{"id":3252,"date":"2013-04-22T17:31:08","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T00:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/?p=3252"},"modified":"2014-12-07T17:38:11","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T00:38:11","slug":"jaccuse-i-accuse-you-father-of-mallory-rae-dies-invokes-emile-zola-to-challenge-rep-capps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/?p=3252","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;J&#8217;Accuse..!&#8221; Father of Mallory Dies invokes Emile Zola to challenge Congresswoman Lois Capps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"%22J%27Accuse..%21%22%20Father%20of%20Mallory%20Dies%20invokes%20Emile%20Zola%20to%20challenge%20Congresswoman%20Lois%20Capps\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Matt-Dies-CU.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-3257\" title=\"Matt Dies CU\" src=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Matt-Dies-CU-211x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Matt-Dies-CU-211x300.png 211w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Matt-Dies-CU.png 481w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a><strong>By Peter Lance April 15th, 2014<\/strong> One of the seminal moments in history underscoring the power of the press to up-end a political scandal came on January 13th, 1898 When famed writer <strong><a title=\"Emile Zola\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/\u00c9mile_Zola\">Emile Zola<\/a><\/strong> openly challenged the President of France to investigate an infamous act of anti-semitism known as &#8220;T<a title=\"Dreyfus Affair\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dreyfus_affair#.22J.27accuse_....21.22:_The_Dreyfus_Affair_becomes_.22The_Affair.22\">he Dreyfus Affair.<\/a>&#8221; In that scandal which rocked Europe for several years Jewish Army Officer <strong>Alfred Dreyfus<\/strong> was unjustly convicted and sentenced to Devil&#8217;s Island, a notorious prison in French Guyana.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Today, after sitting in the courtroom where <strong>Raymond Victor Morua III<\/strong> pleaded guilty in the DUI hit-and-run manslaughter death of his daughter Mallory, <strong>Matt Dies<\/strong> was interviewed by <strong>Scott Steepleton<\/strong> on KZSB radio&#8217;s\u00a0<a title=\"Voice of SB 4.15.14 Matt Dies Scott Steepleton\" href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/Voices_of-SB_Radio_4_14_14.mp3\">The Voices of Santa Barbara<\/a>\u00a0program and used those same words to challenge <strong>Cong. Lois Capps:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was incredibly tough\u2026 really hard to be in the (court) room and hear the voice of the man who killed my child. It was a very emotional moment for me; hearing him say \u2018guilty&#8230;\u2019 While I haven\u2019t found forgiveness for Mr. Morua I do have some understanding and I have gained a little respect for him. Because He\u2019s the only one from Mrs. Capps office who has shown any honor at all. Everybody else there just seems to want to protect and save their own skin.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Capps-Morua-back-of-jeep2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-3260\" title=\"Capps &amp; Morua back of jeep\" src=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Capps-Morua-back-of-jeep2-218x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Capps-Morua-back-of-jeep2-218x300.png 218w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Capps-Morua-back-of-jeep2.png 327w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Coming out of the court <strong>Peter (Lance)<\/strong> asked me a question and I didn\u2019t have a ready answer for it. He asked me, \u201cwhat would you say if you could speak to Lois Capps right now?\u201d And I was caught a little off guard and I hadn\u2019t really thought about that.<\/p>\n<p>So I thought about it and what I came up with was (a reference to) Zola in the Dreyfus Affair. <strong>I accuse you<\/strong> of being heartless. <strong>I accuse you<\/strong> of denying responsibility where you are responsible. <strong>I accuse you<\/strong> of not being who you purport yourself to be. I\u2019d like to see you do the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Voice of SB program\" href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/Voices_of-SB_Radio_4_14_14.mp3\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to listen to the entire one hour broadcast. CLICK BELOW to download the entire five-part series by Peter Lance published from April 13th-17th in the News-Press:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Part One Memories of Mallorty\" href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/2014_DUI_Part_One_4_13_14.pdf\">PART ONE:<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Memories of Mallory<br \/>\n<a title=\"Part Two\" href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/2014_DUI_Part_Two_4_14_14.pdf\">PART TWO:<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Everybody Loved Raymond<br \/>\n<a title=\"Part Three\" href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/2014_DUI_Part_Three_4_15_14.pdf\">PART THREE:<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 The Hero And The High Speed Chase<br \/>\n<a title=\"Part Four\" href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/2014_DUI_Part_Four_4_16.14.pdf\">PART FOUR:<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Damage Control<br \/>\n<a title=\"Part Five\" href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/2014_DUI_Part_Five_4_17.14..pdf\">PART FIVE:<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The Cover-up<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Stollaw complaint\" href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/Dies_Complaint_Filed_4_18_14.pdf\">CLICK HERE<\/a>: for News-Press reporter <strong>Angel Pacheco&#8217;s<\/strong> EXCLUSIVE STORY on the filing of a wrongful death suit in U.S. Federal Court for The Central District California by <strong>Stoll, Nussbaum &amp; 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padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"%22J%27Accuse..%21%22%20Father%20of%20Mallory%20Dies%20invokes%20Emile%20Zola%20to%20challenge%20Congresswoman%20Lois%20Capps\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>By Peter Lance April 15th, 2014 One of the seminal moments in history underscoring the power of the press to up-end a political scandal came on January 13th, 1898 When famed writer Emile Zola openly challenged the President of France to investigate an infamous act of anti-semitism known as &#8220;The Dreyfus Affair.&#8221; 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