A searing memoir on justice and race in the US federal legal system. The author is a native of Washington DC, from a prominent family African American involved in local government and education. He is a trained clinical therapist who became a real estate broker and developer in the early 1990s. In 2006 he purchased a project in a suburb in Clifton, VA for 4.5 million dollars, and the lawyer for the seller began a campaign to have him investigated and prosecuted by his friends in Federal law enforcement as a means of punishing him for owning a home in his subdivision. He was convicted in 2011 of wire fraud, but used his formal education to learn federal law and appeal his case himself, and on November 5th 2015 the Fourth Circuit vacated and remanded the case back to my district court. This memoir was written to bring to the public's attention the grave issues of racial bias and injustice currently plaguing our nation's federal legal system. The story is an incredible one that will add to the public's knowledge about the very grave issues which need to be addressed in our federal legal system. Most Americans have no idea what federal judges, prosecutors, and agents are getting away with against criminal defendants. This book is a must read for all legal professionals and others interested in and involved in criminal justice reform.

The author, Alexander Otis Matthews, is a native of Washington DC, from a respected African American family involved in local government and education. He is the author of three books: " My-America: A Memoir On Justice And Race In The U.S. Federal Legal System", "Of What Race Were The Ancient Egyptians," and "Son of Qinghua: Shi Yong Wei's 15- Year Prison Saga After Being Falsely Convicted In The U.S. Federal Legal System." In addition to being a writer and amateur Egyptologist he has an M.A. in clinical and comm psychology and is a trained clinical therapist who became a real estate broker and developer in the early 1990s in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington DC. In 2006 he purchased a project in an exclusive suburb in Clifton VA for 4.5 million dollars, and the lawyer for the seller disliked the author's racial and religious characteristics and began a four year campaign to have him investigated and prosecuted by his friends in federal law enforcement as a means of punishing him for owning a home in the private subdivision. The author was convicted in 2011 of wire fraud, but used his formal education to learn federal law and appeal his conviction on his own without an attorney. After litigating his appeal for five years, on November 5th, 2015 the Fourth Circuit finally vacated and remanded the case back to the lower court's district judge in Fourth Circuit Appeal 15-6656. The author has written this memoir to bring to the public's attention the grave issues of racial bias and injustice currently plaguing our nation's federal legal system. His story is an incredible one that he hopes will add to the public's knowledge about the very grave issues we face in our federal legal system. The hard copy book will be published and available in April 2017 by a London publisher, the paperback book will be published by Amazon on January 31st, 2017, and Smashwords is also publishing the ebook on January 31st, 2017 to its platform and all major ebook platforms. Most Americans have no idea what federal judges, prosecutors, and agents are getting away with against criminal defendants. Our current federal system system is generally not interested in winnowing truth from falsehood in the cases brought against defendants, this system wants convictions only, and is not interested in the other side of justice, the side which subjects the government's case to the rigorous scrutiny of habeas, which the U.S. Supreme Court has called a court's highest duty under law und...