Ben Meaux

He was arrested, and by mismanagement of the US Consulate, he was poorly represented and extradited to the US.

Airline workers protested to stop Marshals during escort of the extradition, yelling, "no government work will be done aboard commercial airlines," and the captain read from a prepared speech... "An extradition has to be approved by the captain, and I am the captain of this ship; I do not approve." The hostesses then closed the plane hatch. Because of that, a Marshal from Shreveport gave false charges of resisting arrest and racial slurs. The extradition had to be done aboard a private jet at the cost of the US taxpayer's expenses.

Once in Lafayette, Louisiana, Ben was not given Due Process for 8 1/2 years. He sat without trial and was injured by guards who beat him and broke his front teeth. Before trial and conviction, the local court claimed him insane and made a 6-year delay to have a sanity evaluation that Ben passed and was credited for having a genius IQ.

His flight charges and other charges by the Marshals were dismissed by a Federal Judge during the first months of his arrival in Lafayette.

Several Lafayette judges deferred the trial and passed the case until a black Islamic judge received it and began the trial. During jury selection, the judge insisted Ben hurriedly choose a trial-by-jury or plea of no-contest or again another insanity plea. The judge had lied that Ben was going back and forth on his decisions. Ben did not talk much and had told his lawyers he wanted a trial-by-jury and considered no-contest if it would be for an immediate release since he had served 8 1/2 years already without a trial.

Six months later, a sentencing hearing was made for a no-contest plea. The plaintiff arrived and proved he had married Ben's cousin, and they had 2 children together. The cousin admitted that she had not known the plaintiff before the alleged shooting incident. Ben's family was fooled by the plaintiff's lawyer to go home. An uncle who stayed said he had long been waiting for Ben's return home, same for the rest of the family.

The plaintiff did not speak one word, nor did his lawyer, only the cousin who married him. She expressed she is scared and fears for her life and her children's. The judge agreed and said he felt Ben was dangerous and would continue to be dangerous. He stated Ben is a Foreign Legionnaire who wanted to be a fugitive, and he is obsessed with a family that gave him up for adoption and does not want him back.

Ben has never threatened to kill anyone.

The judge gave Ben Meaux a guilty verdict (despite him not having a previous record), carrying a 40-year sentence with hard labor, restitution of $300,000, and insanity re-evaluations. He stated he never wants Ben out of prison for the rest of his life.

Ben replied, "it's because you're prejudiced because you are a black Islamic." The judge replied, "That may be so." Is this judge retaliating because of Islamic prejudices against white people and because of paranoia over french and U.S. wars against Islamic nations?

The Judge is Jules Edward III, the District Attorney is Mike Harson, and the Prosecutor is Bill Babin.

...Judgment was given for Nolo Contendre - 2 CONSECUTIVE 20-YEAR PRISON SENTENCES FOR ATTEMPTED MANSLAUGHTER WITH HARD LABOR AND RESTITUTION...

In 2003 Ben Meaux was arrested and extradited from France by Lafayette authorities and unjustly held for 8 1/2years without trial nor bond, then given a 40-year sentence for 2 counts of attempted manslaughter despite no evidence nor any deaths or proof of any injuries to anyone. The Lafayette authorities beat him and drugged him with Respridol, leaving him with permanent injuries.

"Before any conviction, while in shackles, I was thrown on the ground by a team of guards; my back was stomped, and my feet pushed to the back of my head. Three prison doctors took x-rays twice and gave their opinion that my back injuries are severe and permanent, that because of my joints being over-flexed, I now have calcification and inflammation all around the immoveable joints of my tailbone and my lower-back vertebrae, which sometimes paralyzes me for hours so that I can't walk. One doctor's notes had "possible disk disease?". There is no treatment for my injuries. A guard named Simone had seen what had happened, so they took photos of the bruises on my wrists, abdomen, ankles, and back; however, in all these years, my bad lawyers never demanded copies, so the photos were likely erased from the jails digital camera."

"Broken teeth, side-effects from forced medication, and a permanent back injury before or after a conviction are violations of our U.S. Amendments against cruel and unusual punishment." ~ Ben Meaux

Ben Meaux is a U.S. citizen and has never had a previous criminal record.