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Former Ohio Parole Chief, Parole Attorney Alliance Raises Ethical Concerns
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2004
by Michael Rigby
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2004, page 6
A business partnership between former head of the Ohio Parole Board, Margarette Ghee, and Ohio prisoner-turned-parole attorney, Derek Farmer, has raised ethical concerns in the legal and criminal justice communities.
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Parole Board Misconduct,
Attorney Client,
Parole.
Location:
Ohio.
After serving 18 years on a 1974 conviction of accessory to murder of a policeman, Farmer was paroled in 1992. ...
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