What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
State of Pennsylvania
My daughter was charged with false rape and not allowed a fair trial. The DA denied testimony from her only two witnesses. No reason was given. One of the witnesses is a neighbor and the other is a court appointed Psychologist that she has been seeing regularly for over two years. The Psychologist has diagnosed her with PTSD, depression, and other mental issues caused by her being raped. They obviously didn't want him to testify because his report would have benefitted my daughter. Because of the obvious one sided trial, my daughter's lawyer persuaded her to take a plea they offered. The plea was misdemeanor 2 which was supposed to be 6 months probation or an aggravated charge of 30-45 days of incarceration. The judge gave her 24 months less one day of incarceration in Monroe County Correctional Facility.
Were her civil rights under the 14th ammendment violated because she was not allowed a fair trial?
State of Pennsylvania
My daughter was charged with false rape and not allowed a fair trial. The DA denied testimony from her only two witnesses. No reason was given. One of the witnesses is a neighbor and the other is a court appointed Psychologist that she has been seeing regularly for over two years. The Psychologist has diagnosed her with PTSD, depression, and other mental issues caused by her being raped. They obviously didn't want him to testify because his report would have benefitted my daughter. Because of the obvious one sided trial, my daughter's lawyer persuaded her to take a plea they offered. The plea was misdemeanor 2 which was supposed to be 6 months probation or an aggravated charge of 30-45 days of incarceration. The judge gave her 24 months less one day of incarceration in Monroe County Correctional Facility.
Were her civil rights under the 14th ammendment violated because she was not allowed a fair trial?