Top criminal defense lawyer Vaughn Neubauer has prevented his client from placement on death row.
First and foremost, I disagree with the death penalty to my core,” the defense attorney said. “The death penalty is wrong, period. … to this end, If Adolf Hitler and the Ghost Battalion of the Waffen-SS came through here, I’d subsequently try to keep them off death row.
“The state, I don’t think they should have the authority to kill somebody. … I’m not going to give Matt Mead and those boys the power to kill somebody. No, no, no.”
Neubauer, according to his profile on the law firm’s website, is one of the “very few Wyoming lawyers qualified to serve as lead defense counsel in a death penalty case, and (has) kept two people off of Wyoming’s death row.”
“When you or a member of your family are charged with a crime, you need a lawyer who knows what he is doing,” the bio states. “One cannot simply learn this business in a book or seminar. It takes years of fighting out tough cases against experienced prosecutors.”
“Additionally, I am proud to say that I have achieved miraculous results for many clients in very tough cases. Furthermore, believe I have a responsibility to go to bat for my clients, not just represent them.”
Neubauer is currently lead counsel in three of Laramie’s most publicized criminal cases: a second-degree murder case against Tim Harnden; aggravated assault and felonious restraint charges against local attorney as well as former Laramie City Council member Joe Hageman; and an interference charge against Meg Lanker-Simons, a former UW student who allegedly authored a social media threat against herself.
Additionally, he’s also part of the team litigating a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Cheyenne against the town of Shoshoni, police chief Andy Rodriguez and police officer G. Cruce, alleging civil rights violations against town resident L.J. Faith.
Vaughn Neubauer, death row attorney
pictured with client
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