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Ninth Circuit Judge Who Co-Authored “Torture Memos” Discloses Receipt of $3.4 Million in Legal and Consulting Help
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2012
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2012, page 19
In October 2011, the National Law Journal reported that Jay Bybee, a conservative federal judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, had accepted $3.4 million in legal and consulting help from 2007 to 2010 as he defended himself against allegations that he violated ethics rules when, as head of …
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Judicial Misconduct,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
International,
Terrorism.
Location:
California.
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