Closing Argument
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08/20/21 • 61 min
The men of Raven 23 resist mounting prosecutorial pressure to plead guilty, and must finally face trial -- a legal odyssey that dragged for seven more years and encompassed three trials. In this episode, Gina chronicles the repeated violations of the men’s civil rights at the hands of prosecutors who are aided by a complicit judge.
The men of Raven 23 resist mounting prosecutorial pressure to plead guilty, and must finally face trial -- a legal odyssey that dragged for seven more years and encompassed three trials. In this episode, Gina chronicles the repeated violations of the men’s civil rights at the hands of prosecutors who are aided by a complicit judge.
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Although he is mere months from taking senior status, Judge Royce Lamberth inexplicably seizes the Raven 23 case, minutes after it is randomly assigned to another judge. This move is consistent with Lamberth’s checkered legal and judicial career.
FOR MORE:
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW REVIEW
Royce Lamberth's Rein of Terror
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40712173WASHINGTON POST
At US Urging, Court Throws Lamberth off Indian Case
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2006/07/12/at-us-urging-court-throws-lamberth-off-indian-case/72b9f5cd-e668-4d9f-98f9-10d83e5052b7/JUDICIAL PROFILE
Royce Lamberth
https://www.fedbar.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/LamberthMay2008-pdf-3.pdf
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