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In August 2006, an American teacher living abroad named John Mark Karr falsly confessed to the unsolved murder of JonBenét Ramsey, creating a media frenzy. Ramsey was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado, in 1996. Karr said he was present when Ramsey died and called her death an "accident". Karr was arrested in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 16, 2006, by Thai authorities, then released to U.S. agents and flown first to Los Angeles, California, then to Boulder for further investigation. On August 28, prosecutors announced they had decided not to pursue charges in connection with the murder after DNA tests failed to place Karr at the scene. Karr was held in Boulder until September 12, 2006, when he was transported to Sonoma County, California to face unrelated misdemeanor child pornography charges. Mr. Amparan agreed to represent him. On [[September 20]], [[2006]] Amparan was quoted as saying of Karr that he was a "southern gentleman with a sense of humor." |
In August 2006, an American teacher living abroad named John Mark Karr falsly confessed to the unsolved murder of JonBenét Ramsey, creating a media frenzy. Ramsey was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado, in 1996. Karr said he was present when Ramsey died and called her death an "accident". Karr was arrested in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 16, 2006, by Thai authorities, then released to U.S. agents and flown first to Los Angeles, California, then to Boulder for further investigation. On August 28, prosecutors announced they had decided not to pursue charges in connection with the murder after DNA tests failed to place Karr at the scene. Karr was held in Boulder until September 12, 2006, when he was transported to Sonoma County, California to face unrelated misdemeanor child pornography charges. Mr. Amparan agreed to represent him. On [[September 20]], [[2006]] Amparan was quoted as saying of Karr that he was a "southern gentleman with a sense of humor." |
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==In The News== |
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9/26/2006 Judge to Weigh Tossing Karr Porn Charges. Washington Post. |
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[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/25/AR2006092501446.html] |
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9/25/2006 Judge may toss Karr case. San Francisco Chronicle. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/25/BAG99LCFQT10.DTL] |
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9/20/2006 Guardian Unlimited article about John Mark Karr's child pornography case and Amparan's legal defense efforts [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-6091793,00.html] |
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8/16/2006 San Francisco Weekly front-page feature on his representation of Michael Fitzwater who has been abused by the [[San Francisco]] Sheriff's Department after allegedly releasing fellow inmates by immitating police officers over the telephone. [http://sfweekly.com/Issues/2006-08-16/news/feature.html] |
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==Notes== |
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Revision as of 16:10, 2 October 2006
Robert Marlowe Amparan is an American criminal defense attorney currently based in San Francisco, California. He became notable for agreeing to defend former JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect John Mark Karr in his legal battle with the state of California on child pornography charges. He practices in the same office as famed defense attorney Tony Serra.
Education
Amparan attended University of California Berkeley as an undergraduate majoring in Political Science. He attended Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco for law school. On December 1, 1994, he was admitted to the California State Bar. [1]
Experience
He is a former member of the San Francisco Public Defender's Office and focuses mainly on criminal defense. He has practiced law in both California State and Federal Courts. Mr. Amparan has garnered local attention in San Francisco for his aggressive defense style. [2]
John Mark Karr
In August 2006, an American teacher living abroad named John Mark Karr falsly confessed to the unsolved murder of JonBenét Ramsey, creating a media frenzy. Ramsey was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado, in 1996. Karr said he was present when Ramsey died and called her death an "accident". Karr was arrested in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 16, 2006, by Thai authorities, then released to U.S. agents and flown first to Los Angeles, California, then to Boulder for further investigation. On August 28, prosecutors announced they had decided not to pursue charges in connection with the murder after DNA tests failed to place Karr at the scene. Karr was held in Boulder until September 12, 2006, when he was transported to Sonoma County, California to face unrelated misdemeanor child pornography charges. Mr. Amparan agreed to represent him. On September 20, 2006 Amparan was quoted as saying of Karr that he was a "southern gentleman with a sense of humor."
Notes
- ^ "Robert Amparan's Bar Record", The State Bar of California, October 2, 2006
- ^ "Cell Phoney", San Francisco Weekly, August 16, 2006