D.C. Superior Court Archives - Cop Block

Las Vegas Judge Has Defense Attorney Handcuffed During Trial to “Teach Her a Lesson”

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 588 Views Accountability, Civil rights, clark county, Clark County Defender's Union, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, court decorum, D.C. public defender, D.C. Superior Court, denied right to council, Deputy Public Defender Zohra Bakhtary, Dishonesty, Double Standard, federal public defender, freedom, Handcuffed, Harassment, Huffungton Post, Judge Hafen, Justice of the Peace, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, Las Vegas Justice Court, Las Vegas Review Journal, lead public defender, LVRJ, men silencing women, Nevada, NV, Phil Kohn, phone interview, Police State, public defender, Regional Injustice Center, Regional Justice Center, rights, Stephen Cooper, Surveillance, transcript, Transparency, unreasonable and unprecedented, washington post

On Monday, Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Conrad Hafen ordered Deputy Public Defender Zohra Bakhtary to be handcuffed and

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Jury Finds D.C. Police Framed Man For Rape, Murder After 27 Years In Prison

November 19, 2015November 19, 2015 Asa J 512 Views 27 years in prison, Accountability, Attorney Peter Neufeld, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, civil rights settlement, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, D.C. police, D.C. police department, D.C. police framed man for murder, D.C. Superior Court, Dishonesty, Donald E. Gates, exonerated by DNA testing, fabricated confession, FBI, Federal Civil Rights case, federal lawsuit, framed, Framed for rape and murder, Georgetown University, Informant, Justice System, life in prison, perjury, Police State, right to a fair trial, Rock Creek Park, U.S. Attorney's Office, withholding evidence, wrongful incarceration

Sixty-four year-old Donald E. Gates was sentenced to life in prison in 1982 for the Rock Creek Park rape and

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