What to make of this endorsement?

Brian Finkel, a once-prominent Phoenix abortion doctor, was sentenced Friday [January 2, 2004] to nearly 35 years in prison. He was convicted last month on 22 counts of sexually abusing patients. Under Arizona law he must serve at least 29 years behind bars. His sentence could have ranged from probation to 74 years.

So wrote Carol Sowers in The Arizona Republic.
    I have in my hands a copy of a letter from Brian Finkel, dated Summer 2009 and with the salutation, "HELLO FRIENDS!!!" It opens:

I hope this letter finds you in good health and spirits. The State budget crisis has hit the Chateau d'If prison very hard. The yard is overcrowded, the food is foul, and there is no air conditioning. The Warden stopped issuing replacement clothes. Inmates are expected to buy their own uniforms or wear rags. There are too many men wearing faded shirts, pre-owned shorts, shredded socks, and dingy, threadbare pants. It sucks to be a prisoner.
    I have spent my entire life believing the truths taught by the Boy Scouts of America....

    Mr. Finkel (I'm not sure that "Dr." Finkel is still appropriate) doesn't actually profess his innocence in this letter, but he indicts the Maricopa County Prosecutor (Rick Romley) with such fervor that I'm sure he would.
    It so happens that Romley is the character portrayed in the Rob Esmay drawing that I used to illustrate Wednesday's piece about the use of the human brain. (Romley has taken the place of the blindfolded Goddess of Justice.)
    Anyway, it seems that Mr. Finkel is one of the many inmates in Arizona reported to be reading Jingle Jangle: The Perfect Crime Turned Inside Out. (The report comes from Attorney Christopher Plourd, whose defense of the author's cousin is recounted in the book.) Mr. Finkel briefly reviews the book and says this by way of endorsement:

Jim Rix is the author of "Jingle Jangle," a book that casts a jaundiced eye on Romley's office. He exposed how difficult it is for an innocent defendant to win a justice game stacked against him with unlimited treasury, dishonest and dumb cops, reptilian prosecutors, forensic whores, cowardly judges, and a jury pool poisoned by press releases filled with maggoty meals of lies and innuendo. It is an eye-opening page turner that should be read by all concerned citizens [and not just inmates!]. Rix shines a bright light on the Golden Goblet that Romley would hold out to the public. It is shiny on the outside, but Rix shows that the inside is filled with evil and filth.

    You can learn more about the Finkel case (as I did) from the "Strike the Root" website. Including that Finkel was "a $600,000-a-year abortion doctor" and "wore well-cut suits during his three-month trial."