A list of ethics and civil rights violations and legal, prosecutorial and judicial misconduct asserted by Atty. J. Richard Ratcliffe in Rhode Island courts.

Complaint One  Atty. Ratcliffe asserted the following in an appeal in the Derek Hazard case:
When working as a prosecutor, it is reported that Atty. Steven DeLuca showed up unannounced at a meeting with a probation officer and a parolee and told the parolee he would be prosecuted as a probation violator and sent to jail unless he testified "in accordance with the state's version of the truth" in the Derek Hazard case.  It is also asserted that DeLuca -- who has since left the attorney general's office -- made statements in his final argument to the jury that "may have crossed the threshold of unprofessional conduct."

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