Fred Leatherman Jr.

IPNW was founded in the fall of 1997 by Professor Jackie McMurtrie of the University of Washington School of Law and attorney Fred Leatherman.

When a reporter asked if Ridgway felt a sense of pride at his notoriety, attorney Fred Leatherman said Ridgway would rather be a free man.
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"I think he wishes he was normal and didn't do these things," Leatherman said.

McMurtrie and Seattle criminal defense attorney Fred Leatherman founded the IPNW in 1997.

11:00- 13:00 Fred Leatherman, Criminal Defense Attorney, Seattle, WA

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Fred Leatherman Jr., Attorney at Law, has worked in the criminal justice system for twenty-nine years (four as an appellate court law clerk and twenty-five defending the accused in criminal cases).Fred has considerable expertise in state courts (sexual assaults, homicides, death penalty cases, forensics and DNA testing).He is also co-founder of Innocence Project Northwest at the University of Washington Law School and is now in the process of establishing innocence projects in law schools around the country.

In addition to the disparity of the sentence argument also present in the state sentencing appeal, the federal appeal claims Stenson's rights were violated when the court would not allow him to switch lawyers despite both Stenson and his attorney, Fred Leatherman of Seattle, requesting the change.