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TRANSCRIPTION: Female anchor: According to transcripts, the federal judge who was appointed by Republican president George W. Bush told prosecutors last year that the involvement of the White House in the case gives the appearance of a government run like a Banana Republic. Victor: With me now to discuss is Page Pate, criminal defense and…

It’s hard to imagine how a police officer could be justified in shooting an unarmed teenager multiple times when the teenager was unarmed and 35 feet away from the officer. Police officers are justified in using deadly force only when they are defending themselves or another person from imminent death or serious bodily injury. Based…

Page Pate was recently interviewed on WABE FM 90.1, Atlanta’s public radio station and NPR affiliate, by Rose Scott. Rose asked Page about the recent acquittal of Tamara Cotman, and how that verdict may affect the other cases set for trial next year it the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal. Page believes that the Cotman…

On Tuesday, September 22nd, Page Pate joined Denis O’Hayer on WABE’s “All Things Considered” to answer questions about the Troy Davis death penalty case. Page discussed the legal options left to Davis only one day before his scheduled execution. Two weeks earlier, before Davis’ clemency hearing at the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles,…

Baton Rouge TV station WBRZ recently reported that one of the FBI agents involved in a federal public corruption investigation in Louisiana was convicted in federal court in Tennessee of bank fraud. Our firm represents one of the elected officials charged in the Louisiana investigation. Attorney Page Pate and other defense lawyers in the case…