten Island
Ferry, and (much) worse. The
defense argument was, Scheinin
knew she was an adult.
But this
opens the door to 404(b)
evidence, including photos
that the defense on June 18
said is too prejudicial. It
will be emailed to Judge
Rakoff, who has promised fast
rulings and a draft charge by
midday Monday.
And now on
Tuesday, June 22: "the
conviction in Manhattan
federal court of FREDERICK L.
SCHEININ for attempted
production of child
pornography, attempted receipt
of child pornography, and
attempted enticement of a
minor... Attempted
production of child
pornography carries a
mandatory minimum sentence of
15 years in prison and a
maximum sentence of 30 years
in prison; attempted receipt
of child pornography carries a
mandatory minimum sentence of
five years in prison and a
maximum sentence of 20 years
in prison; and attempted
enticement of a minor carries
a mandatory minimum sentence
of 10 years in prison and
maximum sentence of life in
prison. SCHEININ is
scheduled to be sentenced on
September 23, 2021, at 4:00
pm."
And Judge Rakoff
to his credit signed a medical
attention order: "MEDICAL
ATTENTION FORM as to Frederick
L. Scheinin. (Signed by Judge
Jed S. Rakoff on 6/22/2021)."
The case is US v.
Scheinin, 20-cr-133 (Rakoff)
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