One of four East Haven police officers accused of abusing and harassing Latinos is asking a federal judge to dismiss the charges because of the publicity the case has received.
The lawyer for East Haven officer Jason Zullo filed a motion on Thursday to dismiss the charges.
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The East Haven Police Department is under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department.
One of four East Haven police officers accused of abusing and harassing Latinos is asking a federal judge to dismiss the charges because of the publicity the case has received.
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Four East Haven, Connecticut police officers facing federal charges that they harassed and used excessive force against Latinos will go on trial next year, one of their attorneys said on Thursday.
The officers, described by the FBI as "bullies with badges," were arrested and charged last week...
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A Hamden police report says that Mark Powell confessed to the assault, but Powell's attorney, Norm Pattis, says it's not true
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The paramedic accused of sexually assaulting a woman in the back of an ambulance was in court on Thursday.
The defense lawyer is already making a case by attacking the credibility of the victim and questioning whether the paramedic really made a so-called confession.
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And author, 'Taking Back Our Courts', talks to Jeff about the Marine video urinating on the corpses of 3-Taliban fighters they had just killed in battle.

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You can't get any more adversarial than being a trial lawyer. Norm Pattis is a veteran of more than 100 jury trials and I think that probably beats the combined Supreme Court experience; many of them don't have any trial law experience at all. He is the author of a new book; it is called Taking...
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The tongue-clucking moralists on the Pennsylvania State University board of trustees who fired Joe Paterno in the dead of night ought to be tarred, feathered and then run out of Happy Valley. They used Joe Pa for all he was worth and then killed him once they had milked every conceivable dime they...
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BOOK EXCERPT INTRO
In Taking Back the Courts (Sutton Hart Press) our flawed justice system is exposed by one of America's most controversial and successful trial lawyers, Norm Pattis, who delivers a searing and keenly intelligent critique of the United States justice system while offering...
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BOOK EXCERPT INTRO
In Taking Back the Courts (Sutton Hart Press) our flawed justice system is exposed by one of America's most controversial and successful trial lawyers, Norm Pattis, who delivers a searing and keenly intelligent critique of the United States justice system while offering...
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