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Written by Randy Vanlandingham
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Open letter to all our supporters and connected friends around the Globe

Dear friends:

This letter is to inform you of the CHANGE that has taken place at this website.
Webmaster Luke turned 18 this past year and is getting ready (as he finishes his Sr. Year)
for his amazing collegiate experiences ahead. He has been accepted to Michigan State
University for the Fall Semester. He has done a SUPERIOR job at putting the engine
together for this site. He has been a right-hand man for my needs in sharing regularly with
each of you. Please pray for his goals, dreams, and aspirations, and for God's greatest
blessings to come his way.

The second part of that CHANGE is for the mechanics of webmastering to be passed back
to Ms. Charlotte Hamner. She was the pioneer to get us connected 6 or so years ago
through a basic information site. Now, with the history of the site secure, there have been
noted (the last 4 years) a record number of 60,000+ visits to this site. That makes it now
averaging 2,000 new visits per month for the past year. Last year it averaged about 1,000
per month. Word of mouth has spread the connections ALL OVER THE WORLD for this
ongoing ministry. Thank you for what all of you have done to "spread the Word." Thank
you Mrs. Hamner for what great things are ahead via your servant-leadership and savvy to
streamline and enhance what Luke has frameworked.

Finally, I would like to inform you of a new mail service available to inmates. Go to
jpay.com and it will tell you how to email inmates now with their NEW program. When
you visit that site, give my name and number (Randall VanLandingham 405124) for you
to be able to email me. When I get your email, I will write back to inform you that it
worked? Later this year we are supposed to be able to email back... But at this time, I can
only receive your personal email. When you email me, the mailroom receives it and prints
and places it in my mail that I get Monday through Friday (minus holidays.) I will be
excited to hear from you whenever you can send an email.

Please inform you friends who may want to receive these emails to PLEASE be sure to
register to receive these FREE OF CHARGE! This will ensure you get all letters and even
"private updates" on appeal status, court appearances, medical situation and webmaster
updates information.

Also, there is a new picture in the photo gallery of me and my parents.

I look forward to your connecting to the website regularly now and even emailing
thoughts and greetings! BLESSINGS ON EACH OF YOU AND YOURS FOR 2009.
In his service and Love, always!

Randy!

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 21 April 2009 )

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Randy VanLandingham Wrongly Convicted in Michigan

Written by Charlotte Hamner
Sunday, 26 March 2006
Randall VanLandingham, Jr., was falsely accused and convicted of child sexual
molestation in Michigan in March, 2002. He was given a 40 year sentence with no chance
of parole for 15 years. Randy is innocent of this conviction and is appealing.

Randy and his wife were Salvation Army Officers serving in Michigan. They sometimes
brought underprivileged children to their home for sleepovers with the VanLandingham
children, pizza parties with activities and music lessons which Randy gave for free. On
one occasion there was a fuss between the children and one of the VanLandingham
children, and the visiting child announced, "We're going to get your daddy for this."
Shortly thereafter, an eleven year old girl falsely accused Randy of molestation. She was
well versed in street language, had viewed porn films with her friends and even engaged
in sexual acts with her older and younger brothers one of which is now in prison for this.
The grandmother of the child appears to have set up the whole allegation for the sole
purpose of obtaining money from the Salvation Army via a lawsuit and the girl was a
willing and knowing accomplice. This information was not allowed to be admitted in
court, so the jury was kept completly ignorant to the truth.

The jury said that he was NOT guilty of 5 out of 9 allegations of touching. One allegation
(count) was voted eleven-to-one to be NOT Guilty and the other 3 counts were the ones
that they chose to call guilty. Six of the counts were from 2 girls. The jury split the counts
up and chose three allegations to be listed as guilty and three to be not believed and NOT
guilty. The jury foreman stated to the Flint Journal reporter that they had 'no evidence to
go on,' so they used the jury instruction that they could judge the perceptions of body
language for Captain VanLandingham when he testified. They thought he was "too calm
and confident" and that should be considered an oddity. Reasonable doubt was definitely
lacking in this deliberation.

He was convicted and sentenced to 40 years in prison on April 19, 2002. Even if he were
guilty, (which he is not) a 40 years sentence is mind boggling. For instance June 2, 2002,
a well publicized murder defendant from a well known family in Massachusetts was
convicted of murder and he may only get 10 to 25 years prison time. IS THIS JUSTICE?

Before the trial, Randy flatly refused to plea bargain for a very short or no prison time,
because he IS COMPLETELY INNOCENT of any sexual abuse.

According to www.allencowling.com
" Without question, false allegations of child abuse as well as convictions based on these
allegations, have become nothing short of an epidemic during the past ten years and the
obvious question is, why? One major reason for the increase is the mandated reporting
law, making it a felony when certain individuals fail to report suspected abuse. As to
convictions, often they can be attributed to those prosecutors, social workers and child
advocates who have no desire to find the truth, but simply want to validate a child's
allegation. These save the world vigilantes are responsible for sending hundreds of
innocent people to prison solely based on the fact that a child said it happened."

A terrible injustice has been done to the VanLandingham family. His father (a retired
United Methodist minister) and his mother are mortgaging their home to try to finance an
appeal for a new trial. They have been told that a minimum of $10,000 is needed up front
just to file an appeal. If a new trial is granted, that means much more funds will be
needed. To help them allay legal expenses for an appeal, a special fund has been set up
and contributions may be sent to:

R.A.V. Legal Defense Fund

Atten: C.V. Hamner
1531 Hwy 14 West
Prattville, AL 36067.

You may write out checks to R.A. VanLandingham Legal Defense Fund or RAV Legal
Defense Fund. For more information, you may contact Charlotte Hamner at 334-365-0078
or by email at LetsHelpRandy[at]juno[dot]com.

UPDATE: As of 1-1-2005 the state appeals process has run and the Supreme Court of
Michigan refused to hear his case. Federal appeals are now in process and have been
submitted for review.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 21 April 2009 )

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• Randy's Personal Response at Sentencing

Randy's Personal Response at

Sentencing
Written by Randy Vanlandingham
April 19,2002

Purpose of Ministry Past 20+ Years

My motive: character building of all under my ministry through Biblical fundamentals.

My technique: a "paired identification" of weak families with strong family examples

within our church and my own family and the process of mentoring for support.

Yielded consistent results: additional family changes for good and strengthening in moral
fortitiude and internalized ethics.

In this instance of ministry in Owosso, MI, there were factors that swayed perceptions:

--of children by fervor and leading interrogations and peer guidances by unqualified
parties,

--of community by media (charges nationally of priest scandals as yet unsubstantiated in

their bulk and perceived guilty through forced plea bargaining and a media frenzy locally
to extend unsubstantiated and no-evidenced facts to the region about this case.

--of jury by focusing completely on sympathy, cultivating their desire to compromise and
being emotionally inclined (denied and were denied evidences and facts crucial to proving
my innocence) toward alleged victims before the trial began.

My Status and Current Quandry

-I have been judged guilty of 3 out of 9 counts with 5 allegations/accusations judged NOT
guilty, even though my defense was single-pronged and equally valid against all charges.
-My statement as to my complete innocence of all charges are,
"that before God, I stand completely exonerated, judged as to actions, attitudes and
intentions, AND before man, I will forever endeavor to prove my complete innocence and
promotion prevention of further similar incidents of this nature to others."

THE REAL TRAVESTY HERE IS

-the use of children to perpetuate fraud (this is a reality and needs to be investigated
wholly)from exploited stories by peers, biased investigations and one-sided
preconceptions, family persuasions, inquisition techniques used and ill handled
interrotagions, community fervor which was unabated and fanned purposely to a fervor
and jury manipulation by introducing through Voire Dire,unrelated media events and
sympathy, used illegally as proposed prosecutorial evidence.

SO--the future guidance of these children as following the current direction will certainly
tell by lack of moral fortitudes and failed ethos.

BUT proper focus now needs to be on the health of the community to effectively assess
the basis of all allegations, to rule out all auxillary explanations effectively and address
the real needs of these youths.

--This mandates the need to adequately intervene at the earliest point of allegations to
assess validity and all surrounding factors and motives that could be leading to a Salem
Witch Trial scenario, or a prostituting of our children's minds by various parties for
monetary, political or vengeful gains and to avert a real abuse that may crop up in the
community by those who have internal and sinful motives to exploit our children for
sexual employment. And we all crusade against that.

THE SYSTEM I'M ADDRESSING NOW:

To the Court: I fully realize that you are required to bind a sentence to guilty charges.
--The society that cultivates the trier of the facts must not be given only a partial view of
those pertinent and crucial facts that prove either guilt or point toward the innocence and
therefore a release of those charges of the defendant--compromise cannot be a third option
when facts point to huge reasonable doubt; as a political solution to possibly both parties,
fail to render true justice.-- the alleged victims (have become true victims at the hands of a
flawed society in which we live--they need a community to not show pity, but give
guidance to family values and moral fiber to then heal a society of its apathy and lack of
concern for our children and therefore our future.

Poem- "Sheep Beware"-Edited (unknown author, published in Uplook Magazine, Vol

66.Jan 2000. Number 1, by Uplook Ministries: 813 N Avenue NE, Grand Rapids, MI
49503)

'Twas a sheep, not a lamb, that strayed away

in the parable jesus told;
A grown up sheep that had gone astray
From the Ninety and nine in the fold.

Out on the hillside, out in the cold,

"twas a sheep the good shepherd sought;
And back to the flock safe in the fold,
'Twas a sheep the good shepherd brought.

And why for the sheep should we earnestly long,

And as earnestly hope and pray?
Because there is danger if they go wrong,
They will lead their dear lambs astray.

For the lambs will follow the sheep, you know

Whereever the sheep may stray;
When the sheep go wrong, it will not be long,
Till their lambs are as wrong as they.

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Concerning my sentence: I face the court with a clear conscience and understanding of the
court's duty bound responsibilities to be fair and render the guidance of a States'guidelines
regarding judgment conscience. I have 3 requests.
1. I request a full recognition of various elements of society's support to my cause (letters
and requests-friends, family, community members and its citizens) and offer my history of
exemplary servitude and support rendered to the community and its causes and my lack of
any brush with the Law in my past or ever anticipated in my future.
2. I request a consideration by the Court of any and all inconsistencies =, direct and
counselled by both counsels, 'evidence' and transcriptual verifications of contradictions
and perceived motivations for the use of falsely created "evidence" with its intended use at
a trial to help convict but in reality verifies ulterior motives by surrounding parties to
create false dates and events to support known falacies.
3. I request the mercy of the Court in light of my continued desire to support, however I
can, the causes of strong moral families and community and help make the community
aware of its deficiencies and need for a call-to-arms through prevention and resourcing
and advocacies through strong spiritual leadership in our homes, from our pulpits and
church leadership, and through our agencies' mentorings.
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