American Innovator Unveils JudgeX to Detect When a Judge has taken a bribe or behaved "Out-of-Control”

A renowned American innovator has introduced "JudgeX," a revolutionary mathematical tool intended to accurately identify judicial bribery. The tool aims to improve the detection of corruption within the judicial system, offering a data-driven approach to enhance transparency and accountability.

In a press release announcing the launch of the groundbreaking tool on Tuesday, October 1, James Todd Wagner stated that JudgeX is an adaptation of the "battle-proven" Statistical Process Control (SPC) method, into judicial processes. The tool analyzes ambiguous facts and resolves them into a single number, making "Bribery/No Bribery obvious.”

"JudgeX can also identify a bribe by graphically tracking the historical output of a judge," said Wagner, a Yale School of Mechanical Engineering graduate with a solid background in economics and game theory.

He explained that "a JudgeX indicator of 'Out-of-Control' Judicial Machinery exposes corrupt judges without needing to follow the money," and noted that the rise of cryptocurrency has made it almost impossible to trace bribery through traditional money trails.

As a confessed victim of an allegedly corrupt judicial process, Wagner asserts that new judicial controls are necessary for the equitable operation of society. "The only way to identify judicial bribery with accuracy” he says, “is to use math to analyze the EXTERNAL/VISUAL OUTPUT of the judge."

"The near-impossibility of proving a physical cash payment was made—now that cryptocurrency has become the preferred method of bribery—frustrates honest lawyers on ethics boards," he said.

In a paper published on JudgeX.org, Wagner further explains how the tool, developed with Yale School of Management professor Art Swersey, goes beyond evaluating judicial actions for compliance with laws and norms, such as whether laws are enforced routinely or selectively.

The tool, he further notes in the detailed Paper will also help assess the style of each judge, "When the STYLE of a particular judge suddenly deviates from their personal style, it signals that the judge has been bribed to deviate," said Wagner, who was involved in a lengthy legal battle with Warren Mosler in the case "James Todd Wagner & SEI vs. Warren Mosler & MACC."

Statistical Process Control for judicial actions, the Paper postulates, "should serve as evidence that the judge did (or did not) engage in the criminal activity of accepting a bribe to influence the outcome of a trial in favor of the bribing party."

"SPC will expose a SERIES of judicial actions that ignore the law or the norms of the legal system. Since this is the only reasonable evidence available to prove criminal bribery, SPC must be accepted as the standard," the paper states.

The JudgeX innovator, who pledges not to seek any monetary gains from the tool has applied for the United States patent on the technology and is optimistic that it will not only contribute to stopping ‘tyranny of judicial bribery’, but also help the less privileged and victims of corrupt judicial systems to access justice.

He is hopeful that with a shift in the calculus of crime toward fairness, the wealthy who bribe officials to avoid accountability—especially in countries where bribery of judges is commonplace and undermines ordinary people's access to justice—will begin to change their ways.

Wagner concludes that the technology to determine when a judge has gone statistically "out of control"—indicating that they have taken a bribe—will be made available at no cost to anyone who wishes to "Make Our World Fair Again."

Nigeria’s Catholic Bishop Urges for ‘Balanced Christian Attitude’ Towards the Wealth and Money

Christians are bound by faith to seek a balanced Christian attitude towards wealth and to recognize the major problems that the acquisition of wealth or money and its use have posed, and continue to pose, to Christians.

Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza of the Catholic Diocese of Yola, Nigeria, said this in his homily during the Eucharistic Celebration for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time at the Holy Family Minor Basilica of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi, where he also urged the faithful, with the aid of faith, to assume the ‘correct attitude’ towards the wealth and money.

“Such an attitude,” the Nigerian Catholic Church leader said, is very important in the assessment of “our own performance as Christians” in the acquisition of wealth and its use. “You have to use it in such a way that God himself will be happy with you.”

“Wealth, like every other blessing of God, is given to us in trust so that we may serve God and serve people with it. To use wealth simply for self-indulgence is an abuse of wealth,” he said in the September 29 homily in Nairobi, Kenya. 

The prelate, who was in Kenya on a special mission for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, and the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA), observed that “a deep-rooted belief that wealth or money is evil” has misled many Christians to believe that something is seriously wrong with being wealthy. 

“Many of our Christians would have been better off today financially were it not for such a deep-seated belief that money is evil and that to be very wealthy is equivalent to being very evil,” he said and clarified, “Yet this belief that money is essentially evil is neither found in the letter of St. James nor anywhere in the Bible.” 

“The Holy Scriptures do not condemn wealth, but its abuse,” noted the 54-year-old Nigerian-born bishop and called on the faithful to seek God’s inspiration for a “balanced Christian attitude towards wealth.” 

The abuse of wealth, said the bishop, who began his Episcopal Mission in April 2011, can take three forms: how it is acquired, how it is invested, and how a person invests their heart in it. 

He explained, “Wealth is good when one does clean and honest hard work to earn it. But when one gets it through dishonest and fraudulent means, then wealth has been abused. There are so many people in our world today that got rich by exploiting the poor.” 

He went on to mention some forms of exploitation: “There is, for example, the payment of very low wages to workers, the embezzlement of funds meant for the development of poor areas, the leaking of school examination papers, and the frustration of those who are waiting for vital documents by unduly delaying action on their applications.” 

Saying that the second form of abuse of wealth is found in those who use wealth to indulge themselves, the 4th bishop of his episcopal see said, “Wealth, like every other blessing of God, is given to us in trust so that we may serve God and serve people with it,” and cautioned that, “To use wealth simply for self-indulgence is an abuse of wealth.” 

Highlighting another form of abuse of wealth, which is depicted by those who “trust in the security of wealth rather than in God,” the West African Catholic Church leader further clarified that the extreme of undue love of money is when people are prepared to sacrifice even their faith or someone else's life in the pursuit of money. 

“There are some people who have killed to make money; there are some who have denied their faith and changed their religion for the love of money,” he noted, and counseled, “We should put our money at the service of God and humanity, including our individual families. Money can buy you salvation if you invest in the poor, the needy, and the marginalized.”

The Bishop who was appointed on 18 February 2011 reminded the faithful that “God is more concerned and interested with our hearts and our intentions than our different approaches to serving him” and cautioned the faithful against the temptation to “monopolize God” highlighting two biblical instances where Joshua in the 1^st Reading, and John in the Gospel Reading where Joshua tried to restrict others from acting in God's name.

Residents of Rombo Ward, Kajiado County in agony as Heavy Rainfall Makes Roads Inaccessible

Illasit-Njukini-Taveta Road: Mailitatu-Olgira Section

By Nick Waigwa

Perishable farm produce famers and transporters in Rombo Ward, Loitokitok Sub County of Kajiado County are calculating losses after a heavy downpour in the area on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 rendered the Illasit-Njukini-Taveta road completely impassable.

The rainfall according to locals lasted for over seven hours causing flashfloods that cut off a section of the delapidated road between Mailitatu and Olgira Market Centers.

Although the road cutting through Kajiado & Taita Counties serves, neibouring Makueni & Kwale Counties in addition to linking locals to fresh farm produce markets in Machakos, Nairobi and Mombasa Counties, successive governments and local political leaders have continued to leave it unattended over the years.

Access roads to farms are also now obstructed forcing tomato famers to sell their produce at throwaway prices to opportunistic brokers, with transporters avoiding the risky road or taking advantage of the situation to increase transportation rates.

It's ironical that in some parts of Kenya food is still going to waste at a time when the country is appealing for relief food to feed an estimated 4.3 million Kenyans currently facing starvation due to an acute famine occasioned by failed rains.

“Tomato famers are crying. It’s so hard that after investing heavily, tomato is being given to cows, we cannot access the markets, main reason being - poor road infrastructure. They are being forced to accept KES 5000 ($50) for a small size vehicle such as Probox.” lamented Muya Ndun’gu, a Rombo resident.

A month ago, Monday, October 16, 2022 Kenya’s Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was in Rombo Ward to preside over the annual World Food Day celebrations whose theme was “Leave no one behind. Better production, Better nutrition, Better environment and a Better life.”

During the event the Deputy President is said to have promised locals that action was going to be taken against the deplorable condition of the Illasit-Taveta Road.

Mailitatu-Olgira:Truck swept off the road by raging waters.15/11/22.

In November, 2019 the Kenya National Highways Authority (KENHA) produced a “Udated Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP)” for the Illasit-Njukini-Taveta Road project – lot 32 signaling the possibility of visible action on the ground under the Anuity Road Project Program.

According to KENHA, Illasit-Njukini-Taveta Road Project was among various lots identified for implementation under the “Finance, Design, Build, Maintain and Transfer” as a strategy for the Kenyan government to bridge road infrastructure financing gaps.

A construction camp site that is believed to be linked to this road project was done over a year ago in Rombo, but nothing much, according to locals, has been tangibly happening from the site located about 3 miles from the Rombo Market center.