>> beatty chadwick. >> beatty chadwick was a man who is in jail for many many years, even though he committed no crime. he had been convicted of nothing. what it was was, there was an imprisonment due to a civil contempt. there are many, many people are not aware of the complexities that are developed in the american court system. in the american family court system, hugo and you are divorcing your wife and your wife alleges that -- your wife alleges that you have a hidden asset. the judge says yes i think he doesn't even though it's not proven, he went to jail for something like 10 or 12 years because he basically refused to turn over records to a judge. that a civil contempt and that damnable thing is you can be imprisoned for far longer on a civil contempt charge than a criminal one exists civil contempt you don't have a right to appeal. you don't have a right to have a judge or a lawyer. you don't have any rights that are you're due process rights in a criminal case. there are many situations in the system that people aren't aware of. they are creeping up on average people like you and me

. >> host: who is beatty chadwick? >> guest: who is who? >> host: beatty chadwick? >> guest: beatty chadwick is a man who was in jail for many, many years even though he had committed no crime. he had been convicted of nothing. what it was was it was an imprisonment due to a civil contempt. there are many, many people are not aware of the complexities that have developed in the american court system. in the american family court system, you go in and you are divorcing your wife, and your wife alleges that you have hidden assets. the judge says, yes, i think he does even though it's not proven. beatty chadwick went to jail for something like 10, 12 years because he basically refused to turn over records to a judge. that's civil contempt. he was -- and the damnable thing is you can be imprisoned for far longer on a civil contempt charge than a criminal one because civil contempt, you don't have the right to appeal. you don't have the right to have a judge -- to have a lawyer. you don't have any rights that are the due process rights that you would have in a criminal c